Cibitung railway station

Cibitung Station (CIT) is a railway station located in Wanasari, Cibitung, Bekasi Regency. The station, which is located at an altitude of +19 meters, is included in the Operation Area I Jakarta.

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Cibitung Station

Stasiun Cibitung
Cibitung Station as of 2019.
General information
LocationWanasari, Cibitung, Bekasi Regency
West Java
Indonesia
Coordinates6.261879°S 107.083664°E / -6.261879; 107.083664
Elevation+19 m (62 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKAI Commuter
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleAvailable
Other information
Station codeCIT
ClassificationClass III[1]
History
Opened1990 (1990)
8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) (reopened)[2]
Closed2011 (2011)
Rebuilt2015
Electrified2017
Services
Preceding station Following station
Tambun
towards Cikarang
 Cikarang Loop Line
Full Racket
 Metland Telagamurni
towards Cikarang
Tambun
towards Angke
 Cikarang Loop Line
Half Racket
Tambun
towards Kampung Bandan
Location
Cibitung Station is located in Java
Cibitung Station
Cibitung Station
Location in Java

This station is located a little bit far from the Bekasi Regency–Karawang Regency main road which was decommissioned in 2011. Previously the station was small, 1.5 × 1.5 meters wide and only functions as a ticket sales counter. The station platform is low and short.[3] The station building was then enlarged to meet the extension of the KRL Commuterline blue line towards Cikarang.[4]

The station is quite busy because it is located near housing complexes.

History

Local station

Before Cibitung Station was built there was a signal post on the location. Many residents of Pondok Tanah Mas housing need to stop and depart the train, because most of them work in Jakarta. Along with the of Pondok Tanah Mas residents interests, Wanasari locals also want the existence of a train station. Over time, Cibitung Station was built to fulfill their needs, not only for Pondok Tanah Mas residents themselves, but also other housings as well as Wanasari residents.[3]

Reopened as commuter station
KRL JR 205-148F Marchen Face series arriving at Cibitung Station

Since the implementation of 2011 Gapeka (Grafik Perjalanan Kereta Api) timetables, all local trains, either from west or east, did not stop at Cibitung Station. The station closure left the old station building, which contains the station signboard and former ticket sales counter.

In 2015, the station was seen starting to be rebuilt. On 8 October 2017 it was officially reactivated with a new station building and serving the KRL Commuterline for the Jakarta Kota–Cikarang.[4][2] The new station building has only one platform in the middle of the two rail tracks.

Building and layout

Cibitung Station has two railway tracks like the Bekasi Timur Station. The new building of Cibitung Station only have one island platform which is placed between two railway tracks.

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1st floor Concourse, ticket counters, and ticket gates
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Platform floor

 Line 2 ← (Tambun) Cikarang Loop Line to Jatinegara/Angke/Kampung Bandan
Island platform
Line 1 Cikarang Loop Line to Cikarang (Metland Telagamurni) →

Services

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

Passenger services

Incidents
  • On 8 March 2014, a Haryanto tour bus carrying a group of children was hit by the Menoreh Train while passing the Cibitung 101 railroad level crossing (PJL) next to the former Cibitung Station in the Cikarang Station and Tambun Station compartments which resulted in the locomotive being damaged, but the bus driver managed to escape and the driver's assistant was secured.[5]

References
  1. Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian).
  2. Liputan6.com. "KRL Beroperasi dari Stasiun Cikarang Mulai 8 Oktober 2017". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  3. "Bagaimana nasib stasiun (halte) Cibitung dan exhalte rawabebek setelah ada DDT?". Semboyan35, Indonesian Railfans Forum. 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. Media, Kompas Cyber (2017-10-07). "Mulai 8 Oktober 2017, KRL Jabodetabek Tak Berakhir di Stasiun Bekasi - Kompas.com". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. Source: Tribunnews. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
Preceding station   Kereta Api Indonesia   Following station
Tambun
towards Rajawali		   Rajawali–Cikampek   Metland Telagamurni
towards Cikampek
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