Velbak (Transjakarta)
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Gunung, Kebayoran Baru (northern side)
Kramat Pela, Kebayoran Baru (southern side)
South Jakarta, Indonesia
1306 Velbak  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ciledug Raya Street Gunung, Kebayoran Baru (northern side) Kramat Pela, Kebayoran Baru (southern side) South Jakarta, Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°14′22″S 106°47′07″E / 6.239380°S 106.785302°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Transjakarta bus rapid transit station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Transjakarta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Transjakarta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines |     | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Single island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Kebayoran Kebayoran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | In service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 July 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 24 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Velbak is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located above the Ciledug Raya Street, Gunung, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Indonesia, serving Corridor 13. It is connected by a long transfer skybridge to the Kebayoran BRT station that serves Corridor 8, as well as the Kebayoran KRL station on the Rangkasbitung Line.
The name "Velbak" comes from the Dutch words vuil, which means "trash", and bak, which means "bin" or "storage". The area where the BRT station stands was often called vuilnisbak (lit. 'Trash bin'), which refers to a landfill that used to exist near the Grogol River at south of the station, that also borders Kebayoran Baru from Kebayoran Lama. The name vuilnisbak later deformed into vuilbak, and later to simply velbak.[1]
Velbak BRT station only opened on 7 July 2018, almost nine months after the official opening of Corridor 13 in August 2017, due to the lighting works that were still ongoing when the line started operations.[2][3] The station was the second last to open, alongside Rawa Barat station, before CSW 1 station opened many years later.[2]
In March 2022, construction of a new skybridge was started to connect Velbak station with Kebayoran station to make an interchange between Corridors 8 and 13, as well as to integrate them with Kebayoran KRL station.[4] As a follow-up, Velbak was closed on 29 August 2022 for escalator installation.[5] Although the skybridge was still under construction, the station reopened on 24 December 2022.[6] The skybridge opened for public trial on 21-24 January 2023 and was inaugurated on 27 January 2023 by the Acting Governor of Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono.[7][8][9] The skybridge initially attracted criticism as it was entirely within Transjakarta's paid area, forcing pedestrians to tap their card and pay even for crossing the road without using the BRT services. In response, Transjakarta installed a separator in the middle of the bridge to separate the paid transfer area from the unpaid public area to allow pedestrians to use the bridge to cross the street without entering the BRT system.[10]
Station layout
| North | towards Tegal Mampang and towards Pancoran |
towards Flyover Kuningan (Mayestik/CSW 1) → |
| Island platform, doors open on the right | ||
| South | ← (Kebayoran Lama/Petukangan d'Masiv) towards CBD Ciledug and towards Puri Beta 2 |
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Non-BRT bus services
The following non-BRT services serve areas around Velbak station, last updated on 17 September 2024:
| Type | Route | Destination | Notes |
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| Transjakarta Non-BRT |  |
Pesanggrahan— Blok M | Outside the station |
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Meruya Selatan—Blok M | ||
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Velbak—Pasar Minggu via Jeruk Purut | ||
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Blok M—Joglo | ||
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Bintaro—Blok M | Inside Kebayoran station | |
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Kebayoran—Petamburan via Asia Afrika Street | Inside Kebayoran station | |
| Mikrotrans Jak Lingko | JAK 93 | Kebayoran Lama—Jeruk Purut | Outside the station |
