Sembawang Bus Interchange

Sembawang Bus Interchange 三巴旺巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Sembawang
File:Sembawang Bus Interchange Berth 2 20200820 191438.jpg Sembawang Bus Interchange.
General information
Location	11A Sembawang Vista, Singapore 757527
Coordinates
System	Public Bus Interchange
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Transit Systems)
Bus routes	10 (Tower Transit) 2 (SBS Transit)
Bus stands	3 Boarding Berths 2 Alighting Berths
Bus operators	Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd SBS Transit Ltd
Connections	NS11  Sembawang
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	20 November 2005 (2005-11-20)
Key dates
20 November 2005	Commenced operations
Location

Sembawang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Sembawang, 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, 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, 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 on a five year term.

Bus Contracting Model

See also: Bus contracting model of Singapore

Under the Bus Contracting Model, all bus services operating from Sembawang Bus Interchange were divided into 2 Bus Packages, operated by two different bus operators.

List of Bus Services

See also: List of bus routes in Singapore

Operator	Package	Routes
SBS Transit	Sengkang-Hougang	117/117M
Tower Transit Singapore	Sembawang-Yishun	167, 859, 859A, 859B, 861, 882, 883, 883M, 980, 981

External links

• Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)
• Sembawang Town Map & Services Guide