Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
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Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange
宏茂桥巴士转换站
Stesen Bas Ang Mo Kio Ave 8

Commencement Date: 28 April 2007
Number of Sawtooth Berths: 6
Number of Services:
SBS Transit:
SMRT Buses:
16
15
1
Operators: SBS Transit
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....

/SMRT Buses
SMRT Buses
SMRT Buses is a public bus transport operator in Singapore. Singapore currently hosts a duopoly transport system in which SMRT's only competitor is SBS Transit, which also operates bus services in Singapore...

MRT Station: Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
The Ang Mo Kio MRT Station ' is located on the North South Line in Singapore, and is adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Town Centre at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 8.-Train service:-Other Train Services:...



Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio(宏茂桥) is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. It contains many of the common features of the island nation's neighbourhoods, e.g. hawker centres, wet markets and HDB housing blocks. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien...

 Town Centre, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub
AMK Hub
AMK Hub is a suburban shopping mall located in Ang Mo Kio, within the North-East Region of Singapore...

, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
The Ang Mo Kio MRT Station ' is located on the North South Line in Singapore, and is adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Town Centre at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 8.-Train service:-Other Train Services:...

 via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.

The interchange is the third to be fully air-conditioned in Singapore after the Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...

 and the Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...

, and similarly features automated sliding doors at each of its six berths that will open only when the bus reaches the berths.

History

The original bus interchange was opened in April 1983 as Ang Mo Kio New Town slowly expanded since the late 1970s. Buses originally berthed at elongated bus stops outside Blk 322 along Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, which is right opposite the present-day Ang Mo Kio Bus Ave 5 Interchange. Feeder service 269 was inaugrated together with the opening of this interchange.

The bus interchange was relocated to a temporary structure at the other end of Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio
Ang Mo Kio(宏茂桥) is a heartland new town located in north central Singapore, and is generally within the North-East Region. It contains many of the common features of the island nation's neighbourhoods, e.g. hawker centres, wet markets and HDB housing blocks. Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien...

 Town Centre nearby to the Ang Mo Kio Community Library
Ang Mo Kio Community Library
Ang Mo Kio Community Library is one of the 19 community libraries established by the National Library Board of Singapore. Located along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 within walking distance of both Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang MRT Stations, it serves the residents of the surrounding Ang Mo Kio GRC...

 on 24 March 2002 when the old 18-year-old interchange building was demolished to make way for the development of AMK Hub. The temporary bus interchange was originally intended to be operational for two years, but continued to operate at its site for an additional two years due to a delay in the construction of the AMK Hub when its earlier contractor went bust right after the demolition of the old bus interchange.

All the routes for the 15 bus services (14 SBS Transit
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....

 Bus Services and 1 SMRT
SMRT Buses
SMRT Buses is a public bus transport operator in Singapore. Singapore currently hosts a duopoly transport system in which SMRT's only competitor is SBS Transit, which also operates bus services in Singapore...

 Bus Service) that terminates in Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange were relocated to the new bus interchange built within AMK Hub on 28 April 2007, with all of these buses skipping a pair of bus stops outside the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
The Ang Mo Kio MRT Station ' is located on the North South Line in Singapore, and is adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Town Centre at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 8.-Train service:-Other Train Services:...

 and Jubilee Cineplex as a result.

Routes

Bus Routes in Singapore
Bus Routes in Singapore
This is a list of the bus routes in Singapore. All times stated in this table are GMT+8 .-Types:* Trunk: Routes that ply between towns....


Service Berth Destination Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
22 B5 Tampines Bus Interchange
Tampines Bus Interchange
Tampines Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Tampines New Town in Singapore. It is an open-air building located in the town centre near the Tampines MRT Station, with the allocated block number of 512. The interchange is operated by SBS Transit...

 
24 B5 Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 and 3 Bus Terminal 
25 B2 Bedok Bus Interchange
Bedok Bus Interchange
Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community...

 
73 B2 Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...

 (loop)
86 B1 Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...

 
130 B1 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
133 B3 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
135 B3 Siglap Road (loop)
136 B3 Punggol Bus Interchange
Punggol Bus Interchange
Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange is a temporary bus interchange in Punggol New Town, located adjacent to the Punggol MRT/LRT Station. It was built to allow for easy dismantling when the site is redeveloped as part of a major commercial development when Punggol New Town is more developed.The...

 
138 B1 Mandai Lake Road (loop)
166 B4 Clementi Bus Interchange
Clementi Bus Interchange
The Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, on the opposite of the 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 the nearby Clementi MRT Station...

SBS Transit Feeder Services
261 B6 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 1 (loop)
262 B4 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2 (loop)
269 B6 Ang Mo Kio Street 61 (loop)
SBS Transit Townlink Service
265 B2/B5 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 (loop)/Bus Depot 
SMRT Buses Trunk Service
169 B4 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange
Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange
Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...


Berths

Berth B1
86 130 138
Berth B2
25 73 265
Berth B3
133 135 136
Berth B4
166 169 262
Berth B5
265 24 22
Berth B6
261 269
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