Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
Bukit Batok Interchange is an interchange bus station located at Block 631 Bukit Batok Central, Singapore, near West Mall Shopping Centre and Bukit Batok MRT station. The sheltered concourse is built underneath a multi-storey carpark similar in design to the old Serangoon Interchange.
Bukit Batok Bus Interchange 武吉巴督巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Bukit Batok புக்கிட் பாத்தோக் பேருந்து முனையத்தி | |
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| Public bus | |
.jpg.webp) When Bukit Batok bus interchange was still operated by SMRT Buses | |
| Location | Blk 631 Bukit Batok Central, Singapore 650631 Singapore |
| Owned by | Land Transport Authority |
| Operated by | Tower Transit |
| Bus routes | 9 (Tower Transit) 3 (SMRT Buses) 1 (SBS Transit) |
| Bus stands | 18 (End-on) 3 (Boarding) 2 (Alighting) |
| Bus operators | Tower Transit (except Services 61, 852, 944 and 991) SMRT Buses (Service 61, 944 and 991) SBS Transit (Service 852) |
| Connections | NS2 Bukit Batok |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Disabled access | Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system |
| History | |
| Opened | 27 September 1987 |
| Key dates | |
| 27 September 1987 | Commenced operations |
The interchange has two vehicular concourse areas, North and South. The North concourse features five sawtooth berths, two of which are used for alighting and the remaining three for boarding, with queuing lanes installed. Buses park at a bus park opposite the passenger concourse, and separate ingress and egress lanes lead to Bukit Batok Central.
The South concourse features fifteen end-on berths, which are shared among five bus services. Two end-on berths are reserved for wheelchair boarding and alighting. A combined ingress and egress lane cuts underneath the interchange and leads to a junction with Bukit Batok Central. Both concourses are able to accommodate double-deck buses. It is currently operated by Tower Transit Singapore, which operates 9 services under the Bulim Bus Package.
History
The interchange was officially opened on 27 September 1987 and began operations two days later.[1] It took over a terminal along Bukit Batok West Avenue 3.
In 1995, this bus package for all services (77, 173, 189, 361, 365, 367) was drawn under Bukit Batok Bus Package, and services were handed over between 18 June 2000 and 26 December 2000 to Trans-Island Bus Services, however 61 was transferred from Paya Lebar Bus Package and 106 was transferred from Serangoon Bus Package also in 2000 and then to Tower Transit Singapore from 29 May 2016. SMRT continues to have some presence of Bukit Batok, which is 61, 944 and 991.
Bus Contracting Model
Under the new bus contracting model, as all the bus routes are under the Bulim Bus Package, 61 and 991 comes under the Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang Bus Package. 852 comes under the Seletar Bus Package (SBS Transit). Bus service 944 has been reallocated to Bulim Bus Package under SMRT Buses. From 30 May 2021, Bus Service 944 will be operated by Tower Transit Singapore, after the Land Transport Authority awarded the contract for the second term of Bulim Bus package to Tower Transit Singapore in September 2020.
See also
References
- "Recreation facilities for Bukit Batok 'on the way'". The Straits Times. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.