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Boon Lay Bus Interchange 文礼巴士转换站
Commencement date: Shifted to Temporary Site: Reopened on original site within Jurong Point:	1 July 1990 18 June 2006 27 December 2009
Number of Berths: End-on Berths: Sawtooth Berths:	17 11 6
Number of services: SBS Transit: SMRT Buses:	34 29 5
Operated by:	SBS Transit SMRT Corporation
Nearest MRT/LRT Station:	EW27 Boon Lay

The Boon Lay Bus Interchange is a air-conditioned bus interchange located in Boon Lay, in the western part of Singapore. It is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from Nanyang Technological University and workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. Operated by SBS Transit, this interchange has 34 bus services and it is the biggest in terms of bus services and the busiest bus interchange in Singapore^[1].

History

Boon Lay Bus Interchange began operations on 1 July 1990 with services that used to terminate at the former Jurong Bus Interchange at Jurong Port Rd and Jurong East Bus Interchange being re-routed to terminate there. That time, the Jurong West extension and Tuas Industrial area was still largely under development. As the both areas develop, more bus services were introduced and by the early 2000s, there were about 30 bus services terminating at the interchange.

That time, there used to be an empty land beside the former interchange. In 2006, the land where the former interchange sits at and the land beside it was sold together as a 'White site' to Prime Point Development Pte. Ltd. and soon the land where the former interchange sits at was acquired to construct the Jurong Point Extension.

From 18 June 2006^[2] to 26 December 2009, the interchange had it operations temporarily next to Boon Lay MRT station, at a empty plot of land surrounded by Boon Lay Way and Jurong West Street 64 while the bus interchange was being rebuilt as part of the Jurong Point extension project and this project consisted of the extension of Jurong Point(JP2),the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange and a 16-storey condominium that is known as 'The Centris'.

On 27 December 2009^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] , the interchange moved back to its original location and all operations (except for bus services 179, 179A and 199 which continued to operate at the temporary interchange till 7 May 2010^[9]) resumed at the re-constructed interchange located along Jurong West Central 3. Built over 20,000 square metres, it is Singapore's fourth air-conditioned bus interchange and the first along the East West MRT Line. In total, it has 60 bus bays and 31^[10]^[11] boarding/alighting wheelchair accessible^[12] berths with 22 of them being end-on and 9 of them being sawtooth (6 for boarding and 3 for alighting). Together with Boon Lay MRT Station and Jurong Point, it is part of the Boon Lay Integrated Public Transport Hub.

