Jurong East Bus Interchange

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

History

The original facility used for the bus interchange was built in the 1980s, west of Jurong East 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 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 along Jurong Gateway Road, roughly 0.2 km South-East from the original facility, opposite JCube at the western end of it and the JTC Corporation 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 5 years while the site of the original facility is rebuilt as the new shopping mall, Westgate. Construction of Westgate is expected to start soon.

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.

Bus services

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
52	B4	Bishan
66	B5	Bedok
78	B2	Clementi Avenue 3 (loop)
79	B6	Boon Lay (loop)
97	B7	Marina Centre
98	B3	Jurong Pier Way (loop)
98M	B3	Corporation Road (loop)
105	B3	Serangoon
143	B4	Toa Payoh
160	B2	Kotaraya 2	End at JB
183	B5	Science Park Road (loop)
197	B7	Bedok
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service
97e	B7	Marina Centre
SBS Transit Express Service
506	B5	Upper East Coast
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	End at Pontain
CW4S	B1	Sutera Mall	End at JB

Berths

Berth B1
SPC^	715*/717*	CW3/CW4
Berth B2
335	160	78
Berth B3
98M	98	105
Berth B4
52	333	143
Berth B5
506	66	183
Berth B6
51	79	334
Berth B7
97	197	97e
WWWW	WWWW	WWWW

Gallery

The original facility

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  Eastern end of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Buses parking at the end-on berths of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Malaysia buses departing from their berth in the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  The end-on berths of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Interior Of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  The sawtooth berths of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  The Alighting bay in the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  The coloured lanes in the sawtooth section of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Shops at the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  The clock at the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  View of the original interchange when commuters first alighted at the end-on berths
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  Posters at the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Newspaper stand at the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
• Location map of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
  Location map of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
• Layout of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
  Layout of the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  The ticketing corner in the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange for commuters to purchase Malaysia bus ticket
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  The dedicated Wheelchair-accessible lane on a sawtooth berth in the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Passengers alighting from the bus bay in the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Common road for ALL bus services entering the Original Jurong East Bus Interchange
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  Buses at End-on berths goes straight while buses at Sawtooth berths performs a right turn, from the junction
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  The bus bay of the Original interchange was underneath MRT tracks
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  Staff Louge in the Original interchange
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  Bus bay in the Original interchange
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  Cross section of the end-on berths in the original interchange
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  View of the Original interchange from Jurong East MRT
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  Bus leaving parking berths in the original interchange and entering service
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  Control Station of the original interchange

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  SBS Transit Service 143

References

• Fast Forward 97e to Call at Additional Bus Stop
• Special Feeder Service EW24