Thanggam LRT station

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 SW4 
Thanggam
丹甘
தங்கம்
Thanggam
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
SW4 Thanggam LRT Platform.jpg
Platform level of Thanggam LRT Station
Location40 Fernvale Road
Singapore 797699
Coordinates1°23′57.68″N 103°52′29.26″E / 1.3993556°N 103.8747944°E / 1.3993556; 103.8747944
Operated bySBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened29 January 2005; 17 years ago (2005-01-29)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Light Rail Transit   Following station
clockwise / outer
Sengkang LRT
West Loop
anticlockwise / inner

Thanggam LRT station (SW4) is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Sengkang LRT line West Loop in Fernvale, Sengkang, Singapore, along Fernvale Road. It was opened on 29 January 2005 together with the Punggol LRT East Loop.[1] This station is located near some shophouses along Jalan Kayu as well as Parc Botannia and High Park Residences condominiums. That road can be accessed via a link bridge towards Lorong Samak, a small road off Jalan Kayu, at the west exit (Exit A) of the station.

Etymology[]

Linkway of Thanggam LRT to Jalan Kayu.

There are two meanings for Thanggam in both Malay and Tamil. It means "to describe a tight and strong notched connection of wooden planks" in Malay.[2] In Tamil, the word means gold. The station is named after a nearby road Lorong Tanggam, which is off Sengkang West Way.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Opening of Punggol LRT (East Loop) and Sengkang LRT (West Loop)". SBS Transit. 24 January 2005. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ^ "MalayRoadToponyms". 27 October 2015. Archived from the original on 30 August 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Station Details - SW4 Thanggam". SBS Transit. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017.

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