Sawah Besar is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located in Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta, serving Corridor 1. It is located on Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk Roads, separated by the Ciliwung River. Despite its name, the station is not located within the Sawah Besar district.
History Sawah Besar BRT station was opened together with the entire Corridor 1 on 15 January 2004. It used to be located adjacent to the Gajah Mada Plaza shopping mall to the west, and an intersection between Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk Roads, Kyai H. Zainul Arifin Street and Sukarjo Wiryopranoto Street to the north. The station consisted of two separate side buildings, accessible via a skybridge.
On 28 February 2023, the station was moved to a pair of temporary buildings as construction of the Jakarta MRT progressed; Harmoni was originally scheduled to be relocated together with Sawah Besar and Mangga Besar, but was later postponed to 4 March.
Building and layout Alongside Harmoni and Mangga Besar, Sawah Besar BRT station has been operating with a pair of separated temporary buildings in the form of an island platform since 23 February 2023. Each is connected by a temporary bridge across the Ciliwung River and accessible with pelican crossings. The west building at Jalan Gajah Mada serves northbound buses, while the east building on Jalan Hayam Wuruk serves southbound buses. As of 26 August 2023, the west building is currently inactive due to a traffic diversion to make way for the MRT construction, with the east building now serving both directions. West temporary buildingCiliwung RiverEast temporary building towards → ← towards dan towards
Non-BRT bus services TypeRouteDestinationNotesTransjakarta Non-BRTPantai Maju—Balai KotaInside the station
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