Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) located at Jurong West Central, serving residential areas around Jurong West and industrial area around Pioneer.
The interchange is the fourth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore, integrated within Jurong Point shopping mall and The Centris condominium, and located a short distance away from Boon Lay MRT Station. Nearby public amenities include the Juong West Community Building and Jurong Central Park.
Details
| Name | Boon Lay Bus Interchange | 文礼巴士转换站 |
| Address | 61 Jurong West Central 3, Singapore 648330 |
| BCM Route Package | Jurong West Bus Package |
| Anchor Operator | SMRT Buses |
| Bus Routes | SMRT Buses: 19 SBS Transit: 6 Tower Transit: 1 |
| Berths | 11 end-on, 6 sawtooth, 5 alighting |
| Rail Connection | EW27 Boon Lay |
The Interchange:
Boon Lay Bus Interchange is a bus station located in the residential town of Jurong West. Connecting with Boon Lay MRT Station along the East-West MRT Line, the interchange is a transport node for commuters heading in and out of town, allowing for convenient transfers between the rail network and the many bus services at the interchange.
Opened in December 2009, Boon Lay Bus Interchange was the fourth Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) to be opened in Singapore, after Toa Payoh in May 2002, Sengkang in January 2003 and Ang Mo Kio in April 2007. The interchange is integrated within the retail portion of Jurong Point shopping mall, and at the same time, occupying the ground floor of The Centris condominium, hence combining retail, residential and transportation facilities under one roof.
The interchange has two vehicular concourse areas, West and East. The main West concourse is fully enclosed within the building, with six sawtooth boarding berths and five linear alighting berths combined with a large bus park. The smaller East concourse is open-air with 11 end-on berths for combined boarding, alighting and parking of buses. The East and West vehicular concourse areas each have a combined vehicular entrance/exit leading to Jurong West Central 3.
The interchange concourse has pedestrian entrance/exits located along Jurong West Central 3 and Jurong West Street 64. Three more entrance/exits located within the interchange link to the Jurong Point shopping mall and Boon Lay MRT station.
Historical Background
- 1975: Boon Lay Gardens Bus Terminal begins operations
- 1978: Jurong Bus Interchange opens, some services were rerouted from Boon Lay Gardens
- 1990: Boon Lay Bus Interchange opens, taking over Jurong Interchange
- 2006: Boon Lay Temporary Interchange takes over operations
- 2009: New Boon Lay Bus Interchange opens
- 2010: All bus services transferred to the new interchange
- 2015: New Joo Koon Bus Interchanges opens, Services 182, 182M, 254, 255, 257 transferred, Services 194, 251 amended, new services 256 & 258 to ply from Joo Koon to Boon Lay
- 1 Sep 2024: Anchor operator changed from SBS Transit to SMRT Buses under the Jurong West Bus Package
Bus transport in Boon Lay began with scattered roadside terminals across Jurong. An early attempt at route centralization was the Boon Lay Gardens Bus Terminal located at the junction of Boon Lay Place and Boon Lay Drive, which commenced operations in 1975. The terminal ceased operations in the 1980s and is presently a heavy vehicle carpark.
On 1 June 1978, the Jurong Bus Interchange commenced operations. Located at the junction of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim and Jurong Port Road, it catered to the residents of Jurong via a network of feeder routes. Services 10, 30, 98, 154, 157, 165, 178, 184, 187, 188, 196, 197, 198, 199, 206, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 257, 450, 852 & 951 used to serve the interchange. When it ceased operations on 1st July 1990, most of the bus services were either relocated to the new Boon Lay Bus Interchange or rerouted to other bus interchanges. The remaining services were withdrawn.
Boon Lay Bus Interchange was built at Jurong West Central to support the development of new residential estates in Jurong East. Commencing operations on 1 July 1990, it absorbed bus services from Jurong Bus Interchange which closed down, and some bus services from Jurong East Bus Interchange were extended to the new interchange. The adjacent Boon Lay MRT station would open six days later, on 7 July 1990, offering connections to the rail network. More services were progressively introduced with the development of the industrial areas in Pioneer and Tuas.
Interchange operations were shifted over to Boon Lay Temporary Bus Interchange on 18 Jun 2006, located at the junction of Jurong West Street 64 and Boon Lay Way. Meanwhile, the existing site was demolished to make way for a new bus interchange, fully integrated with an extension of Jurong Point (called JP2) and a residential (condominium) development on top, known as The Centris.
On 27 December 2009, the new bus interchange, also known as the Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub, commenced operations. It was fully air-conditioned and was the fourth Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) to be opened in Singapore, after Toa Payoh in May 2002, Sengkang in January 2003 and Ang Mo Kio in April 2007. All bus services were relocated there with the exception of Services 179, 179A and 199 which served the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Finally, on 8 May 2010, the three services were moved back to the new interchange in line with the NTU vacation period.
The temporary interchange would serve as a bus park for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) buses in 2010 where many athletes were housed within NTU. It was finally demolished in 2011.
Finally, in tandem with the opening of Joo Koon Bus Interchange, several bus services plying the Pioneer and Tuas industrial estates were amended out of Boon Lay Interchange in stages between November and December 2015. Details about the bus reorganization can be found here.
Interchange facilities:
- Passenger Service Offices (SBS Transit & SMRT Buses)
- SimplyGo Ticket Office
- SimplyGo Kiosk
- Drivers lounge
- NTWU Canteen
- Boarding and alighting berths
- Information boards & Bus departure timings screen
- Service guide rack
- Toilets
Toilets in Boon Lay Interchange formerly charged a fee for non-staff of public transport operators.
