Fajar LRT station

Fajar LRT station is an LRT station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Singapore, along Fajar Road. It serves the residents of HDB flats located along the northern part of Bukit Panjang Ring Road. The station is right next to Fajar Shopping Centre and near the Chi Hock Keng (Buddhist) Temple.

 BP10 
Fajar
法嘉
ஃபஜார்
Fajar
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
Exterior of Fajar LRT station.
Location40 Fajar Road
Singapore 679004
Coordinates1°23′04″N 103°46′15″E
Operated bySMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Bukit Panjang LRT
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened6 November 1999 (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

Etymology

This station is located along Fajar Road. Fajar means "dawn" in Malay.[1]

History
Platform 2 of the station, which is not in operation during off-peak hours.
Entrance to Fajar LRT Station.

Before (and during) the construction of Fajar Station, residents of this part of Bukit Panjang were served by a bus service that called on the bus stop just next to the Fajar Station, namely the late TIBS Service 179. This bus brought passengers around Bukit Panjang and towards the Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station where they could transfer easily to the train system mentioned.

TIBS Service 179 had been withdrawn on 26 December 1999 as part of BPLRT rationalization. Now, two other daily services continues to run along Fajar LRT Station, these are service 922 and 972.

Incidents

A man was found dead on the LRT tracks at Fajar station at about 1 a.m. on 24 March 2017. In an emailed statement, SMRT said it was alerted that a body was spotted on the tracks at the station after the last train in service left the platform. He was the third person to be killed along the Bukit Panjang LRT Line since the line commenced operations in 1999.[2][3]

References
  1. "Fajar LRT Station | Land Transport Guru". Land Transport Guru. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  2. "BPLRT accident 2017". Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  3. Lim, Kenneth (24 March 2017). "Man run over by train at Fajar LRT station". Channel NewsAsia.


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