Cibitung railway station

C24 Cibitung Station Stasiun Cibitung
Cibitung Station as of 2019.
General information
Location	Wanasari, Cibitung, Bekasi Regency West Java Indonesia
Coordinates	6°15′43″S 107°05′01″E / 6.261879°S 107.083664°E / -6.261879; 107.083664
Elevation	+19 m (62 ft)
Owned by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Operated by	KAI Commuter
Line(s)	Rajawali–Cikampek railway Cikarang Loop Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Station code	CIT
Classification	Class III[1]
History
Opened	1990 (1990) 8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) (reopened)[2]
Closed	2011 (2011)
Rebuilt	2015
Electrified	2017
Services
Preceding station Following station Tambun towards Cikarang Cikarang Loop Line Full Racket Metland Telagamurni towards Cikarang Tambun towards Angke Cikarang Loop Line Half Racket Tambun towards Kampung Bandan
Location
Cibitung Station Location in Java

Cibitung Station (CIT) is a railway station located in Wanasari, Cibitung, Bekasi Regency. The station, which is located at an altitude of +19 meters, is included in the Operation Area I Jakarta.

This station is located a little bit far from the Bekasi Regency–Karawang Regency main road which was decommissioned in 2011. Previously the station was small, 1.5 × 1.5 meters wide and only functions as a ticket sales counter. The station platform is low and short.^[3] The station building was then enlarged to meet the extension of the KRL Commuterline blue line towards Cikarang.^[4]

The station is quite busy because it is located near housing complexes.

History

Local station

Before Cibitung Station was built there was a signal post on the location. Many residents of Pondok Tanah Mas housing need to stop and depart the train, because most of them work in Jakarta. Along with the of Pondok Tanah Mas residents interests, Wanasari locals also want the existence of a train station. Over time, Cibitung Station was built to fulfill their needs, not only for Pondok Tanah Mas residents themselves, but also other housings as well as Wanasari residents.^[3]

Reopened as commuter station

Since the implementation of 2011 Gapeka (Grafik Perjalanan Kereta Api) timetables, all local trains, either from west or east, did not stop at Cibitung Station. The station closure left the old station building, which contains the station signboard and former ticket sales counter.

In 2015, the station was seen starting to be rebuilt. On 8 October 2017 it was officially reactivated with a new station building and serving the KRL Commuterline for the Jakarta Kota–Cikarang.^[4][2] The new station building has only one platform in the middle of the two rail tracks.

Building and layout

Cibitung Station has two railway tracks like the Bekasi Timur Station. The new building of Cibitung Station only have one island platform which is placed between two railway tracks.

C24 Cibitung

1st floor	Concourse, ticket counters, and ticket gates
P Platform floor	Line 2	← (Tambun) Cikarang Loop Line to Jatinegara/Angke/Kampung Bandan
	Island platform
	Line 1	Cikarang Loop Line to Cikarang (Metland Telagamurni) →

Services

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

Passenger services

• KAI Commuter
  • Cikarang Loop Line (Full Racket)
    • to Cikarang (direct service)
    • to Cikarang (looping through Manggarai-Kampung Bandan-Pasar Senen and vice versa)
  • Cikarang Loop Line (Half Racket), to Angke/Kampung Bandan (via Tanah Abang and Duri) and Cikarang

Incidents

• On 8 March 2014, a Haryanto tour bus carrying a group of children was hit by the Menoreh Train while passing the Cibitung 101 railroad level crossing (PJL) next to the former Cibitung Station in the Cikarang Station and Tambun Station compartments which resulted in the locomotive being damaged, but the bus driver managed to escape and the driver's assistant was secured.^[5]

References