Bukit Panjang MRT/LRT Station 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 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 45 minutes.
History[]
Bukit Panjang railway station was opened to the public on sometime between July and December 1903, on Choa Chu Kang Road, along Bukit Timah Road, as an infill station between Bukit Timah station and Woodlands station. The station was built near the military exercise camp and range, and helped the surrounding neighbourhoods develop, as it attracted residents. The station was also near a rubber plantation. A post office was built at the station on 21 March 1924, and opened on 1 April 1924.
As it was decided that Tank Road station was unfit to be the terminus of the line, it was decided that the Bukit Timah-Tank Road section of the line would be abandoned, and the line would instead deviate in between Bukit Panjang station and Bukit Timah station, travelling down a different route which ran along the west of the main town, to a new terminal station at Tanjong Pagar, with a new station being built at Bukit Timah, and two new stations at Tanglin and Alexandra. In November 1955, a new service was introduced in which lorries would arrive at the station in the morning and in the evening to bring people to and fro from work from the station. This was introduced due to the low ridership of the station.
On 26 November 1921, a man was run over and killed by an oncoming train near the station. The body of the man was mutilated and very badly cut up.
Bukit Panjang MRT Station was constructed in 1982 as in the West Rail Line due to the growing development of West Rail. It was only recently completed in 1985. 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.
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.
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.
Concourse[]
Both BPLRT and DTL concourses feature faregates for automatic fare collection and provides access between paid and unpaid areas of the station, with at least one bidirectional wide-swinging gate for the benefit of passengers-in-wheelchairs and those carrying bulky items or travelling with prams.
General Ticketing Machines in both station concourses allow commuters to purchase tickets for single or multiple journeys, and along with a Transitlink Add-Value Machine (BPLRT) and Top-up Machine (DTL), offer contactless card transactions. In the DTL concourse, passengers are advised to take out money and queue at the General Ticketing Machines, as from 21 November 2017, cash top ups are not accepted at Passenger Service Centres. It is the 6th station to touch general ticketing machines.
LRT crossovers[]
After stopping at Bukit Panjang, services towards Senja or Petir will split up. Service A utilises the lower track towards Senja; Service B utilises the higher track towards Petir.
Platforms[]
The DTL Platform.
The underground Downtown Line station also has two platforms, but in an island platform arrangement. Full-height Platform screen doors isolate the air-conditioned station from the tunnel environment, enhancing commuter safety and station comfort. A set of escalators, stairs and lifts connect to the concourse above. The ceiling is two floors high at platform level, conveying a spacious feel.
Passenger Information Systems, which are plasma display screens located at each platform, display expected train arrival times and key messages. Tactile flooring helps to guide the visually-handicapped from the platform to the station exits.
The LRT Platform
As the terminus of the Downtown Line, both platforms are utilized alternatively for train turnarounds. Further up the line is Gali Batu Depot, and withdrawal trains will also pass by these platforms. Students who are under Downtown Bay will guide themselves to the depot with facilities such as Mechanical Engineering course.
Fixed, half-height barriers along the platform edge are installed for passenger safety, especially during peak hours when the small platform gets crowded. Services A and B are staggered one after the other and operate throughout the day, while Service C operates at 20-minute intervals (except during weekday peak hours).
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 Choa Chu Kang via BP13 Senja (→) Bukit Panjang LRT: Service B towards BP1 Choa Chu Kang via BP7 Petir (→) | |
| Platform 1 | Bukit Panjang LRT: towards BP1 Choa Chu Kang via BP5 Phoenix (←) | |
| 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, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange | |
| B2 | MRT Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, TransitLink Concession Card Replacement Office |
| B3 | Platform 4 | Downtown Line towards DT35 Expo via DT2 Cashew (→) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left, right | ||
| Platform 3 | Downtown Line towards DT35 Expo via DT2 Cashew (→)/withdrawal trains (←) | |
Exits[]
Bukit Panjang MRT station has three exits at ground level (A1, A2, B). Exit A1 comprises a lift and staircase leading to the bus stop. Exit A2 comprises escalators, a lift and stairs leading to street level, as well as the transfer linkway to Bukit Panjang LRT.
A fourth exit is reserved for a future underground link and exit at Bukit Panjang Road, near Senja estate.
Bukit Panjang LRT[]
- A: Downtown Line, Hillion Mall, Hillion Residences, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange, Bukit Panjang Public Library, Bukit Panjang Plaza
- B: Petir Road, Sri Murugan Hill Temple
- C: Downtown Line (via Transfer Linkway Bridge)
- D: Hillion Mall, Hillion Residences, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
Downtown Line[]
- A1 & A2: Bukit Panjang LRT (via Transfer Linkway Bridge), Bukit Panjang Plaza, Senja-Cashew Community Club, Hillion Mall, Hillion Residences, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
- B: Junction 10, ITE College West, Upper Bukit Timah Road
- C: Bukit Panjang Road
- D: Hillion Mall, Hillion Residences, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
Passenger Usage Patterns[]
As an interchange station of the Bukit Panjang town, Bukit Panjang LRT is a central hub for the Bukit Panjang residents owing to the developments such as Bukit Panjang Plaza and Hillion Mall.
