Taman Sari (formerly Olimo) is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located in Mangga Besar, Taman Sari, West Jakarta, Indonesia. serving Corridor 1. It is one of the few stations on the line that has not been revitalised or rebuilt since its opening.
Taman Sari station was closed on 31 October 2022 for light renovation works. It reopened on 14 March 2023.
Naming Taman Sari was originally named Olimo, after N.V. Olimo (later PT. Olimo), an automobile goods company that imported accessories, spare parts, lubricants, body paints, and varnishes during the Dutch colonial period. Olimo was founded in 1914 and had branch offices in Bandung, Surabaya, and Medan. Its former headquarters, demolished in the 1990s, was located at the intersection of Hayam Wuruk Road and Mangga Dua Street. Olimo has become a popular name for the region surrounding the BRT station.
In late December 2023, the Olimo BRT station was renamed Taman Sari, after the district (kecamatan) of the same name where the station is located, alongside 108 other stations across Jakarta. It was part of Transjakarta's "neutralisation" of station names from third-party names (e.g., corporates, not from a naming rights deal, government institutions, or figures) that would allow those stations to grant an official naming right, despite Olimo having been defunct a long time ago.
Station layout West towards Kota (Glodok) →Batang Hari RiverEast← (Mangga Besar) towards Blok M and towards Damai
Non-BRT bus services JenisRouteDestinationNotesTransjakarta Non-BRTPantai Maju—Balai KotaInside the station
Incidents On 26 January 2020, a female Transjakarta passenger was attacked by an unknown assailant while descending the pedestrian bridge stairs after exiting the then-named Olimo BRT station. As a result, the victim was rushed to the hospital with a deep and long cut to the back of her head.
On 1 April 2024, the main road near the Taman Sari station collapsed, narrowing the lane to the point where no more than one car could pass at a time. The damage halted Transjakarta services from Harmoni to the Glodok BRT station and required diversions. The Jakarta MRT denied that the damage was caused by the MRT Phase 2 construction project; it was actually due to a utility relocation project by another company.
Gallery
References
External links