Jelapang LRT station
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Jelapang 泽拉邦 ஜெலப்பாங் Jelapang | ||||||||||||||||
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Light Rail Transit (LRT) station | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 70 Bukit Panjang Ring Road Singapore 679941 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°23′12″N 103°45′52″E / 1.386711°N 103.764414°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 | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 6 November 1999 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
Services | ||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ "Jelapang LRT Station". Land Transport Guru. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "2000 Accident revealed". Straits Times. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
External links[]
- Media related to Jelapang LRT Station at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1999 establishments in Singapore
- Bukit Panjang
- LRT stations of Bukit Panjang LRT Line
- Railway stations opened in 1999
- Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations
- Singapore LRT stubs