Widya Chandra (or Widya Chandra Telkomsel, with Telkomsel granted for naming rights) is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located at the Gatot Subroto Street in Jakarta, Indonesia, serving Corridor 9. It is named after the ministerial official residence complex of Widya Chandra to the south.

History

The BRT commenced operations as Gatot Subroto LIPI on 31 December 2010, alongside the entire Corridor 9. The name "Gatot Subroto" came from the street where it is located – taken after the national hero Gatot Soebroto (EYD: Gatot Subroto; 1907-1962), while "LIPI" refers to the adjacent headquarters of the now-defunct Indonesian Institute of Sciences at south.

On 4 September 2022, Gatot Subroto LIPI BRT station was temporarily closed for revitalization, alongside Senen Sentral, Kuningan Barat (now Simpang Kuningan) and SMK 57 (now Jati Barat) stations. Once completed, it was originally scheduled and reported to be reopened on 14 July 2023, but another report by detik.com revealed that it was postponed that day, and was pushed back 16 July.

In late December 2023, Gatot Subroto LIPI BRT station was renamed into Widya Chandra. It was an effort by Transjakarta to "neutralize" BRT station names from unofficial use of copyrighted third-party names: in this case "Gatot Subroto" as a historical figure, and "LIPI" as a government institution (though it was dissolved in 2021 in favor of the National Research and Innovation Agency or BRIN).

Naming rights

After the renaming to Widya Chandra, on 18 December 2024, mobile telecommunications provider Telkomsel officially bought the naming rights for the BRT station, thus making it officially named Widya Chandra Telkomsel. This is due to the fact that the BRT station is located only few metres away from The Telkom Hub, heaquartes of Telkomsel and its parent company Telkom Indonesia, to the south.

Building and layout

Widya Chandra Telkomsel BRT station consists of two separated buildings to the northwest (serving eastbound buses) and southeast (serving westbound buses); they are separated in the middle by the Jakarta Inner Ring Road, and connected by a footbridge. As the bridge has no separated paid area between the two, passengers whom wanted to change directions have to pay again.

The current 2023 buildings have wider, open-air two-storey buildings, with the upper floor utilized as the entrance and concourse area. Elevator are newly added for disabled access. The capacity has been significally upgraded from 138 to 924 people. The northwest building has six platform bays, while the southeast has four.

East/Southto Balai KotaTransjakarta Corridor 9 to Pluit, to Grogol Reformasi, and to Bundaran Senayan (Semanggi/Karet) →
Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the travel direction
Jakarta Inner Ring Road →(to Tangerang) →
← (to Bekasi/Bogor)← Jakarta Inner Ring Road
Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the travel direction
West/North← (Denpasar) Transjakarta Corridor 9 to Pinang Ranti and to Cililitanto Ragunan

Non-BRT bus services

Service typeRouteDestinationNotes
Inner-city feederManggarai–Blok MInside the station
Cibubur → PluitOnly operates on weekdays (Monday–Friday) on 05:00 - 06:00, one way towards Pluit only. Inside the statiom
Pasar Minggu–Tanah AbangOutside the station
Royaltrans (premium)Cibubur–Blok M

Nearby places

Gallery

  • Exterior of the southeast building for westbound buses
  • The access bridge above the Jakarta Inner Ring Road, note that there is no separated paid area between the two buildings
  • An elevator at the north side of the bridge
  • Entrance/exit turnstiles
  • The upper floor of the northwest building
  • An elevator inside the southeast building
  • Platform of the southeast building
  • The westbound bus entering the southeast building

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