The Rangkasbitung Line (also known as KRL Commuterline Tanah Abang–Rangkasbitung), officially the Rangkasbitung Commuter Line, is a

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

line in Indonesia, operated by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI). The line connects

Tanah Abang Tanah Abang () is a districts of Indonesia, district of Central Jakarta, Indonesia. The district hosts the biggest textile Market (place), market in Southeast Asia, Tanah Abang Market. It also hosts Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Kelurahan Gelora ...

station in

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and

Rangkasbitung Rangkasbitung ( Sundanese: ) (colloquially called Rangkas) is a town (serving as the administrative centre of Lebak Regency) and an administrative district (''kecamatan''), in Banten Province of Java, Indonesia. The district covers an area of 7 ...

station in

Lebak Regency Lebak Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The regency has an area of 3,481.35 km2 and had a population of 1,204,095 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,386,793 a ...

Banten Banten (, , Pegon alphabet, Pegon: بنتن) is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capi ...

. On maps and diagrams, the line is shown using the color "green" (). Tanah Abang–Rangkasbitung line is the longest and fourth busiest line in the

KRL Commuterline KRL Commuterline, commonly known as Greater Jakarta Commuter rail, Jakarta Commuter rail, and KRL Commuter Line Jabodetabek is a commuter rail system for Jabodetabek, Greater Jakarta in Indonesia. It was previously known as KRL Jabodetabek. It ...

system.

History

The line is part of Tanah Abang–

line, built by the Dutch Public Works Bureau ''(Burgerlijke Openbare Werken/BOW'', now

Ministry of Public Works This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure. See also * Public works * Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...

) by decree of the Governor General as stipulated in the State Gazette (Staatsblad) No. 180 dated July 15, 1896. BOW constructed Batavia Zuid– Duri line with branches to

Tangerang Tangerang (Sundanese script, Sundanese: , ) is the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city with the largest population in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta, it is the sixth largest city proper in ...

and

– Anyer Kidul. The line between Tanah Abang and Rangkasbitung was formally opened on 1 October 1899. The track between

and

Serpong Serpong is a town and an administrative district (''kecamatan'') of South Tangerang city, in Banten, Banten Province on Java (island), Java, Indonesia. Before South Tangerang City became an autonomous city, Serpong District was one of the distric ...

was electrified in 1991 and completed in 1992. In 2009, railway track between Serpong and Parungpanjang has been fully electrified. Tanah Abang–Parungpanjang was the original route of Green Line when it began operation in 2011. Green Line was extended to Maja in 2013. Further extension to

is operational by 1 April 2017. And the future extension to

Serang Serang (, , Sundanese: ) is a city and the capital of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia (the Regency's capital is now at Ciruas). The city is located towards the north of Banten pro ...

and Merak in 2021 and elongation platform for 12 cars formation in this 2020. On 2021 Timetable which took effect in February 2021, all trains starting/ending at Maja station were moved to Tigaraksa station, due to more tracks available at Tigaraksa for idle trains.

Route patterns

There are four main service patterns of the line.

Stations

The distance table of Commuterline stations.

Incidents and accidents

* On 9 December 2013, A former Tokyo Metro 7000 series trainset (no. 7121F) travelling as KA 1131 on this line collided with a

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tanker truck at Bintaro Permai railway intersection,

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. Seven people (including the three train drivers) were killed in the crash. The trainset was subsequently written-off.

Pre-2011 route and services reform

* On 19 October 1987, two local passenger trains collided, which causing 139 fatalities and 254 injured. It was caused by human error or a miscommunication between Sudimara and Kebayoran station. * 18 November 2003, KRL Holec trainset KL2-94202F running KA 396 (Business) on Tanah Abang-Serpong sector of this line caught fire before reaching Kebayoran station, subsequently destroying two frontmost cars of the train. One passenger was killed in this incident.

References

External links

KRL Jabotabek website

KRL-Mania – KRL Jabotabek community site
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