Tuas Bus Terminal (new one opening in 2016 or 2017).
From "Portfolio - Tuas West Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
Extension Depot",
The proposed Tuas West Mass Rapid Transit Extension Depot is
located at Tuas West Road and it is JURONG Primewide's first
project with LTA. Forming part of the tender requirements of
Contract 1685 is the Design and Build of a new bus terminal to be
located on a section of the proposed Rapid Transit System (RTS)
depot building roof slab.
The area designated for the proposed bus terminal is
approximately 10,000 sq metres which shall be accessible,
primarily, via a ramp structure connecting directly to Tuas West
Drive. Alternatively, the site can also be accessible via another
ramp structure connecting to Tuas Link 4.
The proposed bus terminal consists of 2 major elements. One is
the bus terminal building and the other is the bus parking area.
For security reasons, the bus terminal, including its driveways and
bus parking area is intended to be fully lockable and secured
against illegal entry after operation hours and is intended to be
maintained as restricted and controlled area with no access by
unauthorized personnel.
The bus terminal have a naturally ventilated Concourse Area with
facilities such as 2 numbers of Passenger Service Offices, 2
separate Offices for Main and Secondary Operators, Administrative
Office, Staff Lounge, Canteen, Servery, Rodent Free Store Room,
Technician’s Room, Store Room, Cleaner’s Room, Switch Room, Toilet
Facilities, Bin Centre, Staff Briefing Room and First Aid Room. A
10-passenger lift connecting the ground level and the bus terminal
level is also provided.
Well, the last paragraph says that there will be Passenger
Service Offices and Passenger lift. I guess this means that
passengers can use the concourse area of the bus terminal,
otherwise why would the facilities' names contain the word
"Passenger"?
From the looks of it, it seems that the new Tuas Bus Terminal
will be like the new Bedok Bus Interchange, where the concourse is
elevated. Besides passenger lifts, they should also have escalators
and ramps, to enable easy access to the concourse of the new Tuas
Bus Terminal.
Anyway, I do not think there will be great changes when the Tuas
West MRT Extension opens. It's probably just some minor amendments
to 193, and one last shortening of 182 to Tuas Bus Terminal when
the new MRT stations open.
