Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned
bus interchange located in
Jurong West Central, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within
Jurong Point and integrated with the nearby
Boon Lay MRT station. This interchange serves a variety of passengers, including those from
Nanyang Technological University, Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate. The interchange has been among the largest and busiest bus interchanges in Singapore, handling 31 services in the past until a few services were amended to the newer
Joo Koon Bus Interchange in 2015.
History
Boon Lay Bus Interchange began operating on 1 July 1990 with services that used to terminate at the former Jurong Bus Interchange at Jurong Port Road and
Jurong East Bus Interchange being re-routed to terminate there. That time, the
Jurong West extension and Tuas Industrial area was still largely under development. As both areas are undergoing development, more bus services were introduced and by the early 2000s, there were about 30 bus services terminating at the interchange.
That time, there used to be an empty land beside the former interchange. In 2006, the land where the former interchange sits at and the land beside it was sold together as a 'White site' to Prime Point Development Pte. Ltd. and soon the land where the former interchange sits at was acquired to construct the Jurong Point Extension.

From 18 June 2006 to 26 December 2009, the interchange had it operations temporarily next to Boon Lay MRT station, at an empty plot of land surrounded by Boon Lay Way and Jurong West Street 64 while the bus interchange was being rebuilt as part of the
Jurong Point extension project and this project consisted of the extension of Jurong Point (JP2), the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange and a 16-storey condominium that is known as 'The Centris'.
On 27 December 2009, the interchange moved back to its original location and all operations (except for bus Service 179, 179A and 199 which continued to operate at the temporary interchange till 7 May 2010) resumed at the re-constructed interchange located along Jurong West Central 3.
Built over 20,000 square metres, it is Singapore's fourth
air conditioned bus interchange and the first along the
East West line. In total, it has 60 bus bays and 31
boarding/alighting
wheelchair accessible berths with 22 of them being end-on and 9 of them being sawtooth (6 for boarding and 3 for alighting). Together with Boon Lay MRT station and Jurong Point, it is part of the Boon Lay Integrated Public Transport Hub.
With the opening of Joo Koon Bus Interchange on 21 November 2015, Services 182, 182M, 254, 255 and 257 were relocated to Joo Koon Bus Interchange. It reduced overcrowding at Boon Lay Bus Interchange. A further change was made on 18 June 2017 with the opening of Tuas West Extension, Services 256 and 258 were merged into service 258 and skipped the interchange.
Incidents
On 23 August 2017, a 17-year-old teenager proclaimed him
terrorist with a bomb and repeatedly launching death comments including ranting with expletive-laden on the community. The teenager ran off after forming the crowd, and he was arrested two days later at
Jurong Point in a police statement. The boy was later revealed to be Teo Zi Jian on a
flickr post, a bus and train enthusiast and was diagnosed with
autism
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References
External links
Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)
{{Singapore bus stations, state=expanded
2009 establishments in Singapore
Bus stations in Singapore
Jurong West