Phoenix LRT station
{{Short description|Light rail station in Singapore}}
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| enname = Phoenix
| zhname = 凤凰
| taname = ஃபீனிக்ஸ்
| msname = Phoenix
| lrtline = Bukit Panjang
| code = {{SLRT code|BP|5}}
| terminicode =
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| type = Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
| image = BP5 Phoenix LRT with C801A approaching.jpg
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| image_caption = A Bombardier Innovia APM 100 C801A train approaching Phoenix station
| address = 40 Choa Chu Kang Road
Singapore 689483
| coordinates = {{Coord|1.378625|103.757931|type:railwaystation_region:SG|format=dms}}
| line = {{rail color box |system=Singapore LRT |line=Bukit Panjang }}
| other = Bus, Taxi
| structure = Elevated
| platform = 2 (2 side platforms)
| depth =
| levels = 1
| tracks = 2
| parking =
| bicycle = No
| passengers = 1868 per day{{cite web |title=Land Transport DataMall |website=mytransport.sg |publisher=Land Transport Authority |url=https://www.mytransport.sg/content/mytransport/home/dataMall.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240814080443/https://datamall.lta.gov.sg/content/datamall/en.html |url-status=live}}
| pass_year = June 2024
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| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1999|11|06}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| accessible = Yes
| operator = SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
| owned =
| zone =
| former =
| services = {{Adjacent stations |system=Singapore LRT |line=Bukit Panjang |type=A (CCK-BP) |left=Teck Whye |right=Bukit Panjang |line2=Bukit Panjang |type2=B (CCK-BP) |left2=Teck Whye |right2=Bukit Panjang }}
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Phoenix LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, located along Choa Chu Kang Road. As of February 2017, it has half-height barriers installed at both platforms.{{Cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/lta-taps-auto-fare-gates-as-way-to-go|title=LTA taps auto fare gates as way to go|last=hermes|date=2015-12-09|work=The Straits Times|access-date=2018-05-14|language=en}}
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.{{cite news | title = LRT Accidents | publisher = Singapore On The Web | date = 20 November 2000 | url = http://singaporeontheweb.net/homepage2003/singaporemrtaccidents.htm | access-date = 13 December 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928155421/http://singaporeontheweb.net/homepage2003/singaporemrtaccidents.htm | archive-date = 28 September 2007 | url-status = dead }}
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.{{cite news | title = Man dies after being run over by train at Fajar LRT station | publisher = Straits Times | date = 2010 | url = http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/man-dies-after-being-hit-by-train-at-fajar-lrt-station }}
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.{{Cite news|title=Bukit Panjang's light rail system brings residents together years before it is to run|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19960929-1.2.40.4|work=The Straits Times|date=29 September 1996|access-date=2020-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026152206/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19960929-1.2.40.4|archive-date=26 October 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=First Light Rail Transit system {{!}} Infopedia|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_538_2005-01-05.html|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|access-date=2020-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026152142/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_538_2005-01-05.html|archive-date=2019-10-26|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Phoenix LRT Station}}
{{Singapore LRT stations|bukit-panjang=yes}}
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Category:Railway stations in Singapore opened in 1999
Category:LRT stations of Bukit Panjang LRT Line
Category:Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations
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