Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located at Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore, serving residential and industrial areas around Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang. It is the third air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore, integrated within the AMK Hub development, and connected to Ang Mo Kio MRT station via an underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8. Nearby public amenities include Cheng San Community Centre, Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic, Djitsun Mall and Ang Mo Kio Town East Garden. It was opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange 宏茂桥巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Ang Mo Kio
Public Bus Interchange
Interior of the bus interchange in December 2008.
General information
Location	57 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, Singapore 567751
Coordinates	1°22′10″N 103°50′54″E
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes	14 (SBS Transit) 1 (Tower Transit Singapore) 1 (Go-Ahead Singapore)
Bus stands	6 Sawtooth Boarding Berths 4 Alighting Berths
Bus operators	SBS Transit Ltd Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd Go-Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd
Connections	NS16  CR11  Ang Mo Kio
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	10 April 1983; 42 years ago (1983-04-10) (Old) 24 March 2002; 23 years ago (2002-03-24) (Temporary) 28 April 2007; 18 years ago (2007-04-28) (Integrated Transport Hub)
Closed	23 March 2002; 23 years ago (2002-03-23) (Old) 27 April 2007; 18 years ago (2007-04-27) (Temporary)
Key dates
10 April 1983	Commenced operations
24 March 2002	Operations transferred to Temporary bus interchange
28 April 2007	Operations transferred to new and air-conditioned bus interchange as Integrated Transport Hub

History

The new, air-conditioned bus interchange of Ang Mo Kio is located within AMK Hub. Taken in March 2007.

Ang Mo Kio Temporary Bus Interchange located near Ang Mo Kio Public Library in November 2006. It started operations in March 2002, and ended operations in April 2007.

Original interchange

Plans for the bus interchange were first announced in March 1979, as part of the Singapore Bus Service's (SBS) efforts to rationalise the Singapore bus system. Constructed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), the bus park of the interchange was completed in 1979.^[1] In January 1980, bus services that previously terminated at a bus terminus along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 were amended to the interchange, but passengers were not allowed to board or alight at the interchange.^[2] Due to concerns over the interchange's small size making it unsafe for commuters, in August 1980, SBS announced that it would be replacing the interchange with a larger facility. To facilitate the interchange's construction, the HDB granted permission to SBS to utilise half of a plot of land beside the interchange and another plot then occupied by a carpark.^[3]

Work on the replacement bus interchange commenced in January 1981,^[3] and operations at the new interchange commenced on 10 April 1983. Covering an area of more than 14,000 square metres (150,000 sq ft) and with 36 berths, the bus interchange included features such as swing gates and turnstiles to handle commuter traffic, along with safety railings and walls to ensure commuters' safety.^[4]

Current interchange

In 2001, the government announced plans to redevelop the bus interchange to form part of an integrated development,^[5] and to make way for the development, the interchange was moved to a temporary location along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 in March 2002.^[6] Construction of the integrated development was delayed by a dispute between the developer and the government over the price of the land parcel,^[7] only beginning in March 2005.^[8] Subsequently, the new bus interchange within the integrated development started operations in April 2007.^[9]

Bus Contracting Model

See also: Bus contracting model of Singapore

Under the Bus Contracting Model, all bus services operating from Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange were divided into 8 Bus Packages, operated by three different bus operators.^[10]

List of Bus Services

See also: List of bus routes in Singapore

Operator	Package	Routes
Go-Ahead Singapore	Loyang	136
SBS Transit	Bedok	25
	Bishan-Toa Payoh	73
	Clementi	166
	Seletar	24, 130/130A, 133, 135, 138/138A/138B, 261, 262, 265, 269/269A
	Sengkang-Hougang	86
	Serangoon-Eunos	22
Tower Transit Singapore	Sembawang-Yishun	169