Monas BRT station currently serves as one of the central stations in the BRT system temporarily since 4 March 2023. The one of its kind nearby, Harmoni, is operating with low capacity temporary buildings due to the Jakarta MRT construction. Therefore, several routes are currently temporarily rerouted, including corridors 2 and 3, encouraged an expansion to accommodate climbing passenger volume.[1][2][3]
History
Monas BRT station was opened together with Corridor 1 on 15 January 2004. The original building was tiny and had separate paid areas for each direction, forcing passengers to pay again to change direction. When Corridor 2 first opened in 2006, it also bypassed this station, thus only Corridor 1 stopped here.
On 4 March 2023, Harmoni BRT station, the busiest central station in the system, was closed and temporarily moved into two small separated temporary buildings, to make way for the ongoing Jakarta MRT phase 2A construction works. Corridor 2, which originally terminates there, have been temporarily moved to Monas.[2][4][5] Concerns on potential overcrowding in Monas had encouraged Transjakarta to readjust several routes: route 5C now makes a loop instead towards Juanda and Lapangan Banteng stations. Routes 6A and 6B were rerouted to turn right after Kebon Sirih station, terminating at Balai Kota station instead. Also, Corridor 3 was rerouted from its original terminus, Pasar Baru, to Bundaran HI, as Pasar Baru is used for the terminus of Corridor 8, originally terminates in Harmoni.[2][4] The rerouted Corridor 3 initially bypassed this station and went straight to Kebon Sirih to terminate at Bundaran HI. However, starting from 29 May 2023, Corridor 3 terminates at this station and no longer runs towards Bundaran HI.[2]
Afterwards, Transjakarta decided to make Monas BRT station as the temporary main interchange or central station upon Harmoni's closure.[1][3][6] It was originally criticised due to its undersized structure, having not enough bus bays to handle high-passenger volume and multiple routes together, causing long queues of passengers waiting for various routes.[7] In response, Transjakarta began extending the southern and northern ends of the station with new platforms to increase the station's capacity.[8] On 23 September 2024, the new north and south wings were opened.[citation needed]
Building and layout
Monas BRT station now has nine bus bays on each side. It now consists of the existing central building, with two new large wings to the north and south. The pelican crossing access was also slightly relocated to the north wing. Additional facilities were also added, with disabled-friendly toilets, praying rooms, and lactation rooms.
Below is the layout of the Monumen Nasional BRT station platform based on the routes served, last updated on 18 June 2025:
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