Sawah Besar (Transjakarta)

116 Sawah Besar
West temporary building, 2023
General information
LocationHayam Wuruk Road and Gajah Mada Road, Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta 10120, Jakarta, Indonesia
SystemTransjakarta bus rapid transit station
OwnerTransjakarta
OperatorTransjakarta
LinesList of Transjakarta corridors#Corridor 1 List of Transjakarta corridors#Cross-corridor routes
PlatformsTwo island platforms with separate paid area per platform (one in service, one unused)
Construction
Structure type
At-grade
Cycle facilities
No
Accessible
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 Following
Harmoni
towards Blok M
 Corridor 1 Mangga Besar
towards Kali Besar
Harmoni
towards Damai
 Corridor 3 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 on Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk Roads, separated by the Ciliwung River. Despite its name, the station is 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 to the Gajah Mada Plaza shopping mall to the west, and an intersection between Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk Roads, Kyai H. Zainul Arifin Street and Sukarjo Wiryopranoto Street to the north. The station consisted of two separate side buildings, accessible via a skybridge.

On 28 February 2023, the station was moved to a pair of temporary buildings as construction of the Jakarta MRT progressed;[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 has been operating with a pair of separated temporary buildings in the form of an island platform since 23 February 2023. Each is 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 building 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 List of Transjakarta corridors#Corridor 1 List of Transjakarta corridors#Cross-corridor routes towards Kota (Mangga Besar) →
Island platform, doors open on the right-hand side
← (Harmoni) List of Transjakarta corridors#Corridor 1 towards Blok M dan List of Transjakarta corridors#Cross-corridor routes towards Damai

Non-BRT bus services

Type Route Destination Notes
Transjakarta Non-BRT Pantai Maju—Balai 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 X (formerly Twitter).
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