| Blok M Terminal | |
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Terminal Blok M | |
 Blok M terminal in 2010 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Bus terminal |
| Location | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Address | Jalan Sultan Hasanuddin, Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta |
| Owner | Provincial Government of Jakarta |
| Landlord | The Jakarta Government Office of Transportation (Indonesian: Dinas Perhubungan Provinsi DKI Jakarta) |
| Other information | |
| Parking | Available |
Blok M Terminal is a type-B bus terminal located within the commercial and entertainment quarter of Blok M in Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia. It only serves city transport buses that connects several regions in Jakarta and its surrounding cities. The terminal primarily serves TransJakarta's BRT corridors and feeder routes. Perum DAMRI also operates numbers of shuttle bus services from the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and several gated communities in Greater Jakarta to Blok M terminal. Apart from DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti and Sinar Jaya also operates their bus routes to this terminal.
Due to the decrase of service quality, the Jakarta provincial government planned to revitalize Blok M terminal starting in 2024.[1]
Architecture and facilities
Blok M terminal is a three-storey terminal, where the first floor is the ground floor used as the platform of the terminal. The second and third floors are built underground. The second floor is used as a shopping arcade known as Blok M Mall or Mal Blok M. The third floor is used as the parking area, as well as used car market.
1st floor, platform level
Blok M terminal has six lines, with lines 1-4 used for TransJakarta services. For TransJakarta, the first line is used for BRT services, the second and third platforms are used for non-BRT services, while the fourth platform is used for Mikrotrans and Royaltrans services.[2] Lines 5 and 6 are used for Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses.
| Line 6 | ← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | |
| Line 5 | ← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | |
| Line 4 | ← TransJakarta: Mikrotrans and Royaltrans |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | |
| Line 3 | ← TransJakarta: 1E, 1M, 1Q, 6U, 6W, 8D, and 8E Non-BRT routes |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | |
| Line 2 | ← TransJakarta: 1C, 1N, 1P, 6M, 6N, and 7B Non-BRT routes |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | |
| Line 1 | ← TransJakarta: (ASEAN)  to Kota |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | |
2nd floor, shopping arcade
The second floor of Blok M terminal is a shopping arcade better known as Blok M Mall, which used to be one of the most popular and busiest shopping malls in Jakarta between the 1990s and the 2000s. The mall was best known for its affordable clothing markets. Due to losing the market competition, caused by the existence of e-commerce and the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of kiosks in Blok M Mall have been permanently closed and the mall become very quite.[3][4]
TransJakarta routes
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| TransJakarta bus rapid transit station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Blok M Bus Terminal, Melawai, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Jakarta 12160, Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Owned by | PT. Transportasi Jakarta | ||||||||||
| Managed by | PT. Transportasi Jakarta | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blok M–Kota | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform (BRT corridors) 3 side platforms (Non-BRT routes) | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Blok M BCA | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Operational | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 January 2004 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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| TransJakarta | ||||
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| Service type | Corridor | Destination | Fare (IDR) | Platform line |
| Regular BRT | |
Blok M - Kota | 3,500 | Line 1 |
| Inner-city feeder[lower-alpha 1] | 1C | Pesanggrahan - Blok M | Line 2 | |
| 1N | Tanah Abang - Blok M | |||
| 1P | Senen - Blok M | |||
| 6M | Blok M - Manggarai Station | |||
| 6N | Ragunan - Blok M (via Kemang) | |||
| 7B | Kampung Rambutan - Blok M | |||
| 7Q | Blok M - PGC | |||
| 1E | Pondok Labu - Blok M | Line 3 | ||
| 1M | Meruya - Blok M | |||
| 1Q | Rempoa - Blok M | |||
| 6U | Blok M - Pasar Minggu | |||
| 6W | Duren Tiga - Blok M (via Bangka Raya) | |||
| 8D | Joglo - Blok M | |||
| 8E | Bintaro - Blok M | |||
| RoyalTrans (premium) | 1K | Cibubur - Blok M | 20,000 | Line 4 |
| B13 | Summarecon Bekasi - Blok M | |||
| MikroTrans Jak Lingko | JAK-31 | Andara - Blok M | Free | |
| JAK-95 | Blok M - Lebak Bulus | |||
Other routes
Perum DAMRI
Airport shuttle
- Blok M terminal - Soekarno–Hatta International Airport
Jabodetabek Residence Connexion (JR Connexion)
JR Connexion is a shuttle bus service that connects the Jakarta city center with several residences in Greater Jakarta, iniated by the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) of the Ministry of Transportation. The list below are JR Connexion routes originally operated by Pengangkutan Penumpang Djakarta, before it merged with DAMRI in 2023.
- Blok M terminal - Sentul City
- Blok M terminal - Tamansari Persada Bogor
- Blok M terminal - Hollywood Junction Jababeka (via Jakarta Inner Ring Road - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road - Cikarang Raya - Cibarusah Raya)
Mayasari Bakti
- AC05A: Blok M terminal - Bekasi terminal (via Cut Meutia - A. Yani - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road)
- AC05B: Blok M terminal - Bekasi terminal (via Ir. H. Djuanda - H. Mulyadi Joyomartono - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road)
- AC34: Blok M terminal - Poris Plawad
- AC121: Blok M terminal - Hollywood Junction Jababeka (via Jakarta Inner Ring Road - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road - Cikarang Raya - Cibarusah Raya - Kedasih Raya)
- AC137A: Blok M terminal - Cileungsi terminal
Sinar Jaya
- Blok M terminal - Bubulak terminal
- Blok M terminal - Sentul City
Places nearby
- Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park[5]
- Wisma Iskarndarsyah
- The Jakarta 6th Public Senior High School (SMAN 6 Jakarta)
- The Jakarta 70th Public Senior High School (SMAN 70 Jakarta)
- The Jakarta 29th Public Vocational School (SMKN 24 Jakarta)
- Pasaraya Grande
- Bulungan Sports Hall
- Blok M Square
- Blok M Plaza
- Attorney General's Office of Indonesia
- Indonesian National Police Headquarters
- ASEAN Secretariat
- ASEAN MRT station
- CSW-ASEAN TOD
- M Bloc Space
See also
- Pulo Gebang Bus Terminal – Located in Cakung, East Jakarta, which serves inter-city buses to several provinces
- CSW-ASEAN TOD
- Transport in Jakarta
References
- ↑ Sari, Janlika Putri Indah (22 October 2023). Ferdian, Azwar (ed.). "Terminal Blok M Bakal Direvitalisasi Mulai 2024". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ↑ PT. Transportasi Jakarta [@PT_Transjakarta] (27 August 2022). "#INFOTRANSJAKARTA | Sahabat TiJe, Halte Blok M jalur 1 merupakan titik akhir dari Koridor 1 dan 10H. Pelanggan wajib tap out sebelum keluar dan melanjutkan perjalanan di jalur 2,3, dan 4" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Dewi, Mis Fransiska (3 January 2023). "Kisah Tiga Mal di Blok M yang Berbeda Nasib". kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ↑ Simangunsong, Wasti Samaria (8 July 2023). Ihsanuddin (ed.). "Menyusuri Sunyinya Mal Blok M, Pusat Mode yang Kian Redup Terkikis Waktu Halaman all". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ↑ Rosa, Nikita. "Taman Literasi Martha Christina Tiahahu Dibuka, Pencinta Buku Yuk Merapat!". detikedu (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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