Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

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The new, air-conditioned bus interchange of Ang Mo Kio is located within AMK Hub.

Ang Mo Kio Temporary Bus Interchange, beside Block 701. Ended operations in 28th April 2007.

Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange (Chinese: 宏茂桥巴士转换站) is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.

The interchange is the third to be fully air-conditioned in Singapore after the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange and the Sengkang Bus Interchange, and similarly features automated sliding doors at each of its six berths that will open only when the bus reaches the berths.

[edit] History

The original bus interchange was opened in April 1983 as Ang Mo Kio New Town slowly expanded since the late 1970s. Buses originally berthed at elongated bus stops outside Blk 322 along Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, which is right opposite the present-day Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange. Feeder service 269 was inaugrated together with the opening of this interchange.

The bus interchange was relocated to a temporary structure at the other end of Ang Mo Kio Town Centre next to Block 701 on 24 March 2002 when the old 18-year-old interchange building was demolished to make way for the development of AMK Hub. The temporary bus interchange was originally intended to be operational for two years, but continued to operate at its site for an additional two years due to a delay in the construction of the AMK Hub when its earlier contractor went bust right after the demolition of the old bus interchange.

All the routes for the 15 bus services (14 SBS Transit Bus Services and 1 SMRT Bus Service) that terminates in Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange were relocated to the new bus interchange built within AMK Hub on 28 April 2007, with all of these buses skipping a pair of bus stops outside the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station and Jubilee Cineplex as a result.

[edit] Bus services

Service	Berth	Destination	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
22	Berth 5	Tampines Bus Interchange
24	Berth 5	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal	Euro IV
25	Berth 2	Bedok Bus Interchange	Euro III
73	Berth 2	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
86	Berth 1	Sengkang Bus Interchange	86A: Terminates At Jln Kayu (Before Seletar Camp Gate)
130	Berth 1	Shenton Way Bus Terminal	Euro IV
133	Berth 3	Marina Centre (loop)	133A: Terminates at Raffles Avenue (The Esplanade)
135	Berth 3	Siglap Road (loop)	135A: Terminates At Marine Parade Road (Victoria School)
136	Berth 3	Punggol Bus Interchange
138	Berth 1	Singapore Zoo (loop)
166	Berth 4	Clementi Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Feeder Services
261	Berth 6	Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1 (loop)
262	Berth 4	Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2 (loop)
269	Berth 6	Ang Mo Kio Street 61 (loop)
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
169	Berth 4	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange

[edit] See also

• Toa Payoh Bus Interchange - first air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore
• Sengkang Bus Interchange - second air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore
• Boon Lay Bus Interchange - fourth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (opening in 2009)
• Clementi Bus Interchange - fifth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (opening in 2011)
• Yishun Bus Interchange - sixth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (future)
• Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange - seventh air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning)
• Tampines Bus Interchange - eighth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning)
• Serangoon Bus Interchange - ninth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2018)
• Bedok Bus Interchange - ten air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2018)
• Jurong East Bus Interchange - eleventh air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2018)
• Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange - twelfth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2020)
• Sembawang Bus Interchange - thirteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2020).
• Bishan Bus Interchange - fourteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2022).
• Pasir Ris Bus Interchange - fifteenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore (under planning before 2022).

[edit] External links

• SBS Transit website.
• Press Release - New Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange (SBS Transit)
• Details on the change of route for SMRT Bus Service 169 right after the relocation of Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
• Service 24 - New Bus Stop at Changi Airport Terminal 3
• Service 86 - Relocation of Bus Stop 67221
• Service 166 - New Bus Stop outside Vivocity

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