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Yishun Bus Interchange

bus interchange in Yishun, Singapore

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ8053842 ↗
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Yishun Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located at Yishun Town Centre, serving residential areas around Yishun and Khatib. It is the tenth air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore, integrated within the Northpoint City shopping centre (South Wing) and North Park Residences condominium, while seamlessly connected to Yishun MRT station via an underpass at Basement 2. Nearby public amenities include Golden Village Yishun, Nee Soon Sports Centre, Yishun Polyclinic, Yishun Pond Park, and Nee Soon East Community Centre. Yishun Integrated Transport Hub opened on Sunday, 8 September 2019, with SMRT Buses being the anchor operator. As the tendered package awarded operator for the Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package, Tower Transit is the current anchor operator from 5 September 2021. It also replaces the Yishun's temporary bus interchange which replaced the previous interchange since 14 March 2015.

History

Previous sites

In the early days of Yishun New Town, bus terminals were operated from both Yishun Avenue 5 Bus Terminal, Yishun Central Bus Terminal as well as the Mandai Road Bus Terminal. Feeder buses usually comes from Yishun Central Bus Terminal whereas trunk buses usually came from Yishun Avenue 5 Bus Terminal. Before the opening, Mandai Road Bus Terminal was closed and operations shifted to Yishun Avenue 5 Bus Terminal. The original Yishun Bus Interchange was built at a cost of S$2 million, and it opened on 23 August 1987.

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