Rubber Station Canceled Closed, Government Will Join BNI City

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi (photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi ensured that Karet Station would not be closed. The plan, said Dudy, will later be connected to BNI City Station.

"We conveyed this after we had several conversations with KAI, and also at that time I remember Mr. Erick when he was still Minister of SOEs, Karet would not be closed, but would be connected to BNI City station," he said in a media briefing, in Jakarta, Tuesday, September 30.

Currently, said Dudy, there is indeed a corridor to connect Karet Station with BNI City Station. However, it is still necessary to build a canopy so that users are more comfortable. Therefore, he asked PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI to build.

The canopy has been built on the south side, the southern side has been built by the canopy, it connects from Karet to BNI City. So yesterday I asked that the north one also be built, so users don't need to cross the track in a field," he explained.

Dudy also said that ticket machine facilities were available to tap in and tap out on the south side. In the future, he continued, the train will stop at Sudirman Station, and users who enter through Karet can still take the train through BNI City Station or Sudirman.

"If there are tickets and all kinds of things available on the south side, so later the train will stop at Sudirman, but friends who usually ride, enter from Karet can easily access it, so we don't close, we can enter from Karet," he said.

In addition, Dudy said to facilitate user mobilization, there will be crossing facilities in front of the Shangri-La Hotel so that users do not need to rotate too far to cross.

"(There will be) a crossing, yes, it's in front of Shangri-La, from the south side crossing the river to the front of Shangri-La. So that if anyone works around there there, there is no need to cross, rotate too far," he explained.