Joo Koon Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located at Joo Koon. Originally plans were waited at the waiting point at Joo Koon, however these were changed to the Joo Koon Town Hub; consisting of homes, offices, shopping mall and a warehouse distribution centre called NTUC FairPrice, which will complete in 2015.
History[]
The interchange was first announced in 2006, together with the extension of the East West Line to Joo Koon. It was meant to improve accessibility to the Tuas area as well as reduce overcrowding at the Boon Lay Bus Interchange.[1]
Prior to the opening of the interchange, the Tuas and Pioneer industrial areas were primarily served by Boon Lay Bus Interchange, the nearest major transport hub offering connections to the rail network and many other bus services. A number of long-distance bus routes connected the industrial areas to Boon Lay. Not only were these services inefficient by duplicating each other partially, their long routings increase travel time and require more buses to be deployed, increasing the strain on resources especially during the peak hours.
As the East-West line extended to Joo Koon, a new bus interchange was conceived to relocate the major transport hub for industrial bus services from Boon Lay to Joo Koon. This would be further complemented by the future line extension to Tuas Plaza, where a newly constructed Tuas Bus Interchange would be able to better serve industries in the Tuas and Tuas South areas.
In the months prior to launch, the interchange was used for the parking of unregistered SBS Transit buses destined for Soon Lee Bus Park.
Joo Koon is the eighth Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) to be opened, after Toa Payoh in May 2002, Sengkang in January 2003, Ang Mo Kio in April 2007, Boon Lay in December 2009, Serangoon in September 2011, Clementi in November 2011 and Bedok in November 2014.
Changes to Bus Services with the opening of Joo Koon Interchange[]
| Route | Original | November 2015 | 18 June 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 37.0km | 29.9km | 29.9km |
| 182M | 36.2km | 29.1km | 29.1km |
| 192 | 13.7km | 11.8km (decrease) | 14.0km (increase) |
| 193 | 14.8km | 15.7km (increase) | 15.7km |
| 194 | 8.2km | 9.0km (increase) | 9.0km |
| 247 | - | - | 21.3km |
| 248 | - | - | 22.3km |
| 251 | 20.1km | 13.0km (decrease) | 13.0km |
| 253 | - | 10.9km | 10.9km |
| 254 | 26.3km | 18.4km (decrease) | 16.9km (decrease) |
| 255 | 19.1km | 8.8km (decrease) | 8.8km |
| 256 | - | 12.0km | - |
| 257 | 23.7km | 14.6km (decrease) | 14.6km |
| 258 | - | 14.0km | 17.4km (increase) |
| Total | 199.1km | 187.2km | 222.9km |
Bus Services[]
| Service | Berth | Destination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | B3 | Clementi | |
| 182 | B3 | ↺ Tuas South Avenue 9 | |
| 182M | B3 | ↺ Tuas South Avenue 9 | |
| 253 | B2 | ↺ Benoi Road | |
| 254 | B1 | ↺ Tuas Avenue 11 | |
| 255 | B1 | ↺ Gul Crescent | |
| 257 | B2 | ↺ Pioneer Sector 2 | |
| 258 | B2 | ↺ Jurong West Street 64 | |
| 450 | B4 | ↺ Multi-Mission Range Complex | |
| 457 | B4 | Legoland Malaysia | |
| 479 | B4 | Nusajaya Tech Park |
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