Chencharu Bus Interchange is an upcoming bus interchange located at Chencharu, serving a new housing area within Yishun town for which plans were mentioned by Minister for National Development Mr Desmond Lee during the Committee of Supply debate on 5 March 2024.
The masterplan for Chencharu, which first announced this upcoming Bus Interchange, was unveiled by HDB on 12 June 2024.
Location
Chencharu bus interchange will be located within a mixed-use commercial and residential development with a hawker centre. This mixed-use development would be bounded by Chencharu Link, a bus-only corridor to the west and Yishun Walk to the south.
Vehicular access to the bus interchange will be via Chencharu Link.
In September 2025, the land parcel was awarded to Evia MCS Pte. Ltd., Gamuda (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. and H108 Pte. Ltd. by HDB.
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External Links & References
- HDB Unveils Masterplan for Chencharu: A Vibrant Village, Connecting Communities and Heritage – HDB [Accessed 12 June 2024]
- Mixed commercial and residential development at Chencharu Close – HDB Land Sales [Accessed 30 June 2025]
- Final Tender Results for: (i) Mixed Commercial and Residential Development at Chencharu Close; and (ii) Executive Condominium Housing Development at Sembawang Road – HDB [Accessed 3 Apr 2026]
Back to Bus Interchanges and Terminals
According to HDB’s document of tender regarding the mixed use commercial at this site, it states “a minimum gross floor area of 5,400sqm shall be for Bus Interchange (inclusive of 400sqm for commercial use in the concourse).” The size is comparable to the old Yishun Temp Int, impressive for a “supplementary” interchange, so to say.
Entrances depicted in the control plans shows the main entrance along the TPC aka Chencharu Link, while a contingency LILO access on Yishun Walk is also included
A sheltered linkway will link this development along Yishun Walk & Ave 2 to Khatib MRT, while the bus stops outside Khatib MRT along Ave 2 will be “upgraded”
There’s also a new pedestrian crossing to be built across Yishun Ave 2, in between HomeTeam NS & Khatib MRT, around where an existing U-Turn is.
In other news, the first BTO is expected to open in 3Q 2028, while the sheltered linkway is said to open “by 1Q 2029, or upon “the completion of the Bus Interchange, whichever is earlier”. Which means we can put the date of completion of Chencharu ITH at approximately 2029
851 and 852 should terminate here to relieved Yishun ITH.Chencharu should be given to Seletar package.Yishun feeders give back to Sembawang-Yishun.963 with Woodlands package.Woodlands East based service should stay with Sembawang-Yishun.
My speculations:
861: Sembawang
39: Tampines Concourse
103: Serangoon
171: Bukit Panjang (Loop)
883: Sembawang (But loops at Chencharu)
1 or 2 new feeders: 802 & 808
851,851e,852,860,861 and 1 feeder service.Seletar bus package.
39 cannot, really cannot
103 amending to Chencharu is crazy… wait you weren’t joking? Is your brain not braining, Ave 11 needs 103 as a feeder to Yishun. 806 only serves one-way
171 is maybe okay, but not a cut, instead an extension from Ave 5 down, making a weird u-turn like route.
883 can just terminate at Chencharu and replace 811 South Loop. This is from a frequent rider of 811S.
802 is the Miltonia bus service, but idk if it ends at Yishun or Chencharu…
So it’s confirmed, 861 will be amended to Chencharu in the future, basically cementing Chencharu ITH existence.
(i think)