Garut railway station

Garut Station

*Stasiun Garut*
Garut Station; Stasiun Garut
	Front view of Garut Station's old building on April 2022
General information
Location	Jalan Bank Pakuwon, Garut Kota, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia
Coordinates	7°12′49″S107°54′13″E / 7.2135°S 107.9036°E
Elevation	+717 m
Owned by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Managed by	Kereta Api Indonesia; KAI Commuter
Line(s)	Cibatu–Garut–Cikajang ; C Garut Commuter Line ;
Platforms	1 side platform ; 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Station code	GRT • 1820
Classification	II
History
Opened	14 August 1899
Closed	1983
Rebuilt	1947; 2019-2020
Key dates
2022	Reopening on 24 March
Location
	Garut Station Location in West Java

Last updated October 04, 2023

Garut Station (GRT)^[1] is a class II railway station located in Pakuwon, Garut Kota, Garut Regency, West Java, Indonesia. The station, which is located at an altitude of +717 meters, is operated by Operation Area II Bandung of Kereta Api Indonesia.

The station used to be the main station in Garut Regency, serving passengers and goods. As part of the Cibatu–Cikajang route, it was originally built to connect the southern Java main route with the government center of Garut. The line was later extended to Cikajang. In connection with the Garut people's interest in railways, Garut Station, which had been inactive since 1983, was then revived as part of railway reactivation program launched by the Ministry of Transportation.

To the east of the station is a railway semaphore signal that was used to control train travel. After reactivation, it was considered obsolete and replaced with semi-automatic Siemens & Halske signal.^[2]

History

Garut Station was built simultaneously with the construction of the Cibatu–Garut line. Because the city center of Garut is quite far from the railway main line, it is considered necessary to create a railway branch. A railway line was built from Cibatu Station to Garut Station. This line opened simultaneously with the line from Cicalengka on 14 August 1889.^[3]

The route was opened after going through quite intensive work for two years. Governor General Pijnacker Hordijk, accompanied by his wife, opened the 51 km line at Garut Station.^[4]

The old station building has now disappeared, replaced by a more modern building. The station building is very similar to Karawang and Rambipuji stations. In the past, Garut was attacked by the KNIL army in 1947 which damaged the track infrastructure, forcing it to be renovated.^[5]

In the past, when it was still active, Garut Station was always crowded with passengers who travel by train until it was finally closed in 1983 because its facilities were old and deemed unable to compete with private cars or public transportation. In addition, PJKA (now KAI) often suffer losses due to stowaway passengers.^[6]

During its inactive period, the station building was used as the secretariat of Garut branch of Pancasila Youth, and its yard turned into a market.^[7]

Reactivation

With the reactivation of Cibatu–Garut railway line, Garut Station is undergoing a series of renovations. All buildings standing on KAI's land must be demolished. The buildings located around the official residence left by the Staatsspoorwegen and the station building have been razed to the ground.^[8]

Once active, the station is planned to have two buildings and three railway lines with track 1 being a straight track. In addition, a few hundred meters of the railroad tracks westward were also reactivated to support the shunting activities of locomotives and train sets.^[9]

Initially, the inauguration of the Cibatu-Garut line was planned for late February or early March 2020, awaiting permission from the Ministry of Transportation. KAI has planned the operation of the Garut Cibatuan local train, which its schedule has been made simultaneously with the enactment of the 2019 train travel chart and serves as a pioneer local transportation. The train is planned to be free during trial period.^[10]^[11]

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the inauguration to be postponed.^[12] Garut Station, along with the line reactivation, was only officially reopened on 24 March 2022.^[13]

Services

Passenger services

Inter-city trains


Line	Train name	Class	Destinatiom	Notes
Southern Java routes	Cikuray	Economy	Jakarta Pasar Senen–Garut	Via Kiaracondong

Local trains


Train service name	Destination	Notes
C Garut Commuter Line	Garut–Padalarang	Only morning schedules with one direction
C Garut Commuter Line	Garut–Purwakarta	Trip to Purwakarta only operates at daytime, while the opposite direction operates at night

Gallery

The old building of Garut Station (2021)
The old building of the station seen from the platform area

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References

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↑ Fauzan, Hevi (16 February 2022). "Kemeriahan Pembukaan Jalur KA Cicalengka Garut". www.sejarahbandung.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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[DJKA-1] 1 2 3 Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[2] "Mengenal Sistem Persinyalan Kereta Api Tempo Dulu". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). 31 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[3] Staatsspoorwegen (1921–1932). Verslag der Staatsspoor-en-Tramwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië 1921-1932. Batavia: Burgerlijke Openbare Werken.

[4] Fauzan, Hevi (16 February 2022). "Kemeriahan Pembukaan Jalur KA Cicalengka Garut". www.sejarahbandung.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[5] Nasution, A.H. (1978). Sekitar perang kemerdekaan Indonesia. Vol. 5. Bandung: Indonesian Army History Services.

[6] Safutra, Ilham (17 July 2019). "Menanti Tuntasnya Reaktivasi Jalur KA Cibatu-Garut-Cikajang - Jawa Pos". Jawa Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[7] "Rel Si Gombar Pun 'Terkubur' Dana Desa". detikx (in Indonesian). 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[8] Purnama, Feri (11 May 2019). Yuliastuti, Nusarina (ed.). "Bangunan terdampak reaktivasi jalur kereta di Garut Kota dibongkar". Antara News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[9] Asmara, Chandra Gian (28 April 2019). "29 Tahun Mati Suri, Jalur Kereta di Garut Ini Direaktivasi". CNBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[10] Adji, Bayu (19 February 2020). "Awal Maret, Kereta Api Cibatu-Garut Gratis". Republika Online (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[11] Pratiwi, Gita (ed.). "PT KAI Daop 2 Optimistis Kereta Api Jurusan Cibatu-Garut Beroperasi Februari 2020". www.pikiran-rakyat.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[12] Supriadin, Jayadi (14 October 2020). "Operasional Jalur Kereta Api Legendaris Garut Tertunda Pandemi Covid-19". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

[13] Syahril Ramadhan, Ari (23 March 2022). "Budi Karya dan Erick Thohir Bakal Hadiri Peresmian Reaktivasi Jalur Kereta Api Garut-Cibatu Kamis Besok". suara.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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