Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
大巴窑巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Toa Payoh |
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Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
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Location | 530 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310530 Singapore |
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Owned by | Land Transport Authority | |
Operated by | SBS Transit | |
Bus routes | 20 (SBS Transit) 1 (Tower Transit) |
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Bus stands | 13 (End-on) 4 (Boarding) 3 (Alighting) |
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Bus operators |
SBS Transit Tower Transit (service 143) |
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Connections | NS19 Toa Payoh | |
Construction | ||
Structure type | At-grade | |
Disabled access | Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system |
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History | ||
Opened | 26 December 1983 1999 (Temporary) 19 May 2002 |
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Closed | 1999 19 May 2002 (Temporary) |
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Key dates | ||
26 December 1983 | Commenced operations | |
1999 | Operations shifted to temporary interchange | |
19 May 2002 | Operations shifted back to new and air-conditioned interchange | |
12 June 2016 | Service 143 handed over to Tower Transit | |
9 April 2017 | Service 155 extended to Bedok Interchange | |
Services | ||
8, 26, 28, 31, 73, 88, 90, 139/M, 141, 142, 143, 145, 155, 157, 159, 163, 231, 232, 235, 238
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Coordinates: 1°36′23″N 104°25′24″E / 1.60639°N 104.42333°E
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country and the first bus interchange along the North South Line to be air conditioned, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by the then Minister for Transport, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. It has a direct connection from the bus interchange to the Toa Payoh MRT Station on the North South Line.
When the old Toa Payoh Bus Interchange was demolished in 1999 to make way for the building of HDB Hub, the new and current headquarters of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) of Singapore, the interchange operator, SBS Transit, moved its bus operations to a temporary location opposite its original site located at Toa Payoh Town Park, which was upgraded after the temporary interchange was demolished.
SBS Transit ended bus operations to the temporary bus interchange on 19 May 2002 and moved its services back to the bus interchange original site, which has a direct underground connection to Toa Payoh MRT Station. It is notably the first bus interchange in Singapore to be fully air conditioned and it is housed within the building of HDB Hub.