Bukit Panjang LRT Station

Infobox Station
name=Bukit Panjang LRT Station
武吉班让轻轨列车站
புக்கிட் பாஞ்சாங்
type=Light rail


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address=11 Petir Road
Singapore 678268
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line=Bukit Panjang
other=Bus, MRT, Taxi
structure=Elevated
platform=Side
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levels=2
tracks=2
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opened=6 November 1999
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ADA=Yes
code=BP6
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Bukit Panjang LRT station (BP6) is a Light Rapid Transit station on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line in Singapore. It was opened in November 1999 and is operated by SMRT. It is connected to the Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange and it serves as a transfer station for passengers heading towards Ten Mile Junction. A short distance away from the Bukit Panjang LRT station is Bukit Panjang Plaza.

The Land Transport Authority has initially indicated that the station would be a future interchange with the Downtown MRT Line and the last station along Stage 2. However, it eventually announced that the terminus station, referred to provisionally as Petir MRT Station, would not be an interchange station and not physically connected with any LRT station along the Bukit Panjang line. [ cite news | title = Downtown Line 2 Station Sites NamedBukit Timah residents get faster access to City and Marina Bay area | publisher = Land Transport Authority | date = 2008-07-15 | url = http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=1969 ]

Bus services nearby

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Petir Road:

Incidents

10000 regular peak-hour commuters were stranded on the morning of August 30 2001 because the train service was still being repaired after a power failure on the evening of August 29 2001. An LRT train had hit a switch beam at the Bukit Panjang station at about 5.40 pm on Aug 29, resulting in the power failure. It was some 16 hours later before the service resumed at 10.15am later that day. [ cite news | title = 10000 regular peak hour commuters stranded | publisher = The Straits Times | date = 2001-08-31 | url = http://www.getformesingapore.com/homepage2003/mrt_news.htm ]

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