# Kampung Melayu (Transjakarta)

Kampung Melayu is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located below the K.H. Abdullah Syafei overpass, at the middle of the interchange between Abdullah Syafei, Oto Iskandar di Nata, and Jatinegara Barat/Timur streets in Kampung Melayu, Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Indonesia. This is the terminus and transit point between corridors 5, 7, and 11.
It stands on the former site of an open-air bus terminal for Kopaja, Metromini, and angkot/mikrolet routes. Since all those modes (except some angkot/mikrolet) ceased operating and converted into Transjakarta routes, the terminal currently serves Transjakarta's BRT and feeder services, as well as remaining mikrolet routes.

## History

The Kampung Melayu BRT station was built below the Abdullah Syafei overpass, which used to be the platform bay area of the original terminal (as seen on the remainings of signages placed on the south side of the overpass girder). It began operational on 27 January 2007, simultaneously with the opening of corridors 5 and 7. The original building was built with aluminium and steel structure, but it had an uneven steel slab floors.
On 23 December 2022, Transjakarta announced that the Kampung Melayu BRT station would be closed for revitalization on 7 January 2023. It was carried out to enlarge the station's capacity. As the impact, the three main corridors have to be temporarily readjusted, namely corridor 5 shortened to Matraman Baru, corridor 7 shortened to Bidara Cina, and corridor 11 extended to Matraman 1 (later shortened to Matraman Baru). Apart from that, TransJakarta provides the 7ST (Kampung Melayu–Matraman 1, later Bidara Cina–Matraman Baru) temporary shuttle route for affected passengers. On the first day of revitalization, there were numbers of passengers that didn't know about the revitalization.
On 19 July 2023, Kampung Melayu BRT station was reopened to the public and all the three affected main corridors returned to terminate at this station. The result of the revitalization was praised by passengers.

## Building and layout

Kampung Melayu BRT station now consist of north, south, west, and east platforms, with 21 platform bays/gates. The east platform was newly-built during the revitalization. North platform is used for corridors 5 and 11, south platform for corridor 7, and west and east platforms for corridor 5C.
The station's floor is now flat. For the architectural design, the new building is dominated with glass walls to provide more natural lighting from the sunlight. It has a futuristic design, where the platform bays resemble squicles and the building is painted in beige and grey.
| West | ↑ (Matraman Baru) to Juanda | North | North | North | to Cililitan (Bidara Cina) ↓ | East |
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| West | ↑ (Matraman Baru) to Juanda | Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the direction of travel | Island platform, north and south platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel | Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the direction of travel | to Cililitan (Bidara Cina) ↓ | East |
| East |||
| East |||
| East |||

## Non-BRT bus services

The north side of the BRT station is used as the terminus of Transjakarta's non-BRT bus routes, while the south side is used as the terminus and pool of Mikrotrans routes. Some non-BRT bus routes are the successors of Kopaja and MetroMini, while Mikrotrans routes (using microbus fleets) are the successors of some angkot/mikrolet routes.
| Type | Route | Destination | Notes |
| Transjakarta city bus | | Tebet Station–Bidara Cina (regular) | Inside the station |
| Transjakarta city bus | | Kampung Melayu–Tanah Abang (Metrotrans) | Outside the station |
| Transjakarta city bus | | Kampung Melayu–Tanah Abang (via Cikini) (Metrotrans) | Outside the station |
| Transjakarta city bus | | Kampung Melayu–Ragunan (Minitrans) | Outside the station for passenger alighting, but inside the station for passenger boarding |
| Transjakarta city bus | | Cibubur–Ancol (regular) | Inside the station |
| Transjakarta city bus | | Pulo Gebang–Kampung Melayu (via East Flood Canal (BKT)) (Minitrans) | Inside the station |
| Mikrotrans Jak Lingko | JAK-41 | Kampung Melayu–Pulo Gadung | Outside the station |
| Mikrotrans Jak Lingko | JAK-42 | Kampung Melayu–Pondok Kelapa | Outside the station |
| Mikrotrans Jak Lingko | JAK-84 | Kampung Melayu–Pangkalan Jati | Outside the station |
| Mikrotrans Jak Lingko | JAK-106 | Kampung Melayu–Klender | Outside the station |

## Places nearby

* Avalokitesvara Vihāra
* Azzahra University
* Jatinegara Rental Vertical Housing (Rusunawa)
* Jatinegara market
* Jatinegara Premiere Hospital

## Incidents

On 24 May 2017, the Kampung Melayu BRT station was destructed by two bomb explosions, where the glass were destructed. Two bombing preperator and three police officers were killed, with 11 people injured. Because of the bombing, corridors 5 and 11 temporarily terminates at Jatinegara RS Premier (now Jatinegara) and corridor 7 terminates at Bidara Cina.
On 29 May 2017, five days after the bombing, Kampung Melayu station resumed its operational normally.

## Gallery

* Entrance gate B
* The east facade of the station, serving corridors 5C and 5D
* A map and information board on entrance gate A
* Passengers boarding the corridor 7 bus towards Kampung Rambutan
* The station platform area
* The platform gates/bays signage