Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is located along Venture Drive, serving the town of Jurong East. As part of the Jurong Regional Centre, it connects to many public amenities such as Jurong East MRT Station, Jurong Regional Library, Westgate, JEM, and Jurong Community Hospital / Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.
The bus interchange complements the present interim Jurong East Bus Interchange, and eventually the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub (projected to open in 2027) at Jurong Gateway Road. The bus interchange opened on 26 November 2023. Causeway Link cross border bus services operates from this interchange from 22 January 2024, having shifted from the nearby Jurong East Private Bus Pick Up Point.
Details:
| Name | Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange |
| Address | 1A Venture Drive, Singapore 609770 |
| BCM Route Package | Bulim Bus Package |
| Anchor Operator | Tower Transit (Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd) |
| Bus Routes | Tower Transit: 3 SBS Transit: 1 Causeway Link: 3 |
| Berths | 5 Sawtooth Berths |
| Rail Connection | NS1EW24 Jurong East |
Interchange Location:
The interchange is located along Venture Drive, adjacent to Vision Exchange, The JTC Summit, Jurong Town Hall, and within walking distance of Jurong East MRT Station and International Business Park. It complements a host of new infrastructure developments being planned as part of the wider Jurong Lake District.
To serve the interchange, the existing Venture Drive, formerly a spur road off Jurong East Street 11 serving Vision Exchange, was extended west to connect with Jurong Gateway Road. A bus-only right-turn junction was implemented for buses entering Venture Drive from Jurong Gateway Road.
The interchange has 42 bus parking lots, for which 4 lots are reserved for SBS Transit use.
Relocation of Cross-Border Causeway Link Bus Services
Cross-Border Bus Services (via Tuas Checkpoint) operated by Causeway Link were relocated to Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange on 22 January 2024. These bus services were formerly operated from the Jurong East Private Bus Pick Up point from 1 June 2022 to 21 January 2024 after the closure of the Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange to facilitate the construction of the Jurong Region Line Jurong East MRT Station.
Interchange Facilities:
Level 1
- Interchange Offices / Passenger Service Offices (Tower Transit Singapore & SBS Transit)
- Barrier-free boarding and alighting berths
- Dedicated priority queue zone with seating at all boarding berths
- NTWU Canteen (Provision)
- Bicycle Parking
- Heartzone
- Wheelchair Accessible Toilets & Changing Room
- Family Washroom
- Baby Care Room
- First Aid Room
- Retail Shop provisions
- Lift to Overhead Bridge
- Vending Machines
- Water Dispenser
- Lift & Escalators to Level 2
Level 2
- Lift & Escalators to Level 1
- Dedicated Staff Toilets
- Staff Lounge
- Admin Office
- Commuter Care Room
- Retail Shop provisions
- Public Toilets & Wheelchair Accessible Toilets
Bus Services:
| Service | Berth | Destination | Remarks |
| 78 | B1 | ↺ Clementi Avenue 3 | |
| 78A | B1 | Tanjong Penjuru (Opp CLP Intl) | Short Trip Service |
| 79 |
B3 | ↺ Boon Lay | |
| 79T | B3 | Boon Lay Int | Terminating Trip |
| 160 | B3 | ↺ JB Sentral | Cross Border Service (via Causeway) |
| 160A | B3 | Bukit Batok Road (Opp Dunearn Sec Sch) | Short Trip Service |
| 870 | B2 | Tengah | |
| CW3 | B5 | Perling Mall | Cross Border Service (via Second Link) |
| CW4 | B5 | Pontian | Cross Border Service (via Second Link) |
| CW4S | B5 | CIQ Second Link | Cross Border Service (via Second Link) |
Berth Allocation:
| Berth | Bus Services |
| A1 | For Alighting Only |
| A2 | For Alighting Only |
| A3 | For Alighting Only |
| B1 | 78/78A |
| B2 | 870 |
| B3 | 160/160A, 79/79T |
| B4 | — |
| B5 | CW3/CW4/CW4S |
Exits
The interchange has 5 exits, in which only Exit 4 to Venture Drive is not wheelchair-accessible. Exit 3b is located at Level 2.
