Sawah Besar Station is one of the oldest railway stations in Batavia, located on the Batavia–Weltevreden section of the Batavia–Buitenzorg railway line which was inaugurated by the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) on 15 September 1871.

[4][5] On 5 June 1992,[3] President Suharto along with Mrs. Tien and staff in the government inaugurated the elevated track by riding the train from Gambir to Jakarta Kota station.

The building of Sawah Besar Station is modern with touches of pink and white panels, which to this day are still preserved and have not been repainted.

It is known, the project which was started in February 1988[3] spent Rp 432,5 billion[citation needed] and when it was inaugurated it was not completely finished until finally it could be fully operational a year later.

[6][7][8] The Sawah Besar Station building is modern with a touch of lilac colored panels which are still maintained to this day and have never been painted, only the pillars of the platform have now been painted pale pink.