Kebon Sirih (Transjakarta)

113 Kebon Sirih
Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
General information
Location	M.H. Thamrin Street Kebon Sirih, Menteng (eastern side, southbound) Gambir, Gambir (western side, northbound)
Coordinates	6°10′58″S106°49′23″E / 6.1827°S 106.823°E / -6.1827; 106.823
Line(s)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	15 January 2004 (2004-01-15)(soft launching) 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01)(commercial operation)
Rebuilt	19 December 2020 (temporary structures)
Services
Preceding Following M.H. Thamrin towards Blok M Corridor 1 Monumen Nasional towards Kali Besar M.H. Thamrin towards Ragunan Corridor 6 Route 6A Balai Kota Terminus Corridor 6 Route 6B
Location

Kebon Sirih is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located on M.H. Thamrin Street, Kebon Sirih, Menteng, Central Jakarta, serving Corridor 1. It is named after the street located nearby. It was originally named Bank Indonesia, after the headquarters of the Central Bank of Indonesia, located nearby.

History

Kebon Sirih BRT station was opened along with corridor 1 on January 15, 2004, as Bank Indonesia station. It originally had a large, spacious design with three bus bays on each side of the platform. The station was accessible via a skybridge, before another access via a zebra crossing on the Kebon Sirih intersection to the south was opened in 2018. ^[1]

Due to the ongoing construction of the Jakarta MRT phase 2A, Bank Indonesia station and its access skybridge was demolished in December 2020, replaced by a pair of temporary stations: initially northbound station east to Bank Indonesia, and southbound station in front of Thamrin 10. ^[2] As the MRT construction site dynamically changes, the location for the temporary buildings have to be changed as well.

In late December 2023, Bank Indonesia BRT station was renamed to Kebon Sirih, as part of Transjakarta's "neutralization" of station names, that would allow them to grant a naming right. ^[3]

Building and layout

It is important to note that the two temporary buildings of Kebon Sirih station currently in use are not connected, and with separate paid areas. Passengers are not allowed to change directions or making a transfer to the opposite direction without exiting paid area and paying again. ^[2]

The two temporary buildings began to operate by December 2020. The west building for northbound buses is adjacent to the Bank Indonesia headquarters, while the east building for southbound buses was located in front of Thamrin 10. ^[2] On September 22, 2024, the east building was moved to the front of Permata Bank, due to the MRT construction site relocation. The new structure only consisted of a container box with only two gates. ^[4]

On January 18, 2025, the container box was removed and replaced again with a new structure resembling the original temporary structure built upon closure, with three gates. As the road is now far from the sidewalk where the station is located, each of the gate has a long linkway to bridge the gap between the bus and the main station building. ^[5]

Below is the layout of the Kebon Sirih station platform based on the routes served, last updated on January 18, 2025:

West					↑ Kebon Sirih Street ↓	Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
M.H. Thamrin Street →						towards Kota (Monas) → towards Balai Kota (Balai Kota) ↓
← (M.H. Thamrin)		towards Blok M and towards Ragunan				← M.H. Thamrin Street
Jakarta MRT construction site		↑	↑	↑		Jakarta MRT construction site
East	Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel

Non-BRT bus services

The following non-BRT bus services stops around the Kebon Sirih station, last updated on November 1, 2024:

Type	Route	Destination	Notes
Transjakarta Non-BRT		Tanah Abang Station—Gondangdia Station	Outside the station
		Tanah Abang Station—Blok M
		Senen—Blok M
		Tanah Abang Station—Senen
		Tanah Abang—Kampung Melayu
		Tanah Abang—Pasar Minggu
Royaltrans by Transjakarta		Cibubur Junction—Balai Kota

Places nearby

• Thamrin 10 Food and Creative Park
• Wisma Mandiri
• Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
• Ministry of Religious Affairs
• Bank Indonesia

Incident

On October 8, 2020, then-named Bank Indonesia BRT station was broked out and vandalized during a protest against the Omnibus Law bill. ^[6]

Gallery

• 
  Temporary station serving southbound buses when it was still named Bank Indonesia, 2023
• 
  Interior of the temporary station serving southbound buses, 2023
• 
  The new station name, January 2024
• 
  Temporary container box structure serving southbound buses, September 2024

References

1. Amanda, Gita (2018-08-28). "Pemandangan Baru di Halte Transjakarta Bank Indonesia". Republika Online (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-08-22.
2. Nababan, Helena F. (2020-12-20). Hamzirwan (ed.). "MRT Siap Bangun Terowongan, Halte Transjakarta BI Sementara Mulai Difungsikan". KOMPAS.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-08-10.
3. Yuantisya, Mutia (2023-12-22). "Transjakarta akan Netralisasi Nama 109 Halte, Cari Untung dari Hak Penamaan". tempo.co (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-08-22.
4. Cahyadi, Iman Rahman (2024-09-18). "Rekayasa Lalu Lintas Diberlakukan di Jalan MH Thamrin Mulai 21 September 2024". BeritaSatu. Jakarta. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
5. "Sahabat TiJe, mulai Sabtu, 18 Januari 2025, pukul 05:00 WIB, Halte Kebon Sirih arah Selatan (arah Blok M) dapat diakses pada titik ..." X (d.h. Twitter). 2025-01-16. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
6. Zafna, Grandyos (2020-10-09). "Aksi Anarkis Massa Rusak Halte TransJakarta Bank Indonesia". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-08-22.

External links

• transjakarta.co.id