- Exit 1 – along Jurong Town Hall Road
- Exit 2 – along Jurong Town Hall Road; Bus Stop 28239
- Exit 3a – (Level 1) along Venture Drive, linkway to The JTC Summit
- Exit 3b – (Level 2) overhead bridge across Venture Drive
- Exit 4 – along Venture Drive
- Exit 5 – along Venture Drive
Other Bus Connections
Exit 2 of Jurong Town Hall bus interchange directly connects to a Bus Stop along Jurong Town Hall Road.
| Bus stop | Exit | Bus Routes |
| 28239 – Jurong Town Hall Rd (Jurong Town Hall Int) | 2 | 51, 51A, 78, 78A, 79, 97, 97e, 143, 143M, 176, 178, 197, 198 |
Construction
On 12 July 2019, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) called a tender for Proposed Design and Construction of Bus Interchange & Associated Works at Venture Drive (Reference PT375), which was scheduled for completion by 2023. The contract was awarded to Tat Hin Builders Pte Ltd on 16 March 2020 for a sum of $19.73 million.
The new bus interchange would serve to boost the public transport network in Jurong East as part of the wider Jurong Lake District, envisioned as the second Central Business District in Singapore. Increased human traffic in the area, brought about by the planned High-Speed Rail station (cancelled indefinitely) and future commercial and residential developments, necessitated a new bus interchange to spread out passenger numbers and avoid heavy congestion at a single bus interchange.
Bus interchanges in Jurong East have undergone several changes since the first interchange opened in 1985 and closed in 2011, moving to a temporary interchange nearby. The site of the old interchange was expected to be redeveloped into a new Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), but a change of plans ensued that would relocate the ITH to a new MOT-LTA building located at the site of the temporary interchange. A new interim Jurong East Bus Interchange, which opened in 2020 and replaced the first temporary interchange, was too small to accommodate all existing bus services and resulted in Bus Service 78 having to terminate at Jurong Gateway Road, with layovers performed at Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (and dead mileage incurred as a result), as well as Service 79 amended to start from Boon Lay Int and loop at Jurong Gateway Road.
While the Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange opened on 26 November 2023, the ITH at Jurong Gateway Road is projected for completion in 2027.
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Initial Announcement, Additional photos, construction progress photos, External Links & References at Page 2.
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Hi, How Come Don’t Have The Service Guide Racks At Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange?
no more already, Tower Transit will not be printing. I also stop supporting their service, Whenever I can, I will avoid take the company service
was also hoping that 49, 66, 183 and 506 would also shift over here
wish your head la, already say only 78, 160 and 870 will be there
Service 79 might start here in the future
it looks like you’re correct. 79 will start here and loop at Boon Lay Int from 26 May 2024. 👏🏽
Have to wait until the end wussy to get a service ready
Causeway Link routes CW3, cw4s – will they terminate at JURONG TOWN HALL Interchange??
The interchange is cool. Will be going there one day
Maybe a new feeder service too
Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is probably a permanent addition to the bus interchange nominal roll.
Eventually, if and when Malaysia finally make up their mind to have a normal HSR within Malaysia and both countries have another RTS Link to connect the southernmost HSR station to Jurong Lake District – even if at 250km/h, the total travel time would probably be 3 hours, and it would still be 50% time savings compared to the long-distance bus and KTM ETS, and same duration as aeroplane – if and when that happens, the Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange can be replaced with an Integrated Transport Hub next to the possible RTS Link station or HSR station at Jurong Lake District.
Nonetheless, in the foreseeable future, the present location kinda resembles the new Shenton Way Bus Terminal, whereby the surrounding area is also office towers.
The point is, the Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is probably here to stay, and it would be the newest addition to the bus interchange nominal roll since the opening of Joo Koon Bus Interchange in 2015.
160 relocation to Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is an indication that they are intending for all the cross border bus services in Jurong East area to be consolidated in Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange.
Which will make some sense next time, when the cross border rail service (either HSR or RTS Link) is eventually finalised. The future Jurong Town Hall station, bus interchange and cross border rail station looks set to become a transport hub for Malaysia bound transport services.
Given that Venture Drive now connects to J Gateway Road I wonder if 160 will be amended to call at Bef JE Stn since it no longer terminates at JEBI and the walk would be longer
I have a hunch that services 78, 79, 160 and 870 will be routed to serve this interchange. As more Tengah BTOs are completed over the next few months, we may see new services being introduced in Jurong East Bus Interchange (instead of Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange). Since there will be free berth slots at current service 160 and 334
Apparently 79 isn’t getting touched. Also, 993 remains at JETI while 160 will go to JTH.
Service 79 might be touched in the future as the route might be converted into a bidirectional service between Boon Lay and Jurong Town Hall.