Monumen Nasional (Transjakarta)

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BSicon BUS3.svg
Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
South wing of Monumen Nasional Transjakarta BRT station.jpg
Exterior of the south wing, 2024
General information
Other namesMonas
LocationMedan Merdeka Barat Street
Gambir, Gambir
Coordinates 6°10′34″S106°49′22″E / 6.1760°S 106.8228°E / -6.1760; 106.8228
Line(s) TransJakarta BRT Corridor 1 Icon.png TransJakarta BRT Corridor 2 Icon.png TransJakarta BRT Corridor 3 Icon.png Transjakarta BRT Route 5C Icon.png Transjakarta BRT Route 7F Icon.png
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilities Finnish bike symbol.svg Available
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg Yes
History
Opened
  • 15 January 2004 (2004-01-15)(soft launching)
  • 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01)(commercial operation)
Rebuilt23 September 2024
Services
Preceding TransJakarta Logo.svg Following
Kebon Sirih
towards Blok M
Corridor 1 Harmoni
towards Kali Besar
Balai Kota
towards Pulo Gadung
Corridor 2 Pecenongan
One-way operation
Petojo
towards Kalideres
Corridor 3 Terminus
Pecenongan
towards Juanda
Corridor 5 Balai Kota
One-way operation
Balai Kota
One-way operation
Corridor 7 Pecenongan
towards Juanda
Location
Monumen Nasional (Transjakarta)

Monumen Nasional (shortened as Monas) is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located on Medan Merdeka Barat Street, Gambir, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The station serves Corridor 1 and is the downtown terminus of Corridor 2 and Corridor 3. It is adjacent the National Monument to the east (hence the name) and the National Museum of Indonesia to the west. However, the station is far from the entrance to that iconic monument, and passengers are instead advised to alight at Balai Kota or Gambir 2 station to access the monument complex's entrance.

Contents

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. It later became the terminus of high-demand routes 5C, 6A, and 6B.

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 northern 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:

(Petojo)(Harmoni)

(Pecenongan)
North
TransJakarta BRT Corridor 1 Icon.png towards Kota TransJakarta BRT Corridor 3 Icon.png Arrivals
Transjakarta BRT Route 5C Icon.png Transjakarta BRT Route 7F Icon.png towards Juanda TransJakarta BRT Corridor 2 Icon.png towards Pulo Gadung
Island platform,
Westthe platform doors are opened on the right side of the direction of travelEast
TransJakarta BRT Corridor 3 Icon.png towards Kalideres TransJakarta BRT Corridor 1 Icon.png towards Blok M
South(Kebon Sirih)(Balai Kota)

Non-BRT bus services

The following non-BRT bus services stop around the Monumen Nasional station, last updated on 28 October 2024:

TypeRouteDestinationNotes
Transjakarta Non-BRT Transjakarta Non-BRT Route 1A Icon.png Pantai Maju—Balai KotaInside the station
Transjakarta Non-BRT Route 1P Icon.png Blok M—SenenOutside the station
Transjakarta Non-BRT Route 14A Icon.png Monumen NasionalJIS Inside the station
Tour buses by Transjakarta TransJakarta tour bus roundel BW2.png Monas ExplorerOutside the station
TransJakarta tour bus roundel BW4.png Jakarta Skyscrapers
Mikrotrans by Transjakarta JAK 10Kota—Tanah Abang

Nearby places

References

  1. 1 2 Belia, Brigitta (6 March 2023). "Halte Monas Bakal Jadi Halte Sentral Sementara Gantikan Halte Harmoni". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sari, Brigitta Belia Permata (3 March 2023). "Mulai Besok, Ini Penyesuaian Rute TransJ Imbas Relokasi Halte Harmoni". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Halte Harmoni Ditutup, Halte Monas Bakal Jadi Sentral Sementara". VOI (in Indonesian). 6 March 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Clara Maria Tjandra Dewi H. (3 March 2023). "Halte Harmoni Ditutup, Transjakarta Lakukan Penyesuaian 12 Rute Mulai Besok". Tempo (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. Wijaya, Lani Diana (1 March 2023). "Penutupan Sementara Halte Transjakarta Harmoni Mundur Jadi 4 Maret 2023". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. "Halte Monas dan Juanda Jadi Halte Transit Pengganti Harmoni". Republika Online (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  7. Nufus, Wilda Hayatun (7 March 2023). "Penumpang Menumpuk di Halte Monas Imbas Halte Harmoni Direvitalisasi". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  8. "Sahabat TiJe, saat ini sedang berlangsung konstruksi pada pintu dermaga Halte Monumen Nasional ..." X (d.h. Twitter). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.