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
	Interior of Bukit Merah Interchange
General information
Location	3591 Bukit Merah Central; Singapore 159840; Singapore
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit
Bus routes	12 (SBS Transit) ; 2 (SMRT Buses)
Bus stands	6 (boarding); 3 (alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit (except Services 167 and 176); SMRT Buses (Services 167 and 176)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points; Accessible public toilets; Graduated kerb edges; Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	14 February 1981
Key dates
14 February 1981	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, along Bukit Merah Central in Bukit Merah, Singapore. The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the commercial buildings in Bukit Merah Central. It is currently the only 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 in 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-167 under Sembawang-Yishun, 176 under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang and 851 under Seletar, 132 and 153 under Sengkang-Hougang, 139 under Bishan-Toa Payoh and the rest are under Bukit Merah Bus Packages.

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.