Bukit Merah Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in the Bukit Merah Town Centre in Singapore. The interchange is located along Bukit Merah Central and serves the nearby residential estates of Telok Blangah and Bukit Purmei, as well as the commercial buildings in Bukit Merah Central. It is currently among the few bus interchanges in Singapore that does not have a direct link to an MRT station. However, several services link commuters to nearby MRT stations from the interchange. Services 5, 16 and 851 link the interchange to Tiong Bahru, Service 132 links to Redhill, while Service 176 links to Telok Blangah.
Bukit Merah Bus Interchange is also the oldest currently-operational bus interchange in Singapore that has not been rebuilt since its opening; Bedok Bus Interchange, which opened earlier, was redeveloped into an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) and reopened on 30 November 2014.
History The interchange was constructed as part of a scheme to improve bus services in the Telok Blangah area. Operations at the interchange commenced on 28 September 1980, and it was officially opened on 14 February 1981, with Minister without Portfolio Lim Chee Onn attending the ceremony.
Bus contracting model
Under the bus contracting model, all bus services operating from Bukit Merah Bus Interchange were divided into six bus packages, operated by three bus operators.
List of bus services
+OperatorPackageRoutesSBS TransitBishan-Toa Payoh139Bukit Merah5, 16, 16M, 57, 123, 131, 198, 272, 273Seletar851Sengkang-Hougang132, 153SMRT BusesChoa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang75, 176Tower Transit SingaporeSembawang-Yishun167
References
External links Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit) Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)