Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange is a centralized bus interchange located at Yishun Town Centre. Scheduled for opening in March 2015, the temporary facility connects to Yishun MRT Station and Northpoint Shopping Centre, replacing the former Yishun Bus Interchange which will be demolished to make way for a new integrated development by 2017.
Overview of Yishun Temporary Interchange in Dec 2014
Name: Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange | 义顺临时巴士转换站
Service area: Yishun, Khatib
Address (TBC): 20A Yishun Central 1, Singapore 768830
Principal operator: SMRT
MRT Station: NS13 Yishun
Berths: 8 sawtooth (inclusive of 5 bendy-friendly sawtooth berths), ~6 alighting
Bus services: 17 (SMRT), 2 (SBST), 1 (AC)
History:
Before the construction of the Yishun Bus Interchange, Yishun had two roadside bus termini; one at Yishun Avenue 5 and the other at Yishun Central. The former handled feeder services like 800 and 801, while trunk routes like 850 and 851 called at the Yishun Central Terminal.
In the 1980s, the rising development of Yishun New Town called for a more permanent facility for buses. HDB, who was in-charge of public works, designed and built a permanent facility between Yishun Avenue 2 and Yishun Central 1. Yishun Bus Interchange opened on 18th January 1987 with five trunk and four feeder bus services, gradually expanding to around 20 services today. In 2003, SBS Transit introduced Service 39 to Yishun, followed by 85 in 2006. In December 2010, private operator Advance Coaches introduced AC7, a cross border bus route to Johor Bahru.
The shift to Yishun Temporary Interchange:
In March 2015, Yishun Bus Interchange was relocated to a temporary facility along Yishun Central 1, while the former interchange was demolished to make way for a future integrated development. By 2017, Yishun will house an air-conditioned Integrated Public Transport Hub (ITH), comprising a shopping mall, offices and residential developments.
The temporary interchange is located at the junction of Yishun Central and Yishun Central 1, opposite Northpoint Shopping Centre and Golden Village Yishun. Two vehcular entrances and exits serve the interchange; one along Yishun Central (cross-junction with Yishun Ave 9) and the other along Yishun Central 1. A sheltered walkway connects the interchange concourse with Northpoint Shopping Centre, providing full sheltered access to Yishun MRT Station.
Inside, the interchange features 27 rigid/double-decker bus parking bays and 21 bendy bus parking bays. With the opening of the temporary interchange, height restrictions were lifted for bus services previously using the end-on berths (39, 85, 852, 855 & 857), allowing double-deck buses to be deployed. The metal berth queues, information panels, berth display signs in Yishun Temp Int were recycled from Bedok Temp Int by the construction contractor.
Prior to the official opening in March 2015, the temporary interchange was used as a bus park to relive the parking space crunch at Ang Mo Kio Depot (AMDEP).
See Also: Yishun Intratown and Feeder services
Interchange facilities:
Interchange offices (SMRT)
Drivers lounge
NTWU Canteen
Boarding and alighting berths
Information boards
Bus arrival displays
Retail outlets
Toilets
Bus Services list:
Service
Berth
Destination
Notes
39
-
Tampines
85
-
Punggol
171
-
Marina Centre
800
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↺ Sembawang Road
803
-
↺ Yishun Street 31
BSEP
804
-
↺ Yishun Street 41
806
-
↺ Yishun Ring Road
811/E
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↺ Yishun Avenue 2
-
↺ Yishun Avenue 1
812/E
-
↺ Yishun Avenue 4
-
↺ Yishun Avenue 3
851
-
Bukit Merah
852
-
Bukit Batok
853/
853C
-
Geylang Lorong 1
Weekdays, Saturdays
Upper East Coast
Sundays & PHs
854
-
Bedok
854E
-
Bedok
Weekdays AM Peak
855
-
HarbourFront
856
-
Woodlands
857
-
↺ Temasek Avenue
859
-
Sembawang
860
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↺ Yishun Avenue 3
BSEP
AC7
-
JB CIQ
Cross-border route
KTPH
-
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
Shuttle service
Berth Allocation:
Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange has 8 sawtooth berths (B-suffixed).
Berths B3, B4, B5, B7 & B8 are bendy-friendly berths with longer boarding area suitable for bendy buses as well as rigid and double decker buses.
Berth
Services
B1
TBC
B2
TBC
B3
TBC
B4
TBC
B5
TBC
B6
TBC
B7
TBC
B8
TBC
A free shuttle service between Yishun Temp Int and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital is operated by Busplus. Passengers are discouraged from using the shuttle bus if they are not visiting the hospital.
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Route Amendments from Yishun Bus Interchange to Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange
TBC
New Bus Stops to facilitate Yishun Temporary Interchange
To cater the bus services shifting from the old Interchange to the Temporary Interchange, 2 new bus stops have been constructed, one at Yishun Ave 2 and the other at Yishun Central.
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Gallery:
Covered linkway to Northpoint Shopping Ctr
Interior of the bus interchange
View from Yishun Ctrl
Yishun Feeder Map, retrieved from SMRT Bus and Train Services Guide
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External Links & References:
http://www.smrt.com.sg/Portals/0/PDFs/Buses/Town%20Maps/Yishun%20Guide%20online%202013.pdf
http://www.smrt.com.sg/Buses/BusInterchanges.aspx
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