Accessible alighting/boarding points Accessible public toilets Graduated kerb edges Tactile guidance system
History
Opened
13 December 1987; 37 years ago (1987-12-13)
Key dates
13 December 1987
Commenced operations
Yio Chu Kang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Yio Chu Kang, a sub zone of Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. The interchange is located beneath Yio Chu Kang MRT station. Boarding berths are located north of Yio Chu Kang MRT station concourse while and alighting berths are located south.
This is one of the only few bus interchanges that are not located near a shopping mall (another being Bukit Merah Bus Interchange)
History
Yio Chu Kang Bus Interchange, then known as Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal, opened on 13 November 1987, just a few days after the opening of Yio Chu Kang MRT station, and was operated by TIBS (Trans-Island Bus Services). It was then located directly in front of Yio Chu Kang MRT concourse.[1] Service 13 was amended to Yio Chu Kang and Service 76 introduced in 1989, 825 was amended here in 1990, and 70M was introduced following the extension of Service 70 here in 1992. Service 72 was introduced in 1996 and Service 162 in 2001.
On 1 August 2013, Yio Chu Kang Bus Interchange was renamed as a bus interchange.
Service 860 was amended to Yio Chu Kang in 2017.
In December 2017, expansion and renovation works at the interchange commenced[2] and was completed in two phases. The first phase, comprising an expansion that was twice the size of the existing interchange located behind Yio Chu Kang MRT station, with new boarding berths, was completed by October 2019. The second phase, which were renovations to the existing interchange, completed in 2021. The renovated interchange also included a canteen, self-service ticket machines, and features to aid handicapped commuters.[3]
The old Yio Chu Kang Interchange boarding berths in front of Yio Chu Kang MRT station (Exit A) are currently unused.
Incidents
On 23 April 2018 at around 9.30am, three pedestrians were killed after being hit by a lorry. Also involved was a stationary bus at the traffic junction near the exit of the bus interchange.[4]
Under the new bus contracting model, all the bus routes were split into four bus packages - Service 13 under Bedok, Service 825 under Sembawang-Yishun, Service 72 under Tampines and the rest under Seletar Bus Package.
