Past bus routes and deployment

last SG · 2009-08-18T22:50:31+00:00

Are there any bus ply Hu Ching Rd in the past?Thought saw a SBS bus pass by Jurong Town Pri Sch when i was a kid

Rk 2010 SG

SBS8533C

Do you have the Toa Payoh services Rationalisation?

SBS8533C SG

Toa Payoh Bus Services is exactly the same concept.

Looking back to its Toa Payoh bus routes in the 1970s, you would notice that almost all of its Toa Payoh bus routes were circling the roads of Toa Payoh Estate without having any feeders in the past. There was a feeder 230 in the past, Toa Payoh - Lor 8 (Loop), which was the only feeder service in Toa Payoh, possibly meant for serving new bus stops along Lor 8 & Toa Payoh East. It was said that Toa Payoh Bus Plan & intro of its feeder service was in 1983

Toa Payoh services were numbered 1XX in the past.

Let's make a breakdown of the services during its re-organisation.

Kim Keat Ave:

141 - To Prince Edward Rd
144 - To C'wealth Ave (Near North Buona Vista Rd)
148 - To C'wealth Ave / Noth Buona Vista Rd
149 - To Prince Edward Rd
151 - To South Canal Rd
155 - Bedok Rd/Upp changi Rd (via Macpeherson Rd)

Toa Payoh Lor 1:

140A - Stamford Rd (Loop Svc)
142 - To South Canal Rd
145 - To Keppel Harbour
146 - To Keppel Harbour
149A - Finlayson Green (Loop Svc)
150 - To Crawford St
152 - To Telok Kurau
153 - To Jln Bukit Merah
155A - Bedok Rd/Upp changi Rd (via Macpeherson Rd)
156 - Upp Serangoon Rd End

Toa Payoh Lor 6:

140 - To Prince Edward Rd
141A - Finlasyon Green (LOop svc)
143 - Jurong Rd 10 ms Market
147 - To C'wealth Ave (Near North Buona Vista Rd)

When the Toa Payoh TOwn Centre Bus terminus opened on 1 Oct 1971, all of its Toa Payoh Services clustered in 3 terminals were called to the new bus terminus located at the town cenre. A few of its services were amended or introduced during the period. The services in 1972 are as follows:

138 - To St Michael's Est (Loop svc)
139 - To Lengkok Bahru
140 - To Prince Edward Rd (Via Lor 6)
140A - To Prince Edward Rd (Via Lor 1)
141 - To Prince Edward Rd
141A - To Finlasyon Green (Loop Svs)
142 - To South Canal Rd
143 - To Jurong Rd 10ms Market
144 - To C'wealth Ave
145 - To Pasir Panjang Rd
146 - To Pasir Panjang Rd
147 - To C'wealth Ave
148 - To C'wealth Ave/North Buona Vista Rd
149 - To Prince Edward Rd
149A - To Finlayson Green (Loop Svc)
150 - To Crawford St
151 - To South Canal Rd
152 - To Telok Kurau
153 - To Jln Bt Merah
153A - To Jln Bt Merah
155 - To Bedok Rd/Upp Changi Rd
155A - To Bedok Rd/Upp Changi Rd
156 - To Uper Serangoon Rd End
157 - To Jurong Shipyrad
158 - To Opera Estate
159 - To Outram Pak

During the 1974 Rationalisation, which was the first after the merger of 3 bus companies to SBS, services were either being amended/extended/withdrawn

Withdrawn services: 138, 141A, 149A, 153A, 159

Other changes for the rationalisation

73 will call at Toa Payoh instead of Tanjong Pagar Rd.
141 and 141A was integrated to form the normal 141 route
149 and 149A will follow the 149 route but part of its routings in Toa Payoh has been changed.
151 - Re-routing of service but its start and end points remain unchanged.
155 - Amended to Kg Chai Chee instead
158 - To by pass Opera Estate.

Renumbering of services:

140A to 136
155A to 135

As it was mentioned in the Jurong Bus Rationalisation of 1978, Service 157 was later being amended to start from Jurong Bus Interhcange instead.

Now, let's focus about the Toa Payoh Bus Plan of 1983

At first existing Toa Payoh services that circled around Toa Payoh Estate had been abolished and replaced with a new set of Toa Payoh feeders, so that services do not clutter along the roads around Toa Payoh. The only solution to avoid the situation is to re-route all of its services that plys around Toa Payoh Estate without having to alter the routes that ply outside of Toa Payoh. It was said that a sole feeder service 230 had been withdrawn and was replaced with new feeders.

