Joo Koon Bus Interchange
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ibl. pls lock thread as thread origin say.
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Can leave it open, just don't post anything for now, until the official announcement for opening date and route changes come out.
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Testing of traffic junction at Joo Koon Bus Interchange/Joo Koon Circle
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Guys, Joo Koon Bus Interchange will open in early, middle or late November 2015
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Hi everyone.
I am pleased to inform you that the opening date of Joo Koon Bus Interchange has been announced.
Joo Koon Bus Interchange will open from 21 November 2015.
It will open in three phases, on 21 November, 28 November and 12 December.
Quote from the Press Release at SBS Transit website, http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2015-10-21-01.aspx :
Bus services from the new Joo Koon Bus Interchange
The new Joo Koon Bus Interchange, which is part of the Joo Koon Integrated Transport Hub, will open for passenger service on Saturday, 21 November 2015.
Serving the Jurong Industrial Estate, eight bus services will operate from this new interchange. Five are existing bus services - 99, 182/182M, 254, 255 and 257 - with changes to be made to their routes. Three new services - 253, 256 and 258 - will be introduced. In tandem, four other bus routes - 192, 193, 194 and 251 - that originate from the Boon Lay Bus Interchange will also be amended. All these 12 bus routes will roll out in three phases for a smoother transition, starting from 21 November to 12 December 2015.
Phase One - 21 November 2015
Service 99: It will be extended to serve Joo Koon, Upper Jurong Road and Jurong West Street 93.
Service 258: This is a new service under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme. It will serve Joo Koon, Upper Jurong Road, Jurong West Street 61, 64, 71, 75, 81, 82 and Boon Lay Bus Interchange
Phase Two - 28 November 2015
Service 182/182M: Instead of Boon Lay Interchange, it will start from Joo Koon Interchange to Tuas South Avenue 9.
Service 192: It will be amended to serve Jurong West Street 63 and Upper Jurong Road and skip Jurong West Street 64, Jurong West Avenue 4, Pioneer Road North and Lok Yang Way.
Service 193: It will be amended to serve Jurong West Street 64, Jurong West Avenue 4, Pioneer Road North, Lok Yang Way, Benoi Road and Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, bypassing Upper Jurong Road and PIE.
Service 256: A new service, it will ply between Joo Koon Interchange, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Pioneer Road North, Jurong West Street 62 and Boon Lay Bus Interchange.
Service 257: It will start from Joo Koon Interchange instead of Boon Lay to serve Pioneer Sector 2.
Phase Three - 12 December 2015
Service 194: This service will be extended to travel along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim and loop at Pioneer Circus.
Service 251: It will be amended to serve Boon Lay Way and Pioneer Road North.
Service 253: This new service will travel between Joo Koon Interchange, Benoi Sector, Pioneer Road and Benoi Road.
Service 254: This service will be amended to travel from Joo Koon Interchange instead of Boon Lay and serve Tuas Avenue 11.
Service 255: This service will also be amended to start from Joo Koon Interchange to serve Gul Crescent.
Publicity posters of the interchange opening as well as route details of the 12 services will be put up progressively at affected bus interchanges, bus stops and on buses to inform commuters of the changes. Please refer to the attached poster for more details.
Additional staff will be deployed at the new Joo Koon Interchange during the first few days of the different phases to provide assistance to commuters. Similarly, staff will also be on hand to inform commuters of the changes at the Boon Lay Interchange prior to the shift.
Source: Facebook page "Land Transport Authority – We Keep Your World Moving"
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New integrated transport hub at Joo Koon to open in November
SINGAPORE - The Joo Koon Integrated Transport Hub, which features a new bus interchange, will officially begin operations on Nov 21.
Bus operations will be implemented in three phases over a period of four weeks - the first will start on Nov 21, the second a week later and the last on Dec 12.
Eight bus services, including new services 253, 256 and 258, will operate from the hub, which is expected to improve the transport options for commuters living and working in the Jurong and Tuas areas.
Providing an air-conditioned link between the bus interchange and Joo Koon MRT station, it also houses the $350 million Fairprice Hub.
Launched in September, the Fairprice Hub features a high-tech distribution centre and also serves as its headquarters for more than 600 employees.
The transport hub has been fitted with barrier-free facilities such as dedicated boarding points and graduated kerb edges to make it more wheelchair-friendly.
Its concourse area was also designed to feature priority queues with seats for the elderly and disabled, in line with the Land Transport Authority's efforts to create a more elderly-friendly transport system.
Joo Koon is the eighth area to receive its own integrated transport hub. Two more are currently being constructed in Bukit Panjang and Yishun, and will be completed in 2017 and 2019 respectively.
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Joo Koon Integrated Transport Hub Opens on 21 November 2015
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Originally posted by SBS7557R:
New integrated transport hub at Joo Koon to open in November
SINGAPORE - The Joo Koon Integrated Transport Hub, which features a new bus interchange, will officially begin operations on Nov 21.
Bus operations will be implemented in three phases over a period of four weeks - the first will start on Nov 21, the second a week later and the last on Dec 12.
Eight bus services, including new services 253, 256 and 258, will operate from the hub, which is expected to improve the transport options for commuters living and working in the Jurong and Tuas areas.
Providing an air-conditioned link between the bus interchange and Joo Koon MRT station, it also houses the $350 million Fairprice Hub.
Launched in September, the Fairprice Hub features a high-tech distribution centre and also serves as its headquarters for more than 600 employees.
