Buangkok Bus Interchange is an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) located at Buangkok. It is situated within the Sengkang Grand Mall integrated development, comprising a 3-level retail mall, a hawker centre, a childcare centre, a community club, and a condominium.
Buangkok is the twelfth (12th) ITH to open in Singapore. Rail connections are offered via the adjacent Buangkok MRT Station along the North East Line, allowing for convenient transfers between bus services and the rail network.
Interchange Layout[]
Buangkok Bus Interchange contains 19 end-on parking lots arranged into 7 end-on berths.
The ITH is also the first to be designed only with end-on berths, as opposed to the more common sawtooth berth design. Toa Payoh and Boon Lay are the only other ITHs employing a mix of end-on and sawtooth berths, while HarbourFront and Saint Michael’s are the only other bus interchanges/terminals designed with exclusive use of end-on berths.
Vehicles enter/exit the interchange via a signalised T-junction with Sengkang Central. For emergencies, a backup vehicle access gate leads to the loading/unloading bay of Sengkang Grand Mall, which is accessed via Compassvale Bow.
Brief History[]
Plans for the interchange were first mooted as part of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)’s 2013 Draft Masterplan. Located in the heart of the Buangkok neighbourhood and adjacent to Buangkok MRT Station, the interchange would be integrated within a mixed-use development envisioned as an integrated community and transport hub to meet the needs of some 20,000 residents in Buangkok.
The proposed mixed-use development would integrate a bus interchange, a hawker centre (Buangkok Hawker Centre) and a 3-storey community club (Buangkok Community Club), alongside a childcare centre and retail spaces. A tender for the development of the land parcel was launched on 28 December 2017 and was awarded to Siena Residential Development Pte. Ltd. and Siena Trustee Pte. Ltd. (as Trustee-Manager of Siena Commercial Trust) at a tender price of S$777.78 million on 16 August 2018. A condominium development (Sengkang Grand Residences) would be built atop the retail/community/bus interchange components, comprising 680 residential units across 9 blocks.
Sengkang Grand Mall opened in March 2023, with the other amenities and residential apartments gradually opening thereafter. Tenants for Sengkang Grand will include Chateraise, Itacho Sushi, Cotton On ITH, FairPrice Finest, Uniqlo, 3T Mobile, 6 Elements Hair Spa, Baleno, Bossini, IPPUDO, Jean Yip, KOI The, LALU, McDonald's, SK Jewellery, Sushi Express, Shiok Burger and Jollibee.
Interchange Facilities[]
- Passenger Service Offices (SBS Transit & SMRT Buses)
- Information boards & Bus departure timing screens
- NTWU Canteen
- Retail shops
- Staff Lounge
- Baby Care Room
- Commuter Care Room
- Bicycle Racks
- Toilets
Berths[]
| Berth | Services | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1 | - | |||
| B2 | - | |||
| B3 | - | |||
| B4 | 114/A | |||
| B5 | - | |||
| B6 | 156 | |||
| B7 | 110 | |||
Bus Services[]
| Service | Berth | Destination | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | B7 | ↺ Changi Airport | |
| 114 | B4 | ↺ Buangkok Crescent Yio Chu Kang (future) |
|
| 114A | Buangkok Crescent (Blk 998B) | Short Trip Service | |
| 156 | B6 | Clementi |