1974 Bus Rationalisation
With the amalgamation of the 3 bus companies viz. Amalgamated Bus
Company (ABC), Associated Bus Services (ABS) and the United Bus
Company (UBC) into one, it is necessary to rationalise and adjust
the bus routes and services. These changes are to be implemented on
Sunday 3 February, 1974.
For the convenience of bus commuters, a summary of the changes made
are indicated below:-
(a) Services Withdrawn
The following existing Services will cease to operate:-
Nos. 2A, 4, 52, 60/60A, 80A, 93A, 101A, 121, 138, 141A, 149A, 153A,
159, 162, 166, 177, 192, 197, 199, 207.
(b) Integrated Services
1) 95 + 153A = 95
To operate from Paya Lebar Airport to Ulu Pandan Road / Clementi
Road via Toa Payoh, Scotts Road, Orchard Road
2) 141 + 141A = 141
To follow former 141 route.
3) 149 + 149A = 149
To follow former 149 route, except routings in Toa Payoh details of
which are as follows:
From Toa Payoh Town Centre via Lorong 6, Lorong 4, Toa Payoh
Central, Lorong 2, Lorong 1A, Lorong 1, Lorong 2, Lorong 3, Lorong
4, Lorong 5, Lorong 4, Lorong 1, Access Road, Braddell Road,
Thomson Road, Kampong Java Road, Bukit Timah Road, Rochor Canal
Road, Bencoolen Street, Bras Basah Road, Nicoll Highway, Connaught
Drive, Fullerton Road, Collyer Quay, Raffles Quay, Shenton Way and
Prince Edward Road.
Return via Shenton Way, Parsi Road, Anson Road, Robinson Road,
Market Street, Cecil Street, Collyer Quay, Fullerton Road, High
Street, St. Andrew's Road, Coleman Street, Armenian Street,
Stamford Road, Waterloo Street, Middle Road, Selegie Road,
Mackenzie Road, Kampong Java Road, Thomson Road, Braddell Road,
Flyover, Access Road, Toa Payoh – Lorong 6, Lorong 4, Lorong 5,
Lorong 4, Lorong 3, Lorong 2, Lorong 1, Lorong 1A, Lorong 2, to
terminus at Toa Payoh Town Centre.
4) 201 + 207 = 201
To follow former 201 route with extension to Toh Tuck Road
End.
(c) New Services
178 - Corporation Drive (Jurong Industrial Estate) to Upper Bukit
Timah Road (near Bukit Panjang Circus) via Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim,
Jalan Bahru Selatan, Jalan Bahru Utara and Jurong Road.
179 - Lim Chu Kang (End) to Upper Bukit Timah Road (near Ewart
Circus) via Chua Chu Kang (end), Chua Chu Kang Road, Upper Bukit
Timah Road.
183 - Benoi Road (Jurong Industrial Estate) to South Canal Road via
Pioneer Road, Tanjong Kling Road, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Bird Park
Circus, Jalan Boon Lay, International Road, Quality Road, Jalan
Tukang, Corporation Road, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Upper Ayer Rajah
Road, Ayer Rajah Road, Alexandra Road, Tiong Bahru Road, Seng Poh
Road, Outram Road, New Bridge Road.
(d) Change of Service Numbers
1) 1A = 3
2) 13A = 14
3) 30/30A = 30
4) 31/31A = 31
5) 41A = 44
6) 50A = 53
7) 73/73A = 73
8) 81A = 85
9) 100/100A = 100
10) 102A = 105
11) 103A = 106
12) 120/120A = 120
13) 140A = 136
14) 154A = 209
15) 155A = 135
16) 160A = 167
17) 163A = 168
18) 180/180A = 180
19) 191A = 190
20) 192A = 192
21) 193A = 189
(e) Modified Services
1) 5 - Resiting of Terminus from Upper Changi Road to Kg Chai
Chee.
2) 11 - Resiting of terminus from Bedok Road to Upper Changi Road
8¼ ms (near Anglican High School).
3) 12 - Resiting of terminus from Bedok Road to Upper Changi Road
8¼ ms (near Anglican High School).
4) 13 - Resiting of terminus from Bedok Road to Upper Changi Road
8¼ ms (near Anglican High School).
5) 22 - To by-pass Opera Estate.
6) 30 - To by-pass Stamford Road, Waterloo Street and Bras Basah
Road.
7) 31 - Routings changed to following:
Via New Upper Changi Road, Changi Road, Telok Kurau Road, Joo Chiat
Place, Joo Chiat Road, Dunman Road, Old Airport Road, Mountbatten
Road, Geylang Road, Kallang Road, Crawford Street, Beach Road, Bras
Basah Road, Nicoll Highway, Stamford Road, Orchard Road, Penang
Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Pulo Saigon Road, Chin Swee Road, Outram
Road, Cantonment Road, Neil Road and New Bridge Road.
Return via New Bridge Road, Outram Road, Tiong Bahru Road, Seng Poh
Road, Outram Road, Chin Swee Road, Pulo Saigon Road, Clemenceau
Avenue, River Valley Road, Tank Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Link Road,
Buyong Road, Orchard Road, Dhoby Ghaut, Bras Basah Road, Beach
Road, Crawford Street, North Bridge Road, Sumbawa Road, Kallang
Road, Geylang Road, Mountbatten Road, Old Airport Road, Dunman
Road, Joo Chiat Road, Joo Chiat Place, Telok Kurau Road, Changi
Road, and New Upper Changi Road to Kampong Chai Chee.
8) 41 - To by-pass Telok Kurau.
9) 43 - From Kallang Park to Prince Edward Road. To be operated
during peak hours on Weekdays, including Saturdays. The service
will not operate during Sundays and Public Holidays.
