KAI Commuter Cikarang Loop Line explained

KAI Commuter Cikarang Loop Line should not be confused with Bekasi Line (Greater Jakarta LRT).

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Cikarang Loop Line
Color:	26baed
Type:	Commuter rail
System:	KRL Commuterline
Stations:	27
Status:	Operational
Start:
End:
Depot:	Bukit Duri (BUD)
Linelength:	91km (57miles)^[1]
Locale:	West Jakarta Central Jakarta South Jakarta East Jakarta Bekasi Bekasi Regency
Open:	1924 (Electrified between Jakarta Kota/Tanjung Priok-Jatinegara section) 1992 (electrified between Jatinegara-Bekasi section) 2017 (electrified between Bekasi-Cikarang section) 28 May 2022 (present line)
Stock:	203 series 205 series Tokyo Metro 05 series Tokyo Metro 6000 series Tokyo Metro 7000 series Tokyu 8000 series Tokyu 8500 series
Electrification:	overhead line
Tracks:	Double-track Quadruple-track
Close:	27 May 2022 (Jakarta Kota-Manggarai section)
Website:	http://www.krl.co.id/
Map State:	collapsed

The Cikarang Loop Line (formerly Bekasi Line and Cikarang Line), officially the Cikarang Commuter Line, is a commuter rail line in Jakarta, Indonesia which is operated by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI). The line connects Kampung Bandan station in North Jakarta and Cikarang station in Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, West Java. On maps and diagrams, the line is shown using the color "blue" . Jakarta Kota–Cikarang is the extension of previously Jakarta Kota–Bekasi line which connects to Cikarang since 8 October 2017.^[2]

As of 2015, the line is the third-busiest line in the KA Commuter system, after red line and yellow line.^[3] ^[4]

Before 28 May 2022, there used to be two routes operating between Jakarta Kota and Bekasi. One serves via Manggarai and other one via Pasar Senen.^[5] Line and stations between Jakarta Kota and Manggarai were shared with the Jakarta Kota–Bogor line.

KAI Commuter announced in 21 May 2022 that the line will be renamed as Cikarang Loop Line with new abbreviation (C) by 28 May 2022, as part of Manggarai station upgrade. The line ceased operating to Jakarta Kota and no longer serves Jakarta Kota–Manggarai segment, which is served exclusively by the Bogor Line. Trains from Bekasi or Cikarang arriving at Jatinegara now continue through city loop previously used by Loop Line, clockwise or counterclockwise, and then return to Bekasi or Cikarang. Several trains end their journey at Angke or Kampung Bandan without looping.^[6] In response to passenger congestion at Manggarai, a feeder service serving Manggarai–Angke/Kampung Bandan portion of the line was introduced on 30 May 2022 to minimise waiting time.^[7]

Route patterns

Main line

There are eight main service patterns of the line.

