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Biggest bus interchange
By Yeo Ghim Lay
Existing Boon Lay Bus interchange. When open, Boon Lay will be the fourth town to have an integrated public transport hub. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
A NEW fully air-conditioned bus interchange in Boon Lay will open during the year-end school holidays.
At 20,000 sq m and costing $24 million, it will be Singapore's biggest and most expensive bus interchange to date. It will also have the most number of bus services, with 31 in all.
When open, Boon Lay will be the fourth town to have an integrated public transport hub, in which the bus interchange and MRT station are seamlessly linked together with retail outlets.
The other integrated hubs are in Toa Payoh, Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang, while Clementi and Serangoon are expected to get air-conditioned bus interchanges in 2011.
Commuters using the new Boon Lay bus interchange can get to it through multiple entrances.
The first floor of Jurong Point 2 shopping mall is linked to the bus interchange at three different points.
An escalator from the third floor of the mall, near the NTUC FairPrice supermarket, will take shoppers directly to the bus interchange.
Commuters can also get to the interchange at street-level from Jurong West Street 64.
In addition, an underpass will link the interchange with new condominium The Centris, Jurong West Central 3 and the taxi stand outside Jurong Point.
Biggest bus interchange
By Yeo Ghim Lay
Existing Boon Lay Bus interchange. When open, Boon Lay will be the fourth town to have an integrated public transport hub. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
A NEW fully air-conditioned bus interchange in Boon Lay will open during the year-end school holidays.
At 20,000 sq m and costing $24 million, it will be Singapore's biggest and most expensive bus interchange to date. It will also have the most number of bus services, with 31 in all.
When open, Boon Lay will be the fourth town to have an integrated public transport hub, in which the bus interchange and MRT station are seamlessly linked together with retail outlets.
The other integrated hubs are in Toa Payoh, Ang Mo Kio and Sengkang, while Clementi and Serangoon are expected to get air-conditioned bus interchanges in 2011.
Commuters using the new Boon Lay bus interchange can get to it through multiple entrances.
The first floor of Jurong Point 2 shopping mall is linked to the bus interchange at three different points.
An escalator from the third floor of the mall, near the NTUC FairPrice supermarket, will take shoppers directly to the bus interchange.
Commuters can also get to the interchange at street-level from Jurong West Street 64.
In addition, an underpass will link the interchange with new condominium The Centris, Jurong West Central 3 and the taxi stand outside Jurong Point.
