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| Pasar Minggu Station |
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I've heard recently that Jakarta commuter railway line has improved its service. Therefore, yesterday, I bought their e-ticket card, one of the new service offered, valued Rp. 30k of journey refillable. Next thing for me would be to find a specific destination. Since, today is a Friday, I might as well try a journey that takes me from Pasar Minggu Station to Djuanda Station, next to the grand mosque of Istiqlal, for the Jumat prayer.
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| Istiglal Mosque with Monas & Jakarta skylines |
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In anticipation, I went to the Pasar Minggu Station more than an hour before the beginning of the prayer time. I arrived around 10.45, and I didn't have to wait for long for the next train to Jakarta Kota is just around the corner. The train leaves at 10.52. I wasn't sure whether it was the exact train schedule or not since there is no information board regarding departing and arriving time. One hour was sufficient enough since regular car traffic in Jakarta usually takes more than an hour to reach this part of Jakarta from Kemang or Pasar Minggu area. If I arrive early, then chilling out inside the grand mosque would be fine since I have my tablet to play around while waiting for adzan. But if I arrive right about the time of the prayer, then it was what I had expected. However, the train reached Djuanda Station, the station next to the Grand Mosque of Istiqlal, around 11.16. So, it only took 25 minutes to reach this part of Jakarta.
What happened to the lost time when we travel by the road? It is being solved urbanely. The commuter line is there, the railway line has always been there. Use it!
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| Djuanda Station |
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The railway track line, except the elevated ones, were built during the time of the Dutch occupation in Indonesia, while Jakarta still being called Batavia. The Dutch created the network of transportations to cater the influx of the urban masses, making Batavia well interconnected. They somehow had a vision about their Batavia in the future. Too bad, after the independence, we, Indonesian, don't utilize them to the utmost, preferring more in building highways and more roads, creating a city space that cater more to the use of the burning fossil fuels. More of railway networks, not only in Jakarta, are being abandoned. Until recently, it is being revamped as its traffic problem require a quick solution. I just wished that this kind of mass transportation is being concentrated even more to tackle Jakarta's traffic problem. It's never too late. It just need someone up there, in the local or the central government, to concentrate and handle more this matter of transportation.
Use KRL, it takes you faster to Jakarta! That's my slogan (or our future slogan)
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bagus juga nih foto-fotonya
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