Jurong East Bus Interchange is located in the residential town of Jurong East, bordered by Jurong Town Hall Road, Jurong East Street 12, Jurong Gateway Road and Jurong East Central 1. Connecting with Jurong East MRT Station along the North South and East West lines, the interchange is a transport node for commuters heading in and out of residential estates within Jurong East, as well as the Penjuru and Toh Guan industrial areas, allowing for convenient transfers between the rail network and the many bus services at the interchange.
History[]
The original facility used for the bus interchange was built in the 1980s, west of Jurong East and opposite the Jurong CPF building at Jurong Gateway Road. Most of the bus services in the bus interchange originated from the from Teban Gardens Terminal and some from the former Jurong Bus Interchange, which were re-routed to this interchange when it opened. For years, despite being in the zone marked as Jurong Regional Centre, the bus interchange had a rather low level of passenger flow as compared to the larger Boon Lay Bus Interchange serving Jurong West New Town, the Jurong Industrial Estate, as well as institutions in the west including the Nanyang Technological University. The interchange serves mainly commuters travelling to the various housing estates, schools, religious places, tourist attractions and industrial places in Jurong East and those travelling to Malaysia via Tuas Checkpoint.
1st Redevelopment Plan[]
Following the redevelopments in Jurong East, the original facility had been slated to be rebuilt into an air-conditioned facility as part of a commercial development on the site, which the commercial development and surrounding commercial places, together with Jurong East MRT Station will be collectively known as the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub, similar to the rest of earlier hubs built. The rebuilding plan came along with the other plots of land surrounding the original facility being sold off to developers for commercial developments on 27 October 2010 when the Land Transport Authority released a tender for a "Proposed Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange" indicating the redevelopment of the bus interchange. The land (MK05-08622X) occupied by the original facility was to be acquired by Singapore Land Authority for development into a commercial centre 10 years later and the original interchange to relocate to a temporary facility. The construction of the temporary facility spanned from middle of 2011 to the end of 2011.
The temporary facility is located at the south of Jurong East along Jurong Gateway Road, roughly 0.2 km South-East from the original facility, opposite JCube at the western end of it and the JTC Corporation headquarters at the eastern end. It has the same colour scheme of red as the original facility and it somewhat resembles the temporary facility used by Boon Lay Temporary Bus Interchange. It would serve as Jurong East Bus Interchange for about 5 years while the site of the original facility is rebuilt as the new shopping mall, Westgate.
The new bus interchange brought about changes in routes. The bus stop outside Blk 131 is now being reused after the Jurong East Modification Project. All former end-on bus services (except for Service 98 and 98M) now call at the bus stop outside Seventh-Day Adventist Church.[1]
In 2015, service 715, 716, 717 and PCS shuttle service were relocated to start from the bus stop at J Gateway in Boon Lay Way, including the East West Line Rail Bridging Service.
Redevelopment for Jurong Region Line[]
In May 2018, the temporary bus interchange at Jurong East was acquired for the construction of Jurong Region Line. As such, a new temporary bus interchange was built near to the western end of J'den, bordered by Jurong Town Hall Road, Jurong East Street 12 and Jurong Gateway Road. Gateway Link was closed, and the existing bus interchange was demolished from 6 December 2020 to make way for the JRL MRT station at Jurong East, together with the integrated transport hub and condominium/office development called MOT-LTA Building. Due to the lack of parking space at the interim interchange:
- Service 78, 160 and 870 will start at Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange
- Service 79 will start at Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange and will loop at Boon Lay Bus Interchange starting from 26 May 2024
- Service 97, 97e, 197 and 333 will skip Jurong East Central (Blk 134) and Jurong Town Hall Road (Jurong East Library).
- Service CW3 and CW4 were being relocated to the private pick-up point at Venture Avenue.
Full-day bus lanes will also be implemented at Jurong Gateway Road.
The secondary access into the bus park is located at Jurong East Central 1, which is usually kept closed when not in use. The layout of the interchange is unique in having the alighting berth detached from the main concourse where all boarding berths and commuter facilities are located. The alighting berth accommodates 4 buses simultaneously, and the main concourse contains 7 sawtooth boarding berths. All berths are wheelchair-accessible. Access to and from Jurong East MRT Station is offered via both the new pedestrian overhead bridge and existing walkways. It forms the only sheltered access route between alighting berth and main concourse.
Berths[]
| Berth | Services | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A1-A4 | Alighting Only | ||
| B1 | 51/A | 993 | - |
| B2 | 52 | 105/B | 197 |
| B3 | 334 | 506 | |
| B4 | 98M | 98 | 333 |
| B5 | 97 | 183/B | 97e |
| B6 | 41 | 49 | 66 |
| B7 | 143M | 335 | 143 |
Timothy Mok's berths:
- B2: 197
- B3: 334
- B6: 41, 49