Bus terminal in Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia
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 operates 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 operates their bus routes to this terminal.
Due to the decrase of service quality, the Jakarta provincial government planned to revitalize Blok M terminal starting in 2024.[1]
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 used car market.
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.[2] Lines 5 and 6 are used for Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses.
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| Line 6
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← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses
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| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
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| Line 5
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← Perum DAMRI, Mayasari Bakti, and Sinar Jaya buses
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| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
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| Line 4
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← TransJakarta: Mikrotrans and Royaltrans
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| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
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| Line 3
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← TransJakarta: 1E, 1M, 1Q, 6U, 6W, 8D, and 8E Non-BRT routes
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| Line 2
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← TransJakarta: 1C, 1N, 1P, 6M, 6N, and 7B Non-BRT routes
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| Line 1
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← TransJakarta: (ASEAN)  to Kota
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| Side platform, the platform doors are opened on the left side of the direction of travel
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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. Due to losing the market competition, caused by the existence of e-commerce and the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of kiosks in Blok M Mall have been permanently closed and the mall become very quite.[3][4]
Other routes
Perum DAMRI
Airport shuttle
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.
Mayasari Bakti
Sinar Jaya
- Blok M terminal - Bubulak terminal
- Blok M terminal - Sentul City