The transport hub has been fitted with barrier-free facilities such as dedicated boarding points and graduated kerb edges to make it more wheelchair-friendly.
Its concourse area was also designed to feature priority queues with seats for the elderly and disabled, in line with the Land Transport Authority's efforts to create a more elderly-friendly transport system.
Joo Koon is the eighth area to receive its own integrated transport hub. Two more are currently being constructed in Bukit Panjang and Yishun, and will be completed in 2017 and 2019 respectively.
Woah... 8 services...
New services: 253, 256, 258
Exended Services:
99 (Confirm extended and terminate here)
4 more... I feel 192, 254 also will terminate here...I got another feeling either one of the Soon Lee Bus Depot buses will terminate here... 185 or Express 502
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New bus route 258 provides bus connection to Pioneer MRT station, from Jurong West Street 61, 71 and 81! :)
Yay! :D
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Bus services from the new Joo Koon Bus Interchange
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2015-10-21-01.aspx
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/download/bus_svcs_fr_the_new_joo_koon_bus_Inter.pdf -
Originally posted by SBS 9256 X:
Woah... 8 services...
New services: 253, 256, 258
Exended Services:
99 (Confirm extended and terminate here)
4 more... I feel 192, 254 also will terminate here...I got another feeling either one of the Soon Lee Bus Depot buses will terminate here... 185 or Express 502
Hi mr SBS9256X, why you feel 192, 254 will terminate at joon koon? Why you feel 185 or express 502??? Read carefully their press release. All 8 services (new or amended) have already been announced. Cheers. Thanks.
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3 phases when Joo Koon Bus Interchange is completed
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Boon Lay Bus Interchange has sixty bus parking lots. If every bus service has two parking lots, this means that actually, it can only accomodate up to thirty bus services.
Currently, there are thirty two bus services at Boon Lay Bus Interchange. After the Joo Koon Bus Interchange is fully open, there will be a total of two less bus services at Boon Lay Bus Interchange, with twenty nine bus services.
In other words, Boon Lay Bus Interchange would have space for at least one new bus service in future, after Joo Koon Bus Interchange fully opens. If we merge 174e berth with 174 berth, we can have another new bus service. There's space for up to two new bus services in future, at Boon Lay Bus Interchange. :)
Whereas for Joo Koon Bus Interchange, there would be eight bus services. Which means there is space for one new bus service in future.
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do u guys notice that only 258 is under BSEP? haha
source: http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2015-10-21-01.aspx
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258 can help to complement 243G and 181 at Jurong West Street 75, and 243W and 179 at around Pioneer Road North. That is, if the frequency of 258 is good.
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1 less bus route along Jurong West Avenue 4?:/
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Originally posted by Skyrev:
1 less bus route along Jurong West Avenue 4?:/
At least there is this new 258 at Jurong West Street 71 and 75, near the three bus stops along Jurong West Avenue 4. :)I am so looking forward to this new 258. I have been waiting for such a bus connection to Pioneer MRT station, since 2009. Now that there finally is this bus connection... OMG! I cannot wait.
Well, if can, I hope there can be a new bus stop at Jurong West Street 81, at least for this new bus service 258, so that people staying at Street 81 but nearer to Avenue 5 can also benefit from it. :)
But most important of all, I really really really really really... Really hope that the frequency of 258 is good, that 258 is more reliable than 179 during weekday mornings. If like that, then I do not have to complain anymore about 179, because now have 258. Yay! :)
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Surprised to see 192 diverted. I thought it would be 193 that would change route while 192 will remain course, as 192 is almost full fleet DD required for ave 4 (especially with one service gone).
243G/W can lose its BSEP buses to 258 once this route kicks in. No need for so many buses on 243G/W.
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We can look forward to massive BSEP DD registrations for SLBP.
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So each service only gets 2 lots?99 is the only service that travel out of Jurong.
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193 has almost taken 192 route now... wonder why they changed this... 192 could have continued in its current route, and only change could have been made to 193.
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Originally posted by Skyrev:
1 less bus route along Jurong West Avenue 4?:/
Let's see... Jurong West Ave 4 has 4 stops along it. If we go from Pioneer to Boon Lay.
Stop 1: 243G / 193
Stop 2: 193 / 242
Stop 3: 193 / 242
Stop 4: 242
So overall... ave 4 will still have 2 bus services to cater to the loading. Also 242 has got now 8 bus fleet for a small route, so can easily tank the load. I also expect 193 to get more DDs with the change.
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Most people working in Joo Koon, live around Jurong West / East town for convenience to work place. Hence, route planners have tried to give as much direct connectivity to Joo Koon from these towns as possible.
From east to west:
st 63: 192
st 64: 193, 256, 258
st 61 / 71 / 81 / 82: 258
ave 4: 99 (1st stop), 193 (next 3 stops)
ave 5: No service (1st 2 stops), 99 (next 2 stops)
st 91, 93: 99
Jurong East Town: 99
This way route planners have almost covered all of Jurong West Town... except for few bus stops. So I think bus usage will increase between Boon Lay and Joo Koon due to point to point connection, and MRT use will take a hit between Boon Lay and Joo Koon MRT.
At same time MRT will benefit with more people taking MRT from Joo Koon than Boon Lay. It will see some easing of crowd at Boon Lay interchange as well.
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
We can look forward to massive BSEP DD registrations for SLBP.
why? only one BSEP service 258 ... dun think sv99 extension is under BSEP as well...
the other 2 new services all can take buses from 182/254/255/257 since their routes are all shortened... .