Kovan ( Chinese : 高文 ; pinyin : Gāo Wén ) is a neighbourhood located within the town of Hougang , in Singapore . The neighbourhood today largely consists of private housing properties, where majority of the residents live in terrace homes, semi-detached houses and bungalows.
41-641: Kovan may refer to: Places [ edit ] Kovan, Singapore , a suburb and part of Hougang, Singapore Kovan MRT station , a station of the Mass Rapid Transit in Hougang, Singapore Kovan, West Virginia , US Kováň , a village and municipality in the Czech Republic Other uses [ edit ] Kovan (singer) , Tamil folk singer and activist Kovan double murders ,
82-524: A 2013 double murder in Kovan, Singapore Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kovan . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kovan&oldid=1121892320 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
123-498: A bus depot in the western part of Singapore before it was demolished when SBS Transit built a new multi storey bus depot ( Soon Lee Bus Park ) along Soon Lee Road in the Jurong Industrial Area. Some services went to Boon Lay , or cut back to Jurong East and Clementi respectively. Jalan Kayu Bus terminal was once served by Service 103 and 163 with its extension in the 1970s. In the 1980s, Services 214E and 214W
164-577: A new, permanent town centre further north was built. As is the case for all other bus interchanges (except the Eunos Bus Interchange ) in which they are located in their respective town centres, the Hougang Bus Interchange was to be moved to the new town centre, while the existing facility was then converted to other uses. Its bus services were then amended to terminate at either Hougang Central or Punggol. When this plan
205-465: A single suffix and made to loop around Piccadilly after the terminal's closure, but was then extended and changed a few times to serve Yishun Int and Serangoon Int . The main bus bay was converted to a public carpark on 7 December 2003 and was demolished in the late-2000s. Marine Parade Bus Terminal was a bus terminal that served the Marine Parade and East Coast areas. It was constructed by
246-624: Is a former bus interchange that was located at Woodlands Town Centre. Initially planned in the late 1970s as part of a bus service improvement scheme, the interchange commenced operations in 1981, and had 17 berths. The announcement to build the North-South Line MRT extension and the Woodlands MRT station that was scheduled to complete and open on 10 February 1996, accelerated plans to relocate and develop an entirely new town centre for Woodlands New Town at Woodlands Square,
287-684: Is also a neighbourhood park south of Heartland Mall which is opposite Yuying Secondary School . There are also two community clubs in Kovan, the Aljunied Community Club (Blk 110) and the Paya Lebar Kovan Community Club which is opposite Kovan Hub. There is only one primary (Xinghua) and secondary school (Yuying) in Kovan. These two schools are part of the 19 educational institutions in Hougang . There used to be several more schools located deep inside
328-504: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kovan, Singapore As part of Hougang, Kovan is situated east of Serangoon , in Singapore. As a relatively small suburb, Kovan's boundaries are relatively unclear. The Urban Redevelopment Authority defines its boundaries as Hougang Avenue 2 to the north, Yio Chu Kang Road to the west, southwest and south and Upper Serangoon Road to
369-418: Is now a community space with a public carpark residing at the former end-on berths of the northern end. Only one former sawtooth berth is still existent on the southern end, and it serves the express coach buses that crosses the borders and 4 public bus services currently serve the bus stop (Kovan Hub): The main type of housing in Kovan are landed homes. The condominiums Kovan Melody, and Kovan Residences are on
410-462: Is now converted into a community space with an open carpark on the former end-on berths. It also serves as a transit stop for coaches to and from Malaysia with routes from destinations such as Genting Highlands and Kuala Lumpur . Moreover, bus services 112, 113 and 119 still calls at the facility for passengers to alight and disembark there as a bus stop at the former sawtooth berths. Service 115 starts its journey from there and Service 53M layovers at
451-501: Is now renamed Kovan Hub . However, many buses still pass through Kovan, as they ply through the main Upper Serangoon Road . The pair of bus stops connected to Kovan MRT station is a major one, and a relatively high number of buses passing through heads towards Hougang, Serangoon or to the city. Hougang South Bus Interchange was closed since 15 February 2004 with the surrounding neighbourhoods expansion in Hougang over
