Shenton Way Bus Terminal
{{Short description|Bus terminal in Downtown Core, Singapore}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Shenton Way Bus Terminal
珊顿道巴士终站
Pertukaran Bas Shenton Way
| type = 150px
Public Bus Terminal
| address = 31 Shenton Way, Singapore 079121{{cite web |title=Shenton Way Bus Terminal (Bus Interchange) - 31 Shenton Way (S)079121 |url=https://www.streetdirectory.com/sg/shenton-way-bus-terminal/31-shenton-way-079121/107669_419568.html |website=www.streetdirectory.com |access-date=16 August 2021 |language=en}}
| coordinates = {{coord|1|16|23|N|103|50|48|E|type:landmark_region:SG|display=inline}}
| country = Singapore
| image = File:Shenton Way Bus Terminal interior.jpg
| caption = Interior view of the current Shenton Way Bus Terminal at Shenton Way
| owned = Land Transport Authority{{cite web |title=LTA {{!}} New Shenton Way Bus Terminal to Open on 25 June 2017 |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2017/6/2/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-to-open-on-25-june-2017.html |website=www.lta.gov.sg |publisher=Land Transport Authority |access-date=21 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821233641/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2017/6/2/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-to-open-on-25-june-2017.html |archive-date=21 August 2021 |language=en |date=1 June 2017 |quote="The Shenton Way Bus Terminal, situated off Shenton Way next to Bestway Building and directly opposite the Monetary Authority of Singapore Building, will replace the existing bus terminal along Palmer Road." |url-status=live}}
| operator = SBS Transit{{cite web |title=Nine existing bus services to continue to operate from the Shenton Way Bus Terminal - SBSTransit |url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/news/nine-existing-bus-services-to-continue-to-operate-from-the-shenton-way-bus-terminal |website=www.sbstransit.com.sg |publisher=SBS Transit |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816061940/https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/news/nine-existing-bus-services-to-continue-to-operate-from-the-shenton-way-bus-terminal |archive-date=16 August 2021 |language=en |date=2 June 2017 |quote="Nine existing bus services - 70, 107, 128, 130, 133, 162, 186, 400 and 402 - will continue to operate from the Shenton Way Bus Terminal, which will be relocated to Shenton Way opposite the MAS Building, from Sunday, 25 June 2017." |url-status=live}}{{cite web |author1=SBS Transit |authorlink1=SBS Transit |title=Welcome to SBS Transit |url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/transport/trpt_bus_inter.aspx |website=www.sbstransit.com.sg |publisher=SBS Transit |accessdate=22 August 2021 |language=en |quote=Interchanges and Terminals - Bus Terminals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619173333/https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/transport/trpt_bus_inter.aspx |archive-date=19 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}
| bus_stands = 1 (Boarding)
No alighting stands{{refn|Alighting is done at a separate bus stop, located in front of the bus terminal.}}
| bus_operators = SBS Transit,{{cite web |title=Relocated SHENTON WAY BUS TERMINAL Opens Sunday, 25 June 2017 |url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/Uploads/files/NewShentonWay_FINALFlyer_020617.pdf |website=sbstransit.com.sg |publisher=SBS Transit |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816062542/https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/Uploads/files/NewShentonWay_FINALFlyer_020617.pdf |archive-date=16 August 2021 |language=en |date=2 June 2017 |quote="Bus Services operating from the relocated Shenton Way Bus Terminal" |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Bus Services operating from the new Shenton Way Bus Terminal |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/news/press/2017/20170601_ShentonWayBT_LocMap_BusFlyers_Annex.pdf |publisher=Land Transport Authority |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816192336/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/news/press/2017/20170601_ShentonWayBT_LocMap_BusFlyers_Annex.pdf |archive-date=16 August 2021 |language=en |date=1 June 2017 |url-status=live}} SMRT Buses, Tower Transit{{cite web |title=Relocation of Bus Terminal: Palmer Way to Shenton Way |url=https://towertransit.sg/news/relocation-of-bus-terminal-palmer-way-to-shenton-way/ |website=towertransit.sg |publisher=Tower Transit Singapore |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815221516/https://towertransit.sg/news/relocation-of-bus-terminal-palmer-way-to-shenton-way/ |archive-date=15 August 2021 |language=en |date=1 June 2017 |quote="Goodbye to the existing Shenton Way Bus Terminal on Palmer Road, and hello to the relocated Terminal on Shenton Way." |url-status=live}}