!Service pattern!Route!Listed as!Stations served
Cikarang full racket, counterclockwise	Departing: Cikarang → Bekasi → Jatinegara First-half loop: Jatinegara → Pasar Senen → Kampung Bandan Second-half loop: Kampung Bandan → Manggarai → Jatinegara Terminating: Jatinegara → Bekasi → Cikarang	Departing to first-half loop: "Kampung Bandan via Pasar Senen" Second-half loop to terminating: "Cikarang via Manggarai"	14 stations of the loop (unidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional) 5 stations from Bekasi Timur to Cikarang (bidirectional)
Bekasi full racket, counterclockwise	Departing: Bekasi → Jatinegara First-half loop: Jatinegara → Pasar Senen → Kampung Bandan Second-half loop: Kampung Bandan → Manggarai → Jatinegara Terminating: Jatinegara → Bekasi	Departing to first-half loop: "Kampung Bandan via Pasar Senen" Second-half loop to terminating: "Bekasi via Manggarai"	14 stations of the loop (unidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional)
Cikarang full racket, clockwise	Departing: Cikarang → Bekasi → Jatinegara First-half loop: Jatinegara → Manggarai → Kampung Bandan Second-half loop: Kampung Bandan → Gang Sentiong (excluding Pasar Senen) → Jatinegara Terminating: Jatinegara → Bekasi → Cikarang	Departing to first-half loop: "Kampung Bandan via Manggarai" Second-half loop to terminating: "Cikarang"	13 stations of the loop (excluding Pasar Senen, unidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional) 5 stations from Bekasi Timur to Cikarang (bidirectional)
Bekasi full racket, clockwise	Departing: Bekasi → Jatinegara First-half loop: Jatinegara → Manggarai → Kampung Bandan Second-half loop: Kampung Bandan → Gang Sentiong (excluding Pasar Senen) → Jatinegara Terminating: Jatinegara → Bekasi	Departing to first-half loop: "Kampung Bandan via Manggarai" Second-half loop to terminating: "Bekasi"	13 stations of the loop (excluding Pasar Senen, unidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional)
Cikarang half racket (Angke), clockwise	Towards Angke: Cikarang → Bekasi → Jatinegara → Manggarai → Angke Towards Cikarang: Angke → Manggarai → Jatinegara → Bekasi → Cikarang	Towards Angke: "Angke via Manggarai" Towards Cikarang: "Cikarang via Manggarai"	7 stations of the loop (from Matraman to Angke, bidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional) 5 stations from Bekasi Timur to Cikarang (bidirectional)
Bekasi half racket (Angke), clockwise	Towards Angke: Bekasi → Jatinegara → Manggarai → Angke Towards Bekasi: Angke → Manggarai → Jatinegara → Bekasi	Towards Angke: "Angke via Manggarai" Towards Bekasi: "Bekasi via Manggarai"	7 stations of the loop (from Matraman to Angke, bidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional)
Cikarang half racket (Kampung Bandan), clockwise	Towards Kampung Bandan: Cikarang → Bekasi → Jatinegara → Manggarai → Kampung Bandan Towards Cikarang: Kampung Bandan → Manggarai → Jatinegara → Bekasi → Cikarang	Towards Kampung Bandan: "Kampung Bandan via Manggarai" Towards Cikarang: "Cikarang via Manggarai"	8 stations of the loop (from Matraman to Kampung Bandan, bidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional) 5 stations from Bekasi Timur to Cikarang (bidirectional)
Bekasi half racket (Kampung Bandan), clockwise	Towards Kampung Bandan: Bekasi → Jatinegara → Manggarai → Kampung Bandan Towards Bekasi: Kampung Bandan → Manggarai → Jatinegara → Bekasi	Towards Kampung Bandan: "Kampung Bandan via Manggarai" Towards Bekasi: "Bekasi via Manggarai"	8 stations of the loop (from Matraman to Kampung Bandan, bidirectional) 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional)

Jakarta Kota branch line

In addition, there are two minority services serving Jakarta Kota that only operates at certain times outside of rush hour (such as midnight and early hours) and is not officially acknowledged on the map.

!Service pattern!Route!Listed as!Stations served
Cikarang half racket (Jakarta Kota), counterclockwise	Towards Jakarta Kota: Cikarang → Bekasi → Jatinegara → Pasar Senen → Kampung Bandan → Jakarta Kota Towards Cikarang: Jakarta Kota → Kampung Bandan → Gang Sentiong (excluding Pasar Senen) → Jatinegara → Bekasi → Cikarang	Towards Jakarta Kota: "Jakarta Kota via Pasar Senen" Towards Cikarang: "Cikarang"	6 stations of the loop (bidirectional) Pasar Senen, station of the loop (unidirectional) Jakarta Kota 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional) 5 stations from Bekasi Timur to Cikarang
Bekasi half racket (Jakarta Kota), counterclockwise	Towards Jakarta Kota: Bekasi → Jatinegara → Pasar Senen → Kampung Bandan → Jakarta Kota Towards Bekasi: Jakarta Kota → Kampung Bandan → Gang Sentiong (excluding Pasar Senen) → Jatinegara → Bekasi	Towards Jakarta Kota: "Jakarta Kota via Pasar Senen" Towards Bekasi: "Bekasi"	6 stations of the loop (bidirectional) Pasar Senen, station of the loop (unidirectional) Jakarta Kota 7 stations from Jatinegara to Bekasi (bidirectional)

