Phoenix LRT station

 BP5 
Phoenix
凤凰
ஃபீனிக்ஸ்
Phoenix
Light rail
Exterior view of Phoenix LRT station.
Location 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
Operated by SMRT Light Rail (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Bukit Panjang LRT
Platforms Side
Tracks 2
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code  BP5 
History
Opened 6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station
towards Choa Chu Kang
Bukit Panjang LRT
Service A
towards Choa Chu Kang via Senja (clockwise / outer)
towards Choa Chu Kang
Bukit Panjang LRT
Service B
towards Choa Chu Kang via Petir (anticlockwise / inner)

Phoenix LRT station (BP5) is one of the LRT stations on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line in Singapore.

As of February 2017, phoenix station has Half-Height Platform Barriers installed at both platforms of the station.[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.

History

Incidents

An LRT train with 20 passengers crashed into an empty LRT train 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 five 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.[2]

In 2010, an LRT technician, Chia Teck Heng, who was checking the power rail between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang stations, died of injuries sustained after being hit by a train at Phoenix Station.[3]

References

  1. ↑ hermes (2015-12-09). "LTA taps auto fare gates as way to go". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  2. ↑ "LRT Accidents". Singapore On The Web. 20 November 2000.
  3. ↑ "2010 Accident revealed". Straits Time. 2010.


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