The Bishan Bus Interchange is a
bus interchange serving
Bishan, Singapore. The interchange commenced passenger service as Bishan Bus Terminal in 1988, with Services 56 and 58. Located at Bishan Street 13, it is designed in a unique squarish configuration with the building wrapping around the bus parking area.
The
Ministry of Education Language Centre
The Ministry of Education Language Centre (Abbreviation: MOELC) is a centralised educational institution for students in Singapore's education system to learn additional languages. There are two campuses located in Bishan and Newton, which are ...
(MOELC) lies across the field to the north. Passengers also able to transfer to the
Circle line from an entrance located right outside the interchange.
History
Bishan Bus Interchange opened on 30 April 1989.
Built at a cost of
SGD$5.5 million,
[ ] it replaced the temporary bus station that had been serving the new town of
Bishan since December 1985.
It was among the first batch of bus interchanges built to integrate with a
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station.
[ ] As such, passengers can easily transfer between bus services at this interchange and the Bishan MRT station.
Design
The unusual design of Bishan Bus Interchange was even described in ''
The New Paper
''The New Paper'' is a Singaporean newspaper in tabloid form. It was originally published as a "noon paper", but since 2016 has been published daily as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards.
History
First launched on 26 July 1988, b ...
'' as "a piece of Disneyland in Bishan".
The interchange features a castle-like structure wrapping around the bus parking area. Above the interchange, there is a cafeteria as well as a
car park
A parking lot (American English) or car park ( British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surfac ...
. A children's playground and an adjoining structure that houses a coffee shop (taken over a McDonald’s branch) was also constructed together with this interchange.
Bishan Bus Interchange is physically linked to the neighbouring
Junction 8 and to
Bishan MRT station
Bishan MRT station is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South (NSL) and Circle (CCL) lines in Bishan, Singapore. Located along Bishan Road within the town centre area, it is integrated with the Junction 8 shopping ...
.
Facilities
Bishan bus interchange used to feature a fast food restaurant, being the first bus interchange in Singapore to have this facility. It also features a children's playground, which was designed to complement the fast food restaurant to make the bus interchange family-friendly.
The bus interchange also houses a 560-lot car park above its premises.
Bus Contracting Model
Under the new
bus contracting model, all the bus routes were split into 3 route packages: 50, 52, 54, 56 and 410 under Bishan-Toa Payoh, 57 under Bukit Merah and 53, 55, 58 and 59 under Serangoon-Eunos Bus Packages.
References
External links
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Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)
{{Singapore bus stations, state=expanded
Buildings and structures in Bishan, Singapore
Bus stations in Singapore
Transport in Central Region, Singapore