Clementi Bus Interchange

Clementi Bus Interchange 金文泰巴士转换站 Stesen Bas Clementi
Commencement Date:	26 November 2011
Number of Sawtooth Berths:	5
Number of Services: SBS Transit: SMRT Buses:	14 13 1
Operators:	SBS Transit/SMRT Buses
MRT Station:	EW23  Clementi

The Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, on the opposite of the Clementi MRT Station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with the nearby Clementi MRT Station. This interchange serves mainly commuters travelling to the various housing estates, schools, recreational areas, healthcare centres and places of worship in Clementi and West Coast. It is dominated by bus services operated by SBS Transit and there is only 1 SMRT-operated bus service that originates from this interchange.

History

The interchange was first opened on 16 November 1980 by Chor Yeok Eng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Member of Parliament for Bukit Timah. It was a long covered walkway structure with queue railings and berths at the side of the road, leading many people to call it a "roadside bus terminal" resembling the interchanges built in the 1970s. This is especially so as the interchange was very small and cramped, and floods sometimes when it was rainy. It was sort of similar to the original Bedok Bus Interchange.

Operations then moved to the temporary facility built across the road at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Avenue 3 (Land Lot MK05-08585W) on 29 October 2006. This facility was a blue-red-white structure that resembles the original interchange and was used for 5 years and 27 days while the original site was redeveloped into what is known as the new Clementi Town Centre that was planned by HDB which consisted of a new air-conditioned bus interchange(the current bus interchange), Clementi Mall and 2 HDB flats(Clementi Towers).^[1][2]

The current interchange is a 8,100 square meteres facility opened on 26 November 2011. Resembling that of Toa Payoh Bus Interchange, it is the 6th air conditioned bus interchange in Singapore and 2nd along the East West MRT Line. Together with Clementi MRT Station and the nearby commercial developments, it is part of the Clementi Integrated Public Transport Hub. ^[3][4][5]

Entrance to the temporary Clementi Bus Interchange

Services

Bus Routes in Singapore

Service	Berth	Destination	Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
7	B3	Bedok Bus Interchange
14	B5	Bedok Bus Interchange
96	B1	Kent Ridge Crescent (loop)
99	B1	Jurong West Street 92 (loop)
147	B4	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
156	B5	Sengkang Bus Interchange
165	B4	Hougang Central Bus Interchange
166	B2	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
175	B2	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal
196	B3	Bedok Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Feeder Services
282	B3	Clementi West Street 2 (loop)
284	B4	Clementi Avenue 4 (loop)
285	B2	Pandan Loop (loop)
SMRT Buses Trunk Service
173	B1	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange

Berths

Berth B1
96	99	173
Berth B2
166	175	285
Berth B3
7	196	282
Berth B4
147	165	284
Berth B5
14	156
WWWW	WWWW	WWWW	WWWW	WWWW	WWWW

References

1. ^ Clementi Bus Interchange To Relocate To Temporary Site
2. ^ Introduction to Clementi
3. ^ New Clementi Bus Interchange Opens on 26 November 2011
4. ^ New Clementi bus interchange to benefit 8,500 commuters daily
5. ^ Revised Operating Hours For Service 284 At Clementi Bus Interchange