Bukit Panjang MRT Station

BP6  DT1  Bukit Panjang 武吉班让 புக்கிட் பாஞ்சாங் 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 Phoenix towards Choa Chu Kang Bukit Panjang LRT Petir towards Choa Chu Kang via Fajar Senja towards Choa Chu Kang via Fajar Terminus Bukit Panjang LRT Ten Mile Junction Shuttle Ten Mile Junction Terminus Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Terminus Downtown Line Cashew towards Chinatown
Location

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.

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 station and the Downtown Line station, meaning that commuters are required to tap out and then tap in again when transferring between the two lines. There will be no extra charges as long as the transfer from Bukit Panjang LRT Street Level or the Mezzazine Level faregates and Downtown Line faregates (or vice-versa) is made within 15 minutes.

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.

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, 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.