Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange

Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is located at Jurong East Central, serving the town of Jurong East. As part of the Jurong Regional Centre, it connects to many public amenities such as Jurong East MRT Station, Jurong Regional Library, Westgate, JEM and Jurong Community Hospital / Ng Teng Fong General Hospital.

The bus interchange complements the present Jurong East Bus Interchange, and eventually the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub (projected opening 2027) at Jurong Gateway Road.

Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange will open on 26 November 2023, with several bus amendments & the launch of new bus service 870/870A.

Details:

Interchange Location:

The interchange is located along Venture Drive, adjacent to Vision Exchange, The JTC Summit, Jurong Town Hall, and within walking distance of Jurong East MRT Station and International Business Park. It complements a host of new infrastructure developments being planned as part of the wider Jurong Lake District.

To serve the interchange, the existing Venture Drive, formerly a spur road off Jurong East Street 11 serving Vision Exchange, was extended west to connect with Jurong Gateway Road. A bus-only right turn junction was implemented for buses entering Venture Drive from Jurong Gateway Road.

Interchange Facilities:

• Interchange Offices / Passenger Service Offices
• Barrier-free Boarding & Alighting berths
• Dedicated priority queue zone with seating at all boarding berths
• Wheelchair Accessible Toilets & Changing Room
• Baby Care Room
• Commuter Care Room
• Dedicated Staff Toilets
• Cleaner’s Room
• Staff Lounge

Other facilities TBC.

Bus Services:

[All services commence on 26 Nov 2023 at Jurong Town Hall Int]

Berth Allocation:

Construction

On 12 July 2019, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) called a tender for Proposed Design and Construction of Bus Interchange & Associated Works at Venture Drive (Reference PT375), which is scheduled for completion by 2023. The contract was awarded to Tat Hin Builders Pte Ltd on 16 March 2020 for a sum of $19.73 million.

The new bus interchange would serve to boost the public transport network in Jurong East as part of the wider Jurong Lake District, envisioned as the second Central Business District in Singapore. Increased human traffic in the area, brought about by the planned High-Speed Rail station (cancelled indefinitely) and future commercial and residential developments, necessitated a new bus interchange to spread out passenger numbers and avoid heavy congestion at a single bus interchange.

Bus interchanges in Jurong East have undergone several changes since the first interchange opened in 1985 and closed in 2011, moving to a temporary interchange nearby. The site of the old interchange was expected to be redeveloped into a new Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), but a change of plans ensued that would relocate the ITH to a new MOT-LTA building located at the site of the temporary interchange. A new interim Jurong East Bus Interchange, which opened in 2020 and replaced the first temporary interchange, was too small to accommodate all existing bus services and resulted in Bus Service 78 having to terminate at Jurong Gateway Road, with layovers performed at Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (and dead mileage incurred as a result), as well as Service 79 amended to start from Boon Lay Int and loop at Jurong Gateway Road.

While the Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange opened on 26 November 2023, the ITH at Jurong Gateway Road is projected for completion in 2027.

Initial Announcement

Plans for two bus services serving Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange (160 & 870) first emerged in October 2023, as mentioned within LTA Travel Guides outlining transportation options for residents of HDB Plantation Village.

Details of the new Jurong Town Hall bus interchange along with the route amendments in tandem with the opening of the new bus interchange were announced by the Land Transport Authority on 3 November 2023.

Gallery:

This article was formerly titled: Venture Drive Bus Interchange

See Also:

• Jurong East Temporary Bus Interchange

External Links & References:

• Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange to Open on 26 November 2023 – LTA
• LTA Travel Guide for Plantation Village BTO
• 配合发展 裕廊东拟建多一个巴士转换站 – 8World
• SeaLink Travel Group Wins Billion-dollar Singaporean Bus Deal – Australasian Bus & Coach

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