HarbourFront Bus Interchange

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

Harbourfront Bus Interchange
港湾巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas Harbourfront
Public bus
Interior of Harbourfront Interchange
Location 4 Seah Im Road
Singapore
Owned by Land Transport Authority
Operated by SBS Transit
Bus routes 5 (SBS Transit)
5 (SMRT Buses)
Bus stands 12 (boarding)
12 (alighting)
Bus operators SBS Transit (except Services 188, 188e (Alighting only), 855, 963 & 963e)
SMRT Buses (Services 188, 188e (Alighting only), 855, 963 and 963e)
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Disabled access Accessible alighting/boarding points
Accessible public toilets
Graduated kerb edges
Tactile guidance system
History
Opened Mid 1980
Key dates
Mid 1980 Commenced operations

HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located within HarbourFront along Seah Im Road in Bukit Merah planning area, Singapore. The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the HarbourFront commercial district, including HarbourFront Centre and VivoCity. The interchange is directly connected to HarbourFront MRT Station. It is the southernmost bus interchange in Singapore.

History

The interchange commenced operations on January 1985 with 5 services and was initially named 'World Trade Centre Bus Terminal' until it was subsequently renamed to its present name in 2003, alongside the renaming of the World Trade Centre to HarbourFront. [1]

Bus Contracting Model

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes buses were split into 6 route packages-855, 963 and 963E under Sembawang-Yishun, 188 under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang, 124 under Bishan-Toa Payoh, 80 under Sengkang-Hougang, 65 under Tampines and the rest are under Bukit Merah Bus Packages.

References

  1. "Those Years When We Waited For Our Buses Together". Remember Singapore. 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.


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