Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange 大巴窑巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Toa Payoh
Public bus
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
General information
Location	530 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310530 Singapore
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit
Bus routes	20 (SBS Transit) 1 (Tower Transit)
Bus stands	13 (End-on) 4 (Boarding) 3 (Alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit Tower Transit (service 143)
Connections	NS19  Toa Payoh
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	26 December 1983 1999 (Temporary) 19 May 2002
Closed	1999 19 May 2002 (Temporary)
Key dates
26 December 1983	Commenced operations
1999	Operations shifted to temporary interchange
19 May 2002	Operations shifted back to new and air-conditioned interchange
12 June 2016	Service 143 handed over to Tower Transit
9 April 2017	Service 155 extended to Bedok Interchange
Services
8, 26, 28, 31, 73, 88, 90, 139/M, 141, 142, 143, 145, 155, 157, 159, 163, 231, 232, 235, 238

Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country and the first bus interchange along the North South Line to be air conditioned, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by the then Minister for Transport, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. It has a direct connection from the bus interchange to the Toa Payoh MRT Station on the North South Line.

History

Relocation of bus interchange in 1999

When the old Toa Payoh Bus Interchange was demolished in 1999 to make way for the building of HDB Hub, the new and current headquarters of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) of Singapore, the interchange operator, SBS Transit, moved its bus operations to a temporary location opposite its original site located at Toa Payoh Town Park, which was upgraded after the temporary interchange was demolished.

Bus interchange located in HDB Hub

SBS Transit ended bus operations to the temporary bus interchange on 19 May 2002 and moved its services back to the bus interchange original site, which has a direct underground connection to Toa Payoh MRT Station. It is notably the first bus interchange in Singapore to be fully air conditioned and it is housed within the building of HDB Hub.

Anti-terrorism exercise

This bus interchange participated in the Exercise Northstar V on 8 January 2006.

Bomb hoax

Similar to other bomb hoaxes at Hougang and Jurong East, 21-year-old Lin Zhenghuang was sentenced to 3 months in jail on 7 February 2007 and fined S$4000 for eight charges under the Computer Misuse Act. The charges were for 'mooching' or illegally tapping into his neighbour's unsecured wireless internet network and posting a bomb hoax on an online forum of popular technology site HardwareZone. Lin previously pleaded guilty to one charge under the Telecommunications Act for transmitting a false message and nine charges under the Computer Misuse Act. The accused posted a message on 22 July 2005, reporting that there had been a bomb attack at Toa Payoh Bus Interchange.

Bus Services that terminate at this interchange

Service	Berth	Destination	Notes
8	A7	Tampines	Shares the same terminus as 28 and 31
26	A12	Bedok	Shares the same terminus as 155
28	A13	Tampines	Shares the same terminus as 8 and 31
31	A5	Tampines	Shares the same terminus as 8 and 28
73	B3	↺ Ang Mo Kio	Looping Point
88	A9	Pasir Ris
90	A6	↺ Airport Road
139	A3	Bukit Merah
139M	A2	↺ Jalan Bahagia
141	B3	Lorong 1 Geylang
142	B2	↺ Potong Pasir Avenue 2
143	A1	Jurong East
145	A4	Buona Vista
155	A14	Bedok	Shares the same terminus as 26
157	B4	Boon Lay
159	B4	Sengkang	Shares the same terminus as 163
163	B3	Sengkang	Shares the same terminus as 159
231	B1	↺ Toa Payoh Lorong 5	Feeder
232	B2	↺ Toa Payoh East	Feeder
235	B2	↺ Toa Payoh Rise	Feeder
238	B1	↺ Braddel Road	Feeder

Bus Contracting Model

See also: Bus Contracting Model (Singapore)

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes were split into 6 route packages-143 under Bulim, 28 and 31 under Tampines, 90 and 141 under Serangoon-Eunos, 159 and 163 under Sengkang-Hougang, 145 under Bukit Merah and the rest are under Bishan-Toa Payoh Bus Packages.

External links

• Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)