Phoenix LRT Station

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 BP5 
Phoenix LRT Station
凤凰轻轨列车站
ஃபீனிக்ஸ்
Stesen LRT Phoenix
Light rail

Exterior view of Phoenix LRT station.
Station statistics
Address 40 Choa Chu Kang Road
Singapore 689483
Coordinates 1°22′43″N 103°45′29″E / 1.378625°N 103.757931°E / 1.378625; 103.757931
Line(s)
  Bukit Panjang LRT
Connections Bus, Taxi
Structure type Elevated
Levels 2
Platforms Side
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 6 November 1999
Accessible
Station code BP5
Operator SMRT Light Rail (SMRT Corporation)
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station
towards Choa Chu Kang
 Bukit Panjang LRT
Bukit Panjang
towards Choa Chu Kang via Fajar

Phoenix LRT station (BP5) is an LRT station on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line in Singapore.

History

Train disruptions

An LRT train with 20 passengers crashed into an empty one at Phoenix station on 19 November 2000 after an operations officer failed to do a manual check of the lines before restarting the network system. The impact threw seated and standing passengers to the floor of the train, injuring three of them. The service was disrupted for seven hours but it was restored in stages and was fully functional again by 2.30 pm the same day. Then Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong visited the site soon after being told of the accident.[1]

Etymology

The name is derived from Phoenix Heights, a name for a cluster of private low rise houses along one side of the station. Another side consist of high rise HDB flats.

Station layout

P
Platforms
Side platform
Platform 2
Alternate Services		 Bukit Panjang LRT: Service A towards  BP1  Choa Chu Kang via Senja (→)
Bukit Panjang LRT: Service B towards  BP1  Choa Chu Kang via Petir (→)
Platform 1 Bukit Panjang LRT towards  BP1  Choa Chu Kang (←)
Side platform
L1 Street Level Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Shop

Transport connections

Rail

Platform First Train Last Train
Mon - Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday 		Daily
Bukit Panjang LRT
Platform 1 5.07am 5.26am 12.49am
Platform 2 5.18am 5.37am 1.00am

References

  1. ↑ "MRT Accidents". Singapore On The Web. 20 November 2000. 
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  • The stations in italics will open at a later date and are not yet in service
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