Blok M Bus Terminal

Blok M Terminal is a type-B bus terminal located within the commercial and entertainment quarter of Blok M in Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia. It only serves city transport buses that connects several regions in Jakarta and its surrounding cities. The terminal primarily serves Transjakarta's BRT corridors and feeder routes. Perum DAMRI also operates numbers of shuttle bus services from the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and several gated communities in Greater Jakarta to Blok M terminal. Apart from DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti and Sinar Jaya also operates their bus routes to this terminal.

Due to the decrase of service quality, the Jakarta provincial government planned to revitalize Blok M terminal starting in 2024. This will be the second revitalization of the terminal after the first one in 1992, which forms the current building of the terminal.

History
Kebayoran Baru was originally built as the satellite city of Jakarta, prior to the city's major expansion, which have 17 blocks sorted from A to S. The first block (Blok A) was accidentally became a busy terminus point of public bus routes. In 1968, the then-Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin proposed to built a permanent bus terminal on a 2.2 ha land in Blok M. Since the opening, it became a new terminus for all bus services in Kebayoran Baru, which was in a form of an open-air bus terminal.

In December 1990, Governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto wanted to revitalize the terminal, by combining it with a shopping arcade (later known as Blok M Mall) on the basement level. The first revitalization cost about IDR 80 billion at the time. In September 1992, the revitalization was completed, and the terminal was reinaugurated on 3 October of the same year.

The Provincial Government of Jakarta and PT. Integrasi Transit Jakarta, subsidiary of the Jakarta MRT, are planning to revitalize Blok M terminal once again in 2024. The plan is a part of the government to redevelop Blok M as an integrated transit-oriented development zone, alongside the CSW-ASEAN TOD. The revitalization will create a direct connection from Blok M BCA MRT station and the adjacent Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park into the terminal.

Architecture and facilities
Blok M terminal is a three-storey terminal, where the first floor is the ground floor used as the platform of the terminal. The second and third floors are built underground. The second floor is used as a shopping arcade known as Blok M Mall or Mal Blok M. The third floor is used as the parking area, as well as a marketplace of used cars and other automobile needs.

1st floor, platform level
Blok M terminal has six lines, with lines 1-4 used for Transjakarta services. For Transjakarta, the first line is used for BRT services, the second and third platforms are used for non-BRT services, while the fourth platform is used for Mikrotrans and Royaltrans services. Lines 5 and 6 are used for Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses.

2nd floor, shopping arcade
The second floor of Blok M terminal is a shopping arcade better known as Blok M Mall, which used to be one of the most popular and busiest shopping malls in Jakarta between the 1990s and the 2000s. The mall was best known for its affordable clothing markets, and it had as the anchor tenants until 2017. Due to losing the market competition, caused by the existence of e-commerce and the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all kiosks in Blok M Mall have been permanently closed and the mall become very quite.

Airport shuttle

 * Blok M terminal - Soekarno–Hatta International Airport

Jabodetabek Residence Connexion (JR Connexion)
JR Connexion is a shuttle bus service that connects the Jakarta city center with several residences in Greater Jakarta, iniated by the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) of the Ministry of Transportation. The list below are JR Connexion routes originally operated by Pengangkutan Penumpang Djakarta, before it merged with DAMRI in 2023.


 * Blok M terminal - Sentul City
 * Blok M terminal - Tamansari Persada Bogor
 * Blok M terminal - Hollywood Junction Jababeka (via Jakarta Inner Ring Road - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road - Cikarang Raya - Cibarusah Raya)

Mayasari Bakti

 * AC05A: Blok M terminal - Bekasi terminal (via Cut Meutia - A. Yani - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road)
 * AC05B: Blok M terminal - Bekasi terminal (via Ir. H. Djuanda - H. Mulyadi Joyomartono - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road)
 * AC34: Blok M terminal - Poris Plawad
 * AC121: Blok M terminal - Hollywood Junction Jababeka (via Jakarta Inner Ring Road - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road - Cikarang Raya - Cibarusah Raya - Kedasih Raya)
 * AC137A: Blok M terminal - Cileungsi terminal

Sinar Jaya

 * Blok M terminal - Bubulak terminal
 * Blok M terminal - Sentul City

Places nearby

 * Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park
 * Wisma Iskarndarsyah
 * The Jakarta 6th Public Senior High School (SMAN 6 Jakarta)
 * The Jakarta 70th Public Senior High School (SMAN 70 Jakarta)
 * The Jakarta 29th Public Vocational School (SMKN 24 Jakarta)
 * Pasaraya Grande
 * Bulungan Sports Hall
 * Blok M Square
 * Blok M Plaza
 * Attorney General's Office of Indonesia
 * Indonesian National Police Headquarters
 * ASEAN Headquarters
 * ASEAN MRT station
 * CSW-ASEAN TOD
 * M Bloc Space