Woodleigh Bus Interchange is a future 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, offering 330 Build-to-Order (BTO) flats, a hawker centre, retail shops and other community amenities.
Plans for the interchange were confirmed in September 2014, and the interchange was then initially expected to be ready by 2019. Following construction delays, the interchange is expected to be completed by end-2024, and an opening date has yet to be announced.
Details
| Name | Woodleigh Bus Interchange |
| Address | 203 Bidadari Park Drive, Singapore 360203 |
| BCM Route Package | TBC |
| Bus Operators | TBC |
| Bus Routes | TBC |
| Berths | 2 alighting berths (1 Rigid, 1 Articulated) , 3Â sawtooth boarding berths (1 Articulated, 2 Rigid) |
| Rail Connection | NE11 Woodleigh |
When completed, Woodleigh Bus Interchange will join numerous Integrated Transport Hubs (ITH) to have been built in Singapore, after Toa Payoh, Sengkang, Ang Mo Kio, Boon Lay, Serangoon, Clementi, Bedok, Joo Koon, Bukit Panjang and Yishun.
Rail connections are offered via Woodleigh MRT Station along the North East Line, allowing for convenient transfers between bus services at the rail network.
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.
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.
The Interchange:
Bus Services
| Service | Berth | Destination | Remarks |
| — | — | — | — |
Bus Service 146 is slated to be extended to Woodleigh Bus Interchange in the future.
Berth Allocation
| Berth | Services |
| Alighting Berths 1 & 2 | For Alighting Only |
| Boarding Berth 1 | — |
| Boarding Berth 2 | — |
| Boarding Berth 3 | — |
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
This article was formerly titled: Bidadari Bus Interchange, changed effective 30 Jan 2024.
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Possible feeder services:
-362
-364
-365
-366
-368
-369 (Townlink)
Possible extend bus 115 and 42 to here.
My guess
SV 81 – Tampines Bus ain’t
Sv 82 – Punggol Bus Int
Sv 100 – Ghim Moh Bus Ter
Sv 108 – Kent Ridge Bus Ter (new sv)
Sv 113 – Hougang Ctrl Bus Int (LOOP)
Sv 128 – Bukit Merah Bus Int (if ever returned to revenue sv)
Sv 142 – Toa Payoh Bus Int(LOOP)
Hud, I think 128 from Bt Merah Int to this Int doesn’t looks great. Maybe 132 will be amended to end here when CRL 1 opens because it duplicate most of the station apart from the stretch from Defu to Aviation Park.
Possible candidates is 81.
100 to terminate at Bidadari.71 also possible.
107/135 not possible as they’re under SKG-HGN & Seletar respectively.82 need to loop at SGN Ctrl.82 might possibly extend to the new Punggol North Int in the future.I hope 53 can start from here.53M from Bishan-Bidadari..The Airport crowds starts from Lor Ah Soo/Hougang Ave 1/PSR anyway.
I may think Service 53 might be a candidate to be shorten to this Interchange as the sole route to Airport.
Then the bus to western part of Singapore, I dun think that Service 100 is enough to just serve to Western Part of Singapore.
I wouldn’t mind Service 147 to terminate there. But my hope is to extend back Service 111 to terminate here rather than looping at Marina Centre only.
Bus Service 53 is usually crowded during peak and non peak hours, the crowd usually starts at Serangoon Stn Exit C/Blk 201 and even with 53M it is still not enough to help reduce the number of commuters. So if you reroute 53, 53M to Bidarari, commuters shopping at NEX and boarding from Serangoon MRT Exit C will start complaining because of the route being changed and these commuters mostly alight at the bus stop BLK 115 so which means if Bus 45 is also crowded than that means route change is uneffective. And if you divert 53 to serve the bus stop which 45 stops at, people would still be angry as those taking Circle line still have to walk a little bit further. Instead, having a connection between the North East Line (Exit C) and the Circle Line ( Nex Exit with crossing overhead bridge, can help the commuters travelling on bus 53 save time walking and get back home easily, the people travelling on the bus are also usually Old Uncles/ Old Aunties/Disabled people and they might not be used to walking different routes when bus route is changed. You need the bus 53/53M route to be the same so that people boarding from Serangoon and Hougang Ave 1(Like Me) will not start complaining and we can have a Bishan direct connection to the Airport as well, sometimes I also would see people with luggage boarding at Bishan and Serangoon MRT as well.
My guess for services to terminate here is:
Svc 81 & Svc 82
Svc 71
Svc 142
Hoping to terminate here:
Svc 113
Svc 155
Svc 111 (Extend back via Serangoon Road & Upp Serangoon Road)
Svc 107 (duplicate Svc 100 to Shenton Way)
Not sure if the opening date for this interchange will be pushed back further due to covid-19 but anyways, here are my route suggestions for this interchange:
53M can be extended southwards to Bidadari Int and also northwards to loop at Changi Airport, duplicating 53. Can use MAN A24s on this route to cope with the airport demand since Bishan Int doesn’t have dedicated bendy lots.
71 can be extended to Bidadari Int via Toa Payoh estate, Jln Toa Payoh and Upp Serangoon Road, linking Toa Payoh East to NEL and also supplementing 57 to Bishan.
81 & 82 can be extended to Bidadari Int via Serangoon Ave 1 and the future Bidadari Park Dr extension to Bartley Rd.
135 can be shortened to start from Bidadari Int and its missing AMK – Upper Serangoon sector can be easily covered by 853/M.
141 can be extended to Bidadari via Lor 2, 4, 6 Toa Payoh and duplicating 71’s extended route to Bidadari Int, thus providing Bidadari and Potong Pasir residents a direct route to Novena area.
A new service to the east region via Bartley Rd and Bartley Rd East. Can possibly terminate at Changi Biz Park Ter or at the future Tampines North ITH.
A new short trunk service serving Joo Seng and MacPherson housing/Industrial estate, calling at roads which are currently not served by any service such as Joo Seng Rd, Little Rd and Kg Ampat etc.