Defunct 1980s Boon Lay Bus Terminal -Singapore

[@bruneilange4161]

I use to drop of here and purchased food before heading to destination Jurong Military Camp.its sad to see this place looking tired and retired.Best of memories.

[@andersonnickthenshikang713]

I live directly opposite that old terminal, always wondered what it was for all my life. Finally got the reason what it was, thks a lot man

[@UntitledSingapore]

@@andersonnickthenshikang713 you’re welcome (:

[@km80]

When I was a kid, this area was full of taxis and taxi drivers. I didn't know it's a bus terminal before that! Thx for sharing. 😊

[@UntitledSingapore]

@@km80 according to one comment, apparently it was a taxi terminal but then converted to a bus terminal? I’m not too sure. Perhaps after the bus terminal closed, it was reused for taxi?

[@kbhasi]

I vaguely remember seeing that building once while passing by in a public bus, and your video, along with some comments here, seemed to explain what it originally was. It was likely originally a terminal for Yellow-Top Cab taxis owned by a group that would eventually merge into the ComfortDelGro group who'd then discontinue that brand (though clues on Wikipedia seem to suggest that the ‘Yellow-Top Taxi’ (not Cab) brand is still available for privately owned taxis), and the terminal was likely sold off to another company to eventually convert into a bus park when the group moved to a larger terminal. From what I can tell, back in the '80s, the climate was generally cooler and/or air conditioning was a luxury, hence the open areas with one, likely broken, ceiling fan that appears to be a GEC ceiling fan (GEC ceiling fans were, from what I could tell, a possibly cheaper alternative to KDK/National ceiling fans). The switches for the fan and lights were likely located on a wooden board inside that "private" room.

[@greenearth555]

It was a taxi terminal station in the 70s to 80s. The "office" was the radio station where they would radio the taxis. I grew up there and my father drove for the taxi company. It belongs to the yellow top taxi company.

[@UntitledSingapore]

@@greenearth555 Oh? it wasn’t a bus terminal? Or was it converted to a bus terminal?

[@greenearth555]

@@UntitledSingapore It was converted to bus terminal after the taxi company no longer use the office.

[@UntitledSingapore]

@@greenearth555 Oh wow! that’s some cool information! Thanks for sharing

[@Leroy-LA]

This old bus terminal

[@Leroy-LA]

In the 1980

[@NormanHughesdix]

Mostly scheme B buses that goes to Jurong Industrial

[@UntitledSingapore]

May I ask what are scheme B buses?

[@NormanHughesdix]

@UntitledSingapore weekdays peak hours supplement buses from public then changed to private buses...251A will supplement 251 with certain skipped stops