Eunos Bus Interchange Explained

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Eunos Bus Interchange
友诺士巴士转换站
Pertukaran Bas Eunos
Type:
Public Bus Interchange
Address:409 Eunos Road 2, Singapore 409388
Country:Singapore
Owned:Land Transport Authority
Operator:SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus Stands:4 (Boarding)
2 (Alighting)
Bus Operators:SBS Transit Ltd
SMRT Buses Ltd
Bus Routes:8 (SBS Transit Ltd)
1 (SMRT Buses Ltd)
Connections: Eunos
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Accessible alighting/boarding points
Accessible public toilets
Graduated kerb edges
Tactile guidance system
Years:10 December 1989
Events:Commenced operations

Eunos Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Geylang East, Singapore. It is located and built beside Eunos MRT station and is surrounded by Eunos Road 2, Eunos Crescent and Sims Avenue.

The interchange is designed with traditional Malay roof structure and shape, but using modern materials such as steel beams, similar to that of the Eunos MRT station. It gives a sense of identity to the area as the bus interchange lies close to Geylang and also to honour Eunos Abdullah who secured 700-hectares of land for the Malay settlements in the early 1900s.

This bus interchange is one of the few bus interchanges not located in the respective town centre.

History

The interchange was first announced in October 1984, as one of eight planned bus interchanges that were connected to the Mass Rapid Transit network.[1] The interchange opened on 10 December 1989, along with Pasir Ris Bus Interchange.[2] Sporting a Minangkabau-style roof, the interchange had 30 parking bays, and six berths.[3]

Bus contracting model

See also: Bus contracting model of Singapore.

Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes buses were split into 4 route packages, operated by different public bus operators.

List of routes

!Operator!Package!Routes
SBS TransitBukit Merah93
Seletar76
Serangoon-Eunos22, 60, 60A, 63, 63A, 63M, 94, 150, 154
SMRT BusesChoa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang61

Notes and References

  1. News: . 30 October 1984 . MRT to link with 8 bus centres . Singapore Monitor - 2nd Edition . Singapore . 12 February 2023 . NewspaperSG . 1 .
  2. News: . 7 December 1989 . Pasir Ris and Eunos interchanges to open on Sunday. The Straits Times . 27 September 2017. NewspaperSG .
  3. News: . 20 February 1990 . Pasir Ris and Eunos bus interchanges get cultural look . The Straits Times . Singapore . 12 February 2023 . NewspaperSG . 25 .