Tambun railway station explained

Elevation:19m (62feet)
Map Type:Indonesia Java
Map Dot Label:Tambun Station

Tambun Station
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:id
Symbol Location:Jakarta
Symbol:blue
Address:Jl. Mekarsari, Mekarsari, South Tambun, Bekasi Regency
Borough:West Java
Country:Indonesia
Coordinates:-6.2586°N 107.056°W
Owned:Kereta Api Indonesia
Operator:KAI Commuter
Platforms:1 side platform
3 island platforms
Tracks:4
Structure:Ground
Parking:Available
Accessible:Available
Code:TB
Opened:[1]
Electrified:[2]
Classification:Class III[3]
Rebuilt:2018[4]

Tambun Station (TB) is a class III railway station located in Mekarsari, South Tambun, Bekasi Regency. The station, which is located at an altitude of +19 meters, is included in the Operation Area I Jakarta. This station has four railway tracks with track 2 and 3 as straight lines.

Nearby the station is historic Gedung Juang Tambun building, a former landlord house during colonial era that currently houses Museum Bekasi.

Building and layout

The old station building with cultural heritage status is closely related to the Gedung Juang Tambun building, which has the same status. During the war for independence, the Gedung Juang Tambun was used as a place for negotiations on the exchange of prisoners of war. When the captured Indonesian freedom fighters were returned to Indonesian territory via Bekasi, the Dutch soldiers who were caught were returned to the Netherlands by the Indonesian freedom fighters to Batavia by train through the old station building where the tracks were right behind the building.[5] The station is on the south side adjacent to the building.

This station has now been replaced by a new building with a minimalist modern architecture which is also applied to stations on the planned ManggaraiCikarang quadruple-track railway (doubled‐double track (DDT)). But unfortunately, when it was built, the old station building had already been torn down so that train passengers had complained about being too hot or caught in the rain while waiting for the train to arrive. At that time, the KRL Commuterline trips had been extended to Cikarang Station. Currently, some of the new station platforms can be used even though the new main building is still under construction.[6] [7]

GMain building
PPlatform floorLine 1 Cikarang Loop Line to and from and towards /
Line 2Direct tracks to CIkampek
Line XInactive
Line XInactive
Line 3Direct tracks to Jatinegara
Line 4 to /

Services

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

Passenger services

Incidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bataviasche Oosterspoorweg Maatschappij. Wilton-Jones. M.. 8 March 2021.
  2. News: Warga Tambun Heboh Lihat Uji Coba KRL Jakarta-Cikarang. id. Bisma Alief Laksana. 28 July 2017. 8 March 2021.
  3. Book: Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014. id.
  4. Web site: Blue Line : Pembangunan Stasiun Tambun. 25 September 2018. 8 March 2021. id. Fachri Abdurachan.
  5. Web site: Gedung Juang 45, Saksi Bisu Perjuangan Masyarakat Tambun . The Official Website of the South Tambun District Government, Bekasi Regency . id.
  6. Web site: 2018-08-21 . Stasiun KA Tambun Dibiarkan Kumuh, Ini Alasannya . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190826093234/http://poskotanews.com/2018/08/21/stasiun-ka-tambun-dibiarkan-kumuh-ini-alasannya/ . 2019-08-26 . 2023-03-11 . Poskota News . en.
  7. News: Penampakan Stasiun Tambun yang Tidak Nyaman untuk penumpang . id . Sindonews.com .
  8. Web site: 2008-08-12 . Penyebab KA Anjlok Belum Diketahui . 2023-03-11 . . id.
  9. Web site: Fadlurrohman . Fakhri . 2022-06-21 . Mobil Alami Mogok Sebelum Tertabrak Kencang KA Argo Sindoro di Bekasi . 2023-03-11 . . id-ID.