Cheng Lim LRT station


Cheng Lim LRT station is an LRT station on the Sengkang LRT line West Loop in Anchorvale, Singapore, located at Anchorvale Street between the junctions of Anchorvale Crescent and Sengkang East Road. It was initially not opened for passenger service since the beginning of operations of West Loop on 29 January 2005 due to little development in the area. The station was thus opened on 1 January 2013. The station was built next to Sengkang Community Hospital, which was opened on 28 August 2018. The hospital is connected to the station via a linkway.

Etymology

The station is located near now defunct roads numbered from Cheng Lim Farmways 1 to 6 and Lorong Cheng Lim. There used to be many farms in the area. All the roads in the farmways were cleared by December 1998. Lorong Cheng Lim and the Cheng Lim Farmways 1 to 6 were named after Goh Cheng Lim, founding director of Kim Hock Hoe Ltd, ship owners and commission agents.