Widya Chandra Telkomsel (Transjakarta)

913 Widya Chandra Telkomsel
Exterior of the northwest building for eastbound buses
General information
Location	Jenderal Gatot Subroto St., Karet Semanggi, Setiabudi (northwest building) and Kuningan Barat, Mampang Prapatan (southeast building), South Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates	6°13′37″S106°49′02″E / 6.22703°S 106.817356°E / -6.22703; 106.817356
System	Transjakarta
Owned by	Transjakarta
Operated by	Transjakarta
Lines
Platforms	Two side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	31 December 2010 (2010-12-31)
Rebuilt	2023
Previous names	Gatot Subroto LIPI
Services
Preceding Following Denpasar One-way operation Corridor 6 Route 6B Semanggi towards Balai Kota Denpasar towards Ragunan Karet One-way operation Denpasar towards Pinang Ranti Corridor 9 Semanggi towards Pluit Denpasar towards Cililitan Corridor 9 Route 9A Semanggi towards Grogol Reformasi Denpasar One-way operation Corridor 9 Route 9C Senayan Bank Jakarta towards Bundaran Senayan Denpasar towards Pinang Ranti Semanggi One-way operation
Location

Widya Chandra (or Widya Chandra Telkomsel, with Telkomsel granted for naming rights ^[1] ) is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located at the Gatot Subroto Street in Jakarta, Indonesia, serving Corridor 9. It is named after the ministerial official residence complex of Widya Chandra to the south. ^[2]

History

The BRT commenced operations as Gatot Subroto LIPI on 31 December 2010, alongside the entire Corridor 9. ^[3] The name "Gatot Subroto" came from the street where it is located – taken after the national hero Gatot Soebroto (EYD: Gatot Subroto; 1907-1962), while "LIPI" refers to the adjacent headquarters of the now-defunct Indonesian Institute of Sciences at south.

On 4 September 2022, Gatot Subroto LIPI BRT station was temporarily closed for revitalization, alongside Senen Sentral, Kuningan Barat (now Simpang Kuningan) and SMK 57 (now Jati Barat) stations. ^[4] Once completed, it was originally scheduled and reported to be reopened on 14 July 2023, ^{[5] [6]} but another report by detik.com revealed that it was postponed that day, and was pushed back 16 July. ^{[7] [8]}

In late December 2023, Gatot Subroto LIPI BRT station was renamed into Widya Chandra. It was an effort by Transjakarta to "neutralize" BRT station names from unofficial use of copyrighted third-party names: in this case "Gatot Subroto" as a historical figure, and "LIPI" as a government institution (though it was dissolved in 2021 in favor of the National Research and Innovation Agency or BRIN). ^{[9] [10]}

Naming rights

After the renaming to Widya Chandra, on 18 December 2024, mobile telecommunications provider Telkomsel officially bought the naming rights for the BRT station, thus making it officially named Widya Chandra Telkomsel. This is due to the fact that the BRT station is located only few metres away from The Telkom Hub, heaquartes of Telkomsel and its parent company Telkom Indonesia, to the south. ^{[1] [11]}

Building and layout

Widya Chandra Telkomsel BRT station consists of two separated buildings to the northwest (serving eastbound buses) and southeast (serving westbound buses); they are separated in the middle by the Jakarta Inner Ring Road, and connected by a footbridge. As the bridge has no separated paid area between the two, passengers whom wanted to change directions have to pay again. ^[12]

The current 2023 buildings have wider, open-air two-storey buildings, with the upper floor utilized as the entrance and concourse area. Elevator are newly added for disabled access. The capacity has been significally upgraded from 138 to 924 people. The northwest building has six platform bays, while the southeast has four. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

East/South	to Balai Kota		to Pluit, to Grogol Reformasi, and to Bundaran Senayan (Semanggi/Karet) →
	Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the travel direction
	Jakarta Inner Ring Road →			(to Tangerang) →
← (to Bekasi/Bogor)			← Jakarta Inner Ring Road
	Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the travel direction
West/North	← (Denpasar) to Pinang Ranti and to Cililitan	to Ragunan

Non-BRT bus services

Service type	Route	Destination	Notes
Inner-city feeder		Manggarai–Blok M	Inside the station
		Cibubur → Pluit	Only operates on weekdays (Monday–Friday) on 05:00 - 06:00, one way towards Pluit only. Inside the statiom
		Pasar Minggu–Tanah Abang	Outside the station
Royaltrans (premium)		Cibubur–Blok M

