Had Been Burned, Now The HI Roundabout Stop Is Operating

Crowds burnt down the Transjakarta bus stop, Thursday, October 8 (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The HI Roundabout Transjakarta bus stop, Central Jakarta, was operational again this morning after being burned during a demonstration against the Job Creation Law on Thursday, October 8.

This was stated by a member of the Governor's Team for the Acceleration of Development (TGUPP) DKI, Naufal Firman Yurak in his Twitter account. In the video upload at around 09.00 WIB, the Transjakarta Bank Indonesia bus stop did not seem too crowded.

"This is extraordinary, the HI Roundabout @PT_Transjakarta bus stop is back in operation," said Naufal in his @firmanyursak account, Monday, October 12.

This is extraordinary, the HI Roundabout @PT_Transjakarta Stop is back in operation😎 pic.twitter.com/pDmB4o0rzS

- Naufal Firman Yursak (@firmanyursak) October 12, 2020

In addition to the HI Roundabout stop, the Tosari bus stop, and the Sarinah bus stop, the demonstrators were also burnt in the center of Jakarta. Although they can be reused, these two bus stops are still in the process of renovation.

For access to passengers, Transjakarta has placed a temporary tap-in machine at the bus stop that caught fire in corridor 1.

Sunday, October 11, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said the process of renovating damaged and burned bus stops would take up to 5 weeks.

"The rebuilding process takes about 5 weeks. The half, part of which is repaired temporarily. So it is not permanent, until half is finished, then repaired later," said Anies.

Repair of bus stops will coincide with normalization of Transjakarta operations. "Later it will be divided into two, part of the reconstruction is closed, half of the bus stops are used for passenger activities, after that only the next half is reconstructed," said Anies.

Anies said 46 TransJakarta bus stops were damaged, three of which were heavily damaged. The three stops, namely the HI Roundabout Stop, Tosari Bus Stop and Sawah Besar Stop. Repairing the three bus stops requires a complete overhaul.