The Big Picture

JOHOR BAHRU

Causeway (1st border crossing)

This part is not the NSC, but a potential route between NSC and the border

Second Link (2nd border crossing)

Current routes for buses that specifically ply between Queen St Bus Terminal and Malaysia (i.e. excluding other intercity buses)

Informal bus stops where Malaysiabound intercity buses currently use.

Downtown Singapore

North South Expressway Corridor (NSC)potential new bus route from Queen St Bus Terminal when it opens

Malaysia Singapore

Tampines

Bugis MRT, Golden Mile Tower, The Plaza Beach Road, Concorde Hotel, Lavender MRT (several locations within short distance of one another)

Buses that currently use the Queen Street Bus Terminal ply specifically the routes in pink. When the North South Expressway Corridor (NSC) opens, some would potentially use it, i.e. the route in purple. Other Malaysia-bound buses that do not use Queen St Bus Terminal ply a variety of routes (not marked on this map), and stop at a variety of informal pick-up and drop-off points throughout the country, and many also use the 2nd border crossing. While this offers choices of stops for travellers, there is also a lack of an organized terminal.

A central terminal, in the middle of downtown Singapore, would offer a consolidation and organization of intercity bus services and a proper infrastructure for them. The downtown location would offer a central, citywide transport node, and therefore transforming Queen Street Bus Terminal would be ideal. This does not mean the buses would be required to abandon their current informal stops, however. The central bus terminal just offers an additional option for the buses to terminate at. For example, a bus that currently terminates at Jurong East could now enter Singapore from the 2nd border crossing, make an intermediary stop at Jurong East, and continue to the central bus terminal. However, having Queen Street Bus Terminal as a central bus terminal would make most downtown informal stops (e.g. Bugis MRT) redundant.