Type: | Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station |
Address: | 119 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 117424[1] |
Other: | Bus, Taxi |
Structure: | Underground |
Platform: | 2 (1 island platform) |
Levels: | 1 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Passengers: | 4,635 per day[2] |
Pass Year: | June 2024 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Accessible: | Yes |
Operator: | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) |
Former: | Bukit Chandu |
Map Type: | Singapore Rail central area |
Map Dot Label: | Pasir Panjang |
Map Alt: | Singapore MRT/LRT system map |
Map Size: | 300px |
Map Label Position: | left |
Pasir Panjang MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line. As the name suggests, it is located in Pasir Panjang at the southern part of Queenstown planning area, Singapore. This station is situated underneath Pasir Panjang Road and Labrador Viaduct (West Coast Highway), next to the Pasir Panjang Food Centre, Currency House and Pasir Panjang container terminal. It is also near the Reflections at Bukit Chandu, a museum near the site of the Battle of Pasir Panjang.
The station opened on 8 October 2011, as announced in August of that year.[3]
The artwork featured in this station is Lieutenant Adnan by Ho Tzu Nyen, installed under the Art in Transit programme. Located on the lift shaft in the station and around the station are mock posters for a fictional movie about Lieutenant Adnan bin Saidi (played by Singapore actor Aaron Aziz), a real-life war hero who fought in the Battle of Pasir Panjang during World War II.[4] [5]