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#1732772740172492-477: Is the last and latest roadside bus terminal to be built in Singapore. It opened in 2013 when the new bus service 49 was introduced from Taman Jurong to Jurong West Street 41. The terminal was also used by bus service 98A, a short trip service from Lakeside MRT Station to Corporation Rd, as a layover stop. Although the facilities were similar to Ghim Moh and Sims Place Terminals, passengers were not allowed to board or alight at Taman Jurong Terminal. On 22 November 2015,
533-560: The Singapore Bus Service in 1981 at a cost of $ 500,000, as part of its plan to eliminate roadside bus terminals. The terminal also allowed for more bus services to serve the Marine Parade area. However, the terminal's construction was opposed by residents of nearby housing estates due to concerns over noise pollution. Consequently, SBS noted that the terminal would be "tastefully designed and properly landscaped", and
574-592: The MP for Sembawang, and pledged to develop Sembawang into a prosperous suburb. This allowed for the creation of the Woodlands New Town and the entire extension of Woodlands from the original old town centre at Woodlands Centre Road and the integration of Marsiling , a small estate of only around 20 4-storeys HDB blocks, into the new town. Woodlands New Town was speedily developing in the mid-1980s and first plans to build an entirely new bus interchange to replace
615-652: The Woodlands MRT station, and is connected to Causeway Point with escalators. Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange was closed on 12 March 2016 for upgrading works as part of the construction of the Stage 1 Thomson–East Coast Line Woodlands station and was temporarily replaced by Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange. The interchange reopened as part of the Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub on 13 June 2021. Hougang South Bus Interchange
656-425: The area today. Before the terminal shifted to its former site in the 1980s, it was located at Marine Terrace within the Marine Parade housing estate. There were Services 15, 16 and 211. Service 15 former routing merged into the current Service 196, Service 16 remains today being extended to Siglap Road and later extended once more to absorb CSS 608 routing to Bedok while Service 211 was a feeder service to Katong which
697-426: The bus stop. Jurong Bus Interchange was a bus interchange in Singapore, located at the junction of Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim and Jurong Port Road. It was completed in 1978 at a cost of S$ 1.2 million, and was the first bus station in Singapore built to serve feeder services, which were then being introduced as part of a rationalisation plan by Singapore Bus Service . After it ceased operations in 1990, it functioned as
738-525: The east. However in reality, numerous Kovan amenities are at the other side of Upper Serangoon Road outside the above boundary. These include: Kovan Heartland Mall , Kovan City, Kovan Hub, Kovan Market and Food Centre, Kovan Sports Centre, Paya Lebar Kovan Community Club. As with the North East MRT Line opening back in 2003, using Kovan as its station name, the surrounding areas began to adopt and incorporate its name into its amenities. Kovan
779-487: The entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities were available at the terminal, thus was done at the bus stop outside the terminal. Before the terminal was built, many bus services that ply the terminal used to ply at some bus stops along New Bridge Road . In May 2016, the Government announced that a new bus terminal, Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal , which is located along Spooner Road, will replace this bus terminal as
820-437: The housing estate and the surrounding area. These include Rosyth School, Serangoon Secondary School, Monfort Secondary School, XinMing Secondary School. These schools have moved to other areas such as Serangoon North and Hougang. The last school to stop operations, Parry Primary School, closed down in late 2006. Part of Kovan falls under Aljunied GRC , and is located within the constituency's Paya Lebar division. Residents within
861-425: The interchange was built to handle additional bus services with the further development of Hougang new town. At that time, Hougang comprised just four neighbourhoods, with large tracts to the northwest of Upper Serangoon Road still undeveloped. The commercial centre at Hougang Street 21 thus served as a town centre. From the 1990s, however, the town was rapidly expanded with five more neighbourhoods constructed, and
