Sengkang Bus Interchange is an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) located at Sengkang Town Centre, serving residential areas around Sengkang.
The interchange is the second air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore, integrated within the Sengkang MRT/LRT station building, Compass One shopping mall and Compass Heights condominium. Nearby public amenities include the Sengkang Community Hub and Kopitiam Square.
Currently, SBS Transit is the anchor operator of Sengkang Bus Interchange. With the rollout of the Bus Contracting Model (BCM), the future operator of the Sengkang – Hougang Bus Package will take over as anchor operator of this interchange.
Details
| Name | Sengkang Bus Interchange | 盛港巴士转换站 |
| Address | 13 Sengkang Square, Singapore 545077 |
| BCM Route Package (Anchor Operator) | Sengkang – Hougang Bus Package |
| Anchor Operator | SBS Transit |
| Bus Routes | 7 (SBS Transit), 1 (Tower Transit), 1 (Go-Ahead) |
| Berths | 2 linear alighting berths, 4 sawtooth boarding berths |
| Rail Connection | NE16 STC Sengkang |
The Interchange:
Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus station located in the residential town of Sengkang. Connecting with Sengkang MRT/LRT Station along the North East MRT Line and the Sengkang LRT 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 January 2003, Sengkang Bus Interchange was the second Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) to be opened in Singapore, after Toa Payoh in May 2002. The interchange is integrated within the Sengkang MRT/LRT station building and the Compass One shopping mall, and at the same time, occupying the ground floor of Compass Heights condominium, hence combining retail, residential and transportation facilities under one roof.
The interchange has a single vehicular concourse area with a bus park in the middle. The passenger concourse wraps around the bus park, with four sawtooth boarding berths and a single linear alighting berth (with space for 2 buses). The bus park has a combined vehicular entrance/exit at a traffic light junction with Sengkang Square, and a smaller, exit-only lane in front of Berth B4 allows buses to exit left to Sengkang Square, bypassing the traffic light junction.
The interchange concourse has two pedestrian entrance/exits located along Sengkang Square. More entrance/exits are located within the interchange building, leading to Sengkang MRT/LRT station and Compass One.
Historical Background
The development of Sengkang as a new residential town in the late 1990s resulted in the need for a bus terminal. In June 1998, a roadside Sengkang Bus Terminal opened along Sengkang East Way, along with the introduction of Service 860 to Hougang Street 21 (Loop). Later that year, Services 864, 865 and 866 would be introduced.
The following year, in July 1999, a series of route handovers between TIBS and SBS led to SBS assuming control of bus services 864, 865 and 866 in Sengkang, after the company was awarded the operating license for the North East Line. More bus routes to Sengkang were rolled out later that same year.
On 28 April 2001, a proper Sengkang Temporary Bus Interchange was built at the junction of Senkang East Way and Compassvale Road to support the growing number of bus routes, and opposite the planned permanent bus interchange along Sengkang Square. Today, the sheltered passenger linkway between the bus stop Opp Blk 241 along Compassvale Road and Sengkang Bus Interchange is all that remains of the old Sengkang Interchange, which used to be a passenger waiting area for buses.
With the construction of the North East Line, an integrated transport hub (ITH) was planned for Sengkang. This would be the first time a bus interchange was integrated with a residential development, a concept widely used in Hong Kong and beginning to appeal to town planners, which had the advantage of convenience and saving precious land space.
On 18 January 2003, the new Sengkang Bus Interchange opened, which was fully integrated with Sengkang MRT/LRT station, Compass Point shopping mall (now Compass One) and Compass Heights condominium. Bus Services 27, 80, 86, 87, 371, 372, 501, 501# and 502 were relocated from the Temporary interchange to the new interchange that same day.
In 2016, a new extension of Sengkang Bus Interchange was built (Compassvale Bus Interchange)
Addition & Alteration Works
Sengkang Bus Interchange has been plagued with air-conditioning problems since its opening, resulting in fans and portable air-conditioners being deployed. A contract for Addition & Alteration Works at Sengkang Bus Interchange (Reference no. PT235) was awarded to Yuan Mei Chen (S) Pte Ltd for S$1.39 million in December 2015 to carry out air-conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation works.
Refrigerant pipe laying, installation of conduit and laying of electrical cables were conducted on several nights, where there is low commuter traffic. Works are expected to be completed by end July 2016.
Bus routes:
Service 27, which used to ply between Sengkang Bus Interchange and Changi Airport, was extended to Hougang Central Bus Interchange on 29 December 2002.
Service 85, 501, and 502, which used to ply from Sengkang Bus Interchange to HarbourFront, Marina Centre and Boon Lay respectively, were withdrawn or re-routed in the North East Line Rationalization Exercise to prevent duplication of the North East Line which opened in June 2003. Service 119 was introduced to replace a segment of Service 85’s route between Sengkang and Hougang Street 21.
Feeder service 371 was re-routed when the East loop of the Sengkang LRT was opened on 20 January 2003, and withdrawn following the opening of the West loop on 29 January 2005. Service 163A (later renumbered as 163M and subsequently withdrawn in 2019) was introduced to compliment the Sengkang West Loop, and runs at specific timings throughout the day. Service 371 was then reintroduced under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme to loop at Rivervale Cres in 2014.
On 21 October 2012, Service 119 was extended to terminate at Punggol Bus Interchange and no longer terminates at Sengkang.
