Thanggam LRT station

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 SW4 
Thanggam
丹甘
தங்கம்
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station
SW4 Thanggam LRT Platform.jpg
Platform level of Thanggam LRT Station
General information
Location40 Fernvale Road
Singapore 797699
Coordinates 1°23′57.68″N103°52′29.26″E / 1.3993556°N 103.8747944°E / 1.3993556; 103.8747944
Operated by SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
History
Opened29 January 2005;18 years ago (2005-01-29)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Light Rail Transit Following station
Kupang
Clockwise / outer
Sengkang LRT
West Loop
Fernvale
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.

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Etymology

Linkway of Thanggam LRT to Jalan Kayu. SW4 Thanggam Linkway.jpg
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]

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References

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