Before that, Lor 1, Lor 1A, Lor 2, Lor 3, Lor 4, Lor 5 were served by many Toa Payoh services and Service 230 only served Toa Payoh East and Lor 8.

New set of feeder services introduced:

231 - To Lor 1 Toa Payoh (G/W)
232 - To Lor 2 Toa Payoh (G/W)
235 - To Lor 3 Toa Payoh
237 - To Lor 7 Toa Payoh
238 - To Lor 8 Toa Payoh
239 - To Kim Keat Ave (withdrawn in 1985)

- Summary of Toa Payoh Services of the 1970s (amendments/service changes made in the 1980s are in brackets, in addition to the feeders as listed above) -

73 - To Old Upp Thomson Rd
135 - To Upp Changi Rd (later extended to Ang Mo Kio)
137 - To Singapore Zoo
139 - To Bt Merah Int
140 - To Prince Edward Rd
141 - To Prince Edward Rd
143 - To Jurong Rd 10ms Market (later amended to Penjuru Depot)
144 - To C'wealth Ave (withdrawn)
145 - To Pasir Panjang Rd (later amended to Buona Vista)
146 - To Pasir panjang Rd (later amended to Clementi)
147 - To C'wealth Ave (later amended to Potong Pasir)
148 - To C'wealth Ave (later amended to Buona Vista)
149 - To Prince Edward Rd (later it was re-introduced to Changi Airport)
150 - To Crawford St
151 - To New Bridge Rd (withdrawn)
152 - To Bedok
153 - To Toa Payoh (later amended to Upp Serangoon)
155 - To Upp Changi Rd 13.3km (later amended to 15.5 km and subsequently to Somapah Termainal)
156 - To Upp Serangoon Rd End (withdrawn)
157 - To Jurong Int
158 - To Kg Chai Chee (later amended to Bedok)
159 - To Ang Mo Kio
Service B to National Stadium (for special event only)

ZYX2005 SG

Based on above

11 Chiense co + STC -> Gen 0 (1933 - 1969)
> to clairfy no services to TPY, closest was Kim keat.

Rationalisation + introduce svc nos of today system

ABC ABS UBC -> Gen 1 (1969--1971)
> gen 1 also includes TPY new town introductions

1974 ratonalsiaton - Gen 1A

1970s improvements and enw towns (include Clementi and bedok) - gen 2

TIB657M SG

1. When was Service 237 withdrawn?

Was Service 142 being reintroduced to amend the loss of 147 Potong Pasir Routes after Potong Pasir Iterminal was destructed?

TIB657M SG

I have 2 questions to ask:

1) Why was Service 825 under TIBS (Beside the numberings) as it starts from YCK Int (governed by SBS)? Same goes to 927 when it was introduced when CCK was inder SBS.

2) Which private companies were merged to form CSS? Was it under TIBS control?

jayh272416 SG

1. When was Service 237 withdrawn?

iirc around 2000 or 2001. merged with svc 232 to link Lor 7 wiht braddell MRT Station.

TIB657M SG

I also have clarification about depot management:

Why 882 is under AMDEP (YIshun group) control, but not WLDEP (Sembawang group)? Since Sembawang is near WLDEP and WLDEP controls all of Sembawang Services.

Why AMDEP had to handover some of YIBP services (like: 811, 812, 851) to WLDEP? Was it something to do with the introduction of 965 and 969?

jayh272416 SG

I have 2 questions to ask:

1) Why was Service 825 under TIBS (Beside the numberings) as it starts from YCK Int (governed by SBS)? Same goes to 927 when it was introduced when CCK was inder SBS.

2) Which private companies were merged to form CSS? Was it under TIBS control?

927 should be because it goes to zoo .i heard 138 was almost handed to TIBS.

SBS7382C SG

927 should be because it goes to zoo .i heard 138 was almost handed to TIBS.

heard it was bcos it entered tibs area or sth like that...

TIB657M SG

Is it wise for LTA to let SBST take back Service 67? Since it covers 2/3 of SBST areas. Only 1/3 is Choa Chu Kang Area. So, how was the demand of 67 during SBS days?

TIB657M SG

heard it was bcos it entered tibs area or sth like that...

It is common for some of SBS services cover through TIBS area. I shan't mention all of them. (In vice versa, TIBS cover through SBS area too)

But 67, as I did mentioned earlier on, it only covers 1/3 of TIBS area.

Can just say, LTA does not allow SBS (TIBS) to cover the secondary road of TIBS (SBS) area, but only main road in order to be fair? Just like 161, 168 only cover main road of Woodlands whereas 965, main road of Sengkang and so on.