- BPLRT (Platform 1): Petir, Pending, Bangkit, Fajar, Segar, Jelapang, Senja
- BPLRT (Platform 2): Choa Chu Kang, Keat Hong, Teck Whye, Ten Mile Junction (Service C)
The Downtown Line is also a terminus station. It had their heavy utilisation during peak hours, therefore boarding would not be guaranteed at Bukit Panjang.
| East West Line | |
| EW3 Simei | Take Downtown Line to Bugis and change to East West Line to Simei. |
| EW4 Tanah Merah | Take Downtown Line to Bugis and change to East West Line to Tanah Merah. |
| EW5 Bedok | Take Downtown Line to Bugis and change to East West Line to Bedok. |
| EW23 Clementi | Take bus service 184 to Commonwealth Avenue West (Clementi Station). |
| EW25 Chinese Garden | Take bus service 180 to Boon Lay Way (Chinese Garden Station). |
| EW26 Lakeside | Take bus service 180 to Boon Lay Way (Lakeside Station). |
| EW27 Boon Lay | Take bus service 180 to Boon Lay Way (Boon Lay Station). |
| North South Line | |
| NS2 Bukit Batok | Take bus service 176 to Bukit Batok Central (Blk 628). Alternatively, take bus service 177 (PM Peak Hour) to Bukit Batok Interchange. |
| NS4 Choa Chu Kang | Take bus service 67 (B/s 2) or 190 / 983 (Blk 183) to Choa Chu Kang Interchange. |
| NS5 Yew Tee | Take Bukit Panjang LRT to Choa Chu Kang and change to North South Line to Yew Tee Station. Or take bus service 979 to Choa Chu Kang Drive (Yew Tee Station) |
| NS7 Kranji | Take bus service 170 / 960 to Woodlands Rd (opp Kranji Station) |
| NS8 Marsiling | Take bus service 960 to Woodlands Ave 3 (Marsiling Station) |
| NS9 Woodlands | Take bus service 960 (Blk 183) / 963 (B/S 2) to Woodlands Interchange. |
| NS13 Yishun | Take bus service 171 to Yishun Bus Interchange. |
| NS22 Orchard | Take Downtown Line to Newton and change to North South Line to Orchard. |
| NS23 Somerset | Take Downtown Line to Newton and change to North South Line to Somerset. |
| NS24 Dhoby Ghaut | Take Downtown Line to Newton and change to North South Line to Dhoby Ghaut. |
| NS25 City Hall | Take Downtown Line to Newton and change to North South Line to City Hall. |
| North East Line | |
| NE14 Hougang | Take Downtown Line to Little India and change to North East Line to Hougang. |
| NE16 Sengkang | Take Downtown Line to Little India and change to North East Line to Sengkang. |
| NE17 Punggol | Take Downtown Line to Little India and change to North East Line to Punggol. |
| Circle Line | |
| CC13 Serangoon | Take Downtown Line to Botanic Gardens and change to Circle Line to Serangoon. |
| CC29 HarbourFront | Take Downtown Line to Botanic Gardens and change to Circle Line to HarbourFront. |
| Downtown Line | |
| DT2 Cashew | Take Downtown Line to Cashew. |
| DT3 Hillview | Take Downtown Line to Hillview. |
| DT5 Beauty World | Take Downtown Line to Beauty World. |
| DT6 King Albert Park | Take Downtown Line to King Albert Park. |
| DT7 Sixth Avenue | Take Downtown Line to Sixth Avenue. |
| DT8 Hwa Chong | Take Downtown Line to Hwa Chong. |
| DT12 Little India | Take Downtown Line to Little India. |
| DT13 Rochor | Take Downtown Line to Rochor. |
| DT14 Bugis | Take Downtown Line to Bugis. |
| DT15 Promenade | Take Downtown Line to Promenade. |
| DT16 Bayfront | Take Downtown Line to Bayfront. |
| DT17 Downtown | Take Downtown Line to Downtown. |
| DT19 Chinatown | Take Downtown Line to Chinatown. |
| DT31 Tampines West | Take Downtown Line to Tampinese West. |
| DT32 Tampines | Take Downtown Line to Tampines. |
| DT33 Tampines East | Take Downtown Line to Tampines East |
| Bukit Panjang LRT | |
| BP1 Choa Chu Kang | Take bus service 67 to Choa Chu Kang Interchange. |
| BP3 Keat Hong | Take bus service 67 to Choa Chu Kang Way (opp Blk 113). |
| BP4 Teck Whye | Take bus service 67 / 983 to Choa Chu Kang Road (opp Blk 126). |
| BP7 Petir | Take bus service 171 / 963 to Petir Road (Petir Station). |
| BP8 Pending | Take bus service 973 to Pending Road (Pending Station). |
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 DT35 Expo | 5.30am | 5.50am | 11.35pm | |||
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