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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I think they need to open the bus terminal, It would collect dust & would be useless to build it & leave it there
This terminal is complete and ready for revenue service. I wonder why LTA is taking so much time still to open it.
They need time to process and finalise the decision.
Looks like it’s being mothballed for now… The terminal is currently used to store the LTA Storage buses like the ex-SMRT Euro 6 A22s.
I think 2 service each from CCK & BPJ Int will be diverted here to make space.75,184,971,974,976 also will be starting here.170M also potential to start/end here instead of Kranji MRT.
Interesting. Is there an MRT station planned for Gali Batu? Seems a rather obvious thing to do given its location.
Reason is to alleviate some bus service from the space constraint at Bt Panjang Int and maybe CCK
Given Bt Panjang Int’s position, northbound services (such as 920, 922, 972, 979) and westbound services (180, 974, 983) cannot easily serve BPJ MRT along Upp Bt Timah Rd, so these services should avoid starting from Gali Batu. (971E is an exception since it is meant to be a one-to-one express)
In contrast this would not be an issue for southbound services (such as 176, 970) which can easily serve BPJ MRT and allow a (relatively smooth) walking transition to the ITH. They can start from Gali Batu. 75 and 184 depends, but their main loading don’t quite start from BPJ MRT so hard to say.
Gali Batu: 75, 176, 184, 970, 971E
Bt Panjang Int: 180, 920, 922, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 979
Loop around MRT: 171, 177, 983
Other passing-by: 67, 160, 170, 178, 187, 190, 960, 961/M, 963, 966
If 970 go Gali Batu, then the residents along Gangsa Road how?
Assuming this really happens, then probably one among 75, 171, 963 can be diverted to Gangsa Rd.
171 are 963 very unlikely as it they may lose the connectivity to BPP? Don’t forget, 171 loops at Bukit Panjang MRT.
971*
971E is downgraded to Trunk 971 alr