Rochor MRT Station
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Rochor MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit
station on the Downtown Line
Stage 2 in Singapore
, formerly known as the Bukit Timah Line. The station will link the East West MRT Line
and the North East MRT Line
along the Bukit Timah
corridor, serving the commercial areas to the south of Little India
. Major buildings in the proximity include Sim Lim Square
, The Verge and the Lasalle College of the Arts. This station was originally planned to be an interchange with Downtown Line Stage 3, but the plan was abandoned, reason being DTL3 track cannot swing sharply to meet this station that is located off Jalan Besar.
The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Sungei Road:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07539 (The Verge)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 48 || Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 56 || Marina Centre Bus Terminal
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 57 || Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 131 || Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 166 || Clementi Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 170 || Queen Street Bus Terminal
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:darkblue;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit NiteOwl Services
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| style="background-color:darkblue;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 2N || Tampines Avenue 3
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| style="background-color:darkblue;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 4N || Pasir Ris Drive 1
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 851 || Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 960 || Marina Centre Bus Terminal
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 980 || Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Serangoon Road:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07031 (Tekka Centre)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 23 || Tampines Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 64 || Sims Place Bus Terminal
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 65 || Tampines Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 66 || Bedok Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 131 || Saint Michael's Bus Terminal
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 139 || Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 147 || Hougang Central Bus Interchange
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 67 || Tampines Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 857 || Yishun Bus Interchange
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses NightRider Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | NR6 || Anchorvale Drive (loop)
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Jalan Besar:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07529 (Before Sim Lim Tower)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 64 || Mei Ling Street (loop) ||
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 65 || HarbourFront Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 130 || Shenton Way Bus Terminal
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 139 || Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 147 || Clementi Bus Interchange
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 857 || Suntec City
(loop)
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses NightRider Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | NR6 || Resorts World Sentosa
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|}
The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Bencoolen Street:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07517 (Opposite Burlington Square)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 64 || Mei Ling Street (loop) ||
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 65 || HarbourFront Bus Interchange
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 139 || Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses NightRider Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | NR6 || Resorts World Sentosa
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Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...
station on the Downtown Line
Downtown MRT Line
The Downtown Line will be the fifth Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. When completed, the line will be about 42-km long with 34 stations and serve about half a million commuters daily, making it the longest underground and driverless MRT line in Singapore. Travelling from one end to the other...
Stage 2 in 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...
, formerly known as the Bukit Timah Line. The station will link 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...
and the North East MRT Line
North East MRT Line
The North East MRT Line is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after Singapore's Circle MRT Line. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end...
along the Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah
Bukit Timah is an area in Singapore and a hill in that area. Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. The hill stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore...
corridor, serving the commercial areas to the south of Little India
Little India, Singapore
Little India is an ethnic neighbourhood found in Singapore that has Tamil cultural elements. Little India lies to east of the Singapore River—across from Chinatown, located west of the river—and north of Kampong Glam. Both areas are part of the urban planning area of Rochor...
. Major buildings in the proximity include Sim Lim Square
Sim Lim Square
Sim Lim Square , commonly referred to as SLS, is an established commercial shopping centre specialising in electronics and IT Products in Singapore,...
, The Verge and the Lasalle College of the Arts. This station was originally planned to be an interchange with Downtown Line Stage 3, but the plan was abandoned, reason being DTL3 track cannot swing sharply to meet this station that is located off Jalan Besar.