Interchange facilities:
- Passenger Service Office (SBS Transit)
- Drivers lounge
- NTWU Canteen
- Boarding and alighting berths
- Information boards & Service guide racks
- Bus departure timing screens
- Retail outlets
- Top Up Kiosk
- Toilets
Bus Services:
| Service | Berth | Destination | Remarks |
| 80 | B3 | HarbourFront | |
| 80A | B3 | Aljunied Road (Aljunied Stn) | Short Trip Service |
| 83 | B1 | Punggol | Looping Point |
| 86 | B1 | Ang Mo Kio | |
| 87 | B3 | Bedok | |
| 156 | B2 | Clementi | |
| 159 | B4 | Toa Payoh | |
| 159A | B4 | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 (Ang Mo Kio Stn) | Short Trip Service |
| 163 | B2 | Toa Payoh | |
| 163A | B2 | Fernvale Lane (Bef Sengkang West Rd) | Short Trip Service |
| 163B | B2 | Yio Chu Kang Road (NCS Hub) | Short Trip Service |
| 371 | B2 | ↺ Rivervale Crescent | |
| 372 | B4 | ↺ Punggol Road | |
| 965 | B4 | Woodlands (Temporary Bus Interchange) | Looping Point |
Berth Allocation:
| Berth | Services |
| Alighting | For alighting only |
| B1 | 83, 86 North-East Line Rail Bridging Service (towards Punggol) |
| B2 | 163/163A/163B, 371, 156 North-East Line Rail Bridging Service (towards HarbourFront) |
| B3 | 80/80A, 87 |
| B4 | 159/159A, 372, 965 |
| — | — |
Sengkang Bus Interchange Extension
Initially referred to as the Sengkang Bus Interchange Expansion, Compassvale Bus Interchange was built across the road from Sengkang Bus Interchange to increase the capacity of the existing interchange, and is expected to cater to about 4 to 5 future Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) services.
Refer to the main article, Compassvale Bus Interchange, for more information.
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As the weather is getting so humid and scorching. The Aircon system inside the bus interchange is totally not operating for the past 2 weeks.
The place is quite stuffy with only some wall fans.
Hopefully the management will look into this.
Sengkang-Hougang Bus Changes:
Amendments of services at Sengkang ITH/Compassvale INT
SCV 83(Buangkok ITH to Punggol INT/MRT(Loop)
SCV 110 (Buangkok ITH to Changi Airport(loop)
SCV 163 (Toa Payoh ITH to Punggol INT)
SCV 176 (Compassvale INT to Jurong East INT)
SCV 374 (Buangkok ITH to Fernvale Road loop)
New SCV 997 (Bukit Batok INT TO Sengkang ITH) passing via Hillview Rgency condo, Jurong Kechil, PIE, Thomson Rd, Bishan, Ang Mo Kio & Buangkok Green
Hougang INT Services CHANGES)
SCV 74 (Buona Vista TER to Turf City MRT) (151 is another connection from Bt Timah to Hougang)
SCV 116 (Serangoon ITH to Upper Serangoon View loop)
SCV 151 (Hougang Ctrl INT to Kent ridge ter via Defu Avenue 1, skipping Tampines Rd)
SCV 153 (Bt Merah INT to Pasir Ris INT) (132 is another connection from Hougang to Bt Merah)
SCV 324 (Withdrawn, merged in with 116)
New SCV 437 (Hougang Central INT TO Bukit Batok INT) passing via Serangoon North, Ang Mo Kio, Upper Thomson, Lornie Hway, PIE, Beauty World & Bt Batok East)
Obv i may just be ranting out cuz no one is adressing this cuz obv its bulls–t but here i go
You seem to have an obsession with connecting the north-east with bukit batok for some reason. ive seen all you “bus changes” and there is going to be that one service that serves bukit batok. Also, where th did you get the number 437 out from? And if you want 997 i rather have it go via tengah. honestly i would support the idea if not for the fact that there is NO SPACE LEFT to place it. None in serangoon, none in hougang (which just got even smaller), none in sengkang, none in punggol, and buangkok looks like the size of serangoon. and just go straight for express already. (506 dosent count)
Secondly, its hillarious that you moved 110 and 374 to buangkok while moving 176 back to compassvale. Why not just take out compassvale as a whole and either move to buangkok or keep at sengkang. (the latter being my preferred over the “stuff” in buangkok i dont need to explain)
Thirdly, (ik this is abt Hougang not Sengkang but ill still put it here) you clearly don’t live in Hougang. 132 goes from Bukit Merah to Hougang via Orchard and Ang Mo Kio while 153 goes the same route via Toa Payoh and Serangoon. in fact 153 is the most direct bus route from Serangoon to Hougang and do not parallel 132 in most parts. This also bring me to the “nice recommendation by lta” on 116 and 324. Firstly how in the actual f–k do you find a slot to fit 116 in Serangoon? Serangoon is clearly at capacity and its not like you can pull off a Bukit Panjang in every small inside mall ith. Also you have the cheeky ball to take out the shortest bus service in the northeast which in some way i manage to take all the time. Let me bring you to the west, which is where i believe you live in. in Clementi there is this amazing bus service called 284, being the second shortest bus service in Singapore but still managing to carry a lot of demand. 324 is basically 284 but slightly longer. the demand for 324 (and also the nearby 102) is so high, both (includ 102) need double deckers and even then all the buses are already at capacity including the two others serving that area (62 and 136) which some “smart” people have decided to move to Buangkok at some point or other.
Some people just comment but they never ever see the actual traffic flow.
ps but i actually dont live in sengkang i live in hougang so i mainly came here to comment abt the hougang stuff
Your bus number 163 timing is always inaccurate. Daily (Mon-Fri), there is suppose to a bus at 12.28pm and the next one 12.43pm. I am working from home and have limited lunch time to buy food. I always tried to catch the bus at 12.28pm but it always comes early and go off before 12.28pm. It is frustrating to miss the bus as I cannot wait for the next bus as it would be too late for me to consume my food before my lunch time is over. Can please ask your drivers to adhere to the timing accurately. Await for your reply.
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