Sawah Besar (Transjakarta)

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BSicon BUS3.svg
Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
Sawah Besar Transjakarta Temporary Stop, 2023.jpg
West temporary building, 2023
General information
LocationHayam Wuruk Street and Gajah Mada Street, Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta 10120, Jakarta, Indonesia
Owned by Transjakarta
Operated byTransjakarta
Line(s) TransJakarta BRT Corridor 1 Icon.png Transjakarta BRT Route 3H Icon.png
PlatformsTwo island platforms with separate paid area per platform (one in service, one unused)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Accessible Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
StatusIn service with temporary building
History
Opened
  • 15 January 2004 (2004-01-15)(soft launch)
  • 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01)(commercial operational)
Closed4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) (original building)
Services
Preceding TransJakarta Logo.svg Following
Harmoni
towards Blok M
Corridor 1 Mangga Besar
towards Kali Besar
Harmoni
towards Damai
Corridor 3 Mangga Besar
towards Kota
Connecting services
Preceding station MRT Jakarta (logo only).svg Following station
Harmoni
towards Lebak Bulus
North-South Line
under construction
transfer at Sawah Besar
Mangga Besar
towards Kota
Location
Sawah Besar (Transjakarta)

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, splited by the Ciliwung River. Despite its name, the station not located within the Sawah Besar district.

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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 buidlings 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 postpomed 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 buidlings 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 TransJakarta BRT Corridor 1 Icon.png Transjakarta BRT Route 3H Icon.png towards Kota (Mangga Besar)
Island platform, the platform doors are opened on the right side of the direction of travel
(Harmoni) TransJakarta BRT Corridor 1 Icon.png towards Blok M dan Transjakarta BRT Route 3H Icon.png towards Damai

Non-BRT bus services

TypeRouteDestinationNotes
Transjakarta Non-BRT Transjakarta Non-BRT Route 1A Icon.png Pantai MajuBalai Kota Inside the station

References

  1. 1 2 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.