Universitas Indonesia Station (UI)[1] is a railway station located in Pondok Cina, Beji, Depok, West Java, Indonesia. The station is located on the eastern perimeter of University of Indonesia complex, between Pondok Cina Station and Universitas Pancasila Station. This station is one of two railway stations serving University of Indonesia along with Pondok Cina Station, about 1 kilometer to the south which is located closer to the university rectorate building.
KRL Commuterline passenger at the station are dominated by the University of Indonesia students and local people who live around the campus area. Its position inside the campus environment causes the frequency of crowds inside the station to be seen only during the hours of entering and leaving the office/campus. Unlike the stations located on the Manggarai-Depok route, whose canopy forms the letter Y, the canopy for UI Station (and also Tebet Station) forms the letter T.
Since 1 August 2019 Universitas Indonesia Station, together with Sudirman, Palmerah, Cikini, and Taman Kota Stations, officially abolished the sale of single trip cards (Guaranteed Daily Tickets/Tiket Harian Berjaminan or THB) for KRL Commuterline passengers. This is due to the majority of KRL Commuterline passengers are used to using multi-trip cards and electronic money. In this way, long queues to buy KRL tickets can be cut. However, service users can still tap-in/tap-out with THB at the station.[2][3]
Building and layout
Universitas Indonesia Station has two railway tracks.
B18
Platform floor
Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side
About 50 meters from the station there is a bus stop for the Yellow Bus, a transportation on the University of Indonesia's campus for transportation between faculties.
On 22 December 2008 at around 14.08 WIB, a 14-year-old boy was electrocuted by overhead line (LAA) on the roof of KRL with train number KA 456 bound for Jakarta Kota, the incident took place between Universitas Indonesia Station and Universitas Pancasila Station. The KRL trip was delayed for up to 30 minutes due to the overhead line blackout from Universitas Indonesia Station to Tanjung Barat Station to evacuate the victim's body, and was immediately taken to the authorities.[4]
On 15 October 2010 at around 07.00 WIB, a 12 year old boy was electrocuted by overhead line current (LAA) on the roof of the Economy KRL while the train was stopping at Universitas Indonesia Station bound for Jakarta Kota. As a result of this incident, a number of KRL trips that passed this station were delayed because the Economy KRL on which the child was traveling (bound for Jakarta Kota) could not depart because the victim's body had only been evacuated 20 minutes later to the Indonesian National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta.[5]
On 11 April 2015 at 18:00 WIB, a tree fell in the area of the University of Indonesia Station and destroyed the side of the platform and made the KRL lines impassable, a number of KRL series from the direction of Jakarta or Bogor were delayed for more than two hours, especially the trip to Bogor with train numbers 1184, 1188, 1628, 1192. The route can only be traversed again at 20.30 WIB.[6]
^ as of now only serves intercity trains, not serving Commuterline yet. † for northbound train only (to Kampung Bandan). Southbound (to Jatinegara) trains does not stop here. Strikethrough: closed for all services