Boon Lay Bus Interchange
| Boon Lay Bus Interchange 文礼巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Boon Lay
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| Commencement Date: | 27 December 2009 |
| Number of Berths: End-on: Sawtooth: |
17 11 6 |
| Number of Services: SBS Transit: SMRT Buses: |
31 27 4 |
| Operators: | SBS Transit SMRT Buses |
| MRT Station: | EW27 Boon Lay |
The Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Pioneer, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within the Jurong Point Shopping Mall and is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from Nanyang Technological University and workers in Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. Operated by SBS Transit and SMRT Buses, this interchange has 33 bus services and it is the biggest in terms of bus services and the busiest bus interchange in Singapore.[1]
This interchange resembles Toa Payoh Bus Interchange at its end-on berths, Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange at its sawtooth berths and Sengkang Bus Interchange at its bus bay.
History
Boon Lay Bus Interchange began operating on 1 July 1990 with services that used to terminate at the former Jurong Bus Interchange at Jurong Port Rd and Jurong East Bus Interchange being re-routed to terminate there. That time, the Jurong West extension and Tuas Industrial area was still largely under development. As the both areas develop, more bus services were introduced and by the early 2000s, there were about 30 bus services terminating at the interchange.
That time, there used to be an empty land beside the former interchange. In 2006, the land where the former interchange sits at and the land beside it was sold together as a 'White site' to Prime Point Development Pte. Ltd. and soon the land where the former interchange sits at was acquired to construct the Jurong Point Extension.
From 18 June 2006[2]to 26 December 2009, the interchange had it operations temporarily next to Boon Lay MRT station, at a empty plot of land surrounded by Boon Lay Way and Jurong West Street 64 while the bus interchange was being rebuilt as part of the Jurong Point extension project and this project consisted of the extension of Jurong Point(JP2),the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange and a 16-storey condominium that is known as 'The Centris'.
On 27 December 2009,[3][4][5][6][7][8] the interchange moved back to its original location and all operations (except for bus services 179, 179A and 199 which continued to operate at the temporary interchange till 7 May 2010[9]) resumed at the re-constructed interchange located along Jurong West Central 3. Built over 20,000 square metres, it is Singapore's fourth air-conditioned bus interchange and the first along the East West MRT Line. In total, it has 60 bus bays and 31[3][10] boarding/alighting wheelchair accessible[11] berths with 22 of them being end-on and 9 of them being sawtooth (6 for boarding and 3 for alighting). Together with Boon Lay MRT Station and Jurong Point, it is part of the Boon Lay Integrated Public Transport Hub.
Bus services
| Service | Berth | Destination | Berth-Type | Note | ||
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | ||||||
| 30 | B13 | Bedok | End-on | 
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| 79 | B14 | Jurong East | End-on |
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| 154 | B11 | Eunos | End-on |
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| 157 | B7 | Toa Payoh | End-on | |||
| 174 | B16 | New Bridge Road | End-on |
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| 179 | B1/3 | Nanyang Drive (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| 181 | B2 | Jurong West Avenue 3 (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| 182 | B3 | Tuas South Avenue 9 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| 182M | B3 | Tuas South Avenue 9 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| 192 | B2 | Tuas | Sawtooth | |||
| 193 | B1 | Tuas | Sawtooth | |||
| 194 | B5 | Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| 198 | B9 | Bukit Merah | End-on |
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| 199 | B4 | Nanyang Crescent (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| 246 | B15 | Boon Lay Drive (loop) | End-on | |||
| 249 | B12 | Jalan Samulun (loop) | End-on | |||
| 251 | B8 | Benoi Road (loop) | End-on | |||
| 252 | B10 | Joo Koon Road (loop) | End-on | |||
| 254 | B5 | Tuas Avenue 11 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| 255 | B6 | Gul Crescent (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| 257 | B4 | Pioneer Sector 2 (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| 405 | B3 | Old Choa Chu Kang Road (loop) | Sawtooth | |||
| SBS Transit Fast Forward Service | ||||||
| 174e | B17 | New Bridge Road | End-on | |||
| SBS Transit Feeder Services | ||||||
| 240 | B6 | Corporation Road (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| 241 | B2 | Jurong West Street 92 (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| 242 | B1 | Jurong West Avenue 5 (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| 243 | B3/4 | Pioneer Road North (loop) | Sawtooth |
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| SMRT Trunk Services | ||||||
| 172 | B6 | Choa Chu Kang | Sawtooth |
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| 178 | B5 | Woodlands | Sawtooth | |||
| 180 | B6 | Bukit Panjang | Sawtooth | |||
| 187 | B5 | Woodlands | Sawtooth |
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Berths
| Berth B1 | |||||
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| 242 | 193 | 179A | |||
| Berth B2 | |||||
| 241 | 192 | 181 | |||
| Berth B3 | |||||
| 179 | 182/182M | 243G | 405 | ||
| Berth B4 | |||||
| 243W | 257 | 199 | |||
| Berth B5 | |||||
| 178 | 187 | 254 | 194 | ||
| Berth B6 | |||||
| 180 | 172 | 240 | 255 | ||
| Berth B7 | |||||
| 157 | |||||
| Berth B8 | |||||
| 251 | |||||
| Berth B9 | |||||
| 198 | |||||
| Berth B10 | |||||
| 252 | |||||
| Berth B11 | |||||
| 154 | |||||
| Berth B12 | |||||
| 249 | |||||
| Berth B13 | |||||
| 30 | |||||
| Berth B14 | |||||
| 79 | |||||
| Berth B15 | |||||
| 246 | |||||
| Berth B16 | |||||
| 174 | |||||
| Berth B17 | |||||
| 174e | |||||
| WWWW | WWWW | WWWW | WWWW | WWWW | WWWW |
References
- ^ "Press Release of the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange by SBS Transit". Sbstransit.com.sg. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Boon Lay Bus Interchange will be relocated on Sunday, 18 June 2006". Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Integrated public transport hub at Boon Lay to open in December". Channelnewsasia.com. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Relocation of Boon Lay Bus Interchange" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "First and Largest Air-conditioned Bus Interchange to open in the West". Sbstransit.com.sg. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "The New Boon Lay Bus Interchange will open on Sunday, 27 December 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Largest Interchange (The Straits Times)[dead link]
- ^ "Opening of new Boon Lay Interchange on 27 Dec 09 (Sun)". Buses.sgforums.com. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Relocating of Services 179, 179A and 199 to the New Boon Lay Interchange" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Boon Lay's new bus interchange set to open". Asiaone.com. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ "Boon for Boon Lay with LTA's New Integrated PT Hub". App.lta.gov.sg. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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