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28-452: Pasar Baru is also the name of a 19th-century market which was established in the neighborhood and gave its name to the administrative village. Established in 1820, Pasar Baru is one of the oldest shopping district in Jakarta. Pasar Baru is located in the heart of Jakarta's busiest district. The area centered in a street called Jalan Pasar Baru that runs in a north-south axis. The southern edge of

56-629: A transit point that connects Corridor 8 at the Kebayoran BRT station with Corridor 13 at Velbak BRT station and the Kebayoran railway station which serves the Rangkasbitung Line of the KRL Commuterline . To support the skywalk construction, Kebayoran BRT station was closed on 5 September 2022 for revitalization and Transjakarta users were diverted to use Bungur and Simprug stations during

84-510: A headway of up to 50 minutes off-peak or 5-10 minutes at peak. Corridor 8 was inaugurated on 21 February 2009, by the Governor of Jakarta at the time, Fauzi Bowo . It originally serves the route from Lebak Bulus to Harmoni until it was temporarily readjusted in 2023 . In March 2022, the construction of a pedestrian skywalk in Kebayoran Lama , South Jakarta was started in order to create

112-471: A length of 25.33 kilometres (15.74 mi), making it the second longest Transjakarta corridor after Corridor 9 with 28.8 kilometres (17.9 mi) length (until 3 March 2023, from Lebak Bulus to Harmoni. Prior to temporary extension to Pasar Baru). This corridor originally terminates at Harmoni BRT station, one of the main interchange stations on the Transjakarta BRT system. Due to the construction of

140-526: Is Jalan Lautze to the north, the East Flood canal to the east, Jalan Taman Pejambon I - Abdul Rahman Saleh - Senen Raya IV to the south, and the Ciliwung - railway line to the west. Pasar Baru dates back to the early 1820s. It was established as Pasar-Baroe or Passar-Baroe (Malay "new market") to distinguish it with the older markets of Pasar Senen and Pasar Tanah Abang, which were established in 1735. Pasar Baru

168-474: Is also well-known as the notaphilic and numismatic center of Jakarta with stores in Harco Pasar Baru selling banknotes foreign and domestic as well as collectable coins. Pasar Baru is served by TransJakarta Corridor 8 . The area can be reached by Juanda station of Jakarta commuter rail . Great Post Road The Great Post Road ( Indonesian : Jalan Raya Pos , Dutch : De Grote Postweg )

196-456: Is integrated with KRL Commuterline at Kebayoran railway station which serves the Rangkasbitung Line via Kebayoran BRT station, Tangerang Line at Pesing railway station via Damai BRT station, and Bogor Line at Juanda railway station via Juanda BRT station. This corridor is also integrated with the Jakarta MRT at Lebak Bulus Grab station via Lebak Bulus BRT station. Corridor 8 have

224-500: Is officially listed as "Lebak Bulus–Pasar Baru via Tomang" and operates all day at a headway of 5-10 minutes. To respond to passenger complaints in regards to traffic jam in Tomang during rush hour, Transjakarta also operates an alternative "Lebak Bulus–Pasar Baru via Cideng" route which mimics the original Corridor 8 by interlining with Corridor 3 from Petojo to Damai instead of going through Tomang, thus stopping at Grogol and Roxy, and runs at

252-468: Is the name for the historical road that runs across Java and connects Anyer with Panarukan . It was built during the administration of Herman Willem Daendels (1808–1811), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies , using unpaid forced labour that cost thousands of lives. La Grande Route , as Daendels called it, was a military road built by the order of King Louis Bonaparte , who ruled

280-642: The Kingdom of Holland during the Napoleonic Wars . France was at war with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , and the road was intended to support the defence of Java by, e.g. making it easier to transfer soldiers and supplies. In 1750, before the road was constructed, connections existed between Batavia (present-day Jakarta ) and Semarang and onwards to Surabaya . A north-south connection between Semarang, Surakarta and onwards to Yogyakarta

308-540: The 1950s, Pasar Baru became Jakarta's busiest shopping center for middle- and upper-class consumer. A 1956 guidebook of Jakarta quoted Pasar baru as "the best known shopping-centre of the capital. Almost everything is to be had there: the latest fashions in clothing from Europe, America and Asia, the latest improvements on kitchen-utensils, products on Indonesian art, craft and textiles, the best fruits, home-grown as well as imported ones, tea- and lunch-rooms, jewelers, tailors, shoemakers, furniture dealers etc. etc." Because of

