Clementi Bus Interchange

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Entrance of the Clementi Bus Interchange, at its temporary location.

The Clementi Bus Interchange (Chinese: 金文泰巴士转换站) is a bus interchange serving Clementi New Town on the opposite of the Clementi MRT Station. It's located along Commonwealth Avenue West. The interchange was opened on 16 November 1980 by Chor Yeok Eng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Member of Parliament for Bukit Timah.

Currently, it consists of one long covered walkway with queue railings and berths at the side of the road, leading many people to call it a "roadside bus terminal" resembling that of the 1970s. This is especially so as the interchange is very small and cramped, and floods sometimes when it is rainy.

However, the government has announced plans to redevelop the interchange and its surroundings. The current interchange has been demolished to make way for a new air conditioned bus interchange and shopping complex, resembling that of Toa Payoh Bus Interchange. The interchange ceased operations on 29 October 2006, and until the new bus interchange opens in 2011, a temporary interchange has been built across the road from the current site.

[edit] Services

Service	Berth	Destination	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
7	Berth 2	Bedok Bus Interchange	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
14	Berth 4	Bedok Bus Interchange	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
96	Berth 5	NUS (loop)	96A: Terminates at Kent Ridge Crescent(NUS Raffles Hall) 96B: Terminates at Commonwealth Ave West(Clementi Station)
99	Berth 3	Jurong West Street 91/92 (Loop)
147	Berth 4	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
156	Berth 5	Sengkang Bus Interchange
165	Berth 2	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Euro IV
166	Berth 1	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
175	Berth 5	Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal
196	Berth 3	Bedok Bus Interchange	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
SBS Transit Feeder Services
282	Berth 4	Clementi West Street 2 (Loop)
284	Berth 2	Clementi Avenue 4 (Loop)
285	Berth 3	Pandan Loop (Loop)
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
173	Berth 1	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange	Loops inside Clementi Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Premium Services
532		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Clementi Avenue 4
533		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Teban Gardens Road
555		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Bukit Panjang Ring Road
556		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Choa Chu Kang North 7
557		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Choa Chu Kang Avenue 3

[edit] See also

• Toa Payoh Bus Interchange - first air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore
• Sengkang Bus Interchange - second air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore
• Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange - third air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore
• Boon Lay Bus Interchange - fourth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (opens in 2009)
• Yishun Bus Interchange - sixth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (future)
• Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange - seventh air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning)
• Tampines Bus Interchange - eighth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning)
• Serangoon Bus Interchange - ninth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2018)
• Bedok Bus Interchange - ten air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2018)
• Jurong East Bus Interchange - eleventh air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2018)
• Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange - twelfth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2020)
• Sembawang Bus Interchange - thirteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2020).
• Bishan Bus Interchange - fourteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2022).
• Pasir Ris Bus Interchange - fifteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2022).

[edit] References

• SBS Transit Press Release
• SMRT Buses Press Release
• New bus stop for Service 99 along Boon Lay Place
• New Service 175