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Coral Edge LRT station is an elevated Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the
Punggol LRT line The Punggol LRT line is an automated guideway transit line in Singapore. The line, which initially opened on 29 January 2005, connects the residential districts and suburbs of Punggol to Punggol Town Centre, where it connects with the North E ...
East Loop in
Punggol Punggol, alternatively spelled as Ponggol, is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region, Singapore, North-East Region of Singapore. The to ...
, Singapore. It was opened on 29 January 2005 together with the Sengkang LRT West Loop. The station is located near
Punggol Plaza Punggol Plaza is a shopping mall located in Punggol, Singapore, near Coral Edge LRT station. The mall is the oldest and one of the first to be built in Punggol to cater to the needs of the residents living there. It was officially opened in Septe ...
and Punggol 21 Community Club along Punggol Field between the junctions of Edgedale Plains and Punggol Field Walk.


Etymology

The name is taken from the Punggol Coral Residents' Committee (RC), which manages a cluster of HDB flats near the station.


Incidents

On 9 January 2020, at around 2.15pm, a crack was spotted on one of the elevated concrete slabs — known as
plinths A pedestal (from French ''piédestal'', Italian ''piedistallo'' 'foot of a stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In ...
— on which the LRT's light rail vehicles run. The “isolated” crack was located between the Riviera and Coral Edge stations. One platform has been closed early from 9pm to 4am for urgent maintenance, while operations continue as trains run on other platforms.


References

Railway stations in Singapore opened in 2005 Punggol LRT stations in Punggol Railway stations in Punggol Light Rail Transit (Singapore) stations {{Singapore-LRT-stub