Teck Whye LRT station
Appearance
BP4 Teck Whye 德惠 டெக் வாய் Teck Whye | ||||||||||||||||
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Light rail | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 10 Choa Chu Kang Way Singapore 688268 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°22′36″N 103°45′13″E / 1.376694°N 103.753567°E | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Other information | ||||||||||||||||
Station code | BP4 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 6 November 1999 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Teck Whye LRT station (BP4) is an LRT station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Singapore, located at the junctions of Bukit Batok Road, Choa Chu Kang Way and Choa Chu Kang Road.
Teck Whye is the name given to the station as it is near Teck Whye Heights, which is a cluster of HDB flats forming part of Choa Chu Kang along Teck Whye Avenue and Teck Whye Lane. This station is in the vicinity of ITE College West.[1]
As of January 2017, Teck Whye station has Half-Height Platform Barriers installed at both platforms of the station.[2]
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.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Teck Whye LRT Station | Land Transport Guru". Land Transport Guru. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ hermes (2015-12-09). "LTA taps auto fare gates as way to go". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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 Teck Whye LRT Station at Wikimedia Commons