Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange is located at Woodlands Town Centre, serving the residential town of Woodlands, Marsiling, Admiralty and surrounding industrial areas. Amenities around the Interchange include the Causeway Point Shopping Mall, Woodlands Civic Centre and the Woodlands Regional Library.

The interchange took over operations from Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange on 12 March 2016, which is presently undergoing addition and alteration work as part of the construction of the new Woodlands Station along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). A reopening date for Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange has yet to be announced.

Details

Name	Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange \| 兀兰临时巴士转换站
Address	1 Woodlands Square Singapore 738099
BCM Route Package	Woodlands Bus Package (Anchor Operator) Other Packages: Sembawang–Yishun (169, 856, 858, 963, 965, 966, 969), Sengkang–Hougang (161), Bedok (168)
Anchor Operator	SMRT Buses
Bus Routes	30 (SMRT), 2 (SBS Transit)
Berths	10 sawtooth, 8 alighting
Rail Connection	NS9TE2 Woodlands

History:

Before the interchange came into operation, bus services in Woodlands were served by Woodlands Bus Interchange located at Woodlands Centre Road. In existence since the 1970s, the interchange served the former Woodlands Town Centre, which was located very near to the Causeway. Another bus terminal, Marsiling Bus Terminal, was situated not too far away at Marsiling Town, beside Block 201 along Admiralty Road. Introduced in the 1980s, this bus terminal was home to TIBS services 950, 951 and 952, which went to Shenton Way, Jurong and Marina Centre respectively.

In 1996, both bus terminals were rendered obsolete with the opening of Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange. Bus services were either diverted to the new interchange or withdrawn. In 2016, interchange operations were relocated to the Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange north of the existing site to facilitate construction works for the underground Woodlands Station as part of the new Thomson-East Coast Line.

The Interchange:

Read more about the existing Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange here.

With the construction of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) and a new Woodlands Station underneath Woodlands Regional Interchange, the existing interchange had to be closed to facilitate underground construction works, with addition and alteration works to be carried out (likely including a linkway to the new station). The solution was a temporary bus interchange built north of the existing interchange, for the relocation of all of the bus services currently serving Woodlands Regional Interchange. Contract T221 for the construction of the Temporary Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was awarded to JS Metal Pte. Ltd. on 17 Mar 2014, at a sum of S$12,650,000.00.

Like most other temporary interchanges, the concourse wraps around the bus park, which is situated in the middle. A long alighting berth accommodates at seven buses, and ten boarding berths across its length cater for boarding activity (similar in number to the existing interchange). The parking bay has room for 51 articulated buses (18-metre) and 10 rigid buses (12-metre). A single combined entrance and exit leads to Woodlands Square.

Unique features:

The host of new features at Woodlands Temporary Interchange is the result of SMRT’s tie-up with NEC, which supplied the many technologies that help to streamline interchange operations.

Firstly, a free electric buggy service was launched for the benefit of commuters who have difficult moving around. The electric buggy service operates from 7:00am to 11:00pm, and can be called using the interactive panels stationed around the interchange. The buggies are based in the interchange with their own charging station near Berth B4, and red lanes drawn throughout the interchange encourage commuters to give way to the buggy when they are in operation.

Interactive information panel. Buggy option is at the bottom of the left column

Another system supplied by NEC is one that tracks available spaces at the alighting berths and parking lots. This information is, in turn, relayed to bus drivers via two large screens mounted around the interchange. In addition, a sophisticated camera network tracks bus movements, and is able to relay the registration numbers of incoming buses to the interchange control room, as well as tell where each bus is parking in the interchange.

Electronic board showing empty alighting berths

Electronic board showing avaliable parking lots

Sensors mounted above the alighting berth

Similar to Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange, boarding berths at Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange have dedicated priority seats and a wheelchair waiting area, allowing those of lower mobility to board the bus first. In addition to bus timings shown around the interchange, every berth is equipped with a bus timings board for commuters’ easy reference.

