Gali Batu Bus Terminal is a bus terminal north of Bukit Panjang, just off Woodlands Road. The bus terminal is built on the roof slab of Gali Batu MRT Depot‘s expanded train stabling area and connected to Woodlands Road via a pedestrian link bridge.
Gali Batu Bus Terminal commenced operations on 23 January 2021, replacing the old Bukit Panjang Temporary Bus Park. It is currently not open to passengers and only serves as a terminating point for Bus Services 75 and 184.
Details:
| Name | Gali Batu Bus Terminal | 卡利巴株巴士终站 |
| Address | 3 Jalan Gali Batu, Singapore 678673 |
| BCM Route Package | Choa Chu Kang – Bukit Panjang Bus Package |
| Anchor Operator(s) | SMRT Buses Ltd |
| Bus Routes | 2 (SMRT Buses) |
| Berths | 2 Sawtooth Berths |
| Rail Connection | Not Applicable |
The Terminal:
Gali Batu Bus Terminal is a bus terminal just off Woodlands Road, built on the roof slab of Gali Batu MRT Depot‘s expanded train stabling area. It serves as a terminating point for bus routes serving the Bukit Panjang area, and does not offer any rail connections.
The interchange has a single bus park offering 20 rigid bus lots and 10 articulated bus lots. Vehicles enter the interchange via separate ingress and egress ramps leading to a spur route of Jalan Gali Batu, which runs adjacent to the terminal and on elevated ground. Commuters can reach the interchange on foot from either Jalan Gali Batu (next to vehicle entrance) or via Woodlands Road, where the overhead pedestrian bridge connects directly to the bus terminal.
The passenger concourse features two sawtooth boarding berths and an alighting berth.
Historical Background
The bus terminal was constructed as part of a depot expansion project at Gali Batu MRT Depot. Contract 9061 for the Expansion of Gali Batu MRT Depot involved the expanding of the train depot’s stabling capacity from 42 trains to 81 trains by 2019, and was awarded to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Ltd in January 2015 at a contract sum of $137.4 million. The contract also includes the construction of the Gali Batu Bus Terminal, built on top of the train stabling area and connected to Woodlands Road via a pedestrian link bridge.
The construction of the bus terminal above a rail depot mirrors that of Tuas Bus Terminal which was opened in October 2017.
In August 2020, a COVID-19 swab station was set up in Gali Batu Bus Terminal for the testing of public transport workers. Ferry bus services were provided by SMRT Buses to ferry their staff to and from the swabbing station. In end-2020, the terminal was used as a temporary storage location for several LTA Storage Buses under the Bus Contracting Model.
Opening
The bus terminal officially opened on Saturday, 23 January 2021. Despite being outfitted with commuter facilities, the terminal was not open to the public. As a result, boarding and alighting activities are not allowed at the terminal.
Bus Services 75 & 184 uses Gali Batu Bus Terminal as a layover point between trips. The last stop for Gali Batu-bound buses is Woodlands Road (Opp Blk 635A), where all passengers must alight. The first boarding stop for these services is at Woodlands Road (Aft KJE Slip Rd).
A Straits Times article quoted an LTA spokesman which said that the terminal had been designed with boarding and alighting facilities “to serve developments around the bus terminal in future”. At present, only light industries are located in the vicinity.
More details: Bus Service Changes for the Opening of Gali Batu Bus Terminal
Future Plans
An LTA spokesperson commented that “Gali Batu Bus Terminal has been designed with boarding and alighting facilities to serve developments around the bus terminal in future.” to The Straits Times, in an article about the opening of Gali Batu Bus Terminal.
Gali Batu Bus Terminal facilities:
- Interchange offices
- Drivers’ lounge
- NTWU Canteen
- Toilets & Nursing room
Bus Services:
| Service | Berth | Destination | Remarks |
| 75 | — | Bukit Merah | No boarding and alighting |
| 184 | — | ↺ Commonwealth Avenue West (Loop) | No boarding and alighting |
Berth Allocation:
| Berth | Type | Services |
| Alighting | Linear | For alighting only |
| B1 | Sawtooth | – |
| B2 | Sawtooth | – |
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976 candidate to extend to Gali Batu.2 unknown trunk svc from BPITH will be extended here and a new feeder svc from BPITH
Bukit Panjang ITH is already crowded like shit.
I forsee 176 & 180 might be extended here relieving parking lots for 976 also..If got feeder service then it shouldnt be called Terminal
Just bcos it has feeder dosen’t mean its NOT terminal.
Terminal just means it is not connected to an MRT station like Kent Ridge, Buona Vista etc.
Interchanges are connected to an MRT station like Bedok, Clementi etc.
Bro Bukit Merah not close to MRT also called interchange.
And that was because it was built before MRT, but still.
Will be replaced by Tiong Bahru ITH in future
Terminal DOES NOT means it is not connected to an MRT station like Kent Ridge, Buona Vista etc.
Terminal means those service that does not have feeder services E.g Eunos, Harbourfront, Joo Koon, Yio Chu Kang
If Gali Batu Bus Terminal has feeder service, it should be called Gali Batu Bus Interchange
There will be no feeder service for terminal.
I predict svc 75,184,700/A,973 & 974 will be among the occupiers.170X might start from here also.
And how you know there is no feeder service??? Service 973 should be stay at Bukit Panjang ITH, And i also saw there is two new bus stop along Bukit Panjang Ring Road outside Jelapang lrt station it must be for the new feeder service.
As per check , there will be a new feeder service from the terminal and loops at Bangkit Road.
Service 973 should not be extended to start from Gali Batu as the demand is quite high.
Service 974 should start from Bukit Panjang and loops at Joo Koon.
What’s the route of the new feeder service?
New trunk service duplicating BPLRT. Another feeder service serving Senja Close to come.
Should be New Truck Service 971 and New Feeder Service 921
Obviously its the replacement for BPTP and not an extension..A couple of BPJ Int svc might also be extended here..Maybe 180 starts from BPJ int instead of Boon Lay..
Maybe Both Feeder Service 920 and 922 will be extension routes to loops at Gali Batu
I think Tower Transit Bus Service 974 will move here. I also hope got feeder service here. This terminal might also be an extension from the Bukit Panjang Interchange.
My suggestion is to extend 176,180 & 973 to Gali Batu and introduce a new feeder service at BP ITH.
We already have SMRT Bus Service 976 at Bukit Panjang Integrated Transport Hub introduced recently in September 2019.