Juanda railway station

Juanda Station (Stasiun Juanda, station code: JUA) is a railway station located in Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. Since Gambir station stopped serving Commuterline trains, Juanda, along, with Gondangdia station, has become the alternative for passengers going to Merdeka Square and the surrounding areas. It is also located near the Istiqlal Mosque.

The station got its name from the nearby road, which in turn is named after Djuanda Kartawidjaja, the 11th and final Prime Minister of Indonesia.

KAI Commuter, a subsidiary of Kereta Api Indonesia and the KRL Commuterline operator, has their main office in the northern part of the station.

History


This station is a train station located on the first section of the Batavia–Buitenzorg railway line which was inaugurated by the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS), namely the Batavia–Weltevreden section. At first, this station was a small stop which was inaugurated on 15 September 1871, simultaneously with the opening of the first section of the railroad line. This station was named Noordwijk Station which later changed its name to Pintoe-air Station (Pintu Air Station after the enactment of the Republican Spelling System) during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia.

In the 1990s, Pintu Air Station was massively reconstructed into an elevated station. The remodeled station was inaugurated as one of the Manggarai–Jakarta Kota elevated stations on 5 June 1992, along with a name change to Juanda Station. At the time, President Suharto along with his wife Siti Hartinah and other ranks in the government inaugurated the elevated railway by taking the electric train from Gambir Station to Jakarta Kota Station.

Building and layout
The Juanda Station building has a modern design with a touch of azure panels which are still maintained to this day and have never been painted, only the pillars of the platform have been changed to pale blue, before finally repainting to azure in 2022. It is known that the project, which began in February 1988, spent Rp. 432.5 billion and at the time it was inaugurated was not fully completed until it was fully operational a year later.

This station has two railway lines.

Services
The following is a list of train services at the Juanda Station.

Passenger services

 * KAI Commuter
 * Bogor Line, to Jakarta Kota and Bogor
 * Bogor Line (Nambo branch), to Jakarta Kota and Nambo

Supporting transportation
Juanda station is connected to the Juanda TransJakarta bus station and the Istiqlal Mosque by a pedestrian bridge. In order to create an intermodal integration, the bus station and pedestrian bridge was temporarily closed for revitalization from 15 April 2022 until it was reopened on 4 March 2023.

Incidents

 * On 26 October 2008, at 15.30 WIB, the pantograph which was located in Car 1 of the KRL Jakarta Kota-Bogor route was caught on fire. As a result of this incident, a number of KRL trips were hampered. There were no casualties in this incident.
 * On 11 September 2009, there was a power outage at Juanda Station, causing a number of KRL trips to be disrupted for 15–20 minutes.
 * On 3 October 2009, at 09.50 WIB, the Jakarta Kota-Bogor Economy class KRL train was rammed by a locomotive at Juanda Station. This incident did not result in delays in train travel, but a 10-year-old homeless girl suffered a fracture of her right leg.
 * On 23 September 2015, at 15.25 WIB, the 2015 Juanda Train Tragedy occurred which involved two KRL JR 205 SF 10 at Juanda Station. Both front train driver's cabins were badly damaged. Forty-two people were injured as a result of the accident.  This incident resulted in the KRL 1156 driver, Gustian, being seriously injured and rushed to the Gatot Soebroto Army Central Hospital, Central Jakarta.