Tampines Bus Interchange

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Tampines Bus Interchange
Opening date:	1987
Number of berths: End-on and Sawtooth berths has	20 10 each
Number of services: SBS Transit: SMRT Corporation:	23 21 2
Operated by:	SBS Transit
Nearest MRT/LRT Station:	Tampines MRT Station

Tampines Bus Interchange (Chinese: 淡滨尼巴士转换站) 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 513. The interchange is operated by SBS Transit. It has since become the 3rd biggest interchange, after Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange shared positions with Bedok Bus Interchange , in terms of bus services with 23 bus services.

Prior to the opening of the interchange in 1987, buses at Tampines New Town were served at Tampines Bus Terminal in Tampines Avenue 5.

[edit] Redevelopment

There are indicative plans for a redevelopment of the bus interchange in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan 2003.[1]

[edit] Routes

Service	Berth	Destination	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
3	B5	Punggol Bus Interchange	3A: Terminates at Pasir Ris Drive 12
8	A8	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
10	B4	Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
18	B10	Bedok Bus Interchange (loop)
19	B9	Changi Airport Cargo Complex (loop)
22	B3	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
23	A1	Rochor Canal Road (loop)	23A: Terminates At Tampines Ave 1 (Temasek Poly West Gate)
28	B10	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	The merger of services 28 and 152
29	B9	Changi Village Bus Terminal
31	B5	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	31A: Terminates At New Upper Changi Road (Tanah Merah Station)
37	B8	Changi North Crescent (loop)
38	B10	Bedok Bus Interchange	The merger of former feeder services 290 and 220
39	B7	Yishun Bus Interchange
65	B3	HarbourFront Bus Interchange
68	B4	Tampines Street 92 (loop)	Weekdays only
69	B8	Bedok Bus Interchange
72	B7	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
81	A5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Euro IV
SBS Transit Feeder Services
292	B7	Tampines Street 22 (loop)
SBS Transit Townlink Services
291/291E	B8/B9	Tampines Street 33/Tampines Street 81 (loop)	The merger of former feeder services 291 and 295
293/293E	B3/B4	Tampines Street 71/Tampines Street 45 (loop)	The merger of former feeder services 293 and 297
SBS Transit Premium Services
552		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Tampines Street 45
553		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Tampines Avenue 9
554		Fullerton Road	Service revenues at Tampines Avenue 4
SBS Transit CityShopper Services
576		Orchard Road / Suntec City (loop)	Service revenues at Tampines Avenue 7
579		Orchard Road / Suntec City (loop)	Service revenues at Tampines Street 41
SBS Transit Stadium Direct Services
SS1		Stadium Walk	Operates on any major events
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	B5	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange
969	B4	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange

[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)
• Clementi Bus Interchange - fifth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (opens in 2011)
• Yishun Bus Interchange - sixth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (future)
• Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange - seventh 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).
• Ghim Moh Bus Terminal - fifteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2022).

[edit] References

• Service 37 - 3 new bus stops along Changi North Crescent
• Road Closure - Services Affected : Services 81
• Service 37 Conversion from Peak Hour Service to Day Service
• New Bus Stop for Service 10 & 65 outside Vivocity
• New Premium Service 552
• New Premium Service 553
• New Premium Service 554