# Blok M Bus Terminal

Blok M Terminal is a type-B bus terminal located within the commercial and entertainment quarter of Blok M in Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia. It only serves city transport buses that connects several regions in Jakarta and its surrounding cities. The terminal primarily serves Transjakarta's BRT corridors and feeder routes. Perum DAMRI also operate numbers of shuttle bus services from the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport and several gated communities in Greater Jakarta to Blok M terminal. Apart from DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti and Sinar Jaya also operate their bus routes to this terminal.
In 2024, the Jakarta provincial government planned to revitalize Blok M terminal due to the decrase of service quality. This will be the second revitalization of the terminal after the first one in 1992, which forms the current building of the terminal. However, as of 2025, there is still no sign about the start of the revitalization.

## History

Kebayoran Baru was originally built as the satellite city of Jakarta, prior to the city's major expansion, which have 17 blocks sorted from A to S. The first block (Blok A) accidentally became a spontaneous busy terminus point (known as 'shadow terminal' (terminal bayangan)) of public bus routes. In 1968, then-Governor of Jakarta, Ali Sadikin proposed to build a permanent bus terminal on a 2.2 hectares (22,000 m$^2$) plot of land in Blok M. Since the opening, it became a new terminus for all bus services in Kebayoran Baru, which was in a form of an open-air bus terminal.
In December 1990, Governor Wiyogo Atmodarminto wanted to revitalize the terminal, by combining it with a shopping arcade (later known as Blok M Mall) on the basement level. The first revitalization cost about IDR 80 billion at the time. In September 1992, the revitalization was completed, and the terminal was reinaugurated on 3 October of the same year.
The Provincial Government of Jakarta and PT. Integrasi Transit Jakarta, subsidiary of the Jakarta MRT, are planning to revitalize Blok M terminal once again in 2024. The plan is a part of the government to redevelop Blok M as an integrated transit-oriented development zone, alongside the CSW-ASEAN TOD. The revitalization will create a direct connection from Blok M BCA MRT station and the adjacent Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park into the terminal.

## Architecture and facilities

Blok M terminal is a three-storey terminal, where the first floor is the ground floor used as the platform of the terminal. The second and third floors are built underground. The second floor is used as a shopping arcade known as Blok M Mall or Mal Blok M. The third floor is used as the parking area, as well as a marketplace of used cars and other automobile needs.

### 1st floor, platform level

Blok M terminal has six lines, with lines 1-4 used for Transjakarta services. For Transjakarta, the first line is used for BRT services, the second and third platforms are used for non-BRT services, while the fourth platform is used for Mikrotrans and Royaltrans services. Lines 5 and 6 are used for Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses.
| Line 6 | ← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel ||
| Line 5 | ← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel ||
| Line 4 | ← Transjakarta: Mikrotrans and Royaltrans |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel ||
| Line 3 | ← Transjakarta: , , , , , , and Non-BRT routes |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel ||
| Line 2 | ← Transjakarta: , , , , , , and Non-BRT routes |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel ||
| Line 1 | ← Transjakarta: (ASEAN) to Kota |
| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel ||

### 2nd floor, shopping arcade

The second floor of Blok M terminal is a shopping arcade better known as Blok M Mall, which used to be one of the most popular and busiest shopping malls in Jakarta between the 1990s and the 2000s. The mall was best known for its affordable clothing markets, and it had Ramayana Department Store and Robinson Supermarket [id] as the anchor tenants until 2017. Due to losing the market competition that resulted the decline of visitors, caused by the existence of e-commerce and the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all kiosks in Blok M Mall have been permanently closed and the mall become very quite and empty.

## Transjakarta routes

TransJakarta :
| Service type | Corridor | Destination | Fare (IDR) | Platform line |
| Regular BRT | | Blok M - Kota | 3,500 | Line 1 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Pesanggrahan - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Tanah Abang - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Senen - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Blok M - Manggarai Station | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Ragunan - Blok M (via Kemang) | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Kampung Rambutan - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Blok M - PGC | 3,500 | Line 2 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Pondok Labu - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Meruya - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Rempoa - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Blok M - Pasar Minggu | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Duren Tiga - Blok M (via Bangka Raya) | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Joglo - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Inner-city feeder | | Bintaro - Blok M | 3,500 | Line 3 |
| Royaltrans (premium) | | Cibubur - Blok M | 20,000 | Line 4 |
| Royaltrans (premium) | | Summarecon Bekasi - Blok M | 20,000 | Line 4 |
| MikroTrans Jak Lingko | JAK-31 | Andara - Blok M | Free | Line 4 |
| MikroTrans Jak Lingko | JAK-95 | Blok M - Lebak Bulus | Free | Line 4 |
* ↑ Some of them are the successors of Kopaja and MetroMini, which ceased operating in 2020.

## Other routes
### Perum DAMRI
#### Airport shuttle

* Blok M terminal - Soekarno–Hatta International Airport

#### Jabodetabek Residence Connexion (JR Connexion)

JR Connexion is a shuttle bus service that connects the Jakarta city center with several residences in Greater Jakarta, iniated by the Jabodetabek Transportation Management Agency (BPTJ) of the Ministry of Transportation. The list below are JR Connexion routes originally operated by Pengangkutan Penumpang Djakarta, before it merged with DAMRI in 2023.
* Blok M terminal - Sentul City
* Blok M terminal - Tamansari Persada Bogor
* Blok M terminal - Hollywood Junction Jababeka (via Jakarta Inner Ring Road - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road - Cikarang Raya - Cibarusah Raya)

### Mayasari Bakti

* AC05A: Blok M terminal - Bekasi terminal (via Cut Meutia - A. Yani - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road)
* AC05B: Blok M terminal - Bekasi terminal (via Ir. H. Djuanda - H. Mulyadi Joyomartono - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road)
* AC34: Blok M terminal - Poris Plawad
* AC121: Blok M terminal - Hollywood Junction Jababeka (via Jakarta Inner Ring Road - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road - Cikarang Raya - Cibarusah Raya - Kedasih Raya)
* AC137A: Blok M terminal - Cileungsi terminal

### Sinar Jaya

* Blok M terminal - Bubulak terminal
* Blok M terminal - Sentul City

## Places nearby

* Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park [id]
* Wisma Iskarndarsyah
* The Jakarta 6th Public Senior High School (SMAN 6 Jakarta)
* The Jakarta 70th Public Senior High School (SMAN 70 Jakarta)
* The Jakarta 29th Public Vocational School (SMKN 24 Jakarta)
* Pasaraya Grande
* Bulungan Sports Hall
* Blok M Square [id]
* Blok M Plaza [id]