Depok Baru railway station

Depok Baru Station (DPB) or commonly known as Margonda Station is a class I railway station in Pancoran Mas, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, serving only KRL Commuterline services. It is located +93m above sea level, and is located precisely behind Depok City Hall, ITC Depok shopping mall, and the Margonda Depok Bus Terminal, which is opposite the Depok City Police headquarters.

The inauguration date of the Depok Baru Station is unknown, but it was reported that it was almost finished in early 1986, and was renovated in 1992.

History Depok Baru station (initially Depok Jaya) was built to supplement the existing Depok station, as well as providing railway access to residents of Depok I and Depok II residential areas developed by , with land clearing process completed around mid-January 1983. On 19 February 1983, the station's construction was officially broke ground, and the ceremony was attended by then Indonesian Transportation Minister Roesmin Noerjadin. On 13 February 1986, the newspaper Berita Yudha reported that the physical construction of Depok Baru station was almost finished. However, the exact date of its opening remained unknown.

Since 25 March 2021, this station, along with , , , , , , , , and stations has officially ceased the sale of single trip cards (Guaranteed Daily Ticket ( or THB)) for KRL Commuterline services. This is because the majority of KRL Commuterline passengers are used to using multi-trip cards and electronic money. In this way, long queues to buy KRL tickets can be cut.

Building and layout This station has three railway lines with lines 1 and 3 as a straight track. This station has access to the crossing via the top which is located in the middle of the platform, but is no longer used because access to the crossing is now via the pedestrian tunnel.

+ GMain buildingPPlatform floorLine 1← Bogor Line to Line 2← Bogor Line to or Bogor or →Line 3 Bogor Line to / →GMain building

Services

Passenger services

KRL Commuterline +Train line nameDestinationNotes Bogor Line -Only a few trips

Supporting transportation +TypeRouteDestinationTransJakarta (non-BRT)Depok Bus Terminal–BKN (integrated with corridors )Trans Depok (BRT)Depok Bus Terminal–Harjamukti LRT Station (via Tole Iskandar-Raya Bogor) (integrated with )Hiba Utama -Depok Bus Terminal–Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (via Cinere–Jagorawi Toll Road–Jagorawi Toll Road–Jakarta Outer Ring Road)Transjabodetabek (regular)DJ1Depok Bus Terminal–Lebak Bulus Grab MRT station (via Margonda–Lenteng Agung Raya–T.B. Simatupang)DJ2Depok Bus Terminal–Kalideres Bus Terminal (via T.B. Simatupang–Metro Pondok Indah–Sultan Iskandar Muda–Daan Mogot)AngkotD01Depok Bus Terminal–Depok ID02Depok Bus Terminal–Depok IID03Depok Bus Terminal–ParungD04Depok Bus Terminal–KukusanD05Depok Bus Terminal–Bojonggede Station (via Citayam Raya)D06Depok Bus Terminal–Simpangan–Jatijajar Bus TerminalD07Depok Bus Terminal–Citayam Bus TerminalD07ADepok Bus Terminal–Rangkapan Jaya BaruD08Depok Bus Terminal–BBM–Kampung Sawah Bus TerminalD09Depok Bus Terminal–Raden Saleh–Kampung Sawah Bus TerminalD10Depok Bus Terminal–Parung Serab–Kampung Sawah Bus TerminalD10ADepok Bus Terminal–GDC Boulevard–Jatijajar Bus Terminal (upcoming)D11Depok Bus Terminal–Akses UI–TuguD15Depok Bus Terminal–LimoD105Depok Bus Terminal–Tanah Baru–Pondok Labu, South JakartaD110Depok Bus Terminal–Krukut–CinereD112Depok Bus Terminal–Kampung Rambutan Bus TerminalS16Depok Bus Terminal–Grogol, Depok–Pondok Labu, South JakartaT19Depok Bus Terminal–Lenteng Agung–Kampung Rambutan Bus TerminalM03Depok Bus Terminal–Pasar Minggu Bus TerminalM04Taman Merdeka Depok Timur–Pasar Minggu Bus Terminal

Incidents

On 29 April 2017, a female doctor was killed by a KRL train bound for Bogor. According to the testimonies of a number of witnesses, this incident was caused by the woman not heeding the KRL service officer's warning not to cross through the station emplacement. As a result, the KRL immediately crashed the female doctor. On 2 May 2022, there was a fire in the Pasar Kemiri Depok area, causing disruption to the Depok Baru-Bogor/Nambo KRL trips and the opposite direction because the electricity on the overhead power lines was cut. The fire that occurred at 19.05 WIB was successfully extinguished by the Depok Fire Department and the overhead line could only be repaired at 21.03 WIB.

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