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JAKARTA - The development of Tanah Abang Station has officially begun. This step was taken to anticipate the increasing number of Jabodetabek CommuterLine KRL passengers at Tanah Abang Station.

The development was marked by a groundbreaking activity attended by the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi together with the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono and the President Director of PT KAI Didiek Hartantyo, at the Tanah Abang Station Depot, Jakarta.

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya said the development was carried out to anticipate the increasing number of CommuterLine KRL passengers. Given that the station is one of the highest intensity stations in the capital after Manggarai and Bogor stations.

"Today we are building Tanah Abang so that it can increase its capacity 3 times, from 100,000 to 300,000 passengers per day," he said in an official statement, Sunday, April 30.

Budi hopes that the development carried out can increase accessibility and community mobility from DKI Jakarta to buffer cities and vice versa.

"This Tanah Abang Station is a TOD (Transit Oriented Area) center that serves trade and office activities in Central Jakarta. Therefore, development must be carried out immediately and synergize with each other, in order to provide better services to the community," he said.

On the same occasion, PJ Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono said that his party was committed to supporting the development and arrangement of Tanah Abang Station and the surrounding area.

"We are ready to accelerate all existing permits. If it is finished later, the community can use and care for it and this result can become a new icon of Jakarta," he said.

Similarly, KAI President Director Didiek Hartantyo revealed that he would continue to improve services at Tanah Abang Station.

Didiek admitted that he was ready to collaborate and support the smooth running of this development.

"Hopefully it can be resolved soon and the most important thing will later be useful for the community," he said.

For your information, the development of Tanah Abang Station is carried out in stages. Phase 1 is targeted for completion by the end of this year. The investment value allocated in phase I reached IDR 380.93 billion.

The developments carried out include the construction of new stations, the addition of train lines from four to six lines, the addition of platforms from two to four, and the arrangement of intermodal integration facilities.

The scope of work from each party is the Ministry of Transportation building a new station, emblasement (rel, signaling), the People's Crossing Bridge (JPO) on the railway line.

Then, the DKI Provincial Government built road widening and intermodal integration facilities.

Meanwhile, PT KAI built a parking area, demolished Depo and existing Tanah Abang Stations.

The station will be built with a main building area of 12,000 square meters, and with a 2-story building, equipped with commercial buildings and supporting facilities and disability facilities.


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