Train service
Destination | | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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Mon - Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
Daily | ||||
to DT1 Bukit Panjang | - | - | - | |||
to DT19 Chinatown | - | - | - |
Current Station Layout
L1 | Street Level | |
B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter |
B2 | Platform A | |
Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange... , doors will open on the right |
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Platform B | ||
Bus services
The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Rochor Canal Road:Bus Stop Code: 07531 (After Sim Lim Square) | |||
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Service | Destination | Notes | |
SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
23 | 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... |
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48 | Buona Vista Bus Terminal Buona Vista Bus Terminal Buona Vista Bus Terminal is a bus station in Buona Vista, Singapore. This terminal does not allow boarding or alighting on site, but passengers can board at the nearest bus stop. Together with the nearby Ghim Moh Bus Terminal, they help to serve passengers in Buona Vista and Ghim Moh... |
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57 | Bishan Bus Interchange Bishan Bus Interchange Bishan Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bishan New Town in Singapore. The interchange commenced passenger service as Bishan Bus Terminal in 1988, serving 2 SBS services: 56 and 58. Located at Bishan Street 13, it is designed in a unique squarish configuration with the building wrapping... |
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66 | Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore... |
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170 | Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal The Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal is located in Johor Bahru , Malaysia, some 5 kilometres northwest of the northern tip of the Johor–Singapore Causeway... (JB) |
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SMRT Buses Trunk Services | |||
67 | 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... |
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851 | 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... |
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960 | 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... |
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980 | Sembawang Bus Interchange Sembawang Bus Interchange Sembawang Bus Interchange is a bus station located in Sembawang, Singapore. Opened on 20 November 2005, it provides hassle-free transfer to the nearby Sembawang MRT Station.... |
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Sungei Road:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07539 (The Verge)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 48 || 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:...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 56 || Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Marina Centre Bus Terminal is a bus station located along Raffles Boulevard in Marina Centre, Singapore. It is very near to Promenade MRT Station. The bus terminal does not allow boarding or alighting, and passengers have to alight before the bus terminates at the terminal...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 57 || 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:...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 131 || 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:...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 166 || Clementi Bus Interchange
Clementi Bus Interchange
The Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, on the opposite of the Clementi MRT Station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with the nearby Clementi MRT Station...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 170 || Queen Street Bus Terminal
Queen Street Bus Terminal
Queen Street Bus Terminal , also known as the Ban San Bus Terminal, is a bus terminal or terminus in Singapore. It is an aging terminal located in a relatively inconvenient location due to changes in transport patterns around it...
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:darkblue;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit NiteOwl Services
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| style="background-color:darkblue;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 2N || Tampines Avenue 3
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| style="background-color:darkblue;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 4N || Pasir Ris Drive 1
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 851 || 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:...
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 960 || Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Marina Centre Bus Terminal is a bus station located along Raffles Boulevard in Marina Centre, Singapore. It is very near to Promenade MRT Station. The bus terminal does not allow boarding or alighting, and passengers have to alight before the bus terminates at the terminal...
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 980 || Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Serangoon Road:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07031 (Tekka Centre)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 23 || 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...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 64 || Sims Place Bus Terminal
Sims Place Bus Terminal
Sims Place Bus Terminal is a bus station located at the eastern part of Singapore, near Aljunied MRT Station. Operated by SBS Transit, this terminal is now one of the few surviving terminals from the 1970s, where terminals were commonly built along the roadside accompanied by a small booth for...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 65 || 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...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 66 || 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...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 131 || Saint Michael's Bus Terminal
Saint Michael's Bus Terminal
Saint Michael's Bus Terminal Saint Michael's Bus Terminal Saint Michael's Bus Terminal (Chinese:圣迈克巴士终站)is a bus station located in Saint Michael's Estate in central Singapore. This terminal used to house 2 bus services from Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd, which have since been withdrawn in 2003....
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 139 || 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...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 147 || Hougang Central Bus Interchange
Hougang Central Bus Interchange
The Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above the Hougang MRT Station and is operated by SBS Transit.-Redevelopment:...
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 67 || 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...
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 857 || 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...
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses NightRider Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | NR6 || Anchorvale Drive (loop)
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Jalan Besar:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07529 (Before Sim Lim Tower)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 64 || Mei Ling Street (loop) ||
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 65 || HarbourFront Bus Interchange
HarbourFront Bus Interchange
The HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located at Seah Im Road by the HarbourFront MRT Station. It was formerly known as the World Trade Centre Bus Terminal and is operated by SBS Transit though there are as many SMRT bus services as there are SBS Transit bus services.Two shopping malls are near...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 130 || Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 139 || 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:...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 147 || Clementi Bus Interchange
Clementi Bus Interchange
The Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, on the opposite of the Clementi MRT Station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with the nearby Clementi MRT Station...
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 857 || Suntec City
Suntec City
Suntec City is a major multi-use development located in Marina Centre, a subzone of the Downtown Core Planning Area in Singapore.- Design :Suntec City was designed by Tsao & McKown Architects with emphasis on Chinese geomancy . The five buildings and the convention center are arranged so that they...
(loop)
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses NightRider Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | NR6 || Resorts World Sentosa
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Bencoolen Street:
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! colspan="4" | Bus Stop Code: 07517 (Opposite Burlington Square)
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! Service !! Destination !! Notes
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 64 || Mei Ling Street (loop) ||
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 65 || HarbourFront Bus Interchange
HarbourFront Bus Interchange
The HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located at Seah Im Road by the HarbourFront MRT Station. It was formerly known as the World Trade Centre Bus Terminal and is operated by SBS Transit though there are as many SMRT bus services as there are SBS Transit bus services.Two shopping malls are near...
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| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 139 || 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:...
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses NightRider Services
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| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | NR6 || Resorts World Sentosa
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