Tosari BRT station began its operational on 15 January 2004, along with the soft operational launch of
Transjakarta Corridor 1. The commercial operation was started on 1 February 2004. Its original site is located adjacent with the
UOB Plaza to the southwest and The City Tower to the southeast. The station was also referred as
Tosari ICBC; however, the name ICBC (
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) was not a part of a
naming right deal, but refers to The City Tower which become the branch office of ICBC. In August 2014, this station was expanded to accommodate passengers from the closed
Bundaran HI BRT station due to the construction of the
Jakarta MRT. Tosari BRT station's access bridge was equipped with
elevators for
disabled and had direct connection to the UOB Plaza. However, the east elevator near The City Tower broke up and abandoned. On 14 December 2018, the bridge was closed for demolition and replaced by a
pelican crossing at north of the station. The new building of Tosari station is located slightly to the north, adjacent with Menara BCA and Grand Indonesia. Its construction of has been seen since July 2019. The new building started operating on 1 November 2019. Since then, Tosari BRT station is splited between the newly-built north building and the original south building, which ceased operating. but was removed in October 2020 after being burned during
a protest against a law bill. On 16 January 2020, Tosari BRT station began to serve as the temporary terminus of
corridor 4 due to the construction of the
Dukuh Atas LRT station. After the LRT construction completed, corridor 4 returned to its original terminus, Dukuh Atas 2 (now
Galunggung) on 20 May 2023. On 15 April 2022, the north building was closed for revitalization along with 10 other BRT stations to be revitalized. The operational was temporarily moved to the original south building. Besides that, a shuttle bus route between the
National Monument (Monas)–
Semanggi (1ST) was provided until 11 September 2022. As of 26 December 2022, the revitalized north building of Tosari BRT station has resumed its operations and serving boarding and alighting passengers. == Building and layout ==