Tanah Abang Station (THB) is a railway station located in Kampung Bali, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The station located to the east of West Flood Canal, and serves Rangkasbitung and Cikarang Loop lines of KRL Commuterline. The station and the canal are only separated by a small, narrow embankment and as such, Tanah Abang station is prone to flooding, especially during the heavy rain season.
Tanah Abang station serves as the terminus for Rangkasbitung Line. It used to serve some intercity services, but after the opening of , all local train services towards use Rangkasbitung station as their terminus, therefore local train services do not stop in Tanah Abang station anymore.
This station, alongside Duri railway station, serves as transit stations for the only train services towards South Tangerang and Tangerang, both in Banten. As commuters from these two satellite cities need to change train here before going to other places in Jakarta, these two stations tend to be crowded especially in rush hour.
Tanah Abang locomotive depot was located north of the station. It was demolished in 2023 to make way for the station's expansion project. The demolition work was started on 25 December 2022. After demolition, two derelict locomotives of BB304 class and BB306 class each and two freight cars remains at the site. They were scrapped on 13 March 2023. The physical construction of the station's expansion was started on 30 April 2023.
History
1899-1997
The history of Tanah Abang station was date back from 1899 railway line Jakarta–Anyer Kidul. The first segment, Jakarta–Tanah Abang–Rangkasbetung (currently Rangkasbitung) was opened on 1 October 1899 according to State Railway Company of the Dutch East Indies' 1921, 1925 and 1932 Annual Report.
1997-present
The original station building has been demolished and replaced with the present two-story building, which is equipped with a passenger crossing bridge and escalators. This building was inaugurated on 3 June 1997 by the then Minister of Transportation, Haryanto Dhanutirto. This new building was made to accommodate KRL Commuterline passengers, which at that time were already operating on the Tanah Abang–Serpong route.
On late December 2022, the Ministry of Transportation revealed the plan for Tanah Abang Station extension. It is planned that the new Tanah Abang Station building will be built on a 4 hectares site located 500 m from the existing building, namely the Tanah Abang Locomotive Depot. The extension plan was carried out due to Tanah Abang Station has become one of the busiest stations on the KRL Commuterline system (with 48,000 daily ridership and 150,000 transit passengers) and the capacity needed to be extended. The construction of the new Tanah Abang station was started with the demolition of the locomotive depot that will become the site for the new station building.
After the depot demolition completed, on 30 April 2023, the physical construction of the new station building was started marked with the groundbreaking ceremony attended by the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Acting Governor of Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono, and the President Director of Kereta Api Indonesia Didiek Hartantyo. It is expected that the capacity will be extended from 100.000 to 300.000 daily passengers. It is also couted that the first phase of the station's extension and developments will cost IDR 380.93 billion. The surrounding area of the station will be redeveloped into an integrated transit-oriented development.
Building and layout
Tanah Abang Station originally had five railway lines. Line 2 is a straight double track heading to Duri-Kampung Bandan, line 3 is a straight double track track going to Sudirman-Manggarai, and line 5 is a single straight track going to Rangkasbitung-Merak. After the construction of a double track on the Tanah Abang-Serpong segment on 4 July 2007, the layout of the station was overhauled so that the number of lines increased to six with line 5 being a double track straight from Rangkasbitung-Merak and line 6 being a straight line in the direction of Rangkasbitung-Merak. This station is also equipped with a locomotive depot which is located to the northeast of the station and is directly connected to line 1.