Phoenix LRT station

Phoenix LRT station is one of the LRT stations on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Singapore, located along Choa Chu Kang Road.

BP5  Phoenix 凤凰 ஃபீனிக்ஸ் Phoenix
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
A Bombardier Innovia APM 100 C801A train approaching Phoenix station
Location	40 Choa Chu Kang Road Singapore 689483
Coordinates	1°22′43″N 103°45′29″E
Operated by	SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	Bukit Panjang LRT
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station Teck Whye towards Choa Chu Kang Bukit Panjang LRT Service A Bukit Panjang towards Choa Chu Kang via Senja (clockwise / outer) Teck Whye towards Choa Chu Kang Bukit Panjang LRT Service B Bukit Panjang towards Choa Chu Kang via Petir (anticlockwise / inner)

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

Exterior of the station.

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]

Station details

Station design

The LRT station has the conventional barrel-roof design like the rest of the stations on the BPLRT. The design was chosen by the Bukit Panjang residents when the BPLRT was being constructed.[4][5]

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. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2006.
3. "2010 Accident revealed". Straits Time. 2010.
4. "Bukit Panjang's light rail system brings residents together years before it is to run". The Straits Times. 29 September 1996. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
5. "First Light Rail Transit system | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2020-05-12.

External links

• Media related to Phoenix LRT Station at Wikimedia Commons