Sawah Besar (Transjakarta)

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Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
West temporary building, 2023
General information
Location	Hayam Wuruk Street and Gajah Mada Street, Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta 10120, Jakarta, Indonesia
Owned by	Transjakarta
Operated by	Transjakarta
Line(s)
Platforms	Two island platforms with separate paid area per platform (one in service, one unused)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible
Other information
Status	In service with temporary building
History
Opened	15 January 2004 (2004-01-15)(soft launch) 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01)(commercial operational)
Closed	4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) (original building)
Services
Preceding Following Harmoni towards Blok M Corridor 1 Mangga Besar towards Kali Besar Harmoni towards Damai Corridor 3 Route 3H Mangga Besar towards Kota Connecting services Preceding station Following station Harmoni towards Lebak Bulus North-South Line under construction transfer at Sawah Besar Mangga Besar towards Kota
Location

Sawah Besar is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located in Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta, serving Corridor 1. It is located between Jalan Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk, split by the Ciliwung River. Despite its name, the station not located within the Sawah Besar district.

History

Sawah Besar BRT station was opened together with the entire Corridor 1 on 15 January 2004. It used to be located adjacent with the Gajah Mada Plaza shopping mall to the west, and an intersection between Jalan Gajah Mada/Hayam Wuruk (north-south), Jalan Kyai H. Zainul Arifin (westbound) and Jalan Sukarjo Wiryopranoto (eastbound) to the north. The station was in a form of two separated side buildings and accessible via skybridge.

On 28 February 2023, the station was moved to a pair of temporary buildings as a result of the construction of the Jakarta MRT, as well as Mangga Besar station; ^[1] Harmoni was originally scheduled to be relocated together with Sawah Besar and Mangga Besar, but was later postponed to 4 March. ^[2]

Building and layout

Alongside Harmoni and Mangga Besar, Sawah Besar BRT station is currently operating with a pair of separated temporary buildings in a form of island platform since 23 February 2023. Each are connected by a temporary bridge across the Ciliwung river and accessible with pelican crossings. The west building at Jalan Gajah Mada serves northbound buses, while the east on Jalan Hayam Wuruk serves southbound buses. ^[1] As of 26 August 2023, the west building is currently inactive due to a traffic diversion to make way for the MRT construction, with the east building now serving both directions. ^[3]

West temporary building
	Inactive island platform
Ciliwung River
East temporary building	towards Kota			(Mangga Besar) →
	Island platform, the platform doors are opened on the right side of the direction of travel
	← (Harmoni)	towards Blok M dan towards Damai

Non-BRT bus services

Type	Route	Destination	Notes
Transjakarta Non-BRT		Pantai Maju—Balai Kota	Inside the station

Gallery

• 
  Entrance of the original station building, 2022
• 
  The original building's bridge above the canal, connecting two side platforms, 2022

References

1. Belia, Brigitta (2023-02-22). "3 Halte TransJ Ditutup Imbas Proyek MRT Fase 2A, Halte Sementara Disiapkan". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-09-06.
2. Wijaya, Lani Diana (2023-03-01). "Penutupan Sementara Halte Transjakarta Harmoni Mundur Jadi 4 Maret 2023". Tempo (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2023-12-04. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
3. Transportasi Jakarta [@pt_transjakarta] (2023-08-25). "Halte Harmoni arah Kota, Sawah Besar arah Kota, dan Mangga Besar arah Blok M akan ditutup. Pelanggan dapat menggunakan Halte Harmoni arah Blok M, Sawah Besar arah Blok M, dan Mangga Besar arah Kota ya" (Tweet). Retrieved 2025-09-06– via Twitter.

External links

• transjakarta.co.id