The route of supplementary
Bus Service 123M will be extended to operate between HarbourFront
Bus Interchange and Tiong Bahru Road. Its operating hours will be
extended from 5.50am to 12.05am from Mondays to Saturdays and from
6.05am to 12.05am on Sundays and Public Holidays.
SBS Transit said in a
separate press release that enhancements to two other bus services
will also take place in August.
Service 123 will have its
route extended from Aug 24 to terminate at the HarbourFront Bus
Interchange. With the extension, it will call at eight new bus
stops along Lower Delta Road, Kampong Bahru Road and Telok Blangah
Road.
A new supplementary service
- 131M - will be rolled out from Aug 25 to supplement Service 131
during the morning and evening peak hours. This loop service will
serve eight bus stops between the Bukit Merah Bus Interchange and
Bukit Purmei Avenue. It will operate on weekdays, from 6.40am to
9.10am, as well as from 5.10pm to 7.50pm.
As service 131M will serve
the same route as Service 275, the latter service will stop
operating from Aug 25. Commuters who normally take that bus can
take 131 or 131M instead.
Enhancements to two SBS Transit bus
services will be taking place in the month of August. Service 123
will have its route extended from 24 August, as well as a new
supplementary service - Service 131M - will be rolled out from 25
August. With the introduction of Service 131M, Service 275 will be
withdrawn.
Service 123
From Sunday, 24 August 2014, the route of
Service 123 will be extended to terminate at the HarbourFront Bus
Interchange. Currently, the service plies between Bukit Merah and
Bukit Purmei Avenue. With the extension, it will call at eight new
bus stops along Lower Delta Road, Kampong Bahru Road and Telok
Blangah Road
The extended route will provide better
connectivity for commuters in the Bukit Purmei area to HarbourFront
MRT Station and Bus Interchange. Besides enhancing connectivity to
key transport nodes, the extended route will also provide
convenient access to amenities such as VivoCity and HarbourFront
Centre.
Service 123 will continue to operate from
5.45am to 11.45pm from Mondays to Saturdays and 6.00am to 11.45pm
on Sundays and Public Holidays, from the Bukit Merah Interchange.
It will also start to operate at similar times from the
HarbourFront Interchange
Service 131M
A new supplementary service - Service 131M
- will be rolled out from Monday, 25 August to supplement Service
131 during the morning and evening peak hours. This loop service
will serve eight bus stops between the Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
and Bukit Purmei Avenue. It will operate on weekdays, from 6.40am
to 9.10am, as well as from 5.10pm to 7.50pm.
Service 275
As Service 131M will serve the same route as Service 275, the
latter service will stop operating from Monday, 25 August 2014.
Existing commuters of Service 275 will not be inconvenienced as
they can take Service 131 / 131M to get to their destinations.
Service 131 operates daily from 5.45am to 12.00am at the Bukit
Merah Interchange and from 5.45am to 11.30pm at the St Michaels
Terminal.
For more details, please refer to the
attached poster below:
Service 123
Service 131M / 275
