Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange

Coordinates: 1°26′12″N 103°47′10″E / 1.43667°N 103.78611°E / 1.43667; 103.78611

Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange
兀兰临时巴士转换站
Pertukaran Sementara Bas Woodlands
Commencement date: 12 March 2016
Number of sawtooth berths:10
Number of services:
SMRT Buses:
SBS Transit:
Commute Solutions:
Rui Feng Chartered:		33
29
2
1
1
Operators:SMRT Buses (all except 161, 168, 903P and 912P)
SBS Transit (services 161 and 168)
Commute Solutions (service 912P)
Rui Feng Chartered (service 903P)
MRT station:  NS9  TE2  Woodlands

Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange (Chinese: 兀兰区域巴士转换站; pinyin: Wùlán qūyù bāshì zhuǎnhuànzhàn) was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South Line in 1996. It is the first underground and the third biggest bus interchange in Singapore. The old Woodlands Bus Interchange was converted into a terminus for people leaving Singapore, as well as for Woodlands intra-town services that are serving the old town centre there. Later, it was deemed obsolete and ceased operations.

Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was the first underground interchange in Singapore to accommodate articulated buses and located below Woodlands MRT Station. Double deckers made their debut appearance in 19 February 1996 as an off-service SBS bus, one of which it is a Leyland Olympian 2-Axle and Mercedes-Benz O305 double deckers.

Inside the old interchange

Woodlands Regional Interchange had a unique orientation as it is divided into two sides, depending on which direction it will depart. Bus Services between Berths 1 to 8 will depart towards Woodlands Avenue 7 whereas bus services between Berths 9 to 16 will depart towards Woodlands Avenue 3. Although SBS Transit Services 161 and 168 departs towards Woodlands Avenue 7, they are located in Berths 15 and 16 due to space constraints.

Redevelopment

Due to the construction of the upcoming Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) underneath Woodlands Regional Interchange, alteration works would be carried out to the existing bus interchange together with the upgrade to the air-conditioned bus interchange, thus focusing to be an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) in 2019. A temporary interchange is being constructed next to Woodlands MRT Station for the relocation of all of the bus services currently serving Woodlands Regional Interchange. Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange (TBI) was launched on 12 March 2016.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Relocation of Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange from 12 March 2016". SMRT. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-03-02.

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