Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, beside Clementi MRT station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with Clementi MRT station. This interchange serves mainly commuters travelling to the various housing estates, schools, recreational areas, healthcare centres and places of worship in

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and West Coast.

History

The interchange was first opened on 16 November 1980 by Chor Yeok Eng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and

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for

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. It was a long covered walkway structure with queue railings and berths at the side of the road, leading many people to call it a "roadside bus terminal" resembling the interchanges built in the 1970s. NewTemp-ClementiBusInt

Operations then moved to the temporary facility built across the road at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Avenue 3 (Land Lot MK05-08585W) on 29 October 2006. This facility was a blue-red-white structure that resembles the original interchange and was used for 5 years and 27 days while the original site was redeveloped into what is known as the new Clementi Town Centre that was planned by HDB which consisted of a new air-conditioned bus interchange, Clementi Mall and 2 HDB flats (Clementi Towers). The current interchange is an 8,100 square meter facility that opened on 26 November 2011. It is the 6th

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bus interchange in Singapore. Together with

and the nearby commercial developments, it is part of the Clementi Integrated Public Transport Hub.

Bus Contracting Model

As the winning bidder for Bulim Bus Package is under the bus contracting model in 2015,

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took over operations for services 96, 173, 282, 284 and 285 from SBS Transit and SMRT Buses in June 2016. Despite Tower Transit operating the feeder bus services from Clementi,

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is still the principal operator, operating a majority of bus services included in three bus packages - Clementi, Bedok and Sengkang-Hougang.

References

External links

Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)

Interchange/Terminal (SMRT Buses)
{{Singapore bus stations, state=expanded 2011 establishments in Singapore Bus stations in Singapore Clementi