Boon Lay Bus Interchange
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Boon Lay Bus Interchange 文礼巴士转换站 Stesen Bas Boon Lay |
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Commencement Date: | 27 December 2009 |
Number of Berths: End-on: Sawtooth: |
17 11 6 |
Number of Services: SBS Transit: SMRT Buses: |
31 27 4 |
Operators: | SBS Transit SBS Transit SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services.... /SMRT Buses SMRT Buses SMRT Buses is a public bus transport operator in Singapore. Singapore currently hosts a duopoly transport system in which SMRT's only competitor is SBS Transit, which also operates bus services in Singapore... |
MRT Station: | Boon Lay Boon Lay MRT Station Boon Lay MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Jurong, Singapore.The station currently serves residents living in Boon Lay, Pioneer, Gek Poh, Nanyang and people working in Tuas,Tuas South,Pioneer Sector,Jurong Hill,Jurong Pier,Lok Yang,Benoi and Gul.In... |
The Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Pioneer
Pioneer, Singapore
Pioneer is a residential precinct in Jurong, named after the Pioneer Sector industrial estate located south of the precinct.It is managed by West Coast Town Council and the people are represented in parliament by either Cedric Foo Chee Keng or Lawrence Wong, depending on where they...
, in the western part of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It is situated within the Jurong Point Shopping Mall
Jurong Point Shopping Mall
Jurong Point is a suburban shopping mall located in Jurong West, Singapore. It is situated next to Boon Lay MRT Station and Boon Lay Bus Interchange...
and is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station
Boon Lay MRT Station
Boon Lay MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Jurong, Singapore.The station currently serves residents living in Boon Lay, Pioneer, Gek Poh, Nanyang and people working in Tuas,Tuas South,Pioneer Sector,Jurong Hill,Jurong Pier,Lok Yang,Benoi and Gul.In...
. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
and workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. Operated by SBS Transit
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
, this interchange has 33 bus services and it is the biggest in terms of bus services and the busiest bus interchange in Singapore.
This interchange resembles Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...
at its end-on berths, Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.The interchange is the third to be...
at its sawtooth berths and Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...
at its bus bay.
History
Boon Lay Bus Interchange began operations on 1 July 1990 with services that used to terminate at the former Jurong Bus Interchange at Jurong Port Rd and Jurong East Bus InterchangeJurong East Bus Interchange
Jurong East Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore...
being re-routed to terminate there. That time, the Jurong West
Jurong West
Jurong West is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, the eastern edge of Jurong Camp, Boon Lay Way, Corporation Road, Fourth Chin Bee Road, International Road, Corporation Road, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Yuan Ching Road, Boon Lay Way, and along a Canal leading into Jurong...
extension and Tuas Industrial area was still largely under development. As the both areas develop, more bus services were introduced and by the early 2000s, there were about 30 bus services terminating at the interchange.
That time, there used to be an empty land beside the former interchange. In 2006, the land where the former interchange sits at and the land beside it was sold together as a 'White site' to Prime Point Development Pte. Ltd. and soon the land where the former interchange sits at was acquired to construct the Jurong Point Extension.
From 18 June 2006 to 26 December 2009, the interchange had it operations temporarily next to Boon Lay MRT station, at a empty plot of land surrounded by Boon Lay Way and Jurong West Street 64 while the bus interchange was being rebuilt as part of the Jurong Point
Jurong Point Shopping Mall
Jurong Point is a suburban shopping mall located in Jurong West, Singapore. It is situated next to Boon Lay MRT Station and Boon Lay Bus Interchange...
extension project and this project consisted of the extension of Jurong Point(JP2),the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange and a 16-storey condominium that is known as 'The Centris'.
On 27 December 2009, the interchange moved back to its original location and all operations (except for bus services 179, 179A and 199 which continued to operate at the temporary interchange till 7 May 2010) resumed at the re-constructed interchange located along Jurong West Central 3. Built over 20,000 square metres, it is Singapore's fourth air-conditioned bus interchange and the first along the East West MRT Line
East West MRT Line
The East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...
. In total, it has 60 bus bays and 31 boarding/alighting wheelchair accessible berths with 22 of them being end-on and 9 of them being sawtooth (6 for boarding and 3 for alighting). Together with Boon Lay MRT Station and Jurong Point, it is part of the Boon Lay Integrated Public Transport Hub.
