Boon Lay Bus Interchange

Boon Lay Bus Interchange 文礼巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Boon Lay
Public bus
Interior of Boon Lay Bus Interchange
General information
Location	87 Jurong West Central 3, Singapore 648343 Singapore
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes	22 (SBS Transit Ltd) 4 (SMRT Buses Ltd) 1 (Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd)
Bus stands	11 (End-on) 6 (Boarding) 4 (Alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit Ltd (except Services 79, 172, 178, 180 and 187) Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Service 79) SMRT Buses Ltd (Services 172, 178, 180 and 187)
Connections	EW27  JS8  Boon Lay
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	1 July 1990 (1990-07-01) (Old) 18 June 2006 (2006-06-18) (Temporary) 27 December 2009 (2009-12-27) (New)
Closed	17 June 2006 (2006-06-17) (Old) 26 December 2009 (2009-12-26) (Temporary)
Key dates
1 July 1990	Commenced operations
18 June 2006	Operations shifted to temporary site
27 December 2009	Operations shifted to new and air-conditioned interchange

Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Jurong West Central, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within Jurong Point and integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT station. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from Nanyang Technological University, Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. The interchange has been among the largest and busiest bus interchanges in Singapore, handling 31 services in the past until a few services were amended to the newer Joo Koon Bus Interchange in 2015.

History

Boon Lay Bus Interchange began operating on 1 July 1990 with services that used to terminate at the former Jurong Bus Interchange at Jurong Port Road 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 both areas are undergoing development, 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.

The old bus interchange

The temporary bus interchange which operated from 18 June 2006 to 26 December 2009

From 18 June 2006 to 26 December 2009, the interchange had it operations temporarily next to Boon Lay MRT station, at an 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, the interchange moved back to its original location and all operations (except for bus Service 179, 179A and 199 which continued to operate at the temporary interchange till 7 May 2010) 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 line. In total, it has 60 bus bays and 31 boarding/alighting wheelchair accessible 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.

With the opening of Joo Koon Bus Interchange on 21 November 2015, Services 182, 182M, 254, 255 and 257 were relocated to Joo Koon Bus Interchange. It reduced overcrowding at Boon Lay Bus Interchange. A further change was made on 18 June 2017 with the opening of Tuas West Extension, Services 256 and 258 were merged into service 258 and skipped the interchange.

Routes

The Boon Lay Bus Interchange serves bus routes operated by SBS Transit, SMRT Buses and Tower Transit Singapore, as the majority of the bus services are under SBS Transit with the exception of services 79 which is from Jurong East; and 172, 178, 180 and 187; both of them originated from SMRT Buses areas in Bukit Panjang and Woodlands respectively. Many services at Boon Lay Bus Interchange that existed before the adoption of the BCM remained. Additional routes were introduced to increase connectivity to more parts of Singapore based on commuter needs. In addition; last buses for services 30 and 154 leaves Boon Lay at 12.20am for late night industrial workers who are residing at Taman Jurong, West Coast and Clementi to commute home, whereas five commuter buses - 181, 240, 241, 242 and 243G/W, leaves Boon Lay together at 12.40am after the last train departs at 12.32am.

Under the new Bus Contracting Model, the majority of the bus routes comes under Jurong West Bus Package, with the exception of 79 under Bulim, 172 and 180 under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang, 178 and 187 under Woodlands, 30 under Bedok, 154 under Serangoon-Eunos, 157 is under Bishan-Toa Payoh, 174/e under Clementi, 198 under Bukit Merah and the rest are under Jurong West Bus Packages.

Private bus routes such as private shuttles to industrial estates and cross-border routes to Malaysia, are mostly operated from the Boon Lay MRT Station bus stops respectively.

External links

• Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)
• Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)