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Operated by
  
SBS Transit

Phone
  
+65 6776 0197

Rebuilt
  
26 November 2011

Opened
  
16 November 1980

Owner
  
Land Transport Authority

Clementi Bus Interchange

Location
  
441 Commonwealth Avenue West, Singapore 120441 Singapore

Owned by
  
Land Transport Authority

Bus routes
  
9 (SBS Transit) 5 (Tower Transit)

Bus stands
  
5 (Boarding) 3 (Alighting)

Bus operators
  
SBS Transit (except Services 96, 173, 282, 284 & 285) Tower Transit (services 96, 173, 282, 284, 285)

Address
  
441 Commonwealth Ave W, Singapore 120441

Similar
  
Clementi MRT Station, Boon Lay Bus Interchange, Hougang Central Bus Interc, Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange, Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

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Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, beside Clementi MRT Station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with Clementi MRT Station. This interchange serves mainly commuters travelling to the various housing estates, schools, recreational areas, healthcare centres and places of worship in Clementi and West Coast.

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New clementi bus interchange to benefit 8 500 commuters daily


History

The interchange was first opened on 16 November 1980 by Chor Yeok Eng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Environment and Member of Parliament for Bukit Timah. It was a long covered walkway structure with queue railings and berths at the side of the road, leading many people to call it a "roadside bus terminal" resembling the interchanges built in the 1970s. This is especially so as the interchange was very small and cramped, and floods sometimes when it was rainy. It was sort of similar to the original Bedok Bus Interchange.

Operations then moved to the temporary facility built across the road at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue West and Clementi Avenue 3 (Land Lot MK05-08585W) on 29 October 2006. This facility was a blue-red-white structure that resembles the original interchange and was used for 5 years and 27 days while the original site was redeveloped into what is known as the new Clementi Town Centre that was planned by HDB which consisted of a new air-conditioned bus interchange, Clementi Mall and 2 HDB flats (Clementi Towers).

The current interchange is an 8,100 square meter facility that opened on 26 November 2011. It is the 6th air conditioned bus interchange in Singapore and 2nd along the East West Line. Together with Clementi and the nearby commercial developments, it is part of the Clementi Integrated Public Transport Hub.

As the winning bidder for Bulim Bus Package under the Government Contracting Model (GCM) in 2015, Tower Transit took over operations for services 96, 173, 282, 284 and 285 from SBS Transit and SMRT Buses in June 2016. Despite operating the feeder bus services from Clementi, SBS Transit is still the principal operator, operating a majority of bus services included in three bus packages - Clementi, Bedok and Sengkang-Hougang.

References

Clementi Bus Interchange Wikipedia