Phoenix LRT station

BP5  Phoenix 凤凰 ஃபீனிக்ஸ் Phoenix
Light rail
Exterior view of Phoenix LRT station.
General information
Location	40 Choa Chu Kang Road Singapore 689483
Coordinates	1°22′43″N 103°45′29″E
Operated by	SMRT Light Rail (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	Bukit Panjang LRT
Platforms	Side
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	BP5
History
Opened	6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
Services
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Phoenix LRT station (BP5) is one of the LRT stations on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line in Singapore.

As of February 2017, phoenix station has Half-Height Platform Barriers installed at both platforms of the station.

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.

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.