Nearby places

• Satriamandala Museum
• The Telkom Hub, headquarters of Telkom Indonesia and its subsidiary Telkomsel
• Ministry of Investment and Downstream Industry
• Wisma Danantara, headquarters of Danantara Indonesia
• Mulia Tower
• The Tower Jakarta
  • Bank Syariah Indonesia headquarters
• Graha Bpjamsostek
• Kartika Chandra Hotel

Gallery

• 
  Exterior of the southeast building for westbound buses
• 
  The access bridge above the Jakarta Inner Ring Road, note that there is no separated paid area between the two buildings
• 
  An elevator at the north side of the bridge
• 
  Entrance/exit turnstiles
• 
  The upper floor of the northwest building
• 
  An elevator inside the southeast building
• 
  Platform of the southeast building
• 
  The westbound bus entering the southeast building

References

1. Khoirunnisaa, Jihaan (20 December 2024). "Halte Tj Widya Chandra Berganti Nama Jadi Halte Widya Chandra Telkomsel". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
2. Al Farisi, Bahrudin (19 February 2025). "Suasana Kompleks Rumah Dinas Menteri di Tengah Isu "Reshuffle" Kabinet Prabowo". kompas.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025. Kompleks perumahan menteri di Jalan Widya Chandra IV, Senayan, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, terlihat berbeda pada Rabu (19/2/2025).[Wednesday (19/2/2025) was a different day at the Ministerial Residential Complex at Widya Chandra IV street in Senayan, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.]
3. "Fauzi Bowo Resmikan Busway Koridor 9 dan 10". Antara News (in Indonesian). 31 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
4. Arga, Leonardus Wical Zelena (1 September 2022). "Transjakarta Lakukan Penutupan Sementara Empat Halte, Dampak Revitalisasi Tahap Dua". Warta Kota (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
5. Syahida, Widya Michella Nur (13 July 2023). "Selesai Revitalisasi, Halte Transjakarta Gatot Subroto LIPI Kembali Beroperasi Besok". okezone.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
6. Dananjaya, Dio (14 July 2023). "Halte Transjakarta Gatot Subroto LIPI Kembali Beroperasi". kompas.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 19 May 2025. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
7. Rahim, Annisa Aulia (14 July 2023). "Disebut Beroperasi Hari Ini, Begini Kondisi Halte TransJ Gatot Subroto LIPI". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025. Revitalisasi Halte TransJakarta Gatot Subroto LIPI, Jakarta Selatan, disebut telah rampung. Namun, saat ini halte tersebut belum beroperasi. Pantauan detikcom, di lokasi, Jumat (14/7/2023), belum ada aktivitas turun naik penumpang bus TransJakarta di sini.[The revitalization of the Gatot Subroto LIPI Transjakarta BRT station has completed. However, it is still not operating yet to this date. According to our on-site report on Friday (14/7/2023), there were yet no activities here.]
8. Transportasi Jakarta [@pt_transjakarta] (15 July 2023). "#INFOTRANSJAKARTA | Makan pecel ayam pake sambel terasi. Mulai Minggu 16 Juli 2023, Halte Gatot Subroto LIPI mulai beroperasi" (Tweet). Retrieved 6 December 2025– via Twitter.
9. Adryamarthanino, Verelladevanka (13 January 2024). "Perubahan Nama Halte Transjakarta, Ini Daftar Lengkapnya". kompas.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
10. Sani, Ahmad Faiz Ibnu (22 December 2023). "Transjakarta akan Netralisasi Nama 109 Halte, Cari Untung dari Hak Penamaan". tempo.co . Retrieved 6 December 2025.
11. "Telkomsel dan Transjakarta Resmikan Nama Halte Baru: Widya Chandra Telkomsel". kumparan (in Indonesian). 20 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2025.
12. Kristianto, Andrean (17 July 2023). "Potret Halte Transjakarta Gatot Subroto LIPI Usai Revitalisasi - Foto". bloombergtechnoz.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
13. Nurhaliza, Siti (13 July 2023). "Halte TransJakarta Gatot Subroto LIPI mulai beroperasi Jumat". Antara News (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025.
14. Faruq, Nabil Syarifudin Al (13 July 2023). "Halte Transjakarta Gatot Subroto LIPI Mampu Tampung 924 Orang Usai Revitalisasi". Bisnis.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 December 2025.

External links

• transjakarta.co.id