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#1732772740172902-405: The main road, directly opposite Kovan MRT station . Recently completed is Stars of Kovan, which is at the corner of Upper Serangoon Road and Tampines Road. A new HDB Built-To-Order (BTO), Kovan Well-Spring with a new Community Club will be the latest addition to Kovan. The main amenity in Kovan is Heartland Mall . Heartland Mall is well-served by a number of well-known outlets and shop. Across
943-571: The main terminal serving the Sin Ming and Upper Thomson area, until the development of Bishan resulted in a reconfiguration of the urban makeup and shifted the population towards the east, where the Bishan Bus Interchange was built in the new town centre. Service 130, the only service operated by Singapore Bus Services which used to terminate at this terminal was amended to call at Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange instead. The terminal
984-482: The neighbourhood is currently represented by Sylvia Lim , who is part of the Workers' Party (Singapore). Kovan Hub This is a non-exhaustive listing of former bus interchanges or terminals that were once part of Singapore's bus system , and decommissioned due to geographical retention or the introduction of new town centres , or creation of consolidated transportation hubs. Woodlands Bus Interchange
1025-490: The new bus interchange. The closure of the bus terminal comes as TIBS axed the 95x services, in favour of the new 96x services that served the downtown city areas. New Bridge Road Bus Terminal was a bus terminal in Eu Tong Sen Street, near to Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It was opened on 6 June 1987 and was near to Outram Park MRT station . This bus terminal had an alighting berth after
1066-595: The new regional centre for Woodlands or more precisely, the North region. In late-1996, electronic display boards of TIBS buses serving the Woodlands Bus Interchange began to display notices that the TIBS Woodlands' fleet would be moving to the new interchange at Woodlands Square, Singapore's first mass underground bus interchange – Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange , conveniently located under
1107-690: The opening of the Kovan MRT station on the North East Line will help to continue bringing in the crowds. It proceeded to build a new, permanent interchange, known as the Hougang Central Bus Interchange , and renamed the existing interchange as the Hougang South Bus Interchange. In the meantime, the vacated facility does occasionally hold atrium exhibitions and for other commercial uses. It
1148-550: The other parts of Singapore is Upper Serangoon Road . Both Kovan MRT station and Heartland Mall are situated along this major road. Nearby is the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway , which provides a direct route to the city area. Public transport in Kovan includes the North East line served by Kovan MRT station , which is just in front of Heartland Mall . Kovan formerly had a bus interchange, which
1189-682: The plot of land occupied by it will be redeveloped into a new elective surgery centre by the Singapore General Hospital . The terminal ceased operations on 10 March 2018 with the opening of the new Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal. Sin Ming Road Bus Terminal was a bus terminal located along Sin Ming Road in Bishan New Town . Due to rapid urban development and shifting demographics, it was relegated from
1230-426: The relatively small Marsiling Bus Terminal surfaces after Woodlands become part of the new Sembawang GRC in 1988. By the mid-1990s, the Woodlands Bus Interchange based at Woodlands Centre Road was fully functional. Marsiling Bus Terminal continued operations with Services 950, 951, 952 with Service 950 plying the route to Shenton Way , Service 951 to Boon Lay and Service 952 to Marina Centre , were periodically moved to
1271-436: The road from Heartland Mall is a sports facility with eight sheltered indoor futsal courts. Located beside Heartland Mall , the Kovan 209 Market & Food Court offers a variety of cooked food and drinks has been serving the residents in the area for years and is a very popular dining spot in the North East region. Within the vicinity are plenty of neighbourhood shops that sells fruits, plants and many daily use items. There
