Bishan Bus Interchange

Bishan Bus Interchange 碧山巴士转换站 Pertukaran Bas Bishan
Public Bus Interchange
Bishan Bus Interchange, the upper floors are home to a hawker centre and a multi-storey car park.
General information
Location	514 Bishan Street 13, Singapore 570514
Coordinates	1°21′1″N103°50′59″E / 1.35028°N 103.84972°E / 1.35028; 103.84972
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Bus routes	10 (SBS Transit)
Bus stands	4 boarding berths 2 alighting berths
Bus operators	SBS Transit Ltd
Connections	NS17  CC15  Bishan
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened	30 April 1989;36 years ago (1989-04-30)
Key dates
30 April 1989	Commenced operations

The Bishan Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Bishan, Singapore. The interchange commenced passenger service as Bishan Bus Terminal in 1988, with Services 56 and 58. Located at Bishan Street 13, it is designed in a unique squarish configuration with the building wrapping around the bus parking area.

The Ministry of Education Language Centre (MOELC) lies across the field to the north. Passengers are also able to transfer to Bishan MRT station on the Circle line from an entrance located right outside the interchange.

History

Bishan Bus Interchange opened on 30 April 1989. ^[1] Built at a cost of SGD$5.5 million, ^[2] it replaced the temporary bus station that had been serving the new town of Bishan since December 1985. ^[1] It was among the first batch of bus interchanges built to integrate with a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station. ^[3] As such, passengers can easily transfer between bus services at this interchange and the Bishan MRT station. ^[1]

Design

The unusual design of Bishan Bus Interchange was previously described in The New Paper as "a piece of Disneyland in Bishan". ^[2] The interchange features a castle-like structure wrapping around the bus parking area. Above the interchange, there is a cafeteria as well as a car park. A children's playground and an adjoining structure that houses a coffee shop (taken over a McDonald’s branch) were also constructed together with this interchange. ^[2]

Bishan Bus Interchange is physically linked to the neighbouring Junction 8 and to Bishan MRT station.

Facilities

Bishan Bus Interchange used to feature a fast food restaurant, being the first bus interchange in Singapore to have this facility. It also features a children's playground, which was designed to complement the fast food restaurant to make the bus interchange family-friendly. ^[4]

The bus interchange also houses a 560-lot car park above its premises, similar in design to Bukit Batok Bus Interchange. ^[4]

Bus Contracting Model

See also: Bus contracting model of Singapore

Under the Bus Contracting Model, all bus services operating from Bishan Bus Interchange were divided into 3 Bus Packages, operated by the anchor operator, SBS Transit Ltd.

List of Bus Services

See also: List of bus routes in Singapore

Operator	Package	Routes
SBS Transit	Bishan-Toa Payoh	50, 52, 54, 56, 410G, 410W
	Bukit Merah	57
	Serangoon-Eunos	53, 55, 58, 59

Redevelopment

As part of URA's Draft Masterplan 2025, the current bus interchange at Bishan is planned to be redeveloped with air-conditioned waiting area. ^[5]

References

1. "Bishan's new bus interchange to operate from today". The Straits Times . Singapore. 30 April 1989.
2. "Bus interchange in Bishan catches the eye". The New Paper . Singapore. 18 November 1988.
3. "Bus exchanges in HDB town centres to be integrated with MRT stations". The Business Times . Singapore. 31 October 1984.
4. Kwan Kwan, Lim (20 July 1988). "Fast-food a first for bus interchange". The Straits Times . Singapore.
5. Leong, Grace (25 June 2025). "Bishan town centre to get new office space, polyclinic, hawker centre". The Straits Times . Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.

External links

• Media related to Bishan Bus Interchange at Wikimedia Commons
• Interchanges and Terminals (SBS Transit)