SBS8533C SG

I have 2 questions to ask:

2) Which private companies were merged to form CSS? Was it under TIBS control?

CSS was under both Singapore Shuttle Bus & NTUC Comfort.

In 1988, NTUC Confort discontinued its 3 CSS services and the other 6 services by SSB still withdrawn (CSS 9 was withdrawn in the same year).

SBS8533C SG

I also have clarification about depot management:

Why AMDEP had to handover some of YIBP services (like: 811, 812, 851) to WLDEP? Was it something to do with the introduction of 965 and 969?

AMDEP have to control services in Jln Kayu and Sengkang services, that's why they push Yishun services to WLDEP in 1998 when WLDEP opened..

TIB657M SG

CSS was under both Singapore Shuttle Bus & NTUC Comfort.

In 1988, NTUC Confort discontinued its 3 CSS services and the other 6 services by SSB still withdrawn (CSS 9 was withdrawn in the same year).

So, why SMRT took back the CSS buses when all of CSS services were withdrawn?

TIB657M SG

Were the UDs (Include deregistered NAC UDs) came from different private companies?

Were those NAC UDs 'forced out' by bendies?

SBS8533C SG

So, why SMRT took back the CSS buses when all of CSS services were withdrawn?

In 2001, Trans Island and CSS (SSB) became under SMRT Group. CSS falls under SMRT body, which means CSS became SMRT controlled until its withdrawal. CSS service can only be withdrawn, neither can be amended or introduced becuase the SSB was dissolved and SMRT take over the CSS services, becuase the routes belongs to the former SSB.

SBS8533C SG

Were the UDs (Include deregistered NAC UDs) came from different private companies?

Were those NAC UDs 'forced out' by bendies?

Nope. They are first hand bought. NAC UDs were deregistered due to aging or lifespan expiry.

vicamour SG

Is it wise for LTA to let SBST take back Service 67? Since it covers 2/3 of SBST areas. Only 1/3 is Choa Chu Kang Area. So, how was the demand of 67 during SBS days?

I hope LTA will allow. It'll be much better and I missed the B10M Striders on 67.

Rationalization of Jurong Bus Services

An overview:
The Rationalization of Jurong Bus Services covers the existing bus services serving Taman Jurong and the Jurong Industrial Estates. The rationalisation took place on 1st June 1978 and with the conjunction of the Jurong Bus Interchange at Jurogn Port Rd, most of the services were amended to terminate at Jurong Interchange instead of one cluster of terminals around the vicinity of Jurong Town and Industrial Estate.

The services before Rationalisation stages:

Pre-Rationalisation of 1974 Era

10 - Bedok Rd to Shipyard Rd (later extended to Upp Changi Rd)
30/30A - Changi Rd to Jln Ahmad Ibrahim
42 - Telok Kurau to International Rd
154 - MacPherson Est to International Rd
154A - Crawford St to Benoi Rd
157 - Toa Payoh to Shipyard Rd
165 - Upper Thomson Rd (near Sembawang Hills Dr) to Jln Boon Lay/Jurong Rd
176 - Corporation Dr to Prince Edward Rd
182 - Upp Bt Timah Rd (near Ewart Circus) to Benoi Rd
198 - South Canal Rd to Jln Boon Lay/Jurong Rd
202 - Corporation Dr to International Rd
203 - Corporation Dr to Jurong Port Rd
204 - Corporation Dr to Benoi Rd
205 - Corporation Dr to Shipyard Rd
206 - Lim Chu Kang to Tanjong Kling

Post-Rationalisation of 1974 to Pre-Jurong Town Rationalisation of 1978 (amendments are shown)

30/30A - Renumbered to 30 accordingly and at the same time bypass Stamford Rd, Waterloo St & Bras Basah Rd.
154A - Renumbered to 209.
165 - Rerouted to form Upper Thomson Rd to Old Jurong Rd service.
176 - Rerouted to form Corporation Dr to Crawfors St service.
178 - New Service introduced from Corporation Dr to Jurong Rd
182 - Noticeably the service doesn't serve the Jurong Industrial Estate anymore. It Serves only the North Canal Rd and South Canal Rd as a loop service via Bukit Timah Rd and Orchard Rd and make a looping at Parsi Rd
183 - New Service introduced from Benoi Rd to New Bridge Rd (later called at South Canal Terminal instead)
198 - Extended to Jln Kolam Ayer Terminus (and later to Sims Place)

Post Rationalisation of 1978 (when Jurong Interchange was opened at the same date of rationalisation. Feeder/Industrial Services were introduced to reduce route constraints due to long routes and off peak wastage)

