Bukit Panjang MRT/LRT station

Bukit Panjang Station (BP6/DT1) is an MRT Station in Singapore. It is along the Bukit Panjang LRT Line and Downtown MRT Line. It is located at the boundary of Bukit Panjang, Bukit Batok, and Choa Chu Kang planning areas. It is the terminus station for the Downtown MRT Line.

DT1 – BP6  Bukit Panjang 武吉班让 புக்கிட் பாஞ்சாங் Bukit Panjang
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) / Light Rail Transit (LRT) interchange and terminus
DTL platforms of Bukit Panjang station
General information
Location	950 Upper Bukit Timah Road Singapore 678213 (DTL)[1] 11 Petir Road Singapore 678268 (BPLRT)[2]
Coordinates	1°22′42″N 103°45′42″E
Operated by	SBS Transit Rail Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (Downtown line) SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) (Bukit Panjang LRT line)
Line(s)	Downtown Line   Bukit Panjang LRT
Platforms	4 (1 island platform, 2 side platforms)
Tracks	4 (2 MRT, 2 LRT)
Connections	Bus, taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Bukit Panjang LRT line) Underground (Downtown line)
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes (Hillion Mall)
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	6 November 1999; 25 years ago (1999-11-06) (Bukit Panjang LRT line) 27 December 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-27) (Downtown line)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Petir, Tenth Mile, Zhenghua[3][4][5]
Passengers
Passengers (July 2020)	21,007 per day[6]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Terminus Downtown Line Cashew towards Expo Sungei Kadut Terminus Downtown Line Future service Cashew towards Sungei Bedok Preceding station Light Rail Transit Following station Phoenix towards Choa Chu Kang Bukit Panjang LRT Service A Senja towards Choa Chu Kang Bukit Panjang LRT Service B Petir towards Choa Chu Kang
Location Bukit Panjang Bukit Panjang station in Singapore

It is one of the stations that is not connected to Downtown line. The station transit area is public. One has to use the paid linkway and another one had a prominent shopping mall to take a rest - Bukit Panjang Plaza.

Formerly the station was called Petir MRT Station. Due to confusion, the name was changed to Bukit Panjang MRT Station in 2009.

History

This station was opened on 6 November 1999, as a LRT station. The former code was A6 until 2001. Later on, on 27 December 2015, the Downtown Line opened. On 21 November 2017, cash top ups are no longer accepted at the Passenger Service Centre at this station.