Sembawang Bus Interchange is a
bus interchange
A bus station, bus depot, or bus interchange is a structure where city buses or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can s ...
located in
Sembawang
Sembawang ( ) is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, residential town located in the North Region, Singapore, North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to t ...
, Singapore. Opened on 20 November 2005, it provides hassle-free transfer to the nearby
Sembawang MRT station.
This is one of the interchanges in a residential estate to not have any feeder services.
History
Before the opening of Sembawang Bus Interchange, various bus services terminated at scattered parts of Sembawang town. These include Admiralty Road West Bus Terminal for Service 980, Sembawang Road End Bus Terminal (near
Sembawang Park) for Service 167 and the pair of bus stops outside
Sembawang MRT station for Service 981.
When Sembawang bus interchange opened, these bus services, along with Service 859, which operates from
Yishun Bus Interchange, were amended to terminate at the newly opened bus interchange.
Bus Service 882 was introduced to replace the lost link between Sembawang and
Sembawang Park along Sembawang Road End (via Wellington Circle and Montreal Link). The link by former services to the former Admiralty Road West Bus Terminal from Sembawang were covered by Service 856 and Service 981. Service 856 passes by both places along its route between
Yishun Bus Interchange and
Woodlands Bus Interchange
Woodlands Bus Interchange (formerly Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange) is an air-conditioned bus interchange located at Woodlands Town Centre, serving the Woodlands, Marsiling, and Admiralty regions. Nearby amenities include the Causeway Po ...
, while Service 981 passes by both place on its route to
Senoko Industrial Estate.
Since then, due to the Bus Service Enhancement Programme Singapore (BSEP), four new bus services were introduced to Sembawang: Service 859A & 859B in 2014 as supplementary services, Service 117 to Punggol in 2015 and Service 883 to loop at Yishun Central 2 in 2016. Service 883M was introduced in 2020, looping at Yishun Avenue 5 to supplement Service 883, while Service 117M was introduced in 2021. Services 117M & 883M were not introduced under the BSEP. Service 167 was degraded several times since COVID-19 pandemic, with the frequency dropping to 30 minute intervals on 17 December 2023.
On 15 September 2024, Bus service 861 was introduced, looping at
Khatib MRT station
Khatib MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South MRT line, North South line (NSL) located in Khatib, Singapore, a subzone in Yishun, Yishun planning area.
The station i ...
, connecting Canberra with Yishun East & Khatib. This is the first bus service introduced under the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP), which was launched by the
LTA on 30 July 2024.
Management
Since 3 October 2021, Sembawang Bus Interchange is managed by
Tower Transit
Tower Transit Operations Limited, which traded as Tower Transit, is a bus company who operated in East and West London. They are a subsidiary of the Kelsian Group and operated services under contract to Transport for London. Currently they op ...
on a five year term.
Bus contracting model
Under the new
bus contracting model, with the exception of Service 117 under Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package, all services are under Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package.
References
External links
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Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)Sembawang Town Map & Services Guide
{{Singapore bus stations, state=expanded
Transport infrastructure completed in 2005
2005 establishments in Singapore
Bus stations in Singapore
Sembawang