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Transjakarta, ASEAN MRT station integration project begins
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Transjakarta's CSW bus stop in South Jakarta. The groundbreaking ceremony for the integration between the Transjakarta bus stop and the ASEAN MRT station on the old Centrale Stichting Wederopbouw (CSW) intersection in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, was held on Wednesday. (kompas.com/Andri Donnal Putra)
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he groundbreaking ceremony for the integration between the Transjakarta bus stop and the ASEAN MRT station on the old Centrale Stichting Wederopbouw (CSW) intersection in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, was held on Wednesday.
The groundbreaking for MRT ASEAN was attended by Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, officials from city-owned transportation companies PT Transjakarta and PT MRT Jakarta, as well as relevant stakeholders.
The integration of the CSW intersection will include the development of a connecting stop for the MRT station and the CSW Transjakarta shelter on the elevated 13th corridor, which connects Tendean in South Jakarta with Ciledug in Tangerang, Banten.
The CSW shelter was closed down soon after its launch in 2017, as it is perched 24 meters above the ground, accessed by a 117-step staircase, equivalent to a seven-story building, deemed too steep and not pedestrian-friendly.
The transportation integration project applies the design concept called Cakra Selaras Wihana, named using the intersection’s abbreviation, designed by Jakarta-based architecture firm Studio Lawang, led by Patrisius Marvin Dalimartha. The architecture firm won the design competition held by Transjakarta in April last year. The connecting stop will have five stories that will include the MRT and Transjakarta stops and space for retailers.
The MRT and Transjakarta stops consisting of the existing CSW corridor 13 and construction of a new bus stop for Transjakarta corridor 1 serving the Blok M and Kota route, and a new feeder service bus stop for the MRT.
The development project is part of the efforts at intermodal integration aimed at boosting the use of public transportation in the capital.
