Bukit Panjang LRT (BP LRT)
Choa Chu Kang · 13 stations · 8 km · automated light rail
The BP LRT at a glance
The Bukit Panjang LRT (BP LRT) is one of the three LRT systems in Singapore. It is run by SMRT Trains, it has 13 stations over 8 km, and it opened on 6 November 1999.
The Bukit Panjang LRT was Singapore’s first light rail line, opened on 6 November 1999. It is a small automated system on an elevated guideway: a stem from Choa Chu Kang to Bukit Panjang, then a loop around the housing estates of Bukit Panjang. Its 13 stations feed the North South Line at Choa Chu Kang and the Downtown Line at Bukit Panjang, and the little two-car trains run within metres of the flats — you look straight into people’s kitchen windows.
All 13 stations on the BP LRT
Gold rings mark the interchanges. Tap any station for its exits, what is nearby, connections and travel times.
The loop is worked by two services: Service A runs clockwise and Service B anticlockwise, so which one you board decides how long you sit on the train. The line also has the network’s only deleted station: Ten Mile Junction (BP14), which closed for good in January 2019 when the shopping centre it was built into was redeveloped.
Travel times and fares from Choa Chu Kang
| Station | Code | Time from Choa Chu Kang | Adult fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| South View | BP2 | 2 min | S$1.28 |
| Keat Hong | BP3 | 3 min | S$1.28 |
| Teck Whye | BP4 | 5 min | S$1.28 |
| Phoenix | BP5 | 6 min | S$1.28 |
| Bukit Panjang | BP6 | 8 min | S$1.28 |
Times are typical running times including stops; fares are the distance-based adult card fare and are indicative. Check the exact fare in the route planner.
Where you can change from the BP LRT
Changing lines is free: the fare is worked out from the distance of your whole journey, not from how many trains you take.
BP LRT times and fares
First and last train times are set per station and per direction, not for the whole network: first trains leave the termini between about 05:00 and 05:30, and the last trains leave between about 23:15 and 00:15. There are no single-trip tickets: tap in and out with a card. See the operating hours and fares.
BP LRT — frequently asked questions
The Bukit Panjang LRT has 13 stations: Choa Chu Kang, South View, Keat Hong, Teck Whye, Phoenix, Bukit Panjang, Petir, Pending, Bangkit, Fajar, Segar, Jelapang, Senja.
About 25 minutes between Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang. Trains run every 2–3 min at peak times and every 3–6 min off-peak.
Trains run from about 05:30 until around midnight. First and last train times are set per station and per direction, not for the whole network: first trains leave the termini between about 05:00 and 05:30, and the last trains leave between about 23:15 and 00:15. There is no night service — see the operating hours page.
The same as anywhere on the network: a distance-based fare from S$1.28 to S$2.57 for an adult with a card, with 50 cents off if you tap in before 07:45 on a weekday. There are no single-trip tickets on the MRT any more: the standard ticket was withdrawn in March 2022. You need a card — an EZ-Link or SimplyGo card, or simply a contactless bank card or a phone wallet. All the details are on the fares page.
You can change at Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang. Changing costs nothing extra — the system charges one fare for the whole journey, however many trains you take.
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