Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange

Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange 榜鵝临时巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Sementara Punggol
Public bus
General information
Location	70A Punggol Place, Singapore 828865 Singapore
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	Go-Ahead
Bus routes	15 (Go-Ahead) 2 (SBS Transit)
Bus stands	4 (Boarding) 1 (Alighting)
Bus operators	SBS Transit (Services 50 and 117) Go-Ahead (All except Services 50 and 117)
Connections	NE17  PTC  Punggol
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	30 November 2003
Key dates
30 November 2003	Commenced operations
4 September 2016	All services, except for 50 and 117, handed over to Go-Ahead Singapore
Services
3, 34, 43/43M, 50, 62, 82, 83, 84, 85, 117, 118, 119, 136, 381, 382, 386

Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed. The bus interchange was officially opened on November 30, 2003.

History

Opening

Punggol Bus Interchange in 2006

The SGD $1.9-million temporary Punggol Bus Interchange took 10 months to construct and was officially opened on November 30, 2003 by Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC Teo Chee Hean. Before the opening of the interchange, Punggol's only bus terminal was the Punggol Road End Bus Terminus which had only two bus services, 82 and 83. The bus terminal was closed and converted into a bus stop when the interchange started operations.

Expansion

In April 2015, LTA announced that the Punggol Temporary Bus Terminal will be expanded from its current 1.2 hectares (12,000 m²) to 2.0 hectares (20,000 m²) to cater for 13 new bus spaces on top of the current 38. New boarding berths and an expanded concourse will be added once the construction is complete. Expansion works started in Q3 of 2015.

Services

With the opening of the interchange, Service 83, plying between Sengkang and Punggol, was amended to terminate here, instead of the pair of bus-stops below Punggol. The terminal's only bus route, Service 82, was amended to loop at the former terminal. Service 3 was extended from its original looping point at Pasir Ris Street 71 to provide direct links between Punggol and the new towns of Pasir Ris and Tampines, while Service 62 and Service 136 were extended from the former Hougang South Bus Interchange and Upper Serangoon Road to this interchange respectively.

As time went by, new services, Service 34, 43, and 85 were introduced to link Punggol to Singapore Changi Airport, Upper East Coast Bus Terminal and Yishun Bus Interchange respectively. When the Serangoon Bus Interchange was relocated, Service 82 was amended to terminate at this interchange and loop at Serangoon Central and no longer serves Punggol Point. With the amendment, a new service, Service 84 was introduced to replace the amended Service 82 to loop at Punggol Point.

Bus Services that terminate at this interchange

Service	Berth	Destination	Notes
3	B3	Tampines	Makes an enroute stop at Pasir Ris
34	B1	↺ Changi Airport
43	B4	Upp East Coast
43M	B4	↺ Serangoon Central
50	B3	Bishan
62	B2	↺ Sims Avenue
82	B4	↺ Serangoon Central
83	B3	↺ Sengkang
84	B1	↺ Punggol Road
85	B2	Yishun
117	B4	Sembawang
118	B2	Changi Business Park
119	B2	↺ Hougang Street 21
136	B1	Ang Mo Kio
381	B1	↺ Punggol East	Feeder
382G	B3	↺ Sumang Walk	Feeder
382W	B3	↺ Sumang Walk	Feeder
386	B4	↺  Punggol East	Feeder

Bus Service Enhancement Programme

In 2015, LTA introduced the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) to improve commuting time and planned to roll out 1,000 buses to add more bus services to improve connectivity. Punggol Bus Interchange had its first service upgrade on 21 October 2012, under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), Service 119 was extended to terminate at Punggol Bus Interchange instead of terminating at Sengkang Bus Interchange, calling at an additional four pairs of bus stops. This was followed by the introduction of Service 50 on December 16, 2012 between Punggol and Bishan Bus Interchange. Two more bus services, Service 117, which piles between Punggol and Sembawang Bus Interchange, and Service 118, which plies between Punggol and Changi Business Park Bus Terminal,were introduced on 20 December 2015.

New feeder services

On August 17, 2014, under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), the bus interchange introduced its first feeder service 386. The service plies along Punggol North, looping at Edgefield Plains.Service 382G/382W, which plies along Punggol West, looping at Sumang Link, was introduced on 3 January 2016. On 12 March 2017, Service 381 was rolled out to directly connect Punggol East with Waterway Point, Punggol Plaza and schools in the area.

Bus Contracting Model

See also: Bus Contracting Model (Singapore)

Under the new bus contracting model,  all the bus routes were split into 3 route packages-Service 50 under Bishan-Toa Payoh, Service 117 under Sengkang-Hougang and the rest are under Loyang Bus Packages.

In April 2015, the Loyang Bus Package was put up for tender by the Land Transport Authority. The tender was awarded to Go-Ahead Singapore and as a result, Go-Ahead Singapore took over the operation and management of this interchange and all bus services serving it, excluding 50 and 117.

In order to ensure a smooth transition with minimal inconvenience to commuters, the 25 bus services in the contract were transferred in two tranches. The first tranche involved the transfer of Punggol Bus Interchange and the bus services 3, 34, 43/43M, 62, 83, 84, 85, 118, 119, 136, 382 and 386 to Go-Ahead, while the second tranche involved the transfer of Pasir Ris Bus Interchange, Changi Village Bus Terminal and the remaining bus services 2, 6, 12, 15, 17, 36, 354, 358, 359, 403 and 518.

Go-Ahead took over Punggol Bus Interchange from 4 September 2016 onwards, with the first bus, on Service 82, leaving the interchange at 5.15am. This marked the debut of the company in Singapore.

External links

• Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)