New bus service 684 to ply between Brickland, Bukit Batok West and CBD from June 15
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City Direct Service 684 will operate on weekdays during morning and evening peak periods.
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Justine Ong
- City Direct Service (CDS) 684 will connect Brickland and Bukit Batok West commuters to the CBD from June 15, operating weekday peak hours with two morning and two evening trips.
- The SMRT Buses service runs Keat Hong Link to Marina Bay in mornings, reversing for evenings, stopping near central MRT stations like Raffles Place and Tanjong Pagar.
- This new service is part of LTA's Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme, introducing six more services by 2026, backed by a $900 million budget for 2024-2031.
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SINGAPORE – Commuters in the Brickland district and Bukit Batok West will be able to use another bus service, City Direct Service (CDS) 684, to access the Central Business District from June 15. It will operate on weekdays during morning and evening peak periods.
SMRT Buses said on May 8 that the service will run from Keat Hong Link to Marina Bay in the morning, then loop back in the evening.
It will make two trips in the morning and two trips in the evening.
Trips start at 7.30am and 7.45am opposite Block 816A Keat Hong Link and end at Marina Bay Financial Centre in Marina Boulevard. Stops that the buses will make in the city include those after Capital Tower, at 80 Robinson Road and at The Sail.
In the evening, trips begin at 6.10pm and 6.25pm, and buses travel from Marina Bay MRT station to Block 816B Keat Hong Link. The central stops they will make include those at UIC Building and after Straits Boulevard, both of which are close to Shenton Way MRT station.
CDS 684 then goes to Brickland Road and Bukit Batok West and ends in Keat Hong Link.
This new service comes as part of an announcement by the Land Transport Authority on Feb 9 to introduce six other new bus services serving Tengah, Hougang, Sengkang, Punggol, Tampines Boulevard and Yishun East throughout 2026.
These are being rolled out under the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme, which has a $900 million budget to enhance the bus network from 2024 to 2031.
