Tengah Bus Interchange is an upcoming interim Bus Interchange, currently under construction, sited in the Park district of Tengah new town. It is bounded by Tengah Park Avenue and Tengah Boulevard.
This interchange is not to be confused with the upcoming Tengah Integrated Transport Hub at Tengah Central (Tengah Town Centre).
Details:
| Name | Tengah Bus Interchange |
| Address | 42A Tengah Boulevard, Singapore 699896 |
| BCM Route Package | TBC |
| Anchor Operator | TBC |
| Bus Routes | TBC |
| Berths | 6 sawtooth boarding berths |
| Rail Connection | Not Applicable |
The current site occupied by the interchange is likely temporary, as it is zoned for residential use under the URA Master Plan 2019.
Brief History
In December 2019, the construction tender for the bus interchange (Contract PT396 – Proposed Design and Construction of Bus Interchange and Associated Works at Tengah Boulevard) was put up by the Land Transport Authority. The contract was later awarded to Tat Hin Builders Pte Ltd in October 2020.
The location of the bus interchange was earlier indicated on maps issued by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) for new housing estate launches in Tengah town in 2020.
Updated Name
This article formerly referred to the interchange as “Tengah Boulevard Bus Interchange”. In October 2023, mock up signage at the bus interchange indicated that it will be named as Tengah Bus Interchange.
In addition, the bus interchange name is featured in a map of the Tengah town bus network in a Facebook Post by local Member of Parliament Dr. Amy Khor.
Berth Allocation:
| Berth | Bus Services |
| A1 | For Alighting Only |
| A2 | For Alighting Only |
| A3 | For Alighting Only |
| B1 | — |
| B2 | — |
| B3 | — |
| B4 | — |
| B5 | — |
| B6 | — |
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944 or any bukit batok feeder service won’t be serving Tengah new town as the plan for the Tengah ITH is enough to cater two new feeder service there.174 & 181 candidate to terminate here.Most probable two new trunks and two new feeders is adequate.
Can exchange with Clementi’s 96,282,284 & 285.
Those Clementi service can give to Bukit Merah instead.160 can give Clementi package instead.
Clementi feeders are TTS, Bt merah bus package is sbs
They are too far away
That’s why TTS Bulim should be the one serving Tengah and give up 96 and Clementi feeders to SBST.
Near Tengah Boulevard MRT?
I prefer Tengah package Tengah/Tengah Blvd/Bukit Batok & Jurong East..Bulim will control Jurong West package instead
Tengah Temporary Bus Interchange. As simple as that. The land parcels along Tengah Boulevard are mostly residential, if not commercial, so using it for bus interchange is only temporary. To make it easy to amend bus routes in future, the temporary bus interchange should be near the permanent bus interchange, preferably at the intersection of Tengah Park Avenue and Tengah Boulevard.
I see the project delivery date: 31 March 2022. It is too early. Existing bus routes such as 174, 944, 974 would probably eventually amend into Tengah to serve the Tengah population, and all these do not require bus interchange at the moment. Bus Interchange is only required at Tengah when other bus services like 983 (from Choa Chu Kang, amend to Tengah to serve Tengah Forest and Tengah Park), 181 (from Jurong West, amend to Tengah to serve Tengah Garden and Tengah Plantation), 945 (from Bukit Gombak, amend to Tengah to serve Tengah Park), amend into Tengah, and become too long to be loop service, such that they need a bus interchange. Anyway, in the beginning years from now until 2026, all that is required is the extension of 944 into Tengah and the amendment of 174 into Tengah when the roads are open. Eventually, I foresee 974 will come in to connect the Tengah industrial area with Hong Kah MRT Station (working name) as well as connect the Tengah industrial area with Choa Chu Kang and Jurong West. And that’s about it. I don’t foresee new bus services at Tengah. Rather, existing bus services 983, 181 and 945 amending into Tengah and becoming too long such that they need a bus interchange to terminate, as well as existing bus services 944, 174 and 974 amending into Tengah while on their way to other places. The opening of the temporary bus interchange in 2022 is probably for the early amendment of 181 and 945 into Tengah, considering Tengah Plantation is currently in the works and the first flats (launched in 2018) should be ready in 2022, and Tengah Garden and Tengah Park is next.
I honestly doubt that 983 will be amended to serve Tengah. 983 is almost like a trunk service that serves keat hong and other neighbourhoods in between Bt Panjang and CKK, and it’s the main way of providing a fast connection between the two estates (other than of course 67, 974, 976). Adding on a new sector at Tengah would make the route longer and hence lose it’s purpose