HarbourFront Bus Interchange

1°16′55″N 103°49′0″E

HarbourFront Bus Interchange
港湾巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas HarbourFront
Public bus
Interior of HarbourFront Bus Interchange at night
General information
Location4 Seah Im Road, Singapore 099115
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes5 (SBS Transit)
2 (SMRT Buses)
3 (Tower Transit)
Bus stands12 (boarding)
12 (alighting)
Bus operatorsSBS Transit (Services 65, 80, 93, 123M & 124)
SMRT Buses (Services 188 & 188e)
Tower Transit (Services 855, 963 & 963e)
Connections NE1  CC29  HarbourFront
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleAccessible alighting/boarding points
Accessible public toilets
Graduated kerb edges
Tactile guidance system
History
Opened13 January 1985 (1985-01-13)
Key dates
13 January 1985Commenced operations

HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located within HarbourFront along Seah Im Road off Telok Blangah Road in Bukit Merah planning area, Singapore. The interchange serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei and also the HarbourFront commercial district, including HarbourFront Centre and VivoCity. The interchange is directly connected to Seah Im Food Centre and HarbourFront MRT station. It is the southernmost bus interchange in Singapore.

History

The interchange commenced operations on 13 January 1985 with 5 services and was initially named 'World Trade Centre Bus Terminal' until it was subsequently renamed to its present name in 2003, alongside the renaming of the World Trade Centre to HarbourFront. [1]

Bus contracting model
See also: Bus contracting model of Singapore

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes buses were split into 6 route packages - 855, 963 and 963e under Sembawang-Yishun, 188 and 188e under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang, 124 under Bishan-Toa Payoh, 80 under Sengkang-Hougang, 65 under Tampines, and 93 and 123M under Bukit Merah Bus Packages.

List of routes
Operator Routes
SBS Transit 65, 80, 93, 123M, 124
SMRT Buses 188, 188e, 963, 963e
Tower Transit Singapore 855

References
  1. "Those Years When We Waited For Our Buses Together". Remember Singapore. 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2018-06-16.


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