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.

Blok M Terminal
Terminal Blok M
Blok M terminal in 2010
General information
Type	Bus terminal
Location	Jakarta, Indonesia
Address	Jalan Sultan Hasanuddin, Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta
Coordinates	6.2434937°S 106.8017898°E / -6.2434937; 106.8017898
Opened	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Renovated	3 October 1992; 31 years ago (1992-10-03)
Owner	Provincial Government of Jakarta
Landlord	The Jakarta Government Office of Transportation (Indonesian: Dinas Perhubungan Provinsi DKI Jakarta)
Other information
Parking	Available

Due to the decrase of service quality, the Jakarta provincial government planned to revitalize Blok M terminal starting in 2024.^[1] This will be the second revitalization of the terminal after the first one in 1992, which forms the current building of the terminal.^[2]

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.^{[citation needed]} In 1968, the then-Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin proposed to built a permanent bus terminal on a 2.2 hectares (22,000 m²) 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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[1][2]

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.^[3] Lines 5 and 6 are used for Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses.

Line 6	← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
Line 5	← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
Line 4	← TransJakarta: Mikrotrans and Royaltrans
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
Line 3	← Transjakarta: , , , , , , and Non-BRT routes
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
Line 2	← Transjakarta: , , , , , , and Non-BRT routes
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
Line 1	← Transjakarta: (ASEAN) to Kota
Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel

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 Ramayana Department Store and Robinson Supermarket [id] as the anchor tenants until 2017.^[2] 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.^[4][5]

Transjakarta routes

101 Blok M
Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
A Transjakarta bus fleet arriving at the terminal, taken in 2007
General information
Location	Blok M Bus Terminal, Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Jakarta 12160, Indonesia
Owned by	PT. Transportasi Jakarta
Managed by	PT. Transportasi Jakarta
Line(s)	Blok M–Kota
Platforms	1 side platform (BRT corridors) 3 side platforms (Non-BRT routes)
Connections	Blok M BCA
Other information
Status	Operational
History
Opened	15 January 2004 (2004-01-15)
Services
Preceding station   Transjakarta   Following station Terminus   Corridor 1   CSW towards Kota

TransJakarta
Service type	Corridor	Destination	Fare (IDR)	Platform line
Regular BRT		Blok M - Kota	3,500	Line 1
Inner-city feeder[lower-alpha 1]		Pesanggrahan - Blok M		Line 2
		Tanah Abang - Blok M
		Senen - Blok M
		Blok M - Manggarai Station
		Ragunan - Blok M (via Kemang)
		Kampung Rambutan - Blok M
		Blok M - PGC
		Pondok Labu - Blok M		Line 3
		Meruya - Blok M
		Rempoa - Blok M
		Blok M - Pasar Minggu
		Duren Tiga - Blok M (via Bangka Raya)
		Joglo - Blok M
		Bintaro - Blok M
Royaltrans (premium)		Cibubur - Blok M	20,000	Line 4
		Summarecon Bekasi - Blok M
MikroTrans Jak Lingko	JAK-31	Andara - Blok M	Free
	JAK-95	Blok M - Lebak Bulus

1. Some of them are the successors of Kopaja and MetroMini, which ceased operational in 2020.

Other routes

Perum DAMRI

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 [id]
• 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 [id]
• Blok M Plaza [id]
• Attorney General's Office of Indonesia
• Indonesian National Police Headquarters
• ASEAN Headquarters
• ASEAN MRT station
• CSW-ASEAN TOD
• M Bloc Space

See also

• Pulo Gebang Bus Terminal – Located in Cakung, East Jakarta, which serves inter-city buses to several provinces
• CSW-ASEAN TOD
• Transport in Jakarta

References

1. Sari, Janlika Putri Indah (22 October 2023). Ferdian, Azwar (ed.). "Terminal Blok M Bakal Direvitalisasi Mulai 2024". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
2. JELAJAH Terminal Blok M yang Siap Direvitalisasi II Nantinya Jadi Kawasan Berorientasi Transit. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via YouTube.
3. PT. Transportasi Jakarta [@PT_Transjakarta] (27 August 2022). "#INFOTRANSJAKARTA | Sahabat TiJe, Halte Blok M jalur 1 merupakan titik akhir dari Koridor 1 dan 10H. Pelanggan wajib tap out sebelum keluar dan melanjutkan perjalanan di jalur 2,3, dan 4" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Dewi, Mis Fransiska (3 January 2023). "Kisah Tiga Mal di Blok M yang Berbeda Nasib". kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
5. Simangunsong, Wasti Samaria (8 July 2023). Ihsanuddin (ed.). "Menyusuri Sunyinya Mal Blok M, Pusat Mode yang Kian Redup Terkikis Waktu Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

• transjakarta.co.id/peta-rute/