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Blok M Terminal is a type-B bus terminal located within the commercial and entertainment quarter of Blok M in Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia. As a type-B terminal, it only serves city transport buses that connect several regions in Jakarta and its surrounding cities. The terminal primarily serves Transjakarta's BRT corridors and feeder routes. State-owned transport company Perum DAMRI also operates a number of shuttle bus services from the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and several planned townships in Greater Jakarta to Blok M terminal. Apart from DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti and Sinar Jaya also operate their bus routes to this terminal.
Due to decreasing service quality, the Blok M terminal is currently under revitalization since 2024.[1][2] This is the second revitalization of the terminal after the first one in 1992, which forms the current building of the terminal.[3] The first stage was inaugurated on 24 May 2025, the rest will follow by October. Since then, the terminal is now officially termed as the Blok M Hub,[2] although it actually refers to the newly-refurbished shopping mall within this terminal, rather than the entire terminal itself.[4]
History
Kebayoran Baru was originally built as the satellite city of Jakarta, prior to the city's mass urban expansion, which have 17 blocks sorted from A to S. The first block (Blok A) accidentally became a spontaneous busy terminus point (known as 'shadow terminal' (terminal bayangan)) of public bus routes.[citation needed] In 1968, then-Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin proposed to build a permanent terminal on a 2.2 hectares (22,000m2) plot of land in Blok M. Since the opening, it became a new terminus for all bus services to Kebayoran Baru, which was in a form of an open-air bus terminal.[3]
In December 1990, Governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto wanted to revitalize the terminal, by combining it with a shopping arcade (later known as Blok M Mall) on the basement level. The first revitalization cost about IDR 80 billion at the time. In September 1992, the revitalization was completed, and the terminal was reinaugurated on 3 October of the same year.[3]
The Provincial Government of Jakarta and PT. Integrasi Transit Jakarta, subsidiary of the Jakarta MRT, are planning to revitalize Blok M terminal once again in 2024. The plan is a part of the government's effort to redevelop Blok M as an integrated transit-oriented development zone and Jakarta's new economic hub, alongside the CSW-ASEAN TOD. The revitalization will create a direct connection from Blok M BCA MRT station and the adjacent Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park into the terminal.[1][3] At first, the government refurbished the building (particularly the shopping center on the second floor) and the surroundings to provide a convinient space for cultural and culinary events. On 24 May 2025, the early stage of the revitalization was inaugurated as the Blok M Hub by the Governor of Jakarta, Pramono Anung. The remaining stages is scheduled to be finished by October 2025, such as reconstructing the sidewalks on the surroundings.[2]
Architecture and facilities
Blok M terminal is a three-storey terminal, where the first floor is the ground floor used as the platform of the terminal. The platform level is only accessible from the second floor. The second and third floors are built underground. The second floor is used as a shopping arcade known as Blok M Hub (formerly Blok M Mall or Mal Blok M). The third floor is used as the parking area, as well as a marketplace of used cars and other automobile needs.
1st floor, platform level
Blok M terminal has six lines, with lines 1-5 used for Transjakarta services. For Transjakarta, the first line is used for BRT services, the second and third platforms are used for non-BRT services, while the fourth platform is used for Mikrotrans and Royaltrans services. Line 5 is used for one feeder route to Ancol, as well as cross-border (Transjabodetabek) feeder routes to Bogor, Alam Sutera (South Tangerang) and Pantai Indah Kapuk 2 (Tangerang Regency), alongside Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses.[5] Line 6 is used for DAMRI shuttle buses to the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport.
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
2nd floor, shopping arcade
Logo of Blok M Hub
The second floor of Blok M terminal is a shopping arcade known as Blok M Hub (formerly Blok M Mall), which used to be one of the most popular and busiest shopping malls in Jakarta between the 1990s and the 2000s. The mall was best known for its affordable clothing markets, and it had Ramayana Department Store and Robinson Supermarket[id] as the anchor tenants until 2017.[3] Due to losing the market competition that resulted the significant decline of visitors, caused by the existence of e-commerce and the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly all kiosks in Blok M Mall have been permanently closed and the mall become very quite and empty.[6][7]
The 2025 revitalization of the terminal sought the revival of the mall's golden years. It now serves as a new culinary and cultural center, as well as an exhibition space for small and medium enterprises.[2][4]
JR Connexion is a shuttle bus service that connects the Jakarta city center with several residences in Greater Jakarta, iniated by the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) of the Ministry of Transportation. The list below are JR Connexion routes originally operated by Pengangkutan Penumpang Djakarta, before it merged with DAMRI in 2023.
1 2 3 4 Ramadhanty, Dinda Aulia (24 May 2025). Pamungkas, Mohamad Bintang (ed.). "Bakal Beroperasi 24 Jam, Pramono Resmikan Blok M Hub". kompas.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 May 2025. Blok M Hub merupakan hasil dari revitalisasi terminal dan mal Blok M, yang sebelumnya sempat mengalami penurunan aktivitas akibat pandemi COVID-19.[Blok M Hub is the result of the revitalization of the Blok M terminal and mall, which previously suffered an activity decrease due to the COVID-19 pandemic.]
Except Transjakarta, BRT in Indonesia is commonly merely a bus with shelter and not isolated from traffic.
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