Jakarta airport railway and station guide

A information to the Soekarno–Hatta Line – the Jakarta airport practice. Journey info, tickets, and which stations are finest for guests.

The Soekarno–Hatta Airport Commuter Line (previously the Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Hyperlink) is the airport railway connecting Soekarno–Hatta Worldwide Airport to Central Jakarta.

The Soekarno–Hatta Line was constructed with the mixture of a brand new railway connecting to an current observe. As such the railway has to weave its approach across the airport and surrounding space to get to the previous observe.

It’s not an categorical practice, but it surely’s nonetheless a greater possibility than a taxi in peak hour site visitors.

Right here is all the data on how you can get the Jakarta airport practice, and if it’s price getting on your journey.

Soekarno–Hatta Line Map

A map of all of the stations on the Soekarno–Hatta Line, and helpful journey landmarks which are talked about on this information.

[Map of the Soekarno–Hatta Line.]

Soekarno–Hatta Line route

[A06] Soekarno–Hatta Worldwide Airport (SHIA)
[A05] Batu Ceper
[A04] Rawa Buaya
[A03] Duri
[A02] BNI Metropolis
[A01] Manggarai

For guests probably the most helpful stations are BNI Metropolis and Manggarai.

Tickets

Tickets had been beforehand out there at railink.co.id, however the tickets at now at reservation.kci.id. This can be a not a user-friendly website for English audio system, so it’s simpler to purchase a ticket on the station.

An everyday ticket is Rp100,000 ($7.13 USD). On the time I travelled there was a promo fee of 70,000 IDR ($5 USD).

SHIA Station

SHIA Station (Soekarno–Hatta Worldwide Airport Station) is positioned between Skytrain station of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 of Soekarno–Hatta Worldwide Airport. In contrast to the airport practice at KL and Hong Kong (as two examples), the airport practice isn’t accessible from the terminals. As an alternative it’s important to get the Airport Skytrain, which connects Terminal 1, 2, 3 to the SHIA railway station.

I arrived at Terminal 2 and noticed this fancy practice terminal, solely to search out out it’s the skytrain station.

This skytrain to the primary station provides one other 10 minutes or so to your journey.

On the SHIA Station there’s a spacious ticketing corridor the place you should buy tickets from merchandising machines or in individual.

BNI Metropolis

BNI Metropolis is a station constructed on prime of the prevailing railway close to Sudirman Station. This station is subsequent to Jalan Jenderal Sudirman and close to the Dukuh Atas BNI metro station. It takes 46 minutes to get right here from the airport.

[Dukuh Atas BNI metro station at BNI City.]

On the station there’s taxi rank the place you will get the dependable Bluebird Taxis. If you have already got a Seize account then you too can use that as an possibility. There’s a devoted Seize pick-up level on the station.

[Bluebird Taxis at BNI City.]

From right here it’s a brief taxi trip to the numerous lodges on this space. The Resort Indonesia Kempinski Jakarta on the Selamat Datang Monument is the central level of the posh resort space, and that’s 1.2 kilometres away.

I used to be staying in Jalan Jaksa, which is a well-liked avenue for funds and mid-range lodges. Jalan Jaksa is 3km from BNI Metropolis and it took about 20 minutes in peak hour site visitors. This is without doubt one of the finest areas to remain in Jakarta.

BNI Metropolis sits on the tip of Golden Triangle of Jakarta. That is the Central Enterprise District that’s bordered by Thamrin Avenue-Sudirman Boulevard, Rasuna Stated Avenue, and Gatot Subroto Avenue. The Golden Triangle is the enterprise and monetary coronary heart of Jakarta, so the practice+taxi combo is an effective possibility for enterprise journey.

With BNI Metropolis being a brand new station close to the monetary district, I used to be anticipating it to be a grandiose built-in transit and procuring hub, however there’s not a lot right here aside from a number of retailers.

[BNI City ticketed area.]

The station is called after Financial institution Negara Indonesia, an Indonesian state-owned financial institution which has an workplace tower reverse the station on the opposite aspect of the Ciliwung River.

[BNI Coffee at BNI City.]

Manggarai

In October 2019 the road was prolonged to Manggarai Station. This can be a main junction for the commuter railway line, and the station is being redeveloped to change into a significant city rail transport hub. Sooner or later it is going to exchange Gambir Station because the central station for lengthy distance railways.

[Jakarta train map showing where the airport line connects with commuter rail.]

It takes 57 minutes to get from the airport to Manggarai. From Manggarai you will get the crimson and blue commuter traces to Gondangdia Station, which is a ten-minute stroll to Jalan Jaksa.

The airport practice used to go to Bekasi, but it surely now terminates at Manggarai.

Onboard

The carriages have comfy seating in 2×2 format, and there are baggage racks.

The seats have USB charging shops.

And there are bathrooms onboard.

Is it price getting the airport hyperlink?

Jakarta is a gigantic metropolis so for many Jakartans the rail hyperlink isn’t going to avoid wasting time. For instance I met some associates within the standard expat space of Kemang in South Jakarta. By the point they get from Kemang to BNI Metropolis, after which get the practice, they may have gotten a taxi to the airport in much less time.

For guests although, and particularly these staying inside vary of BNI Metropolis, then the airport practice will prevent time and frustration.

It is determined by the time of day as nicely. I arrived within the night peak hour so I used to be completely satisfied to get the practice after which taxi. On the way in which out I had an early flight and I had contemplated getting the primary practice of the morning at 5.21. I ended up getting a Seize as a substitute at 5am. The Seize taxi was 123,000 IDR, so about 150,000 IDR ($10.70 USD) to permit for tollway charges and rounding up. It took 35 minutes by taxi within the early morning.

Soekarno–Hatta Line information / hyperlinks

Airport train to start operating from Manggarai Station on Saturday – [03/10/19]The airport practice service is prolonged to Manggarai Station from October 5. Manggarai will ultimately be the central station for all practice site visitors.

Bekasi-Soekarno Hatta airport train stops operations – [09/09/19]The rail service now terminates at Manggarai Station, the place you possibly can switch for commuter trains for companies to Bekasi.

After one year: Improving international airport train – [12/01/19]

Is Soekarno–Hatta’s airport train (railink) failing? [03/01/19]

Jakarta airport rail link opens, proves a hit with travellers – [31/12/17]

Soekarno-Hatta Airport rail link to emulate Changi model – [03/01/13]

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