Yishun bus interchange

Yishun Bus Interchange
义顺巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas Yishun
Public bus interchange
Interior of Yishun Bus Interchange.
General information
Location920 Yishun Avenue 2, Singapore 769100
Coordinates1°25′39.3″N 103°50′9.2″E / 1.427583°N 103.835889°E / 1.427583; 103.835889
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated byTower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Transit Systems)
Bus routes9 (Tower Transit Singapore)
14 (SBS Transit)
1 (Go-Ahead Singapore)
1 (Ridewell Travel)
Bus stands4 Alighting Berths
8 Boarding Berths
Bus operatorsTower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
SBS Transit Ltd
Go-Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd
Ridewell Travel
Connections NS13  Yishun
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleAccessible alighting/boarding points
Accessible public toilets
Graduated kerb edges
Tactile guidance system
History
Opened23 August 1987; 37 years ago (1987-08-23) (Old)
14 March 2015; 10 years ago (2015-03-14) (Temporary)
8 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-08) (Integrated Transport Hub)
Closed13 March 2015; 10 years ago (2015-03-13) (Old)
7 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-07) (Temporary)
Key dates
23 August 1987Commenced operations
14 March 2015Operations transferred to temporary bus interchange
8 September 2019Operations transferred to new and air-conditioned bus interchange as Integrated Transport Hub

Yishun Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located at Yishun Town Centre, serving residential areas around Yishun and Khatib. It is the tenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore, integrated within the Northpoint City shopping centre (South Wing) and North Park Residences condominium, while seamlessly connected to Yishun MRT station via an underpass at Basement 2. Nearby public amenities include Golden Village Yishun, Nee Soon Sports Centre, Yishun Polyclinic, Yishun Pond Park, and Nee Soon East Community Centre. Yishun Integrated Transport Hub opened on Sunday, 8 September 2019, with SMRT Buses being the anchor operator. As the tendered package awarded operator for the Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package, Tower Transit is the current anchor operator from 5 September 2021. It also replaces the Yishun's temporary bus interchange which replaced the previous interchange since 14 March 2015.

History

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Previous sites

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In the early days of Yishun New Town, bus terminals were operated from both Yishun Avenue 5 Bus Terminal, Yishun Central Bus Terminal as well as the Mandai Road Bus Terminal. Feeder buses usually comes from Yishun Central Bus Terminal whereas trunk buses usually comes from Yishun Avenue 5 Bus Terminal. Before the opening, Mandai Road Bus Terminal was closed and operations shifted to Yishun Avenue 5 Bus Terminal. The original Yishun Bus Interchange was built at a cost of S$2 million, and it opened on 23 August 1987. The numbering was "80x" and "81x" for all feeder services and "85x" for all trunk services. New services were only tendered to Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS) and was the first and only bus interchange purpose-built for the Trans-Island Bus Service that prevents double decker buses from entering the interchange.[1]

All bus routes were packaged under Yishun Bus Package since 1995. Service 171 was mandated to be under TIBS, with the exception of bus service 39 and 85 which were introduced by SBS Transit; after 2001.

Temporary bus interchange

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The shops at Block 923 were closed and subsequently demolished in 2012 due to the development plans. Residents who were residing at Block 923 were transferred to a new residential area.

On 17 June 2013, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) released the land parcel where the former interchange and then-demolished HDB flat, Block 923, was located. The land parcel was launched for sale on 28 June 2013.[2]

As such, in 2014, Yishun bus package were redrawn into Sembawang-Yishun bus package and Seletar bus package respectively. All feeder services, as well as selected trunk buses were moved to Seletar bus package and trunk services joined all services in Sembawang and a few services in Woodlands to be under Sembawang-Yishun bus package.

On 27 February 2015, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced the construction and co-location of a new air-conditioned bus interchange with the new Northpoint City integrated development, named the Yishun Integrated Transport Hub (YITH). The new interchange is slated to open in 2019.[3] The integrated bus interchange will be linked to the existing Yishun MRT station by a new underpass under Yishun Avenue 2.

As such, to make way for a new Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), the old bus interchange transferred operations to a temporary site at the junction of Yishun Central and Yishun Central 1 behind Northpoint Shopping Centre on 14 March 2015. The last bus service to leave the old interchange, Service 812, departed at 12:45am, 14 March 2015. This temporary interchange was closed on 7 September 2019 and the new Yishun ITH opened on 8 September 2019.[4][5]

Bus contracting model

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See also: Bus contracting model of Singapore

Under the bus contracting model, all bus services operating from Yishun Bus Interchange were divided into five bus packages, operated by three different bus operators.

From 5 September 2021, Yishun Bus Interchange is operated by Tower Transit on a five-year term.[6][7]

List of bus services

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See also: List of bus routes in Singapore
Operator Package Routes
Go-Ahead Singapore Loyang 85[8][9]
SBS Transit Seletar 800, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 811, 812, 851, 851e, 852, 860[10][11]
Serangoon-Eunos 103[12]
Tampines 39
Tower Transit Singapore Sembawang-Yishun 171, 801, 853/853M, 854, 854e, 855, 856, 857, 859[13][14]

References

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  1. ^ "Tibs bus interchange to open at Yishun". The Straits Times. 22 August 1987. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  2. ^ "HDB InfoWEB: Government to release three residential sites and two commercial & residential sites estimated to yield 3,600 housing units in June 2013". 23 September 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "LTA | News Room | News Releases | Yishun Integrated Transport Hub to Open by 2019". 7 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Yishun Integrated Transport Hub to Open on 8 September 2019". Land Transport Authority. 7 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Yishun integrated transport hub to open on Sept 8". The Straits Times. 7 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package". Tower Transit Singapore. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Tower Transit to run Sembawang and Yishun bus interchanges, taking over from SMRT". CNA. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ "LTA Awards Second Bus Package to Go-Ahead Group Plc". Land Transport Authority (Singapore). 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Go-Ahead to start Loyang bus services on Sept 4". Today. 5 August 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  10. ^ "LTA Awards Third Bus Package to SBS Transit Ltd". Land Transport Authority (Singapore). 19 April 2017. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  11. ^ Adrian Lim (7 June 2016). "LTA calls tender for operator to run 26 bus routes under third Government bus contract". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Bus Industry to Complete Transition to Bus Contracting Model on 1 September 2016". Land Transport Authority (Singapore). 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  13. ^ "LTA Awards Bulim and Sembawang-Yishun Bus Packages to Tower Transit". Land Transport Authority (Singapore). 30 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ Clement Yong (2 October 2020). "Tower Transit edges out SMRT to win $1.03b Bulim and Sembawang-Yishun bus packages". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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