Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange 裕廊东临时巴士转换站 Stesen Bas Sementara Jurong East |
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Commencement Date: | 17 December 2011 |
Number of Sawtooth Berths: | 7 |
Number of Services: SBS Transit: Causeway Link: |
22 18 4 |
Operators: | SBS Transit/Causeway Link |
MRT Station: | NS1 EW24 Jurong East |
Jurong East Bus Interchange (Simplified Chinese: 裕廊东巴士转换站 | Traditional Chinese: 裕廊東巴士轉換站) is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore. An open-air single-level bus terminal, it is directly connected to the adjacent Jurong East MRT Station.
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The original facility used for the bus interchange was built in the 1980s, west of Jurong East MRT Station and opposite the Jurong CPF building at Jurong Gateway Road. Most of the bus services in the bus interchange originated from the from Teban Gardens Terminal and some from the former Jurong Bus Interchange, which were re-routed to this interchange when it opened. For years, despite being in the zone marked as Jurong Regional Centre, the bus interchange had a rather low level of passenger flow as compared to the larger Boon Lay Bus Interchange serving Jurong West New Town, the Jurong Industrial Estate, as well as institutions in the west including the Nanyang Technological University. The interchange serves mainly commuters travelling to the various housing estates, schools, religious places, tourist attractions and industrial places in Jurong East and those travelling to Malaysia via Tuas Checkpoint.
Following the redevelopments in Jurong, the original facility had been slated to be rebuilt into an air-conditioned facility as part of a commercial development on the site, which the commercial development and surrounding commercial places, together with Jurong East MRT Station will be collectively known as the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub, similar to the earlier hubs in Toa Payoh, Sengkang, Ang Mo Kio, Boon Lay, Serangoon and Clementi. Bedok interchange is also currently being rebuilt into an Integrated Transport Hub too . The rebuilding plan came along with the other plots of land surrounding the original facility being sold off to developers for commercial developments on 27 October 2010 when the Land Transport Authority released a tender for a "Proposed Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange" indicating the redevelopment of the bus interchange. The land(MK05-08622X) occupied by the original facility was to be acquired by Singapore Land Authority for development into a commercial centre 10 years later and the original interchange to relocate to a temporary facility. The construction of the temporary facility spanned from the middle of 2011 to the end of 2011.
The temporary facility is located at the south of the Jurong East MRT Station along Jurong Gateway road, roughly 0.2km South-East from the original facility, opposite JCube Shopping Mall at the western end of it and the JTC headquarters at the eastern end. It has the same colour scheme of red as the original facility and it somewhat resembles the temporary facility used by Boon Lay Temporary Bus Interchange. It would serve as Jurong East Bus Interchange for about 10 years while the site of the original facility is rebuilt as part of a commercial development.[1]
The new bus interchange brought about changes in routes. The bus stop outside Blk 131 is now being reused after the Jurong East Modification Project three years ago. Some former sawtooth bus services now call at the bus stop outside Seventh-Day Adventist Church. [2]
All bus services that terminate at Jurong East bus interchange, with the exception of Jurong Island services are operated by SBS Transit and Causeway Link.
Bus No. CW3 links Bukit Indah to Jurong East. Many trunk services that originate here connect to other major parts of the island.
Service | Berth | Destination | Note | ||
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SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||||
51 | B6 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | |||
52 | B4 | Bishan Bus Interchange | |||
66 | B5 | Bedok Bus Interchange | |||
78 | B2 | Clementi Avenue 2 (loop) | |||
79 | B6 | Boon Lay Bus Interchange (loop) | |||
97 | B7 | Marina Centre Bus Terminal | |||
98 | B3 | Jurong Pier Way (loop) | |||
98M | B3 | Corporation Road (loop) | |||
105 | B3 | Serangoon Bus Interchange | |||
143 | B4 | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange | |||
160 | B2 | Kotaraya 2 Bus Terminal | End at JB | ||
183 | B5 | Science Park Road (loop) | |||
197 | B7 | Bedok Bus Interchange | |||
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service | |||||
97e | B7 | Marina Centre Bus Terminal | |||
SBS Transit Express Service | |||||
506 | B5 | Upper East Coast Bus Terminal | |||
SBS Transit Feeder Services | |||||
333 | B4 | Jurong East Street 32 (loop) | |||
334 | B6 | Jurong West Street 42 (loop) | |||
335 | B2 | Jurong West Avenue 1 (loop) | |||
Causeway Link Cross Border Services | |||||
CW3 | B1 | Perling Mall | End at JB | ||
CW3S | B1 | Sutera Mall | End at JB | ||
CW4 | B1 | Pontian Bus Terminal | End at JB | ||
CW4S | B1 | Sutera Mall | End at JB |
Berth B1 | |||
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CW3/CW3S/CW4/CW4S | 715*/717* | SPC^ | |
Berth B2 | |||
78 | 160 | 335 | |
Berth B3 | |||
98 | 98M | 105 | |
Berth B4 | |||
52 | 143 | 333 | |
Berth B5 | |||
66 | 183 | 506 | |
Berth B6 | |||
51 | 79 | 334 | |
Berth B7 | |||
97 | 197 | 97e | |
WWWW | WWWW | WWWW |
- *Jurong Island Service
- ^Singapore Petrochemical Complex Service
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