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) ; 3 (SMRT Buses)
Bus stands	6 (boarding); 3 (alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit (except Services 167, 176 and 851); SMRT Buses (Services 167, 176 and 851)
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
25 August 2014	New Service 131M & withdrawal of Feeder Service 275
2018	Bus service 851 to be handed to SBS Transit
Services
5, 16, 57, 123, 131/M, 132, 139, 153, 167, 176, 198, 272, 273, 851

1°16′55″N 103°49′0″E / 1.28194°N 103.81667°E / 1.28194; 103.81667

Bukit Merah Bus Interchange is located at 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.

Bus Services that terminate at this interchange

Service	Berth	Destination	Notes
5	B6	Pasir Ris
16	B3	Bedok
57	B6	Bishan
123	B1	Harbourfront
131	B5	St. Michaels
131M	B5	↺ Bukit Purmei Avenue
132	B6	Hougang Central	Shares the same terminus as 153
139	B1	Toa Payoh
153	B1	Hougang Central	Shares the same terminus as 132
167	B3	Sembawang
176	B2	Bukit Panjang
198	B2	Boon Lay
272	B5	↺ Telok Blangah Rise	Feeder
273	B2	↺ Telok Blangah Drive	Feeder
851	B3	Yishun	To be handed to SBS Transit in 2018

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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.