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1312-402: The site was at least 220 metres away from the nearest housing estate. When the land plot was slated as the new site of Victoria School , the terminal was demolished to make way. Old routes of Service 16, 55, 135, 155 that used to terminate there were made to make a loop around the school site. The former site of the roadside terminal is now replaced with a bus stop and Service 36 and 401 serves
1353-528: The years. Thus with the move of main town centre, its purpose for another interchange in the same town slowly diminished. The facility was then acquired and repurposed for other developments. It was situated at Hougang Street 21 next to the Kovan food centre/Wet Market, near Heartland Mall. All bus services were relocated to Hougang Central Bus Interchange , except 62 (of which it was modified as Punggol - Geylang Lor 1 service, and feeder services were merged into 101, 112 and 113 respectively. The old bus interchange
1394-607: Was a bus interchange , located in Hougang Street 21, which ceased operations on 15 February 2004. The interchange's structure continues to stand pending a major redevelopment of the site, and is currently called Kovan Hub. Initially named Hougang Bus Interchange, construction of the interchange commenced in 1981, and it commenced operations in October 1983, with an exhibition held prior to the interchange's opening to get commuters accustomed to it. Fitted out with 34 bus bays,
1435-461: Was introduced to serve the nearby areas of Piccadilly and West Camp Road. These services were later renamed to Service 820 and 821 in 1999 after operations handed over to SBST. These services were then withdrawn under the Phase 3 of North East Line Rationalisation with the introduction of Service 103 and 103W. Service 163 was extended to Sengkang Int in 2002. Later, in 2003, Service 103 was converted to
1476-442: Was one of the few surviving terminals of the 1970s era in which it was common for terminals to be built along the road side with only a small booth for drivers to report when completing their runs. Somapah Bus Terminal was a bus terminal located near the present Singapore Expo Hall 7 carpark, at the junction of Upper Changi Road East and Simei Road. It was opened as Somapah Bus Interchange in 1982 and closed in 1989. The terminal
1517-517: Was originally a bus maintenance and refuelling depot owned by the then Associated Bus Company that ran two services, numbered 1 and 2, from Changi Point to the city. Currently it is being used as a temporary storage depot for construction equipment and materials for the rapidly developing Changi Business Park , which was once Somapah Village. Taman Jurong Bus Terminal was a roadside bus terminal located along Hu Ching Road in Taman Jurong. This
1558-405: Was publicised, it created an uproar amongst the local populace, particularly shopowners in Hougang Street 21. With the help of local politicians, their discontentments were made to the relevant authorities, resulting in a delay in the interchange's closure. The government was adamant on removing the interchange, however, as it insists it makes little sense to have two bus interchanges in one town, and
1599-460: Was then handed over to the management of TIBS Holdings , which operates SSB's CSS Service 605 (formerly Service 5) to the terminal. During the management period of SSB, SBS introduced a new feeder Service 353 (Sin Ming Road – Bishan Street 31), in 1988 to ply from Sin Ming Road to the new satellite town of Bishan. In 1989, the service was re-routed to start from Bishan Bus Interchange, renumbered as Service 57 and withdrawn subsequently. The terminal
1640-703: Was traditionally an area associated with the Teochew community. Kovan's Teochew name is " La gou jio ", which means six miles from the old General Post Office at Fullerton Building . A number of road names at Kovan commemorate the more prominent members of this community. In 2019, there are 24,850 people living in Kovan. 12,020 (48.37%) male and 12,830 (51.63%) female. 3,970 (5.98%) people live in HDB flats, 8,730 (35.13%) live in condominium/other apartments, 11,840 (47,65%)live in landed properties and 310 (1.25%) live in other accommodation. The main road connecting Kovan to
1681-473: Was withdrawn on 5 March 1989. Marsiling Bus Terminal was the original bus terminal serving the entire north of Singapore, which was predominantly undeveloped and neglected in the course of developing the country's suburb throughout the 1960s till the 1980s. Development of this area started to sprout when former-Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan (who later became President of the Republic of Singapore ) became