Sengkang Bus Interchange
There are sixteen parking bays, three alighting bays, four
sawtooth boarding berths.
Currently, the four sawtooth boarding berths can accomodate at
least twelve bus services, yet the sixteen parking bays can only
accomodate eight bus services.
The air-con replacement will be completed progressively by third
quarter this year. I hope they can also take this opporunity to
make the place brighter, by installing lamps with higher lux,
painting the walls with white or some bright colours, etcetera.
Sengkang Bus Interchange expansion
Construction started around October last year. It will be
constructed by the third quater of this year.
Looking at the location, I feel that it is quite a walk from
Sengkang MRT Station. Have to cross a bridge then can reach.
As we all know, there will be twelve parking bays at the bus
interchange expansion. With the expansion, there will be a total of
twenty eight parking bays; there should be space for around
fourteen bus services.
I feel that we can actually fit around fourteen bus services at
the four existing boarding berths. Two of the berths can have four
bus services, while two berth can have three bus services. If like
that, then the people do not have to walk long distances and climb
the bridge to go over to the bus interchange expansion.
The parking bays of the current interchange and expansion should
be connected, with a common junction, so that buses can run between
the two parking bays... but then, apparently, that is not the case.
:(
Having said that, it does not really matter. Not because I do
not stay in Sengkang, but currently there are already bus services
in Sengkang that only pass through Sengkang along Compassvale Road.
For example, bus service 27. There are people who after alighting
from MRT at Sengkang station have to walk long distances climb
bridge and walk somemore to the bus stop at Compassvale Road just
to take those bus services. So, it should not be a problem for more
people to take the trouble to walk to the bus interchange
extension.
Nonetheless, it would be good if bus routes originating from the
bus interchange expansion can call at the bus stops outside
Sengkang MRT Station, along Sengkang East Way.
Currently, there are eleven bus services. The current bus
interchange parking bays can only accomodate eight bus services, so
it's obviously undersized. With the expansion, hopefully there's
enough parking bays for all the bus services.
This also means Sengkang Bus Interchange can only have three
more bus services after the expansion. With only three vacancies
available, we should use them wisely.