Priority seating with bus arrival timings board

Interchange facilities:

Interchange offices (SMRT + SBST)
TransitLink Office
Drivers’ lounge
Boarding and alighting berths
Information boards & Bus arrival displays
SMRT Guide Rack
Retail outlets
Toilets

Bus Services List:

Service	Berth	Destination	Remarks
161	B1	Hougang Central
168	B1	Bedok
169	B3	Ang Mo Kio
169A	B3	Yishun Avenue 2 (Opp Yishun Stn)	Short Trip Service
169B	B3	Woodlands Avenue 8 (Bef Admiralty Rd West)	Short Trip Service
178	B6	Boon Lay
178A	B6	Woodlands Road (Kranji Stn)	Short Trip Service
187	B8	Boon Lay
856	B9	Yishun
856A	B9	Woodlands Centre Road (W’lands Train Checkpt)	Short Trip Service
858	B2	↺ Changi Airport
858A	B2	Yishun Avenue 2 (Opp Yishun Stn)
900	B3	↺ Woodlands Drive 14	Does not operate when Service 900A is in operation
900A	B3	↺ Woodlands Drive 17	Selected hours on weekdays
901	B4	↺ Woodlands Avenue 6
901M	B4	↺ Woodlands Avenue 6
902	B1	Woodlands Avenue 9 (Republic Poly)	Weekday Morning Peak Hours during Republic Polytechnic School Term only
903	B2	↺ Woodlands Centre Road
903M	B2	↺ Marsiling Lane	Weekdays Morning & Evening Peak hours only
904	B1A	↺ Woodlands Crescent
911 / 911T	B5	↺ Woodlands Avenue 2
911 / 911T	B7	↺ Woodlands Centre Road
912 / 912A	B4	↺ Woodlands Avenue 7
912 / 912B	B6	↺ Woodlands Centre Road
912M	B6	↺ Woodlands Street 41	Weekdays Morning & Evening Peak Hours only
913 / 913T	B5	↺ Woodlands Circle
913 / 913T	B6	↺ Woodlands Avenue 3
913M	B6	↺ Woodlands Street 13
925	B9	Choa Chu Kang	Weekdays, Saturdays & Eves of Selected Public Holidays only
925A	B9	Kranji Way (Kranji Resvr Pk B)	Weekdays & Saturdays Morning Peak hours only
925M	B9	↺ Neo Tiew Crescent	Sundays & Public Holidays only
926	B5	↺ Mandai Lake Road	Sundays & Public Holidays only
950	B9	↺ JB Sentral	Cross-Border Route
960	B7	Marina Centre
960e	B7	Marina Centre	Express Bus Service
961	B7	Lorong 1 Geylang	Weekdays, Saturdays & Eves of Selected Public Holidays only
961M	B7	Lorong 1 Geylang	Sundays & Public Holidays only
962	B4	↺ Admiralty Street
963	B8	HarbourFront
963e	B8	HarbourFront	Express Bus Service Weekday Morning Peak Hours only
963R	B8	Resorts World Sentosa	Express Bus Service Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays only
964	B5	↺ Woodlands Loop	Weekdays, Saturdays & Eves of Selected Public Holidays only
965	B3	↺ Sengkang
965A	B3	Yishun Avenue 2 (Opp Yishun Stn)	Short Trip Service
966	B8	↺ Marine Parade Road
969	B2	Tampines

Berth Allocation:

Berth	Services
B1A	904 North South Line Rail Bridging Service towards Marina South Pier
B1	161, 168, 902
B2	858/858A, 903/903M, 969
B3	169/169A/169B, 900/900A, 965/965A
B4	901/901M, 912 (Towards WDL Ave 7)/912A, 962
B5	911 (Towards WDL Ave 2), 913 (Towards WDL Circle), 926/964
B6	178, 912 (Towards WDL Train Checkpoint) / 912B / 912M, 913 (Towards Marsiling MRT) / 913M
B7	911 (Towards WDL Train Checkpoint), 960/960e, 961/961M
B8	187, 963, 963e/963R, 966
B9	856/856A, 925/925A/925M, 950 North South Line Rail Bridging Service towards Jurong East
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