| bus_routes =
| bicycle = Yes (150 lots){{cite web |title=New Shenton Way Bus Terminal to open on Jun 25 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-to-open-on-jun-25-8904078 |website=channelnewsasia.com |publisher=CNA |access-date=15 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208204731/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-to-open-on-jun-25-8904078 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |language=en |date=1 June 2017 |quote="New Shenton Way Bus Terminal to open on Jun 25" |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |author1=Priscilla Goy |title=New Shenton Way Bus Terminal to open on June 25 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-to-open-on-june-25 |access-date=16 August 2021 |work=The Straits Times |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |date=1 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815215936/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-to-open-on-june-25 |archive-date=15 August 2021 |language=en |quote="A new bus terminal in Shenton Way will be opening on June 25 to serve commuters in the Central Business District" |url-status=live}}
| connections = {{SMRT code|EW|15}} Tanjong Pagar
{{SMRT code|CC|32}} Prince Edward Road (future){{cite web |author1=Chris Tang |author2=Ratnala Thulaja Naidu |title=Palmer Road {{!}} Infopedia |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_288_2005-01-26.html |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |access-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817154531/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_288_2005-01-26.html |archive-date=17 August 2021 |language=en |date=August 2020 |url-status=live}}
| structure = At-grade
| opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1987|6|20}}
| parking = Yes (AXA Tower)
| accessible = Accessible boarding point
Priority queue zone
| closed =
| years = 20 June 1987
| events = Commenced operations{{cite news |title=Praise for Shenton Way bus terminal project |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870622-1.2.26.14 |access-date=22 August 2021 |work=The Straits Times |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |date=22 June 1987 |page=17 |language=en-SG}}
| years2 = 26 April 2010
| events2 = Relocated to Palmer Road
| years3 = 25 June 2017
| events3 = Relocated to Shenton Way{{cite web |title=New Shenton Way bus terminal opens in June |url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-opens-in-june |website=www.businesstimes.com.sg |publisher=The Business Times |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815221741if_/https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/new-shenton-way-bus-terminal-opens-in-june |archive-date=15 August 2021 |language=en |date=2 June 2017 |quote="Commuters in the Central Business District will be able to enjoy a new bus terminal off Shenton Way with facilities like bicycle parking spaces and barrier-free toilets." |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=新珊顿道巴士终站本月25日启用 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20170602-767126 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816191643/https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20170602-767126 |archive-date=16 August 2021 |language=zh |date=2 June 2017 |quote="新珊顿道巴士终站本月25日启用" |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=新珊頓道巴士終站 6月25日啟用{{!}}中國報 |url=http://johor.chinapress.com.my/20170602/%E6%96%B0%E7%8F%8A%E9%A0%93%E9%81%93%E5%B7%B4%E5%A3%AB%E7%B5%82%E7%AB%99-6%E6%9C%8825%E6%97%A5%E5%95%9F%E7%94%A8/ |website=中國報 China Press |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816191927/http://johor.chinapress.com.my/20170602/%E6%96%B0%E7%8F%8A%E9%A0%93%E9%81%93%E5%B7%B4%E5%A3%AB%E7%B5%82%E7%AB%99-6%E6%9C%8825%E6%97%A5%E5%95%9F%E7%94%A8/ |archive-date=16 August 2021 |language=zh |date=2 June 2017 |url-status=live}}
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Shenton Way Bus Terminal (Malay: Pertukaran Bus Shenton Way; Chinese:珊顿道巴士终站) is a bus terminal in Singapore. It is located along its namesake road, Shenton Way, in Downtown Core. The first iteration of the bus terminal was opened on 20 June 1987, before being relocated twice in order to make way for other development works. The bus terminal was first moved to Palmer Road in 2010, before being shifted to its present location along Shenton Way in 2017.
