Cheng Lim LRT station

Cheng Lim LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT line West Loop in Anchorvale, Singapore, located at Anchorvale Street between the junctions of Anchorvale Crescent and Sengkang East Road. 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 on 1 January 2013.[1] The station was built next to Sengkang Community Hospital, which was opened on 28 August 2018. The hospital is connected to the station via a linkway.[2][3]

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Cheng Lim
振林
செங் லிம்
Cheng Lim
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
Exit B of Cheng Lim LRT station outside Sengkang Community Hospital.
Location5 Anchorvale Street
Singapore 545047
Coordinates1.3963098°N 103.8937126°E / 1.3963098; 103.8937126
Operated bySBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
  Sengkang LRT
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (Sengkang Community Hospital)
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station
Sengkang
clockwise / outer
Sengkang LRT
West Loop
anticlockise / inner

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. All the roads in the farmways were cleared by December 1998. 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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