Routes

Service	Destination	Berth	Berth Type	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
30	Bedok Bus Interchange	Berth B13	End-on
79	Jurong East Bus Interchange	Berth B14	End-On
154	Eunos Bus Interchange	Berth B11	End-On
157	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Berth B7	End-on
174	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal	Berth B16	End-on
179	Nanyang Technological University (loop)	Berth B3	Sawtooth
179A	Nanyang Technological University (loop)	Berth B1	Sawtooth	Skips Jurong West Street 63/Pioneer Road North (Operates during School Term AM Peak)
181	Jurong West Avenue 3 (loop)	Berth B2	Sawtooth
182	Tuas South Avenue 9 (loop)	Berth B3	Sawtooth	Calls at Tuas Checkpoint
182M	Tuas South Avenue 9 (loop)	Berth B3	Sawtooth	Formerly known as Service 182X before 28 January 2008 Not calling at Tuas Checkpoint
192	Tuas Bus Terminal	Berth B2	Sawtooth
193	Tuas Bus Terminal	Berth B1	Sawtooth
194	Jurong Bird Park (loop)	Berth B5	Sawtooth
198	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange	Berth B9	End-on
199	National Institute of Education (loop)	Berth B4	Sawtooth
405	Choa Chu Kang Road End (loop)	Berth B3	Sawtooth
SBS Transit Feeder Services
240	Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (loop)	Berth B6	Sawtooth
241	Jurong West Street 91 (loop)	Berth B2	Sawtooth
242	Jurong West Avenue 5 (loop)	Berth B1	Sawtooth
243G	Jurong West Avenue 5 (loop)	Berth B3	Sawtooth
243W	Jurong West Avenue 5 (loop)	Berth B4	Sawtooth
SBS Transit Jurong Industrial Services
246	Boon Lay Drive (loop)	Berth B15	End-on
249	Jalan Samulun (loop)	Berth B12	End-on
251	Benoi Road (Loop)	Berth B8	End-on
252	Joo Koon Road (Loop)	Berth B10	End-on
254	Tuas Avenue 11 (loop)	Berth B5	Sawtooth
255	Gul Crescent (loop)	Berth B6	Sawtooth
257	Pioneer Sector 2 (loop)	Berth B4	Sawtooth
SBS Transit Short-working Trips
30B	HarbourFront	Berth B13	End-on
154A	Ngee Ann Polytechnic	Berth B11	End-on
SBS Transit Fast Forward Services
174e	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal	Berth B17	End-on	Fast Forward Peak-hour one directional service
SBS Transit Stadium Direct Services
SS4	Stadium Walk			Operates on any major events
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
172	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange	Berth B6	Sawtooth
178	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange	Berth B5	Sawtooth
180	Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange	Berth B6	Sawtooth
187	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange	Berth B5	Sawtooth
852	Yishun Bus Interchange	Berth B4	Sawtooth	Via Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Special Services
EW27	Jurong West Avenue 5			Complement the extended operating hours of the MRT during major occasions.

Berths

Berth [B1]
179A	193	242
Berth [B2]
181	192	241
Berth [B3]
405	243G	182/182M	179
Berth [B4]
199	257	243W	852
Berth [B5]
194	254	187	178
Berth [B6]
255	240	172	180
Berth [B7]
157
Berth [B8]
251
Berth [B9]
198
Berth [B10]
252
Berth [B11]
154/154A
Berth [B12]
249
Berth [B13]
30/30B
Berth [B14]
79
Berth [B15]
246
Berth [B16]
174
Berth [B17]
174e
WWWW	WWWW	WWWW	WWWW	WWWW	WWWW

References

[1] Press Release of the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange by SBS Transit

[2] Boon Lay Bus Interchange will be relocated on Sunday, 18 June 2006

[3] Integrated public transport hub at Boon Lay to open in December

[4] Relocation of Boon Lay Bus Interchange

[5] First and Largest Air-conditioned Bus Interchange to open in the West

[6] The New Boon Lay Bus Interchange will open on Sunday, 27 December 2009

[7] Largest Interchange (The Straits Times)

[8] Opening of new Boon Lay Interchange on 27 Dec 09 (Sun)

[9] Relocating of Services 179, 179A and 199 to the New Boon Lay Interchange

[10] Integrated public transport hub at Boon Lay to open in December

[11] Boon Lay's new bus interchange set to open

[12] Boon for Boon Lay with LTA's New Integrated PT Hub

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-The '''Boon Lay Bus Interchange''' is a air-conditioned [[bus interchange]] located in [[Boon Lay]], in the western part of [[Singapore]]. It is integrated with the nearby [[Boon Lay MRT Station]]. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from [[Nanyang Technological University]] and workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. Operated by [[SBS Transit]], this interchange has 33 bus services and it is the biggest in terms of bus services and the busiest bus interchange in Singapore<ref>[http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2009-12-25-01-S.aspx Press Release of the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange by SBS Transit]</ref>.
+The '''Boon Lay Bus Interchange''' is a air-conditioned [[bus interchange]] located in [[Boon Lay]], in the western part of [[Singapore]]. It is integrated with the nearby [[Boon Lay MRT Station]]. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from [[Nanyang Technological University]] and workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. Operated by [[SBS Transit]], this interchange has 34 bus services and it is the biggest in terms of bus services and the busiest bus interchange in Singapore<ref>[http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2009-12-25-01-S.aspx Press Release of the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange by SBS Transit]</ref>.
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