Transjakarta Blok M-Ancol Operates, Through Which?

Transjakarta Blok M - Ancol route (Photo: dock. Public Relations of the DKI Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - Transjakarta service with the Blok M-Ancol route (1W) officially operates from Saturday, July 27. This route is operated with 13 electric bus fleets every day.

The M-Ancol Block service has 11 stopping points. The Ancol route includes a bus stop Block M Line 5 - ASEAN Bus Stop - Great Mosque Stop - Senayan Roundabout Bus Stop - Senayan Bank DKI Bus Stop - West direction Youth Gate Stop - Petamburan Bus Stop - Ancol Bus Stop.

Meanwhile, the route towards Blok M is the Ancol Bus Stop - JIExpo Kemayoran Bus Stop - Kemanggisan Bus Stop towards the south - Petamburan Stop - East Pemuda Gate - Senayan Bus Stop Bank DKI - Senayan Roundabout Bus Stop - Great Mosque Stop - Attorney General Bus Stop Blok M Line 5.

The Blok M-Ancol route has a 48.7 kilometer round-trip track with a travel time of 120 to 160 minutes.

This route was created to connect two points of strategic activity in Jakarta, namely Blok M and Ancol, in order to facilitate the mobility of residents. DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung explained that the reason for the Block M Ancol service was fully using electric buses.

"The Blok M-Ancol route entirely uses electric vehicles. Why use electric vehicles? Because the Jakarta government will significantly reduce the emissions produced from transportation," Pramono said, quoted on Sunday, July 27.

Pramono targets 50 percent of the electricity-based Transjakarta fleet by 2027 and 100 percent by 2030. It is targeted that 500 electric buses will operate this year.

This year we are targeting 200 new electric buses to operate. Currently, 70 buses are operational and 130 others will soon follow. In addition, there are already 300 electric cars that operate first. So, a total of 550 electric vehicles will operate in Jakarta until the end of 2025," explained Pramono.

According to Pramono, the DKI Provincial Government's target from this step has not reached zero percent of emissions by improving air quality through reducing pollution, emissions, and carbon. He also conveyed this during a speech at the United Nations (UN) meeting in New York last week regarding DKI Jakarta's efforts to improve air quality.

"We are really going to do this. As I said at the United Nations yesterday, one of them is related to Jakarta's transportation which significantly reduces emissions. Therefore, the 13 buses on the Blok M Ancol route will regularly contribute to the gradual reduction of pollution. Most importantly, Ancol will become a new hub after Blok M," he added.