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336-1037: The Indonesian government accompanied the crew, and IJdis said afterwards he never expected to be let into Indonesia again. Transjakarta Corridor 8 Transjakarta Corridor 8 is a bus rapid transit corridor in Jakarta , Indonesia , operated by Transjakarta . It serves the route from Lebak Bulus , South Jakarta to the Pasar Baru BRT station in Central Jakarta . The corridor traverses along Pasar Jumat, Ciputat Raya, TB Simatupang, Metro Pondok Indah, Arteri Pondok Indah (Sultan Iskandar Muda), Teuku Nyak Arif, Letjen Supeno, Panjang, Daan Mogot , Letjen S. Parman , Tomang Raya, Balikpapan, Suryopranoto, Ir. Hj. Djuanda, and Pos streets, and terminates at Pasar Baru. Then continues via Gedung Kesenian, Lapangan Banteng Utama, and Katedral streets towards Lebak Bulus. This corridor

364-545: The Jakarta MRT phase 2A, Corridor 8 temporarily terminates at Pasar Baru as of 3 March 2023. There are two distinct versions of this corridor: the main route, "Lebak Bulus–Pasar Baru via Tomang" which goes through Tarakan, Tomang Raya, Tanjung Duren, and Grogol Reformasi stations and runs at a headway of 5-10 minutes, and the alternative "Lebak Bulus–Pasar Baru via Cideng" which interlines with Corridor 3 from Petojo to Damai stations (stopping at Grogol and Roxy stations) and runs at

392-667: The Java Great Post Road. However, the original post road runs through the Preanger (Priangan, West Java ) highlands, from Meester Cornelis (Jatinegara) south to Buitenzorg ( Bogor ), and east to Cianjur , Bandung , Sumedang , and Cirebon . The current north coast road, however, runs through coastal northern West Java and was built after the construction of Daendels' post road. It connects Bekasi , Karawang , and Cirebon. The road originally ran from Anyer , present-day Banten , but formerly West Java, to Panarukan, East Java, but later

420-528: The Megamendung area near Buitenzorg (the present-day Bogor ), excluding the number of people who died as the result of illness. Furthermore, Engelhard criticized Daendels for the thousand casualties resulting from the road construction in the woods of Weleri in the Pekalongan region. Today, the present Javanese North Coast Road ( Indonesian : Jalan Pantura, abbreviation from "Pantai Utara" ) mostly follows

448-579: The Pasar Baru BRT station, due to its terminus, Harmoni being moved to a temporary building that can only serves Corridor 1 passengers. It took over Pecenongan, Juanda, and Pasar Baru stations from Corridor 3 . At the same time, the route was modified to follow Route 8A (Grogol Reformasi–Juanda via Tomang), so the main route stopped serving Roxy and Grogol stations, instead taking over Petojo, Tarakan, Tomang, and Grogol Reformasi (towards Pasar Baru only) stations from Route 8A. This main route of Corridor 8

476-548: The closure. The Kebayoran Lama skywalk underwent a public trial on 21–24 January 2023, and inaugurated by the Acting Governor of Jakarta , Heru Budi Hartono on 27 January 2023, even though the revitalization of Kebayoran BRT station was not finished yet. Kebayoran station was reopened on 6 February 2023. Starting on 4 March 2023, as the impact of the construction of Jakarta MRT North–South Line extension to Kota Tua Jakarta, Transjakarta temporarily extends Corridor 8 to

504-421: The film De Groote Postweg ("The Great Post Road"). A central character in the movie is the Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer , who narrates it. The film has aspects of a road movie, interspersed with shots at Toer's house. It discusses the sacrifices made by the native population during the road's construction and exposes the lack of freedom and the rampant corruption of modern-day Indonesia. A censor from

532-429: The founder Hari Darmawan bought a 1920s building at Jalan Pasar Baru 52-58 called Toko de Zon ("sun shop") and rename it Matahari (Indonesian "sun"). Pasar Baru began to lose out to modern shopping malls of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Gajah Mada Plaza, Aldiron Plaza and Ratu Plaza ; as well as large air-conditioned malls in the 1990s. Despite this, Pasar Baru continues to survive with a more mid-market target. A roof

