There are also some 2,700 and 583 units of executive and Housing and Urban Development Corporation flats. It provides housing for some 200,000 residents. Transportation There are currently six Mass Rapid Transit stations in the Bedok planning area across two lines, the East-West Line and the Downtown Line. Both lines run parallel to one another and do not have an interchange station in Bedok. However, the Tanah Merah MRT Station of EWL is an interchange station with the Changi Airport Branch Line (CG). The six stations are: Tanah Merah Bedok Kembangan Kaki Bukit Bedok North Bedok Reservoir The future stations of the Thomson-East Coast Line that are currently under construction will be operational in 2023 and 2024 under stages 4 and 5, respectively. The line will run south of the planning area and have an interchange station with the Downtown Line at Sungei Bedok station, which will also be the terminus for both lines. The five future stations are: Marine Terrace Siglap Bayshore Bedok South Sungei Bedok The Bedok Bus Interchange opened in 1979, as part of the Bedok Town Centre, located along Bedok North Road and between Block 203 and 207, next to community amenities such as a food centre, library, and sports complex, with the allocated Block 207A. There were thirty-three end-on berths with ten services occupying it and six sawtooth berths, each occupying three bus services in the original facility. Several bus services were moved to the interchange from Chai Chee Bus Terminal when it closed in 1985. Bedok MRT station opened in 1989 at the south of the original facility, complementing the bus interchange to serve people travelling within Bedok town and also the nearby East Coast Park. On 19 November 2011, after operating from the original facility for 32 years, the bus interchange moved to its temporary facility west of the original facility, at the junction of Bedok North Drive and Bedok North Avenue 1, to allow the original facility to be redeveloped into Bedok Mall. The new Bedok Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) began operations on 30 November 2014. With the completion of the ITH, Bedok residents can transfer in air-conditioned comfort between bus and MRT services at Bedok MRT station. It is the 7th air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore. Parks The parks in the area include Bedok Town Park, located beside the Pan Island Expressway between Bedok North Road and Bedok Avenue 3, and