Former Railway Depot Will Be Used As The Location Of Tanah Abang Baru Station

Tanah Abang Station is currently considered too crowded, so it needs to be expanded. (Wikimedia Commons/Affandy Murad)

JAKARTA - The government through the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) is building a new station in the Tanah Abang area. This development is to solve density problems at Tanah Abang Station at this time.

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI has also prepared land for the construction of a new station in Tanah Abang. The land is very close to Tanah Abang Station at this time. It can even be seen directly from platform 2 or 3.

The land to be used has previously been used as a small depot for trains.

KAI itself has confirmed that the land will be used for the construction of a new station in the Tanah Abang area.

"That's right, the land that will be built by the Ministry of Transportation's DJKA will become a new station using ex-depo land," said Head of Public Relations of PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta, Eva Chairunisa when contacted by VOI, Sunday, March 12.

But unfortunately, Eva was reluctant to explain in detail about the work on Tanah Abang's new station.

"For complete information, you can answer DJKA," he said.

Previously it was reported, the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi said that KAI had prepared 4 hectares of land in the Tanah Abang area to be used as a new Tanah Abang station.

"The governor said that the Ministry of Transportation has four hectares of land, so the governor asked to use a central station or replacement station," said Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi at Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, February 7.

Budi said that the development of the central station is planned to be about 500 meters from the Tanah Abang Station location and is targeted to become one of the new transportation icons in Jakarta.

The Minister of Transportation also asked the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to improve the environment around Tanah Abang station, such as building arrangements and parks.

"This land of Abang is indeed something, because the traffic is divided into two, one is going to Tanah Abang and the other is going to the office," said the Minister of Transportation. The goal is to accommodate the density of train passengers and KRL operations.