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Bukit Panjang is a famous spot for being in the center of the LRT line. However, it is not often known, especially if you’re unfamiliar with the West area.
I’ve had people who asked me where I lived, and when I told them around Bukit Panjang (one of the LRT stations, actually), they asked me where it was. It is therefore quite easy to mistake this ‘obscure’ in the small Singapore as something it is not.
Isolated
Bukit Panjang is isolated, yes. It is not in the central town area like Orchard, true. But it is not all that isolated as you think. Bukit Panjang now has an LRT station and a Downtown station as well.
Choa Chu Kang is a pretty known spot on the red line, and Bukit Panjang is closely associated with it. Not many have heard of it, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t close.
Small
For many years, Bukit Panjang Plaza has remained small. Therefore, despite renovations and the opening of new wings, people have retained the mindset that this mall is tiny.
While Bukit Panjang is small, it also means that we can easily walk from one neighbourhood to the next, with Bukit Panjang at the being the center of them. In fact, it’s easy to just refer to the entire area as Bukit Panjang area, especially because most people won’t have heard of the others!
Food options
Bukit Panjang does not seem like it has a lot of variety to offer. You’ll be surprised to find that the changes in recent years have updated its menu.
From Japanese buffets to Western restaurants to the newly renovated food court to a basement chock full of specialised food stores, you’ll find that it has grown greatly. FoodFare has even opened up a huge food centre and dry wet market in the area.
Travel
Because it’s ‘isolated’, it’s not easy to move around to other places if you live in Bukit Panjang? That may have been true before, and especially true when the bus interchange was relocated further away. However, being a small area, you can easily walk over to the next bus stop that has a completely different set of bus routes, most of which will take you to the spot you want or close to it!
With a new MRT line, you’ll find that travel will become even easier, so quickly get rid of this misconception because Bukit Panjang will soon be one of the central points of travel!
Communities
Guess how many community centres are around Bukit Panjang? Well, there’s Bukit Panjang Community Center, Zhenghua Community Center, and the Senja-Cashew Community Center! Like I mentioned above, it’s small enough that it’s easy to walk around and associate these places with each other.
Shopping Malls
Surprisingly enough, there are not one but two malls within Bukit Panjang, all within walking distance of each other. There’s construction activity going on now, though, so the routes there have altered a little. Junction 10 shopping mall (which has also been renovated over the past years) from the least visited LRT station Ten Mile Junction, and Bukit Panjang Plaza itself. There are also plenty of hawker centres strewn around the void decks, including the famous food stall at Block 163 of Gangsa Road that sells delicious handmade Koka noodles.
Do you find Bukit Panjang interesting now? Don’t be afraid to hop down and have a look with your own eyes at the new Bukit Panjang!