Bukit Batok Bus Interchange

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Coordinates: 1°35′0″N 103°53′46″E / 1.58333°N 103.89611°E / 1.58333; 103.89611

Bukit Batok Bus Interchange 武吉巴督巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Bukit Batok புக்கிட் பாத்தோக் பேருந்து முனையத்தி
Public bus
Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
Location	Blk 631 Bukit Batok Central, Singapore 650631 Singapore
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	Tower Transit
Bus routes	10 (Tower Transit) 2 (SMRT Buses) 1 (SBS Transit)
Bus stands	18 (End-on) 3 (Boarding) 2 (Alighting)
Bus operators	Tower Transit (except Services 61, 852 and 991) SMRT Buses (Service 61 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; 33 years ago (1987-09-27)
Key dates
27 September 1987	Commenced operations

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.

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 10 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 operate bus routes from Bukit Batok, which are 61 and 991.

Accident[]

On 11 July 2021, 17 people were injured after two buses collided at the bus interchange causing a bus to crash through the fence and landed on its side 2m down to adjacent ramp at around 5:05 pm.^[2] The bus driver was arrested the following day for a rach act causing grievous hurt with investigations being done.^[3]

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 was previously allocated to Bulim Bus Package under SMRT Buses. From 29 May 2021, Bus Service 944 is 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[]

• Bus transport in Singapore

References[]

External links[]

• Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)
• Bukit Batok Town Map & Services Guide

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