My grandma stays in Telok Blangah Rise, and according to her
residents have been asking for a svc linking that area to Tiong
Bahru MRT for years, since 272 only goes to Bukit Merah Ctrl and
doesn't serve any MRT stations. This svc will be useful for
residents at Telok Blangah, Kim Tian and Ganges Ave to get to MRT
stations and amenities like SGH. I think it may be more popular
than 120 since Tiong Bahru there got shopping centre also, unlike
120 which connects to Telok Blangah MRT which is mostly a transfer
point rather than the destination itself.
Separately, posters about new svc 121 have been put up at the
void decks of the flats in Telok Blangah, though there hasn't been
anything at the bus stops as of yesterday.
I agree with you. This route will be very successful according to
me. People in Ganges Ave had to earlier wait for 64 and go to
Redhill even if they had to take the Green line to East. Other
option was to take 51 to Bugis. Both not best options. Now, they
have connection to both Green and Purple line.
Also, it will be a good load reliever for sv 195, whose main
loading is Tehlok Blangah - Tiong Bahru. To add, all the HDBs along
Kim Tian will have a direct bus for transfer, passengers along
Jalan Bukit Merah have direct connection to Tiong Bahru and even
those along Zion road, now have direct connection (earlier only had
one way connection).
Looking forward to observe the loading on this one.