History
=Original terminal=
The original Shenton Way Bus Terminal was designed and built by the former Public Works Department (now CPG Corporation) at an unspecified location under a viaduct carrying the East Coast Parkway. Its location was seen by The Straits Times as unusual, as no other bus terminals were being built under viaducts at the time.
The bus terminal was later transferred to the Ministry of Communications and Information on 20 June 1987, in a ceremony presided by Ho Kah Leong, and began operations towards the end of the month.
=First relocation=
The bus terminal was first relocated to Palmer Road on 26 April 2010 to make way for the construction of the Marina Coastal Expressway. However, as the bus terminal itself was not open to the public, commuters had to disembark or board buses at two bus stops in front of the bus terminal (one for alighting only; the other for boarding only) due to restrictions imposed on the public against entering the bus terminal premises.
=Second relocation=
Initially announced in October 2015,{{cite news |author1=Chua Ming Feng Alfred |title=Commuters give thumbs up to new Shenton Way bus terminal |url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/commuters-give-thumbs-new-shenton-way-bus-terminal |access-date=16 August 2021 |work=TODAYonline |publisher=Mediacorp |date=26 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815220726/https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/commuters-give-thumbs-new-shenton-way-bus-terminal |archive-date=15 August 2021 |language=en |url-status=live}} the bus terminal was then relocated again to Shenton Way on 25 June 2017 to make way for the construction of Prince Edward Road MRT station, as part of the Circle line Stage 6 extension scheduled to be completed by 2026. CCECC Singapore Pte Ltd was selected to construct the relocated bus terminal as part of Contract 8812.{{cite web |title=Contract 8812 – Construction of New Bus Terminal at Shenton Way – CCECC Singapore Pte Ltd |url=https://www.ccecc.com.sg/project/contract-8812-construction-of-new-bus-terminal-at-shenton-way/ |website=www.ccecc.com.sg |access-date=16 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815222300/https://www.ccecc.com.sg/project/contract-8812-construction-of-new-bus-terminal-at-shenton-way/ |archive-date=15 August 2021 |language=en |url-status=live}} Existing bus services were amended to serve the relocated bus terminal on that day, skipping Palmer Road entirely. Unlike the Palmer Road terminal, the new terminal allows boarding within the terminal itself; however, alighting from buses continues to be performed at a separate bus stop, also located in front of the bus terminal. The relocated bus terminal also features new amenities that were not present in the Palmer Road terminal, such as a priority queue zone, bicycle parking lots and an air-conditioned staff lounge.
Bus contracting model
Under the new bus contracting model, Shenton Way Bus Terminal is now under the Bukit Merah Bus Package, operated by SBS Transit. However, only two bus services (Bus 121 and 400) operates under this bus package.
Bus Services 70, 130 and 133 are under Seletar Bus Package, Bus Service 107 is under Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package and Bus Service 186 is under Bishan-Toa Payoh Bus Package, all overseen by SBS Transit.
Bus Service 106 is under Bulim Bus Package (Tower Transit), while Bus Service 970 is under Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang Bus Package (SMRT Buses).
=List of routes=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align: left"
|+ !Operator !Package !Routes |
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:#7A45EA; color: white"|SBS Transit
|Bishan-Toa Payoh |186 |
| Bukit Merah
|121, 400 |
| Seletar
|70, 130, 133 |
| Sengkang-Hougang
|107 |
| style="background-color:#0a6b2c; color: white"|Tower Transit Singapore
|Bulim |106 |
| style="background-color:#b81f0b; color: white"|SMRT Buses
|Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang |970 |
References
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Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1987