Bukit Panjang MRT/LRT Station

For the LRT line, see Bukit Panjang LRT Line.

 BP6  DT1 
Bukit Panjang
武吉班让
புக்கிட் சூ காங்
Bukit Panjang
Light rail / Rapid transit

Platform of the MRT Station.
Location 950 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678213 (MRT)
11 Petir Road
Singapore 678268 (LRT)
Coordinates 1°22′42″N 103°45′42″E / 1.378436°N 103.761767°E / 1.378436; 103.761767
Operated by SMRT Light Rail (SMRT Corporation) (Bukit Panjang LRT)
SBS Transit DTL (Downtown Line)
Line(s)
  Bukit Panjang LRT
  Downtown Line
Platforms Side (Bukit Panjang LRT Line)
Island (Downtown Line)
Tracks 4 (2 MRT, 2 LRT)
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Elevated (Bukit Panjang LRT Line)
Underground (Downtown Line)
Platform levels 5
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code  BP6  DT1 
History
Opened 6 November 1999 (Bukit Panjang LRT Line)
27 December 2015 (Downtown Line)
Services

|-

Light Rail Transit
towards Choa Chu Kang
Bukit Panjang LRT
towards Choa Chu Kang via Fajar
towards Choa Chu Kang via Fajar
TerminusBukit Panjang LRT
Ten Mile Junction Shuttle
Terminus
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
TerminusDowntown Line
towards Chinatown
Location
Crossover. The lower track will go to Senja, and the higher will go to Petir.
Services A and C will utilise the lower track towards Senja.
Service B will utilise the higher track towards Petir.

Bukit Panjang MRT/LRT Station (BP6/DT1) is a Mass Rapid Transit interchange station on the Downtown Line located at the boundary of Bukit Panjang, Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang planning areas, Singapore, primarily serving Bukit Panjang New Town. It is the western terminus of the Downtown Line, with the line continuing northwards as a service route to Gali Batu Depot. The station will be integrated with the future redeveloped Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange in 2017.[1]

The MRT station is connected to the LRT station via a bridge at the LRT station's mezzanine level. A short distance away from the interchange station is Bukit Panjang Plaza and Junction 10.

There is no paid link between the Bukit Panjang LRT Line and Downtown Line, meaning commuters are required to tap out and then tap in again when transferring lines. However, there will not be any extra fare charged as long as the transfer is made within 15 minutes.[2]

History

10,000 regular peak-hour commuters were stranded on the morning of 30 August 2001 because the LRT service was still being repaired after a power failure on the evening of 29 August 2001. An LRT train had hit a switch beam at the Bukit Panjang station at about 5.40 pm on 29 August, resulting in the power failure. It was some 16 hours later before the service resumed at 10.15 am later that day.[3]

On 15 July 2008, when the precise station locations were revealed, the working name of the station was revealed as Petir MRT Station, named after Petir Road, but led to concerns that there would be confusion with Petir, which the station was not near to,[4] despite similar names used. After a series of public polling by the Land Transport Authority, on 16 June 2009, the finalized station name was revealed to be Bukit Panjang MRT Station.[5]

The location of the station and the lack of a connection to the LRT system caused local Members of Parliament to request a review, but was rejected by the LTA saying that it would be a "technical constraint" to force the line to curve sharply within a short distance to allow for a normal interchange station to be built. It may be thought that this is due to the different operators each operating the Bukit Panjang LRT and Downtown Line, thus the name 'Bukit Panjang' was to be supposedly used twice in the MRT system map instead of being an interchange. However, it added that a covered linkway would be built between Bukit Panjang MRT station and Bukit Panjang LRT station, and hinted that there may be new developments on the reserve site between the two stations.[6] Since then, the station has been marked as an interchange station, with the Bukit Panjang LRT Line, on the MRT System map.

Incidents

Woodlands Road sinkhole incident

Excavation works for the Downtown Line 2 caused a massive sinkhole on Woodlands Road on 16 March 2013. The construction destabilised the soil, which ruptured an underground water pipe. The rupture which was as wide as one of the road's lanes, appeared near West View Primary School, next to where construction work for Downtown Line 2 is being carried out.[7]

Fire at Downtown MRT Line construction

A fire broke out at a construction site for the Downtown Line in the early hours of Apr 9 2014. No injuries were reported and the fire was put out in 30 minutes. Thick smoke could be seen from the work site in Bukit Panjang, near shopping mall Junction 10.[8]

LRT crossovers

After stopping at Bukit Panjang, services towards Senja or Petir will split up. Services A and C utilise the lower track towards Senja; Service B utilises the higher track towards Petir.

Art in Transit

The Downtown Line platforms feature "Punctum of the Long Hills" by John Clang, an artwork depicting the great progress Singapore has made over the years.

Station layout

L2 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2
Alternate Services		 Bukit Panjang LRT: Service A towards  BP1  NS4  Choa Chu Kang via  BP13  Senja (→)
Bukit Panjang LRT: Service B towards  BP1  NS4  Choa Chu Kang via  BP7  Petir (→)
Bukit Panjang LRT: Service C towards  BP14  Ten Mile Junction via  BP13  Senja→)
Platform 1
Alternate Services		 Bukit Panjang LRT: Service A & B towards  BP1  NS4  Choa Chu Kang via  BP5  Phoenix (←)
Bukit Panjang LRT: Service C towards  BP14  Ten Mile Junction (←)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Mezzanine Transfer Area Transfer Link Bridge to Downtown Line and Bukit Panjang LRT Platforms
L1 LRT Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Shop
Street Level Hillion Mall (U/C), Hillion Residences (U/C), Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange (U/C)
B1 Service Level Restricted Access
B2 MRT Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, TransitLink Counter, Shops, Underpass(U/C)
B3 Platform B Downtown Line towards  DT19  NE4  Chinatown via  DT2  Cashew (→)
Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
Platform A Downtown Line towards  DT19  NE4  Chinatown via  DT2  Cashew (→)
Downtown Line withdrawal trains (←)

Exits

Bukit Panjang LRT

Downtown Line

Transport connections

Rail

Platform (LRT)
Destination (MRT) 		First Train Last Train
Mon – Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday 		Daily
Bukit Panjang LRT
Platform 1 5.05am 5.24am 12.47am
Platform 2 4.59am 5.18am 1.02am
Downtown Line
to DT19 Chinatown 5.30am 5.50am 11.35pm

References

  1. ↑ "NEW INTEGRATED TRANSPORT HUB IN 2015; GREATER CONVENIENCE, SEAMLESS TRANSFERS FOR BUKIT PANJANG COMMUTERS". Land Transport Authority. November 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Tapping out needed for line transfers at Newton, Bukit Panjang stations; no extra fares: LTA", "[Channel NewsAsia]" 01 December 2015. Retrieved on 01 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "10000 regular peak hour commuters stranded". The Straits Times. 2001-08-31.
  4. ↑ "Downtown Line 2 Station Sites Named". LTA. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  5. ↑ "Circle Line, Downtown Line 1 and 2 Station Names Finalised". LTA. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  6. ↑ "Downtown Line can't swing sharply to meet LRT station". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  7. ↑ "Excavation works for new MRT line caused Woodlands sinkhole". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
  8. ↑ "Fire at Downtown Line construction site in Bukit Panjang". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
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