Note: Pasar Senen is one-way only for counterclockwise trains heading towards Kampung Bandan or Jakarta Kota. Train heading towards Bekasi or Cikarang does not stop at this station regardless of which service pattern it belongs to.

Stations

Main line

Station! colspan="2" style="width: 5em;"
Code	Transfers		City	Province	Name	From previousstation	From JakartaTermini
Distance (km)	Transfers		City	Province
	Jatinegara	-	0.0		Loop intersection and nominal Jakarta terminus. Trains going clockwise (via Manggarai) will head to Matraman, while those going counterclockwise (via Pasar Senen) will head to Pondok Jati Jatinegara Flyover Jatinegara Stasiun Jatinegara	East Jakarta	Jakarta
	Pondok Jati	1.236	1.236			East Jakarta
	Kramat	1.829	3.065			Central Jakarta
	Gang Sentiong	0.973	4.038
	Pasar Senen	1.567	5.605		Normal stop (counterclockwise)*Pass-through* (clockwise) Pasar Senen Senen (planned) Pasar Senen Senen Sentral Senen Bus Terminal (via short walk)
	Kemayoran	1.436	7.041
	Rajawali	1.901	8.942
	Kampung Bandan	1.444	10.386		Interchange station to Terminus of some clockwise half-racket services (full-racket trains will continue through the loop on its direction)	North Jakarta
	Angke	4.102	13.540		Terminus of some clockwise half-racket services (full-racket trains will continue through the loop on its direction)	West Jakarta
	Duri	1.230	14.770		Interchange station to or	West Jakarta
	Tanah Abang	3.632	18.402		Interchange station to Cideng (planned)	Central Jakarta
	Karet	2.029	20.431
	BNI City				Interchange station to
	Sudirman	0.811	21.242		Dukuh Atas Galunggung
	Mampang			*Ghost station*
	Manggarai	3.186	24.428		Some trains (feeder train) end hereInterchange station to or Manggarai (U/C) Manggarai (U/C) Manggarai Manggarai Bus Terminal (via short walk)	South Jakarta
	Matraman				Matraman Baru	East Jakarta
	Jatinegara	2.6			Jatinegara Flyover Jatinegara Stasiun Jatinegara
	Cipinang				*Ghost station*
	Klender	3.4			Stasiun Klender
	Buaran	3.1			Simpang Buaran
	Klender Baru	1.3
	Cakung	1.3			Pulo Gebang Pulogebang Bus Terminal (via 12 minutes' walk)
	Kranji	3.1				Bekasi	West Java
	Bekasi	2.5			Some trains terminate here Bekasi
	Bekasi Timur				Bekasi Bus Terminal (via short walk)
	Tambun				Some trains terminate here	Bekasi Regency
	Cibitung
	Metland Telagamurni
	Cikarang				Terminal stationInterchange station to or Cikarang Cikarang (planned)

Jakarta Kota branch line

While not officially shown in maps, there are some trains from Cikarang or Bekasi operating to Jakarta Kota via Pasar Senen (vice versa) in revenue service. This was arranged in order to maintain regular exchange of rollingstock with other lines. The branch line operate outside peak hours, such as midnight or early hours.^[8]

