Terminal in Jakarta

Jakarta as capital city of Indonesia is most crowded city in Indonesia. Millions peoples moving every day in Jakarta for work, business, study, trading, tourism, and government activities. Some of them use private car or motorcycle and the others use public transport. Many kind of public transports available in Jakarta such as big bus with AC, big bus without AC, medium bus, busway, train, taxi, bajay, ojek (motorcycle), and angkot (public transport with 10-15 seat passengers).

How to memorize them?

Is everybody in Jakarta remembers all route of public transports?

The answer is no. More than 100 routes are available for angkot and bus in Jakarta. We couldn’t remember all routes except we use all of them everyday. Most of Jakarta people only remember routes for their own daily activities. So, how about if they want to go to other places or other routes? They use public transport terminal as guidance.

We can go the nearest terminal and find public transport that passing or toward our destination. For example, if we stay in South Jakarta and want to go to Sudirman street, we can go to Blok M terminal and find bus that passing through Monas.

Terminals also could use as direction guidance. Some terminals are end points of Jakarta, so if we ride public transport and stop in terminal, we already at one of Jakarta end points.

Big terminal

In this terminal type, we almost can found any kind public transports to all other Jakarta terminal and also buses to another cities in Java and Sumatera islands. Most of Indonesian peoples moving in to Jakarta and moving out from Jakarta in this terminal type. The examples are Pulogadung, Kampung Rambutan, and Kalideres.

Medium terminal

In this terminal type, not all routes to other cities are available, but all routes to other destination in Jakarta are available. The examples are Pasar Minggu, Lebak Bulus, Blok M, and Pasar Senen.

Angkot terminal

In this small terminal, there are only a few angkot routes as public transports available. Sometimes there is no terminal building. The angkot use some area for stop and rest as end point or starting point. The example is Cililitan.

The terminal position determines traffic of passenger and vehicle. Terminal in strategic or center position will be busy terminal. Almost all roads in front of or behind terminal always get traffic jam. Some crowded terminals have bad security and safety. Copet (pickpocket) hang around inside and outside terminal. So, be careful if you have to go to terminal and its surrounding.