Eunos Bus Interchange is a
bus interchange located in
Geylang East
Geylang East, more commonly known as Eunos, is a subzone located in Geylang in the Central Region of Singapore. The vicinity is served by both Paya Lebar and Eunos MRT stations.
"Eunos" is also the name given to a street called which spans t ...
,
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
. It is located and built beside
Eunos MRT station
Eunos MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West MRT Line in Geylang, Singapore. It is located next to the Eunos Bus Interchange.
The station was named in honour of an early Malay pioneer, Muhammad Eu ...
and is surrounded by Eunos Road 2, Eunos Crescent and
Sims Avenue.
The interchange is designed with
traditional Malay roof structure and shape, but using modern materials such as
steel beams, similar to that of the Eunos MRT station. It gives a sense of identity to the area as the bus interchange lies close to
Geylang
Geylang is a planning area and township located on the eastern fringe of the Central Region of Singapore, bordering Hougang and Toa Payoh in the north, Marine Parade in the south, Bedok in the east, and Kallang in the west.
Geylang is perha ...
and also to honour Eunos Abdullah whom secured 700-hectares of land for the Malay settlements in the early 1900s.
This bus interchange is the one of the few bus interchanges not located in the respective town centre.
History
The interchange opened on 10 December 1989, along with
Pasir Ris Bus Interchange.
Bus Contracting Model
Under the new
bus contracting model, all the bus routes buses were split into 4 route packages:
* 61 under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang
* 76 under Seletar
* 93 under Bukit Merah
* The rest are under Serangoon-Eunos
References
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Bus stations in Singapore
Geylang
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