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{{Short description|Bus interchange in Singapore}}
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{{Infobox station
| name = Bukit Merah Bus Interchange<br />红山巴士转换站<br />Pertukaran Bas Bukit Merah
| type = [[File: SBS Transit logo.svg|150px]]<br/>Public Bus Interchange
| image = [[Image:Bukit Merah Bus Interchange.jpg|300px]]
| caption = Interior of Bukit Merah Interchange
| address = 3591 Bukit Merah Central<br>Singapore 159840
| owned = [[Land Transport Authority]]
| operator = [[SBS Transit|SBS Transit Ltd]] ([[ComfortDelGro|ComfortDelGro Corporation]])
| bus_routes = 12 (SBS Transit Ltd) <br> 2 (SMRT Buses Ltd) <br> 1 (Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd)
| bus_stands = 6 (boarding)<br>3 (alighting)
| bus_operators = [[SBS Transit|SBS Transit Ltd]]<br>[[SMRT Buses|SMRT Buses Ltd]]<br>[[Tower Transit Singapore|Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd]]
| structure = At-grade
| accessible = Accessible alighting/boarding points<br />Accessible public toilets<br />Graduated kerb edges<br />Tactile guidance system<!--Do not change otherwise stated-->
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1980|9|28}}
| years = 28 September 1980
| events = Commenced operations
| mapframe = 
}}

'''Bukit Merah Bus Interchange''' is a [[Bus station|bus interchange]] located in the [[Bukit Merah]] Town Centre in [[Singapore]]. The interchange is located along Bukit Merah Central and serves the nearby residential estates of [[Telok Blangah]] and [[Bukit Purmei]], as well as the commercial buildings in Bukit Merah Central. It is currently the only remaining bus interchange in Singapore that does not have a direct link to an [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|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 MRT station|Tiong Bahru]], Service 132 links to [[Redhill MRT station|Redhill]], while Service 176 links to [[Telok Blangah MRT station|Telok Blangah]].

==History==
The interchange was constructed as part of a scheme to improve bus services in the [[Telok Blangah]] area.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=T. Blangah to get better bus service next year|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19800731-1.2.51 |work=The Straits Times |date=31 July 1980 |access-date=8 September 2017|via=NewspaperSG }}</ref> Operations at the interchange commenced on 28 September 1980,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Two feeder services part of new bus plan|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19800927-1.2.93|work=The Straits Times |date=27 September 1980 |access-date=8 September 2017|via=NewspaperSG }}</ref> and it was officially opened on 14 February 1981, with Minister without Portfolio Lim Chee Onn attending the ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Interchange |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19810131-1.2.56 |work=The Straits Times |date=31 January 1981 |access-date=8 September 2017|via=NewspaperSG }}</ref>

==Bus contracting model==
{{see also|Bus contracting model of Singapore}}

Under the new [[Bus contracting model of Singapore|bus contracting model]], all the bus routes buses were split into 6 route packages, operated by different public bus operators.

===List of routes===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align: left"
|+
!Operator
!Package
!Routes
|-
|rowspan=4 style="background-color:#7A45EA; color: white"|'''SBS Transit'''
|Bishan-Toa Payoh
|139
|-
|Bukit Merah
|5, 16, 16M, 57, 123, 131, 198, 272, 273
|-
|Seletar
|851
|-
|Sengkang-Hougang
|132, 153
|-
|style="background-color:#DB3B26; color: white"|'''SMRT Buses'''
|Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang
|75, 176
|-
|style="background-color:#54AF32; color: white"|'''Tower Transit Singapore'''
|Sembawang-Yishun
|167
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/transport/trpt_bus_inter.aspx Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717005733/http://www.smrt.com.sg/Buses/eBusGuide.aspx#tabs-bus-4 Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)]

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[[Category:1980 establishments in Singapore]]
[[Category:Bus stations in Singapore]]
[[Category:Bukit Merah]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Central Region, Singapore]]


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