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Clementi Bus Interchange
金文泰巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas Clementi

Public Bus Interchange
The bus interchange is integrated with the Clementi Mall and Clementi Town Centre
General information
Location441 Commonwealth Avenue West, Singapore 120441
Singapore
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySBS Transit
Bus routes9 (SBS Transit)
5 (Tower Transit)
Bus stands5 (Boarding)
3 (Alighting)
Bus operatorsMain Operator: SBS Transit
Tower Transit
Connections EW23  Clementi
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened16 November 1980 (1980-11-16) (Old)
29 October 2006 (2006-10-29) (Temporary)
26 November 2011 (2011-11-26)
Closed28 October 2006 (2006-10-28) (Old)
25 November 2011 (2011-11-25) (Temporary)
Key dates
16 November 1980Commenced operations
29 October 2006Operations shifted to temporary interchange
26 November 2011Operations shifted back to new and air-conditioned interchange

Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Clementi New Town, Singapore. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated inside of Clementi Mall and integrated with Clementi MRT station. This interchange serves mainly commuters travelling to the various housing estates, schools, recreational areas, healthcare centres and places of worship in Clementi and West Coast.

History

The interchange was first opened on 16 November 1980 by Chor Yeok Eng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Member of Parliament for Bukit Timah. It was a long covered walkway structure with queue railings and berths at the side of the road, leading many people to call it a "roadside bus terminal" resembling the interchanges built in the 1970s.

Entrance to the temporary Clementi Bus Interchange which is since the construction site of a new HDB project.

Operations then moved to the temporary facility built across the road at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Avenue 3 (Land Lot MK05-08585W) on 29 October 2006. This facility was a blue-red-white structure that resembles the original interchange and was used for 5 years and 27 days while the original site was redeveloped into what is known as the new Clementi Town Centre that was planned by HDB which consisted of a new air-conditioned bus interchange, Clementi Mall and 2 HDB flats (Clementi Towers).[1]

The current interchange is an 8,100 square meter facility that opened on 26 November 2011. It is the 6th air conditioned bus interchange in Singapore. Together with Clementi and the nearby commercial developments, it is part of the Clementi Integrated Public Transport Hub.[2][3]

Bus contracting model

As the winning bidder for Bulim Bus Package is under the bus contracting model in 2015, Tower Transit took over operations for services 96, 173, 282, 284 and 285 from SBS Transit and SMRT Buses in June 2016. Despite Tower Transit operating the feeder bus services from Clementi, SBS Transit is still the principal operator, operating a majority of bus services included in three bus packages. Clementi, Bedok and Sengkang-Hougang.[4][5]

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes were split into 4 route packages. Bus Services 96, 173, 282, 284 and 285 are under Bulim Bus Package, Bus Service 165 is under Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package, Bus Services 14 and 196 are under Bedok Bus Package and the rest of the bus services are under Clementi Bus Package.

Currently, Bus Services 96, 173, 282, 284 and 285 (Bulim Bus Package) are currently operated by Tower Transit Singapore. All remaining bus services are operated by the anchor operator, SBS Transit.

List of routes

Operator Package Routes
SBS Transit Bedok 14, 196
Clementi 7/7B, 99, 147, 156, 166, 175
Sengkang-Hougang 165
Tower Transit Singapore Bulim 96, 173, 282, 284, 285

References

  1. ↑ "Clementi Bus Interchange To Relocate To Temporary Site". SBS Transit. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "New Clementi Bus Interchange Opens on 26 November 2011". LTA. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "New Clementi bus interchange to benefit 8,500 commuters daily". CNA. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Transition to a government contracting model for the public bus industry". LTA. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "LTA Awards First Tendered Bus Package to Tower Transit Group Limited". LTA. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.
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