[2] The name is derived from Phoenix Heights, a name for a cluster of private low rise houses along one side of the station.

The impact threw seated and standing passengers to the floor of the train, injuring five of them.

The service was disrupted for seven hours but it was restored in stages and was fully functional again by 2.30 pm the same day.

Then Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong visited the site soon after being told of the accident.

[3] In 2010, an LRT technician, Chia Teck Heng, who was checking the power rail between Phoenix and Bukit Panjang stations, died of injuries sustained after being hit by a train at Phoenix Station.