Station! colspan="2" style="width: 5em;"
From previousstation	Transfers/ Notes		Location		From JakartaTermini
Distance (km)	Transfers/ Notes		Location
Jakarta Kota	-	0.0		Terminal station Interchange station to or Jakarta Kota Kota (U/C) Kota	West Jakarta	Jakarta
Kampung Bandan				Interchange station to main line or Mangga Dua (planned)	North Jakarta	Jakarta
From Kampung Bandan onward rejoins main Cikarang Loop Line via Pasar Senen

Rolling stock

Ex-Tokyu 8000 series (2005-present)
Ex-Tokyu 8500 series (2006-present)
Ex-JR East 203 series (2011–present)
Ex-JR East 205 series (2013–present)
Ex-Tokyo Metro 6000 series (2011-present)

Past rolling stock

Ex-JR East 103 series (2004–2016)
Ex-Tokyo Metro 7000 series (2010–2019)
Ex-Tokyo Metro 05 series (2010–2019)
Ex-Toyo Rapid 1000 series (2007–2019)
Ex-Tokyo Metro 5000 series (2007–2020)

Accidents and incidents

Pre-2011 route and services reform

On 27 June 1928, a Westinghouse EMU of the State Electric Railway (then still under Dutch East Indies colonial rule) from the direction of Kemayoran station overran the terminating tracks of Batavia Noord station, hitting a horse drawn carriage on the road beside the station. No human casualty reported ^[9]
On 18 July 2007, a KRL Holec train trainset no. KL3-97228F running KA 423 (Economy) bound for Jakarta Kota was hit from behind by a locomotive being sent to Pasar Senen to carry KA 120 Jayabaya while stopping at Pondokjati station. No injury reported. The KRL set was able to continue its journey without further incident. ^[10]
On 30 October 2008, a former Toei 6000 set number 6181F train bound for Jakarta Kota via Pasar Senen variant of the line (at the time being the main route for this line) as KA 421 AC Economy class train was hit from behind by Antaboga 1001 freight train on a track segment between Kemayoran and Kampung Bandan stations. ^[11]

External links

Notes and References

News: Cikarang commuter line service to start this weekend. The Jakarta Post. 6 October 2017.
News: Menhub resmikan KRL lintas Bekasi-Cikarang . 7 October 2017 . Antaranews.com . Ahmad Wijaya. id.
Web site: Komuter Bogor–Jakarta mendominasi KRL. kontan.co.id. 11 April 2016 . 2016-04-29.
Web site: KRL Commuterline to introduce 12-car trains on busy Bogor and Bekasi lines. Coconuts Jakarta. 2015-12-09.
Web site: Bekasi KRL to change route via Pasar Senen to Jakarta Kota next month.
Web site: @commuterline . KAI Commuter . @ditjenperkeretaapian . 2022-05-21 . Ingatkah #RekanCommuters akan rencana pengembangan Stasiun Manggarai menjadi Stasiun Sentral? Hal tersebut kedepannya akan terjadi dengan… . 2022-05-21 . . en.
Web site: 2022-05-30 . Stasiun Manggarai Padat, KAI Commuter Bakal Tambah 6 Kereta Tambahan di Jam Sibuk . 2022-05-30 . iNews.ID . id.
Web site: KAI Commuter . 2022 . Jadwal Web update gapeka SO Manggarai .
Web site: buitenzorg. 2017-03-13. De laatste halte. 2021-05-26. Java Post. nl.
Book: KNKT. Railway Accident Investigation Report on Crash between CC20101/R Locomotive and KA 423/KRL at KM10+630 Pondokjati stop on Track Segment between Jatinegara station and Pasar Senen station, SCR Jakarta. Ministry of Transport (Indonesia). 2007. Jakarta.
Book: KNKT. 2012. Laporan Hasil Investigasi Kecelakaan Kereta Api Tumburan KA 1001 Antaboga dengan KA 421 KRL Ekonomi KM 1+700 Petak Jalan antara St. Kemayoran - St. Kampung Bandan, DKI Jakarta, Daop 1 Jakarta, 30 Oktober 2008. Jakarta. Kementerian Perhubungan.