Fajar LRT station

Fajar LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the Bukit Panjang LRT line in Bukit Panjang, Singapore, along Fajar Road. It serves the residents of public housing 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
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
Exterior of Fajar LRT Station
General information
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
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Light Rail Transit Following station
Segar
One-way operation
 Bukit Panjang LRT
Service A
 Bangkit
towards Choa Chu Kang
Bangkit
One-way operation
 Bukit Panjang LRT
Service B
 Segar
towards Choa Chu Kang

Etymology

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

History
Fajar LRT station in 2000, shortly after its opening
Entrance to Fajar LRT Station.

Before 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 TIBS (predecessor to SMRT Buses) 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TIBS Service 179 was withdrawn on 26 December 1999 as part of the BPLRT rationalization. Today, two other daily bus services continues to run along Fajar LRT Station, they are service 922, a feeder service that serves (aside from Fajar) parts of the estate such as Senja, Jelapang, Segar and Bangkit, and 972/972M, a loop service that heads south to the city-centre before looping close to Dhoby Ghaut MRT station, specifically where the YMCA Building is located. Both bus services begins and ends at Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange.

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". 24 March 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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