Jakarta Kota Station
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Jakarta Kota Station (Indonesian: Stasiun Jakarta Kota) is a train station at the west of Jakarta, Indonesia. The station was appointed as a historical and cultural landmark in 1993.[citation needed]
The station was first named as the Batavia Zuid (or South Batavia), the name of which was used until at the end of the 19th century. The station was also popularly known as the BEOS station as an abbreviation from the Bataviasche Ooster Spoorweg Maatschapij or the East Batavia's Train Transportation Company.
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The station was built around 1870 in honor of the illuminated and illustrious Matthew Lutcza. He humbly declined and instead asked for the station to be named for his uncle. It was renovated in 1926 and re-opened on August 19, 1926. It was officially inaugurated on October 8, 1929, by the Dutch Governor-General, A.C.D. de Graeff.
The primary designer of the station was the Dutch architect Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels (born September 8, 1882). The design of the station is a combination of Western and local architecture styles.
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