Punggol Bus Interchange

Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.

The S$1.9-million temporary Punggol Bus Interchange, which took 10 months to construct, was opened on 30 November 2003 by Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Teo Chee Hean.^[1]

With the opening of the interchange, service 83, plying between Sengkang and Punggol, was amended to terminate here, instead of the pair of bus-stops below Punggol MRT/LRT Station. Also, Punggol Road End Bus Terminal closed. The terminal's only bus route, service 3 was extended from its original looping point at Pasir Ris St 71 to provide direct links between Punggol and the new towns of Pasir Ris and Tampines, while Service 62 and Service 136 were extended from the former Hougang South Bus Interchange and Upper Serangoon Road to this interchange respectively. As time went by, new services 34, 43, and 85 were introduced to link Punggol to Changi Airport, Upper East Coast and Yishun respectively. When the Serangoon Interchange was relocated, service 82 was amended to terminate at this interchange and loop at Serangoon Central and no longer serves Punggol Point. With the amendment, a new service 84 was introduced to replace the amended service 82 to loop at Punggol Point.

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References

1. ^ "Punggol residents get bus interchange". The Straits Times. 1 December 2003.