Jurong East's Temporary Bus Interchange: What LTA Is Building in Its Place, and What It Means for Jurong East Avenue 1 EC Buyers

If you visit Jurong East today to get a feel for the Jurong East Avenue 1 EC site, the bus interchange you will walk through is not the permanent one. Since December 2020, buses at Jurong East have run from a temporary interchange so that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) can build a larger hub on the original ground. That matters for how you read the area: the arrangement you see on a site visit is an interim layout, while the finished hub is what future residents are expected to use. This article sets out what LTA has published about both, what is still unconfirmed, and how to judge the difference yourself.

Where Jurong East buses operate from right now

LTA moved the Jurong East Bus Interchange on Sunday, 6 December 2020. The temporary interchange sits opposite the original site, along Jurong Gateway Road, between its junctions with Jurong East Street 12 and Jurong East Central 1. LTA gave two reasons for the move: construction of the Jurong Region Line and construction of the Jurong East Integrated Transport Hub on the vacated land.

Key features LTA listed for the temporary interchange:

• Seven bus berths, with graduated kerbs for wheelchair users and a berth availability system.
• A sheltered overhead bridge with lifts and escalators across Jurong Gateway Road, linking the interchange to Jurong East MRT station.
• 64 bicycle parking lots and barrier-free facilities.
• Extra roadside capacity: a new bus stop opposite JEM, two expanded stops (outside Block 131 and before Jurong East MRT station) and full-day bus lanes along Jurong Gateway Road.

Some services changed how they reach the area. Services 97/97e and 197 were routed in via Jurong East Street 12 and Jurong Gateway Road, service 333 via Boon Lay Way and Jurong Gateway Road, and services 78 and 79 were moved to designated stops outside the interchange. If a household member rides one of these routes, check the current routing with the operator rather than relying on a 2020 description.

What LTA is building on the original site

In February 2021, LTA awarded the construction contract for the permanent hub to China Communications Construction Company Limited (Singapore Branch) for S$477.4 million. The published scope goes beyond a bus park:

Element	What LTA published
Uses	A bus interchange, community and civic institutions, and an office tower
Built form	A 27-storey tower block linked by a sky bridge to an 8-storey podium block, with offices, public facilities and retail space
Rail link	Direct connection to the North-South and East-West lines at Jurong East station, and to the future Jurong Region Line
Accessibility	Barrier-free alighting areas and toilets, priority queue zones with seats, and a nursing room
Timeline	Construction from the second quarter of 2021; completion targeted around 2027

Treat the completion date carefully. "Around 2027" is the target LTA gave in its 2020 relocation notice and repeated at the 2021 contract award. We found no newer LTA confirmation of that date when this article was revised on 30 September 2026, so it remains a published target, not a confirmed opening. For the rail side of the hub, including Jurong Region Line phasing and station codes, see our guide to the transport hub and the JRL.

Interim versus permanent: what changes for a resident

For someone who expects to live on Jurong East Avenue 1 for years, the useful question is what the permanent hub offers that the interim layout does not. Based only on what LTA has published:

• Street crossing. Today, the bus-to-train transfer relies on an overhead bridge across Jurong Gateway Road. LTA describes the permanent hub as connecting directly to the station.
• Services under one roof. The permanent building adds community and civic institutions, offices and retail space to the bus interchange. Which specific agencies or services will move in has not been published in the sources we checked, so do not assume any.
• A third rail line. The hub is designed around the future Jurong Region Line as well as the two existing lines. The opening dates for that line are covered in the sibling article linked above.

What LTA has not published in these releases is also worth noting: berth count for the permanent interchange, detailed pedestrian links to surrounding streets, or any walking route from Jurong East Avenue 1. We do not quote a walking time from the EC site to the hub because the project's own entrances and site layout are not yet known.

Why this timing question is unusual for this EC

Jurong East Avenue 1 EC is still at the Government Land Sales stage. HDB's GLS list shows it as a 1.49-hectare Executive Condominium site, with detailed sale conditions estimated for release in December 2026, and the 2H2026 GLS programme estimates about 735 homes. The tender has not been launched, so the developer, project name, price, unit mix and TOP date have not been announced yet.

So a buyer is looking at two schedules, and only one has a published date. The hub has a stated target of around 2027. The EC has no construction timeline yet. Don't collapse them into a claim that residents will "move in to a finished hub". The honest version is simpler: the hub is under construction under an awarded contract, the EC site is not yet tendered, and both dates should be checked again when the EC's tender particulars are issued.

How to check this yourself before the launch

1. Walk the interim route. Go from Jurong East MRT across the overhead bridge to the temporary interchange on Jurong Gateway Road. That tells you what bus transfers look like until the permanent hub opens.
2. Note your household's routes. List the bus services your household actually uses and confirm where each one stops today, especially 78, 79, 97/97e, 197 and 333, which LTA listed as changed in 2020.
3. Watch for an LTA completion notice. The switch from the interim to the permanent interchange will need its own announcement. Until one appears, treat "around 2027" as a target.
4. Wait for the site plan before judging access. Which side of the EC faces the hub, and where pedestrian gates sit, can only be judged against the developer's plans. Those will appear on our floor plans page once released.

For the wider neighbourhood picture, see the location page and our Jurong Lake District article. Indicative pricing is not yet available. The price page will carry figures once the developer publishes them. Preview and showflat arrangements will be posted on the showflat page after a developer is appointed, and the next confirmed milestone will appear on the registration status page.