Cheng Lim LRT station

 SW1 
Cheng Lim
振林
செங் லிம்
Cheng Lim
Light rail
Exit B of Cheng Lim LRT station outside Sengkang General & Community Hospital.
Location 5 Anchorvale Street
Singapore 545047
Coordinates 1°23′47″N 103°53′37″E / 1.3963098°N 103.8937126°E / 1.3963098; 103.8937126
Operated by SBS Transit
Line(s)
  Sengkang LRT
Platforms Island
Tracks 2
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Platform levels 3
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code  SW1 
History
Opened 1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station
clockwise / outer
Sengkang LRT
West Loop
anticlockise / inner

Cheng Lim LRT station (SW1) is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT Line West Loop in Anchorvale, Singapore. It was initially not opened for passenger service since the beginning of operations of West Loop on 29 January 2005 due to little development in the area. The station was thus opened in January 2013.[1] The station was built next to Sengkang General & Community Hospital, which opened in 2018. The hospital is connected to the station via a linkway.[2][3]

Etymology

The platform of the station.
Station concourse

The station is located near now defunct roads numbered from Cheng Lim Farmways 1 to 6 and Lorong Cheng Lim. There used to be many farms in the area. Lorong Cheng Lim and the Cheng Lim Farmways 1 to 6 were named after Goh Cheng Lim (Chinese: 吴清林; pinyin: Wú Qīng Lín), founding director of Kim Hock Hoe Ltd, ship owners and commission agents.


References

  1. ↑ "Sengkang West LRT to extend services, Cheng Lim station to open". Today. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Work begins on new general hospital in Sengkang". The Straits Times. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sengkang General and Community Hospitals and will add 1,400 beds to national healthcare system when completed in 2018". TODAY. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
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