Merak Ferry Terminal • Pelabuhan Merak
Merak Ferry Terminal or Pelabuhan Merak is the main ferry terminal in Merak, serving Economy Class or regular ferries from Merak to Bahauheni, the gateways of Java and Sumatra respectively when travelling by road. This is an important ferry crossing across the Java Sea to bridge Java and Sumatra road transport.
Merak Ferry Terminal is to the left of the railway crossing from Merak Railway Station, when facing Merak Railway Station.
Heading into Merak Ferry Terminal.
There’s no proper pavement for most of the walk into the terminal, with pedestrians sharing the path with road vehicles.
Check-in kiosks line the entrance to the terminal building.
These kiosks are for check-in only, with no possibility to buy a ticket.
For direct ticket sales, tickets are only available on the Ferizy app, which foreigners cannot download, and credit cards are not accepted on the website.
However, there are many agents around here who sell tickets on the Ferizy platform, so I would guess that it may be easier to get an Economy Class ferry ticket from Merak Ferry Terminal.
I headed in to explore Merak Ferry Terminal.
A mosque is available in Merak Ferry Terminal.
The waiting area has been upgraded and is a lot more modern than the outside part of Merak Ferry Terminal.
Ferry departures are listed on the departure boards around the terminal.
The air-conditioned waiting area at Merak Ferry Terminal.
Ample seats are available here.
Charging stations are also available in the waiting area.
Boarding continues after the waiting area.
Ferries on the Merak-Bakauheni route are RoPax ferries which takes small and large vehicles along with foot passengers.
The docking berths are connected by a network of overhead pedestrian paths connecting the terminal building to the ships directly.
Gangways are mounted on traversers to cater for different ships.
The side panels on the overhead path can slide open like half-height platform screen doors to fit the gangway.
Boarding of the Economy ferry is done with entry gates before the gangway.
Looking down at the end of the Merak line from the overhead path. This is as close as I can publicly get to the end of the railway line at Merak.
There is a connection to Merak Railway Station via the overhead path too.
Seems like ASDP ferry gates are installed on this link to Merak Ferry Terminal.
However, this bridge is closed and not in use.
The linkbridge leads down to Platform 2 of Merak Railway Station.
The regular Merak Ferry Terminal can be seen from the Merak Executive Ferry Terminal, located within the same harbour.
Heading on to the exit.
Some parts of the overhead bridge have very steep ramps, perhaps stairs would be more appropriate here.
The façade of Merak Ferry Terminal.
The exit is through these one-way turnstile gates.
Here, I headed back to Merak Railway Station in good time to catch my Lokal Merak 429 train back to Rangkasbitung.