Routes
Service | Berth | Destination | Berth-Type | Note | ||
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SBS Transit Trunk Services | ||||||
30 | B13 | Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community... |
End-on | |||
79 | B14 | Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore... |
End-on | |||
154 | B11 | Eunos Bus Interchange Eunos Bus Interchange Eunos Bus Interchange is a small bus interchange located in Eunos, Singapore. It is located and built just outside the Eunos MRT Station. It is surrounded by Eunos Rd 2, Eunos Ave 1 and Sims Avenue... |
End-on | |||
157 | B7 | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is... |
End-on | |||
174 | B16 | New Bridge Road Bus Terminal New Bridge Road Bus Terminal New Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,... |
End-on | |||
179 | B1/B3 | Nanyang Drive (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
181 | B2 | Jurong West Avenue 3 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
182 | B3 | Tuas South Avenue 9 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
182M | B3 | Tuas South Avenue 9 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
192 | B2 | Tuas Bus Terminal Tuas Bus Terminal Tuas Bus Terminal is a bus station located in Tuas at the western part of Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit, this terminal serves industrial workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate from Boon Lay Bus Interchange.... |
Sawtooth | |||
193 | B1 | Tuas Bus Terminal Tuas Bus Terminal Tuas Bus Terminal is a bus station located in Tuas at the western part of Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit, this terminal serves industrial workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate from Boon Lay Bus Interchange.... |
Sawtooth | |||
194 | B5 | Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
198 | B9 | Bukit Merah Bus Interchange Bukit Merah Bus Interchange The Bukit Merah Bus Interchange serves the and the interchange is located at Jalan Bukit Merah.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:... |
End-on | |||
199 | B4 | Nanyang Crescent (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
246 | B15 | Boon Lay Drive (loop) | End-on | |||
249 | B12 | Jalan Samulun (loop) | End-on | |||
251 | B8 | Benoi Road (loop) | End-on | |||
252 | B10 | Joo Koon Road (loop) | End-on | |||
254 | B5 | Tuas Avenue 11 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
255 | B6 | Gul Crescent (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
257 | B4 | Pioneer Sector 2 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
405 | B3 | Old Choa Chu Kang Road (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service | ||||||
174e | B17 | New Bridge Road Bus Terminal New Bridge Road Bus Terminal New Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,... |
End-on | |||
SBS Transit Feeder Services | ||||||
240 | B6 | Corporation Road (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
241 | B2 | Jurong West Street 92 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
242 | B1 | Jurong West Avenue 5 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
243 | B3/B4 | Pioneer Road North (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
SMRT Buses Trunk Services | ||||||
172 | B6 | Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange The Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange is a local bus interchange which mainly serves the residential neighbourhood of Choa Chu Kang. Located at Choa Chu Kang Loop and connected to the Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station and the Lot One Shoppers' Mall, the interchange is operated under SMRT... |
Sawtooth | |||
178 | B5 | Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore... |
Sawtooth | |||
180 | B6 | Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange The Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Bukit Panjang New Town, Singapore. It is opposite Bukit Panjang Plaza. The nearest station is the Bukit Panjang LRT Station.... |
Sawtooth | |||
187 | B5 | Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore... |
Sawtooth |
Berths
Berth B1 | |||||
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242 | 193 | 179A | |||
Berth B2 | |||||
241 | 192 | 181 | |||
Berth B3 | |||||
179 | 182/182M | 243G | 405 | ||
Berth B4 | |||||
243W | 257 | 199 | |||
Berth B5 | |||||
178 | 187 | 254 | 194 | ||
Berth B6 | |||||
180 | 172 | 240 | 255 | ||
Berth B7 | |||||
157 | |||||
Berth B8 | |||||
251 | |||||
Berth B9 | |||||
198 | |||||
Berth B10 | |||||
252 | |||||
Berth B11 | |||||
154 | |||||
Berth B12 | |||||
249 | |||||
Berth B13 | |||||
30 | |||||
Berth B14 | |||||
79 | |||||
Berth B15 | |||||
246 | |||||
Berth B16 | |||||
174 | |||||
Berth B17 | |||||
174e | |||||
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