Cibitung railway station
Railway station in Indonesia
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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.
West Java
Indonesia
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Cibitung Station as of 2019. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Wanasari, Cibitung, Bekasi Regency West Java Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6.261879°S 107.083664°E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | +19 m (62 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kereta Api Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | KAI Commuter | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Available | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | CIT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Class III[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1990 8 October 2017 (reopened)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 interests of Pondok Tanah Mas residents, 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
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.
| 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
- KAI Commuter
Cikarang Loop Line (Full Racket)
- to Cikarang (direct service)
- to Cikarang (looping through Manggarai-Kampung Bandan-Pasar Senen and vice versa)
- Cikarang Loop Line (Half Racket), to Angke/Kampung Bandan (via Tanah Abang and Duri) and Cikarang
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]