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Tanjung Priok Station,
with its unique,
majestic art-deco
style building, stands
beautifully at the
Taman Stasiun Street,
Tanjung Priok, North
Jakarta.
Credit:
Dharma W.

ack in the past, Tanjung Priok area was a swampy as historical as the Tanjung Priok Station, since they
forest. During the Dutch Indies governance, they are both the heritages from the Dutch colony.
B built railways to connect Tanjung Priok with
the downtown of Batavia, which has been used until It took no longer than 20 minutes to reach Tanjung
today. Today, the station of Tanjung Priok becomes Priok from the Jakarta Kota Station: we passed four
one of historical places to go in the north side of railway stations, one of which is the Ancol Station,
Jakarta. located just across one of the most popular tourist
attractions in the city, Ancol Dreamland.
In one afternoon, JaKita had the chance to stroll
around the historical area at Tanjung Priok. We started The station of Tanjung Priok stands majestically at
the journey from Jakarta Kota Station or most known Taman Stasiun Street. It has a very unique architecture
as Beos Station. The so-called Centrum of Batavia is style, with art deco details seen in its flat roofs, sharp-

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