10 - Upper Changi Rd (13.3km) to Jurong
30 - Chai Chee to Jurong
154 - MacPherson Est to Jurong
157 - Toa Payoh - Jurong
165 - Ang Mo Kio to Jurong
178 - Upp Bt Timah Rd (near Bt Panjang Cirus) to Jurong
183 - New Bridge Rd to Jurong
184 - Telok Blangah Way to Jurong
196 - Prince Edward Rd to Jurong
197 - Geylang Fringe Car Park to Jurong
198 - Sims Place to Jurong
206 - Lim Chu Kang Rd to Jurong

Feeder services (Loop Service)

240 - Jurong to Boon Lay Gdn (Loop)
241 - Jurong to Teban Est
242 - Jurong to Kang Ching Rd
244 - Jurong Int to Boon Lay Gdn

Industrial Feeders (Loop Service)

245 - Jurong to Pandan Rd
246 - Jurong to Boon Lay Gdn
247 - Jurong to Jurong Pier Rd
248 - Jurong to Neythal Rd
249 - Jurong to Jln Samulun
250 - Jurong Int to 6th Lokyang Rd
251 - Jurong to Refiunery Rd
253 - Jurong to Benoi Rd
255 - Jurong Int to Gul Circle
257 - Jurong to Gul Rd

Special Services (it was introduced later, not during the rationalisation date itself)

404 - Jurong to Science Centre
405 - Jurong to Jurong Bird Pk
406 - Jurong to Chinese/Jpanese Garden
450 - Jurong to Pasir Laba Camp

404 to 406 was introduced on 4 June, while 450 introduced on 3 June

Other service changes as part of Jurong Bus Rationalisation:

Service 42 from Telok Kurau to International Rd was withdrawn and other alternatives to Jurong were Services 10 and 30. Service 40 covers the route of Service 42

Service 154 was re-routed to MacPherson Rd and Jln Toa Payoh instead instead of Upp Aljunied Rd and Braddell Rd. The only way To get to Jurong from Toa Payoh was Service 157 - the most direct route

Service 176 cutback to Clementi instead of Jurong as this service will be designated to ply along the Clementi Town Area.

Service 178 was amended to Jurong Rd from Bt Timah Rd instead of Jln Jurong Kechil. And again Service 157 is only the most convenient route to Jurong becuase it plies along Jln Jurong Kechil.

Service 183 called at New Bridge Rd terminal instead of South Canal. The new Service 197 would ply part of the existing route of Service 183 (South Cnaal Rd to New Bridge Rd stretch)

Service 197 was newly introduced from Geylang Fringe Car Park to Jurong Interchange via North Bridge Rd, Chinatown and Jln Bukit Merah (along the old 183 route)

Service 209 would cutback to C'wealth Ave instead of the Jurong Area. Affected stretch of Service 209 were served with 183, 196 and 198.

Feel free to contibute if you have any other informations about the Jurong Bus Services Rationalisation

Thanks, SBS8533C, for all the historical insights of the bus service rationalisation of Jurong, Bedok and Toa Payoh, in the 1970s and 1980s. I certainly had learnt a lot of things of Singapore bus history from here. They are very interesting and I really wish I could go back to those days again for the memories of this hobby. Hope you will share more with us on the history of bus services changes in the 1970s and 1980s.

Btw, when was service 146 and 148 withdrawn???

And do you know what happened to some of the bus terminals in the 1980s I mentioned earlier in this thread that had cease to exist from the mid 1990s???

SBS8533C SG

Btw, when was service 146 and 148 withdrawn???

And do you know what happened to some of the bus terminals in the 1980s I mentioned earlier in this thread that had cease to exist from the mid 1990s???

146 withdrawn in 1989 after it was merged with 166 to Clementi. Part of sv 146 route is now the current part of 166.

148 was withdrawn in 1989. Reintroduced as Clementi - Lor 1 Geylang Ter service in 1992 but was subsequently withdrawn in the same year

Certain former bus terminals were demolished due to redevelopment works in the area or land acquistion. One of the terminal, former Ulu Pnadan Terminal was converted into a seafood restaurant.

vicamour SG

Thanks a lot.

I am very interested to know what happened to Princess Elizaberth bus terminal in the early 1990s, which houses service 192 and 193. What happened to it?

When did SBS 173 went to cover Hillview area?

Any ideas on the above.

I hope you can share more of the lists of these bus service changes in major new towns in the 1970s and 1980s in future. I am thinking of compling them together and do a print out for easy references. Thanks a lot.

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