HarbourFront Bus Interchange

HarbourFront Bus Interchange
港湾巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas HarbourFront
HarbourFront Bus Interchange; 港湾巴士转换站; Pertukaran Bas HarbourFront
; Public Bus Interchange
	Interior of HarbourFront Bus Interchange at night
General information
Location	4 Seah Im Road, Singapore 099115
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes	5 (SBS Transit Ltd) ; 2 (SMRT Buses Ltd) ; 3 (Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd)
Bus stands	12 (boarding) ; 12 (alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit Ltd; SMRT Buses Ltd; Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
Connections	NE1 CC29 HarbourFront
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points; Accessible public toilets; Graduated kerb edges; Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	13 January 1985; 39 years ago
Key dates
13 January 1985	Commenced operations

1°16′55″N 103°49′0″E / 1.28194°N 103.81667°E / 1.28194; 103.81667

HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located within HarbourFront along Seah Im Road off Telok Blangah Road in Bukit Merah planning area, Singapore. The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the HarbourFront commercial district, including HarbourFront Centre and VivoCity. The interchange is directly connected to Seah Im Food Centre and HarbourFront MRT station. It is the southernmost bus interchange in Singapore.

History[edit]

The interchange commenced operations on 13 January 1985 with 5 services and was initially named 'World Trade Centre Bus Terminal' until it was subsequently renamed to its present name in 2003, alongside the renaming of the World Trade Centre to HarbourFront. ^[1]

Bus contracting model[edit]

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes buses were split into 6 route packages - 855, 963 and 963e under Sembawang-Yishun, 188 and 188e under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang, 124 under Bishan-Toa Payoh, 80 under Sengkang-Hougang, 65 under Tampines, and 93 and 123M under Bukit Merah Bus Packages.