560-507: The heavy work, which resulted in thousands of deaths due to the difficult health challenges of the forests and marshes as well as the labour conditions. Many of Daendels' opponents became historical sources of the harsh conditions during the road construction. Major William Thorn wrote that about 12,000 natives are said to have perished during the construction. Nicolaus Engelhard, who was a governor over most of Java and who had to give up his position to Daendels, stated that 500 workers had died in

588-759: The increasing crowd and traffic in Pasar Baru, on August 1, 1957, the government banned parking along the street of Pasar Baru to ease traffic flow. Despite the ban, in practice it was difficult to keep cars from parking in Pasar Baru. During this golden period, the stores of Pasar Baru were predominantly Chinese, e.g. Warenhuis Sam Hoo. Indian presence was also large, and mostly focused on textile stores known locally as Toko Bombay . Examples of Toko Bombay were Kissoomall, Bagamall, Chotirmall, and Gehimall. Several Indonesia's largest department store chain trace it roots back to Pasar Baru, e.g. Matahari department store , Indonesia's largest department store chain which started when

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616-484: The majority regardless of religion), and established their textile business in this market. As an administrative village ( kelurahan ), Pasar Baru is the southernmost subdistrict of the Sawah Besar district. It is among the most historic neighborhood of Batavia , the southern half was the former Weltevreden whereas the northern half was the commercial center of Pasar Baru market. The boundary of kelurahan Pasar Baru

644-426: The north sides specialized on selling cosmetics, cameras and photography products. Culturally the area demonstrates a fusion of Indonesian, Dutch colonial, Chinese and Indian cultures. Pasar Baru is popularly known as Jakarta's Little India , due to the fact that large numbers of Indian Indonesians settled here (but mostly of Sikh and Sindhi ancestry in contrast to Medan 's Kampung Madras , whereby Tamils are

672-480: The street is marked with a gate and a bridge that span over a canal that connects to Jalan Raya Pos, a section of Java's Great Post Road that runs through Jakarta. Right across the Pasar Baru southern gate is Jakarta Art Building . The Pasar Baru street is lined with numbers of shops, restaurants and also several shopping centers. Most of shops here sell textiles, shoes, clothes and other fashion products, such as; sportswear, watch and jewelries. While shopping center on

700-757: Was also available then. However, heavy tropical rainfall frequently destroyed them. When he started road construction in the Dutch East Indies , Daendels faced difficult conditions. The colony's financial situation was so tight that the minister of colonial affairs in The Hague sent him a letter emphasizing the need to reduce expenditures. The British posed a major threat. Furthermore, there were uprisings in Bantam and Cirebon , and some of Daendels' opponents actively frustrated his endeavours. Daendels then decided to use Javanese unpaid forced labourers to perform most of

728-779: Was extended to Banyuwangi . Currently, the Java main road extends through five provinces : Banten , DKI Jakarta , West Java , Central Java , and East Java . The road initially served as the backbone of Java's transportation and logistics. It connects some of the largest cities in Java, including Anyer, Cilegon , Serang , Tangerang , Batavia , Meester Cornelis (today absorbed into Jakarta), Buitenzorg (now Bogor ), Cianjur , Bandung , Sumedang , Cirebon , Brebes , Tegal , Pemalang , Pekalongan , Batang , Semarang , Demak , Kudus , Pati , Rembang , Tuban , Lamongan , Surabaya , Sidoarjo , Pasuruan , Probolinggo , Bondowoso , and Panarukan . In 1996, Dutch director Bernie IJdis made

756-471: Was installed over Pasar Baru street to protect shoppers from the rain. Pasar Baru includes three different areas of Jalan Pintu Air Raya, Metro Atom Plaza and Harco Plaza Pasar Baru, allowing visitors to find almost everything under the sun, such as clothes, footwear, musical instruments, beauty products, watches, cameras and more. In addition to being a shopping paradise, Pasar Baru also offers legendary noodle shops and street food as well as religious spots. It

784-770: Was located just to the north of the Euro-centric Weltevreden neighborhood. Despite its close proximity with Weltevreden, the streets of Pasar Baru was dominated with the Chinese community. Another considerable minority centered in Pasar Baru is what the Dutch called andere vreemde oosterlingen ("other foreign Orientals"): Bombay people of the British Indians, mostly from Calcutta and Mumbai . The Bombay people focused their profession on silk trading and other oriental fabrics. They generally spoke more English than Dutch. During

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