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Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange 榜鵝临时巴士转换站 Stesen Bas Sementara Punggol
Commencement:	30 November 2003
Number of Sawtooth Berths:	4
Number of Services:	10
Operator:	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....
MRT/LRT Stations:	NE17 PTC Punggol Punggol MRT/LRT Station Punggol MRT/LRT Station ' is a MRT and LRT interchange station of the North East Line and the Punggol LRT Line in Singapore.The artwork in this station is Water, Landscape and Future by Goh Beng Kwan.-History:...

Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town is a Housing and Development Board new town in Punggol, within the North-East Region of Singapore.-Etymology:Punggol Point or Tanjong Punggol appears as Tanjong Rangon on Franklin and Jackson's 1828 map of Singapore. Punggol, also spelt as Ponggol, means "hurling sticks at the...

, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station

Punggol MRT/LRT Station

Punggol MRT/LRT Station ' is a MRT and LRT interchange station of the North East Line and the Punggol LRT Line in Singapore.The artwork in this station is Water, Landscape and Future by Goh Beng Kwan.-History:...

. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town

is more developed.

The S$1.9-million temporary Punggol Bus Interchange, which took 10 months to construct, was opened on 30 November 2003 by Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Teo Chee Hean

Teo Chee Hean

Teo Chee Hean is a politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he is currently the country's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Home Affairs and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, and a Member of Parliament for the Pasir Ris-Punggol Group...

.

Initially, the only service to serve Punggol New Town

Punggol New Town

, service 83, terminated and looped at a temporary bus stop directly underneath Punggol MRT/LRT Station

Punggol MRT/LRT Station

. The route was amended to terminate at the temporary bus interchange when the latter was opened.

With the opening of the interchange, Punggol Road End Bus Terminal closed. The terminal's bus route, 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....

's Service 3 was extended from its original looping point at Pasir Ris Street 71 to provide direct links between Punggol and the new towns of Pasir Ris

Pasir Ris

Pasir Ris is primarily a residential area in Singapore comprising many high-rise residential dwelling blocks, mostly public housing built by the Housing and Development Board in Pasir Ris New Town. The town is located in the eastern part of Singapore....

and Tampines

Tampines

Tampines is the largest residential area in the city-state of Singapore and is located in the East Region of the main island. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of Tampines trees were there....

, while Service 62 and Service 136 were extended from Hougang South Bus Interchange and Upper Serangoon Road to this interchange respectively. Also, Service 34, 43, and 85 is introduced to enhance the accessibility of Punggol. 82 was extended to terminate at this interchange while amended to loop at Serangoon Central. A new service, 84, was introduced to replace service 82 to loop at Punggol Point.

Routes

Bus Routes in Singapore

This is a list of the bus routes in Singapore. All times stated in this table are GMT+8 .-Types:* Trunk: Routes that ply between towns....

Service	Berth	Destination	Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
3	B3	Tampines Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Tampines New Town in Singapore. It is an open-air building located in the town centre near the Tampines MRT Station, with the allocated block number of 512. The interchange is operated by SBS Transit...
34	B1	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 and 3 Bus Terminal
43	B4	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal Upper East Coast Bus Terminal Upper East Coast Terminal is a bus station located in Upper East Coast at the eastern part of Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit and SMRT Buses.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:...
62	B2	Sims Avenue (loop)
82	B4	Serangoon Central (loop)
83	B3	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... (loop)
84	B1	Punggol Road (loop)
85	B2	Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
85*	B2	Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...	Alternate route
136	B1	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...

Berths

Berth B1
136	34	84
Berth B2
62	85
Berth B3
3	83
Berth B4
43	82
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