5 new bus services to ply Kent Ridge, Hougang, Boon Lay, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Mayflower areas

SINGAPORE – Five bus services will be introduced in the next two weeks to better serve passengers in the Kent Ridge, Hougang, Boon Lay, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan and Mayflower areas.

From March 24, passengers heading from Kent Ridge MRT station to Singapore Science Park 1 will have an extra travelling option in the form of new “short trip” bus service 92B, said operator SBS Transit on March 11.

Short trip services are variants of existing bus services that ply only a certain section of the existing route instead of the whole route. Such services are meant to cater to stretches with high passenger demand, such as areas that are near MRT stations or schools.

Service 92B will start at Kent Ridge MRT station’s Exit B and terminate at the bus stop in front of Kent Ridge Station in South Buona Vista Road. It will call at 11 bus stops along Science Park Drive.

This bus service will operate during the weekday morning peak period from 7.50am to 9.11am, excluding public holidays.

From March 24, another short trip bus service 112B will provide passengers an extra travelling option from Hougang Central Bus Interchange to Hougang Avenue 7, SBS Transit said on March 10.

Service 112B will start at Hougang Central Interchange and call at five bus stops – The Midtown and Block 465A in Upper Serangoon Road, before heading to Rio Vista and opposite Riverfront Residences in Hougang Avenue 7, and terminating opposite Block 321 in Hougang Avenue 7.

It will operate on weekdays during the evening peak period from 5.38pm to 7.13pm. The service will not run on weekends or public holidays.

From March 23, supplementary bus service 258M will provide passengers with direct connection to amenities such as Boon Lay Shopping Centre, operator SMRT said on March 7.

Supplementary bus services complement existing bus services, such as by extending the bus route or serving only selected bus stops along the route.

Service 258M will ply the same route as Service 258, along with an extended route by looping in Boon Lay Place. This means it will call at seven new bus stops.

The bus stops are at Block 191 Boon Lay Drive, Boon Lay Shopping Centre, Boon Lay Community Centre, Block 185 Boon Lay Avenue, Block 188 and opposite Block 239A Boon Lay Drive, and at Block 662D Jurong West Street 64.

The bus will run only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 6.30am to 12.30pm, with a frequency of 11 to 13 minutes. When service 258M is in operation, service 258 will not operate.

From March 17, passengers travelling from Mayflower MRT station to Bishan MRT station will get new short trip bus service 71A. Operated by SBS Transit, this service will run during the morning peak period from 6.53am to 8.30am on weekdays, excluding public holidays, said the operator on March 7.

It will serve 17 bus stops, starting from the one at Mayflower MRT station’s Exit 5, and terminating at the bus stop in Bishan Road, opposite Bishan MRT station.

It will call at bus stops in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, Bishan Road, Braddell Road and Bishan Street 11, including stops opposite Mayflower Secondary School, opposite Raffles Institution and Bishan MRT station.

SBS Transit is also introducing a new supplementary bus service 138M, which will benefit passengers travelling to Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic, from March 15.

Operating from Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange, this loop bus service will call at four bus stops. Three of them are in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 – before Ang Mo Kio Library, Courts Ang Mo Kio and before Al-Muttaqin Mosque – and one in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 at Block 700B.

The bus will stop at the bus stop nearest to Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic – Courts Ang Mo Kio – so passengers can walk to the polyclinic without needing to cross the road, SBS Transit said on March 7.

Service 138M will run every 30 minutes on weekdays from 7.30am to 5pm, and on Saturdays from 7.30am to 1pm. It will not operate on Sundays and public holidays.