Woodleigh Bus Interchange

Woodleigh Bus Interchange is an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) located at Bidadari, serving residential areas around Bidadari, Joo Seng and Potong Pasir.

The interchange is the first air-conditioned underground bus interchange to be built beneath public housing flats. It forms part of the HDB Woodleigh Village mixed-use development, comprising 330 Build-to-Order (BTO) flats, a hawker centre, retail shops and other community amenities.

Woodleigh Bus Interchange will open on 20 April 2025.

Details

Rail connections are offered via Woodleigh MRT Station along the North East Line, allowing for convenient transfers between bus services at the rail network.  The direct underpass connection between Woodleigh Bus Interchange and the MRT Station is currently under construction as of April 2025.

Interchange Layout

Located at Basement 2 of Woodleigh Village, it is the first underground air-conditioned bus interchange below Housing Board Flats in Singapore.

An indicative layout plan of Woodleigh Bus Interchange reveals a bus park with 18 bus lots—15 rigid bus lots and 3 articulated bus lots. Buses enter and exit the interchange via a combined entrance/exit leading to Bidadari Park Drive.

The passenger concourse features three sawtooth boarding berths and a linear alighting berth with space for 2 buses. In provisioning for articulated bus operations, one boarding berth and one alighting berth are designed to accommodate 18-metre-long buses.

Underground passageways connect the interchange concourse with both The Woodleigh Mall and Woodleigh MRT Station.

Nearby Amenities

• The Woodleigh Mall
• Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre
• Bidadari Community Club
• Bidadari Park and Alkaff Lake
• Bidadari Polyclinic & Nursing Home (Future)

Brief History:

Plans for Woodleigh Bus Interchange were first revealed in a Straits Times article back in September 2014, referencing design briefs issued by the Housing & Development Board (HDB). The interchange would be built underneath HDB flats, as part of an integrated transport, commercial and residential project that will form the estate’s town centre. The interchange was then slated for completion in 2019.

The interchange would be sited within the HDB Woodleigh Village, an integrated development comprising 3 residential blocks totalling 330 residential units, a hawker centre, (Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre), a childcare centre, a Residents’ Committee, and other future community amenities. The interchange site is bordered by Upper Serangoon Road to the west; Woodleigh Link to the north; Bidadari Park Drive to the east; and Heritage Walk (former Upper Aljunied Road) to the south.

In February 2024, a Straits Times article reported that the interchange was expected to be completed in end-2024, representing a delay of five years; this was revised to a three-year delay following a clarification from the HDB, which stated that the project was due for completion in 2021 based on the construction contract that was eventually awarded. HDB attributed the delays to “significant engineering challenges” and the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the design complexity of integrating the bus interchange, hawker centre and MRT station, and extensive work needed to skirt or divert around underground utilities.

Construction was complete in December 2024 with the obtainment of the temporary occupation permit. The Housing Board was in the process of handing over the interchange to LTA as of January 2025. At the Committee of Supply Debate 2025 in Mach, opening of the interchange was announced to be “in the coming months”.

The interchange officially opened on 20 April 2025, accompanied by the introduction of new Bus Service 148 and the amendment of existing Bus Service 146 into Woodleigh Bus Interchange.

Pre-opening Renaming:

The interchange was previously called Bidadari Bus Interchange, as referenced within the Land Transport Master Plan 2040 and exit directory signages at Woodleigh MRT station (as of May 2023).

The interchange was renamed to Woodleigh ITH sometime in late 2023. This is referenced in the LTA travel guide for the HDB Alkaff Breeze BTO project (Link), and the launch poster for Bus Service 146 released in January 2024.

Interchange Facilities:

• NTWU canteen
• Commuter care room
• Baby care room
• Wheelchair-accessible toilets
• Staff lounge

Bus Services

Berth Allocation

Exits

The interchange has 6 pedestrian exits.

Exit 3 consists of stairs only, while Exit 5 consists of escalators and stairs, which are non-wheelchair accessible.

Barrier-free accessibility between the North East Line Woodleigh MRT station (L1 link bridge) and Woodleigh Bus Interchange (B2) is via a lift at Exit 1 of the bus interchange.

Exit	Location	Nearby
1	Bidadari Park Drive
2	Heritage Walk
3
4
5	Upper Serangoon Road
6

Gallery:

External Links & References

• Bidadari housing estate to have first bus interchange underground – The Straits Times [1 Sep 2014]
• Mixed use Public Housing Development at Bidadari – wanurbanchallange
• Underground bus interchange in Bidadari to be completed by end-2024 after three-year delay – The Straits Times
• HDB handing over long-delayed bus interchange in Bidadari to LTA – The Straits Times
• Two New Bus Interchanges to Open in April 2025 – Land Transport Authority

This article was formerly titled: Bidadari Bus Interchange, changed effective 30 Jan 2024.

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