Pesing railway station


Pesing Station is a railway station in Wijaya Kusuma, Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the third station on the Duri-Tangerang branch line and KRL Commuterline [KAI Commuter Tangerang railway station|Tangerang Line|Brown Line] service. The station is near to the office and studios of the television broadcasting company Indosiar.

Building and layout

Initially this station had 2 train lines with line 1 being a straight line in both directions, this station also used to have money orders. However, since the Brown Line became a double track, the switchboard was dismantled, then line 1 was made a straight line towards Duri, while line 2 was made a straight track towards Tangerang.

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Pesing Station.

Passenger services

Incidents

  • On 10 March 2016, a fire occurred in a densely populated settlement in the Pesing area. The railroad track at Pesing Station was packed with people who were busy putting out the fire. As a result, all Tangerang-Duri KRL trips were disrupted.
  • On 3 June 2016, a KRL broke down at Pesing Station. As a result, the entire KRL carriage became pitch black for fifteen minutes until it finally came back to normal. KRL trips were disrupted when the KRL broke down.
  • On 22 September 2017, there was a breakdown on one of the KRL circuits at Pesing Station. As a result, KRL trips on the Tangerang-Duri route were disrupted. Later, the KRL had to be taken to the Bukit Duri KRL depot to undergo repairs.