Jelapang LRT station

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Jelapang
泽拉邦
ஜெலப்பாங்
Jelapang
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
BP12 Jelapang Platform 2.jpg
Platform 2 of Jelapang station
Location70 Bukit Panjang Ring Road
Singapore 679941
Coordinates1°23′12″N 103°45′52″E / 1.386711°N 103.764414°E / 1.386711; 103.764414
Operated bySMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened6 November 1999; 22 years ago (1999-11-06)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station
One-way operation
Bukit Panjang LRT
Service A
One-way operation
Bukit Panjang LRT
Service B

Jelapang LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Bukit Panjang, Singapore, located along Bukit Panjang Ring Road, near the junctions of Senja Link and Jelapang Road.

The station is located near Jelapang Road. Jelapang means "granary" or "rice bowl" in Malay.[1]

Greenridge Shopping Centre an Zhenghua Secondary School are in the vicinity.

Incidents[]

On 15 January 2000, See Chau Lai, a hawker assistant, died after he was hit by a train near Jelapang Station of the same LRT line. A coroner's inquiry found that he walked along the tracks after having too much to drink.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jelapang LRT Station". Land Transport Guru. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2000 Accident revealed". Straits Times. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

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