Jurong East Bus Interchange

Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange
裕廊东临时巴士转换站
Stesen Bas Sementara Jurong East
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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History

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]

Services

Bus routes in Singapore

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
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

Berths

Berth B1
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

Gallery

The original facility

The temporary facility

References