| Bedok Temporary Bus Interchange 勿洛临时巴士转换站 Stesen Bas Sementara Bedok |
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| Commencement Date: | 19 November 2011 |
| Number of Sawtooth Berths: | 10 |
| Number of Services: SBS Transit: SMRT Buses: |
29 27 2 |
| Operators: | SBS Transit/SMRT Buses |
| MRT Station: | EW5 Bedok |
Bedok Bus Interchange (Chinese: 勿洛巴士转换站) is a bus station located in the approximate center of Bedok.
It is currently operating in a temporary facility built west of the original facility, situated at the junction of Bedok North Avenue 1 and Bedok North Drive. The northwestern tip of the station is about 0.36 km straightlined-distanced from Bedok MRT Station, otherwise half a kilometre in actual walking distance. Alongside Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange, it is the 2nd busiest bus interchange in Singapore, with 29 bus services operating from it. All the bus services in this interchange are operated by SBS Transit and only 2 are operated by SMRT Corporation.
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Opened in 1979, the original facility was built as part of the bedok town centre, located along Bedok North Road and in between blocks 203 and 207, next to community amenities such as a food centre, library and sports complex, with the allocated block number 207A. There were thirty three end-on berths with 10 services occupying it and 6 sawtooth berth each occupying 3 bus services, in the original facility. A portion of its bus services originated from Chai Chee Bus Terminal, which closed in 1985. Bedok MRT Station opened in 1989 at the south of the original facility, complementing the bus interchange to serve people travelling within Bedok town and also the nearby East Coast Park.
In the 2003 URA Masterplan, it was indicated that the bus interchange would be redeveloped.[1] This was confirmed in early 2011 when HDB announced plans to rejuvenate Bedok, which involved redeveloping the Bedok town centre and rebuilding the original facility into an airconditioned one, integrated with a proposed commercial development(Bedok Mall) and proposed residential development(Bedok Residences), resembling Boon Lay Bus Interchange. As of now, the original facility is demolished, except for the alighting area of the sawtooth berths.
On 19 November 2011, after operating from the original facility for 32 years, the bus interchange moved to its temporary facility west of the original facility, at the junction of Bedok North Drive and Bedok North Avenue 1, to allow the original facility to be rebuilt as planned. The temporary facility will be in use until year 2015. With the opening of the temporary facility, services 9 and 35 were enhanced to call at the bus stop outside Bedok MRT Station on both their forward and return journeys. In addition, service 18 had a part of its route along Bedok North Ave 3 & Bedok North St 1 amended to ply Bedok North Rd & Bedok North Ave 2.
| Service | Berth | Destination | Note | ||
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||||
| 7 | B5 | Clementi Bus Interchange | |||
| 9 | B7 | Airport Cargo Road (loop) | |||
| 14 | B4 | Clementi Bus Interchange | |||
| 16 | B8 | Bukit Merah Bus Interchange | |||
| 17 | B9 | Pasir Ris Bus Interchange | |||
| 18 | B10 | Tampines Bus Interchange | |||
| 25 | B5 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange | |||
| 26 | B1 | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange | |||
| 30 | B6 | Boon Lay Bus Interchange | |||
| 32 | B2 | Buona Vista Bus Terminal | |||
| 33 | B2 | Kent Ridge Bus Terminal | |||
| 35 | B1 | Tanah Merah Ferry Road (loop) | |||
| 38 | B8 | Tampines Bus Interchange | |||
| 40 | B3 | Merpati Road (loop) | |||
| 60 | B4 | Eunos Bus Interchange | |||
| 66 | B6 | Jurong East Bus Interchange | |||
| 69 | B9 | Tampines Bus Interchange | |||
| 87 | B6 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | |||
| 168 | B8 | Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange | |||
| 196 | B7 | Clementi Bus Interchange | |||
| 197 | B7 | Jurong East Bus Interchange | |||
| 401 | B9 | Fort Road (loop) | |||
| SBS Transit Fast Forward Service | |||||
| 30e | B5 | Pasir Panjang Road | |||
| SBS Transit Feeder Services | |||||
| 225 | B2/B3 | Bedok North Street 3 (loop) | |||
| 228 | B3 | Bedok Reservoir Road (loop) | |||
| 229 | B1 | Bedok South Avenue 3 (loop) | |||
| SBS Transit Townlink Service | |||||
| 222 | B4 | Chai Chee Drive (loop) | |||
| SMRT Buses Trunk Service | |||||
| 854 | B10 | Yishun Bus Interchange | |||
| SMRT Buses Express Service | |||||
| 854E | - | Alighting only | |||
| Berth B1 | |||
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| 35 | 229 | 26 | |
| Berth B2 | |||
| 225W | 32 | 33 | |
| Berth B3 | |||
| 40 | 228 | 225G | |
| Berth B4 | |||
| 14 | 60 | 222 | |
| Berth B5 | |||
| 30e | 7 | 25 | |
| Berth B6 | |||
| 66 | 30 | 87 | |
| Berth B7 | |||
| 197 | 196 | 9 | |
| Berth B8 | |||
| 38 | 16 | 168 | |
| Berth B9 | |||
| 401 | 17 | 69 | |
| Berth B10 | |||
| 18 | 854 | ||
| WWWW | WWWW | WWWW | WWWW |
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