Bukit Merah Bus Interchange

Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
红山巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas Bukit Merah
Bukit Merah Bus Interchange; 红山巴士转换站; Pertukaran Bas Bukit Merah
; Public Bus Interchange
	Interior of Bukit Merah Interchange
General information
Location	3591 Bukit Merah Central; Singapore 159840
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes	12 (SBS Transit Ltd) ; 2 (SMRT Buses Ltd) ; 1 (Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd)
Bus stands	6 (boarding); 3 (alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit Ltd; SMRT Buses Ltd; Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points; Accessible public toilets; Graduated kerb edges; Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	28 September 1980; 44 years ago
Key dates
28 September 1980	Commenced operations

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

Bukit Merah Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in the Bukit Merah Town Centre in Singapore. The interchange is located along Bukit Merah Central and serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei, as well as the commercial buildings in Bukit Merah Central. It is currently the only remaining bus interchange in Singapore that does not have a direct link to an MRT station. However, several services link commuters to nearby MRT stations from the interchange. Services 5, 16 and 851 link the interchange to Tiong Bahru, Service 132 links to Redhill, while Service 176 links to Telok Blangah.

History

The interchange was constructed as part of a scheme to improve bus services in the Telok Blangah area.^[1] Operations at the interchange commenced on 28 September 1980,^[2] and it was officially opened on 14 February 1981, with Minister without Portfolio Lim Chee Onn attending the ceremony.^[3]

Bus contracting model

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes buses were split into 6 route packages, operated by different public bus operators.

List of routes


Operator	Package	Routes
SBS Transit	Bishan-Toa Payoh	139
	Bukit Merah	5, 16, 16M, 57, 123, 131, 198, 272, 273
	Seletar	851
	Sengkang-Hougang	132, 153
SMRT Buses	Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang	75, 176
Tower Transit Singapore	Sembawang-Yishun	167

References

^ "T. Blangah to get better bus service next year". The Straits Times. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 8 September 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Two feeder services part of new bus plan". The Straits Times. 27 September 1980. Retrieved 8 September 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Interchange". The Straits Times. 31 January 1981. Retrieved 8 September 2017 – via NewspaperSG.