Serangoon Bus Interchange

1°21′8″N 103°52′19″E / 1.35222°N 103.87194°E / 1.35222; 103.87194

Serangoon Bus Interchange
实龙岗巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas Serangoon

Public Bus Interchange
Interior of the bus interchange
General information
Location20 Serangoon Avenue 2, Singapore 556138
Singapore
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes9 (SBS Transit Ltd)
Bus stands3 (Boarding)
2 (Alighting)
Bus operatorsSBS Transit
Connections NE12  CC13  Serangoon
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleAccessible alighting/boarding points
Accessible public toilets
Graduated kerb edges
Tactile guidance system
History
Opened13 March 1988; 36 years ago (1988-03-13) (old)
3 September 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-03) (new)
Closed2 September 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-02) (old)
Key dates
13 March 1988Commenced operations
3 September 2011Operations shifted to new and air-conditioned interchange

Serangoon Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Serangoon New Town in Singapore, and is within walking distance of Serangoon MRT station. Opened on 3 September 2011, it is air-conditioned and has 9 service routes and 17 bus bays.

History

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The original bus interchange was opened on 13 March 1988 along Serangoon Central. This interchange took over the overcrowded Serangoon Gardens Bus Interchange and a temporary bus terminal along Serangoon Avenue 3.[1] The compound was located under a multi-storey carpark, with end-on berths on the eastern side and sawtooth berths on the western side. Access to the interchange was located along Serangoon Central.

When the shopping mall nex opened on 25 November 2010, the old bus interchange continued to operate due to congestion at Serangoon Avenue 2, with shoppers facing carpark problems and large crowds in the shopping mall.

Relocation

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On 3 September 2011, the interchange was relocated to a new air-conditioned facility along Serangoon Avenue 2 integrated with the nex shopping mall and Serangoon MRT station,[2] making it the fifth bus interchange to be air conditioned. The new facility was the first to have glass walls instead of cement walls facing the bus bays, allowing commuters to be aware of the departure of buses, which was not present in the earlier air conditioned bus interchanges. Due to space constraints, Bus Services 81 and 82 no longer terminated at the interchange and were amended to loop at Serangoon Central instead.[2]

Bus contracting model

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Under the new bus contracting model, with the exception of Bus Service 100 which is under the Clementi Bus Package, the rest of the bus services are under the Serangoon-Eunos Bus Package.

Currently, all bus services at the interchange are operated by the anchor operator, SBS Transit.

List of routes

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Operator Package Routes
SBS Transit Clementi 100
Serangoon-Eunos 101, 103, 105, 109, 158, 315, 317, 506

References

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  1. ^ "Interchange in new town opens on Sunday". The Straits Times. 8 March 1988. Retrieved 23 June 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ^ a b "Bus Services Operating From The New Serangoon Bus Interchange". SBS Transit. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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