Bus Services:
| Service | Berth | Destination | Remarks |
| 30 | B13 | Bedok | |
| 79 | B4 | Jurong Town Hall | |
| 154 | B11 | Eunos | |
| 154B | B11 | Clementi Road (Ngee Ann Poly) | Short Trip Service |
| 157 | B7 | Toa Payoh | |
| 172 | B6 | Choa Chu Kang | |
| 174 | B16 | Kampong Bahru | |
| 174e | B17 | Kampong Bahru | Express Service |
| 178 | B5 | Woodlands | |
| 179 | B3 | ↺ Nanyang Drive | |
| 179A | B1 | ↺ Nanyang Drive | |
| 180 | B6 | ↺ Bukit Panjang Road | |
| 180A | B6 | Bukit Panjang Road (Blk 183) | Short Trip Service |
| 181 | B1 | ↺ Jurong West Avenue 3 | Will not operate when Service 181M is in operation |
| 181M | B1 | ↺ Jurong West Street 23 | School Term Weekday Mornings only |
| 187 | B5 | Woodlands | |
| 192 | B2 | Tuas | |
| 193 | B1 | Tuas | |
| 194 | B8 | ↺ Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim | |
| 198 | B9 | Bukit Merah | |
| 198A | B9 | Jurong East Avenue 1 (Opp Parc Oasis) | Short Trip Service |
| 199 | B4 | ↺ Nanyang Crescent | |
| 240 | B6 | ↺ Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim | |
| 241 | B2 | ↺ Jurong West Street 91 | |
| 242 | B2 | ↺ Jurong West Avenue 5 | |
| 243G | B3 | ↺ Jurong West Avenue 5 | |
| 243W | B4 | ↺ Jurong West Avenue 5 | |
| 246 | B15 | ↺ Boon Lay Drive | |
| 249 | B12 | ↺ Jalan Samulun | |
| 249A | B12 | Tanjong Kling Road (Tg Kling Rd (End)) | Short Trip Service |
| 251 | B5 | ↺ Shipyard Road | |
| 252 | B3 | ↺ Joo Koon Road | |
| 405 | B5 | ↺ Old Choa Chu Kang Road | Only operates on selected days |
Berth allocation:
Berths B1 to B6 are sawtooth berths. Berths B7 to B17 are end-on berths.
| Berth | Type | Services |
| A1 – A5 | Linear | For alighting only |
| B1 | Sawtooth | 179A, 181/181M, 193 |
| B2 | Sawtooth | 192, 241, 242 |
| B3 | Sawtooth | 179, 243G, 252 |
| B4 | Sawtooth | 199, 243W, 79 |
| B5 | Sawtooth | 178, 187, 251, 405 |
| B6 | Sawtooth | 172, 180/180A, 240 |
| B7 | End-on | 157 |
| B8 | End-on | 194 |
| B9 | End-on | 198/198A |
| B10 | End-on | Closed for Upgrading Works |
| B11 | End-on | 154/154B |
| B12 | End-on | 249 |
| B13 | End-on | 30 |
| B14 | End-on | Closed for Upgrading Works |
| B15 | End-on | 246 |
| B16 | End-on | 174 |
| B17 | End-on | 174e |
| — | — |
To facilitate upgrading works at Boon Lay Int from 26 May 2024:
- The boarding berth for Service 252 was changed from Berth B10 to B3
- The boarding berth for Service 79 was changed from Berth B14 to B4
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Time flies,
SBS Transit last day operating Boon Lay bus services is on 31st August. (Saturday)
After which, it will change to SMRT operating the Boon Lay bus services instead.
Hopefully service will improve 😊
After SMRT takes over the Jurong West Bus Package in September 2024, SBS Transit still have 30, 154, 157, 174 and 198 at Boon Lay Bus Interchange. That’s like 5 out of 8 bus services at the end-on berths. The other 3 are 194, 246 and 249. SBS Transit will only have bus services at the end-on berths at Boon Lay Bus Interchange.
The entire sawtooth parking bay would be SMRT’s, and only one other operator bus service would be at the sawtooth section, which is 79 under Tower Transit (but won’t use the parking bay).
Really going to be a massive revamp.
Just like the original Boon Lay Bus Interchange time (1990 to 2006), whereby TIBS/SMRT 172, 178, 180, 187 were all at the end-on section.
Then now, the tables have turned. Boon Lay Bus Interchange going to become majority SMRT. SBS Transit remaining bus services at Boon Lay Bus Interchange 30, 154, 157, 174, 198 are all at the end-on section. That’s one more bus service compared to TIBS/SMRT at original Boon Lay Bus Interchange. But anyway, doesn’t matter.
A bit like role playing like that, whereby now they are switching roles. Really interesting.
I suspect, the relocation of 79 and 252 from the end-on section to the sawtooth section may be permanent, and it is to address the lack of capacity at the end-on section, especially during peak hours.
Boon Lay Int got 22 end-on lots.
The Changi Business Park Bus Terminal, which was opened in 2015, is 1 bus service get 3 lots. Unlike at Boon Lay Int which is 1 bus service get 2 lots.
If Boon Lay Int end-on section change to 1 bus service get 3 lots, this means the 22 lots actually can only accommodate up to 7 bus services for smoother operations throughout the day.
Currently, before relocation of 79 and 252 to the sawtooth section, Boon Lay Int end-on section got 10 regular bus routes (not including 174e). The relocation would reduce the number to 8.
I suspect, if the intention is to change the ratio to 1 bus service get 3 end-on lots for smoother operations, other than the relocation of 2 services,
1 other service would either also relocate, or simply be removed. Yup, am thinking of 194.
Let’s see whether or not the above-mentioned would turn out to be the case.
My son lost iphone airpod pro in the bus 178 last night?how am i going to call boon lay bus interchange…we track the ipod is last with malaysian driver in johor…how to call them?