Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange Opens
The new Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange, which is connected to the Tampines Bus interchange via a 250-metre barrier-free sheltered walkway, will open for passenger service on Sunday, 18 December 2016. The new Interchange will boast a wide range of services including an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), a mobile phone charging station, passengers-in-wheelchairs (PIW) waiting area and a baby nursing room.
Three bus services will operate from this new interchange: Services 18 and 39, which are existing bus services, and Service 129, which is a new service.
- Services 18 & 39: Both services will start from Tampines Concourse Interchange instead of Tampines Bus Interchange.
- Service 129: A new service, it will ply between Tampines and Whampoa via Toa Payoh.
Services 18 and 129 will also call at a new pair of bus stops along Tampines Central 1 outside the Tampines Bus Interchange, bringing greater convenience to commuters.
Publicity posters of the interchange opening as well as route details of the three services have been put up at affected bus interchanges, bus stops and on buses to inform commuters of the changes.
Equipped fully with barrier-free facilities, the Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange will have a dedicated boarding point and graduated kerb edges to facilitate boarding of PIW. Bicycle lots are also provided for commuters who cycle to the interchange to transfer to the buses. In addition, the interchange will provide commuters with many other facilities such as the AED, mobile charging station, more seating for the elderly, wall fans, water-cooler, a baby nursing room, toilets and a canteen.
Commuters who require assistance may approach the staff at the Passenger Service Office. Directional signages, banners and directional maps are also available in the interchange.
Additional staff will be deployed at the new Tampines Concourse Interchange during the first few days of the opening to provide assistance to commuters. Similarly, staff will also be on hand to inform commuters of the changes at the Tampines Bus Interchange.