BNI City Railway Station

BNI City station () is a station for the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link and KAI Commuter service. Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) holds the naming rights for the station, which was known as Sudirman Baru station (English: New Sudirman station) during construction period. The station is located in Central Jakarta, on the north bank of West Flood Canal, about a hundred meters from Sudirman Commuter Rail station. The station is part of Dukuh Atas TOD.

History

Initially this station was named Sudirman Baru because it is located on the west side of Jalan Jenderal Sudirman. This means that the name of this station must be distinguished from the Old Sudirman Station, which only serves Commuter Line routes. Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), and Railink have agreed to name this station as BNI City as a strategy to create synergies between state-owned enterprises. BNI participates in managing this station with PT Railink and PT KAI; by providing supporting facilities such as ATMs and ticket machines.

Sudirman Baru Station began serving passengers on December 26 2017 and was inaugurated on 2 January 2018. With the presence of this station, it will facilitate the mobility of airport passengers, both from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and from Jakarta and Tangerang.

As of 30 July 2022, BNI City start serving KAI Commuter Cikarang Loop Line's passengers. This operation is aim to share the density of passengers at Sudirman Station by 40%. This operations are carried out by separating the gate and the flow of incoming/outgoing passengers between Commuter Line and airport rail link, but the platform has not been separated between the two services. Anne Purba as the VP Corporate Secretary of KAI Commuter denied reports that the Karet Station would be closed due to the operation of the KRL in Sudirman Baru.

On January 1, 2025, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir announced the closure of Karet Station due to the absence of this station on the 2025 Grafik Perjalanan Kereta Api (GAPEKA). The closure was accommodated by adding a footpath on the banks of the Ciliwung River (riverwalk) and a corridor connected to BNI City Station. The merger of this station with BNI City Station is expected to improve the railway ecosystem and optimize services to passengers.

Along with the closure of Karet Station, PT KAI announced the transfer of Airport Train services from BNI City Station to Sudirman Station in April 2025, so that passengers from the LRT station who want to go to Soekarno-Hatta Airport no longer need to go to BNI City so that the performance of Airport Train occupancy can increase. The transfer will initially be carried out by opening services at both stations, Sudirman Station and BNI City Station.

Naming rights

The station is named as BNI City (), after its naming rights was purchased by Bank Negara Indonesia. It is the first railway station in Indonesia which granted its naming rights to a corporation.

Station layout

This station have two train tracks. Both tracks are straight tracks.

BNI City station has three floors and is about in length. On the ground floor, a number of station support facilities such as escalators, tap-in and tap-out machines, ticket vending machines, two seating areas for passengers, and lifts are located. There are also food outlets, minimarkets, toilets, mosques, clinics, and self-service flight check-in machines.

The upstairs of the station will also be used for platform, which is long and wide. There are four escalators in the station. The station has a parking lot.

Services

KRL Commuterline

Airport Rail Link

Supporting transportation

As the station is part of Dukuh Atas TOD, it is integrated with several mode of public transportation available in Jakarta. The station is located on the north bank of the West Flood Canal, about hundred meters away from Sudirman station of Jakarta Commuter service. Before 28 May 2022, Sudirman station only serves Loop Line, after 28 May, Loop Line ceased and replaced with Cikarang Loop Line.

Transjakarta

There are a number of Transjakarta routes that stop near the TOD area with a fare of Rp 3,500 (about 25 US cents) for regular class and Rp 20,000 (1.27 US dollars) for premium class known as RoyalTrans. The routes are:
* Regular
** BRT routes
*** Corridor (Blok M - Kota), at Dukuh Atas shelter
*** Corridor (Ragunan - Balai Kota via Semanggi), at Dukuh Atas shelter
*** Corridor (Pulo Gadung - Galunggung), at Galunggung shelter
*** Corridor (Ragunan - Galunggung), at Galunggung shelter
** Non-BRT feeder routes
*** Corridor (Tanah Abang - Blok M) towards Tanah Abang
*** Corridor (Blok M - Senen) towards Senen
*** Corridor (Tanah Abang - Pasar Minggu) towards Tanah Abang
* RoyalTrans premium class
** Corridor (Cibubur - Balai Kota) towards Balai Kota

MRT and LRT

The station is already integrated with the Dukuh Atas BNI MRT station of the Jakarta MRT and Jabodebek LRT on the Dukuh Atas LRT Station via a multi-purpose crossing bridge. Passenger have to enter a separated paid area at the Sudirman railway station first before entering the crossing bridge to enter the LRT station.

Regular buses

Some regular buses also stops by the TOD area. All routes are towards Tanah Abang:
* Mayasari Bakti AC52 (Tanah Abang - Bekasi Timur)
* Mayasari Bakti AC52A (Tanah Abang - Jatiasih)
* Mayasari Bakti AC70 (Tanah Abang - Kampung Rambutan)
* Mayasari Bakti AC70A (Tanah Abang - Cileungsi)
* Mayasari Bakti (Tanah Abang - Ciawi)

Incidents

* On 5 February 2018, BNI City Station was temporarily closed due to landslide around the airport which caused the Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link temporarily stopping operations. On 8 February 2018, the station resumed services with 100 m-length speed restriction around the landslide point.

See also

*Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
* Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link
*KRL Commuterline

References

External links

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Railway stations in Indonesia opened in 2017