10) 45 - Routings changed to following:
Via New Upper Changi Road, Changi Road, Telok Kurau Road, Joo Chiat
Place, Joo Chiat Road, Dunman Road, Old Airport Road, Mountbatten
Road, Fort Road and Tanjong Rhu Road to Rhu Cross.
Return via Tanjong Rhu Road, Fort Road, Mountbatten Road, Old
Airport Road, Dunman Road, Joo Chiat Road, Joo Chiat Place, Telok
Kurau Road, Changi Road, and New Upper Changi Road to Kampong Chai
Chee Terminus.
11) 50 - To be deviated from Geylang and Changi Road to ply along
Sims Avenue and Paya Lebar Road.
12) 53 - To replace existing Service No. 50A with extension to
Jalan Bukit Merah (near Rumah Bomba Circus).
13) 73 - To serve from Yio Chu Kang (near Sembawang Circus) to Toa
Payoh.
14) 84 - To extend from South Bridge Road/Upper Cross Street to
Tanjong Pagar/Anson Road.
15) 85 - To replace existing Service No. 81A and to bypass Jalan
Besar, Bencoolen Street and Bras Basah Road.
16) 90 - To by-pass Paya Lebar Road
17) 91 - .Routings changed to following:
Via Airport Road, Paya Lebar Road, Guillemard Road, Tanjong Katong
Road, Dunman Road, Old Airport Road, Mountbatten Road, Geylang
Road, Kallang Road, Crawford Street, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road,
Nicoll Highway, Connaught Drive, Fullerton Road, Collyer Quay,
Raffles Quay, Shenton Way and Prince Edward Road.
Return via Shenton Way, Parsi Road, Anson Road, Robinson Road,
Market Street, Cecil Street, Collyer Quay, Fullerton Road, High
Street, St. Andrew's Road, Stamford Road, Beach Road, Crawford
Street, North Bridge Road, Sumbawa Road, Kallang Road, Geylang
Road, Mountbatten Road, Old Airport Road, Dunman Road, Tanjong
Katong Road, Guillemard Road, Paya Lebar Road, and Airport
Road.
18) 92 - Resiting of terminus from Jalan Bukit Merah (near Lower
Delta Road) to Jalan Bukit Merah (near Rumah Bomba Circus).
19) 102 - This service to be supplemented by limited stop service
during peak hours.
20) 103 - To by-pass Serangoon Garden Estate. Resiting of terminus
from Serangoon Garden Estate to Jalan Kayu End.
21) 120 - To by-pass Stamford Road, Waterloo Street and Bras Basah
Road.
22) 125 - Resiting of terminus from Havelock Road to Jalan Bukit
Merah (near Lower Delta Road), by-passing Alexandra Road.
23) 130 - Resiting of terminus from Balestier Road to Sin Ming
Road.
24) 151 - Routings changed to following:
From Toa Payoh Town Centre via Lorong 6, Lorong 4, Toa Payoh
Central, Lorong 2, Flyover, Jalan Toa Payoh, Flyover, Whitley Road,
Stevens Road, Scotts Road, Paterson Road, Paterson Hill, Irwell
Bank Road, Kim Seng Road, Outram Road and Outram Park.
Return via Outram Park, Outram Road, Cantonment Road, Neil Road,
New Bridge Road, Outram Road, Tiong Bahru Road, Seng Poh Road,
Outram Road, Kim Seng Road, Zion Road, Hoot Kiam Road, Paterson
Hill, Paterson Road, Scotts Road, Stevens Road, Whitley Road,
Flyover, Jalan Toa Payoh, Access Road, Lorong 6, Lorong 4, Toa
Payoh Central and Lorong 2, to Toa Payoh Town Centre.
25) 155 - Resiting of terminus from Bedok Road to Kg Chai
Chee.
26) 158 - To by-pass Opera Estate.
27) 160 - To deviate from Upper Thomson Road/Sembawang Hills Circus
into Old Upper Thomson Road.
28) 165 - Routings changed to following:
Via Upper Thomson Road, Thomson Road, Lornie Road, Adam Road,
Farrer Road, Holland Road, loop around Holland Village Island,
Holland Road, Ulu Pandan Road, Clementi Road, Upper Ayer Rajah
Road, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Corporation Circus, Jurong Port Road,
'U' turn at Jurong Port, back along Jurong Port Road, Jalan Buroh,
Jurong Pier Road, 'U' turn at Jurong Town Pier, back along Jurong
Pier Road, Jalan Boon Lay to Old Jurong Road.
Return via Old Jurong Road, Jurong Road, Jalan Boon Lay, Bird Park
Circus, Jurong Pier Road, 'U' turn at Jurong Town Pier, back along
Jurong Pier Road, Jalan Buroh, Jurong Port Road, 'U' turn at Jurong
Port, back along Jurong Port Road, Corporation Circus, Jalan Ahmad
Ibrahim, Upper Ayer Rajah Road, Clementi Road, Ulu Pandan Road,
Holland Road, Farrer Road, Adam Road, Lornie Road, Thomson Road and
Upper Thomson Road.
29) 172 - To by-pass Chua Chu Kang End.
30) 176 - Routings changed to following:
Via Corporation Drive, Block 61, along Corporation Drive, Yung Ho
Road, Corporation Road, Corporation Circus, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim,
Upper Ayer Rajah Road, Ayer Rajah Road, Alexandra Road, Telok
Blangah Road, Keppel Road, Anson Road, Robinson Road, Market
Street, Cecil Street, Collyer Quay, Fullerton Road, High Street,
St. Andrew's Road, Stamford Road, Victoria Street, Sumbawa Road,
North Bridge Road, Jalan Sultan, Beach Road and Crawford
Street.
Return via Crawford Street, North Bridge Road, Bras Basah Road,
Nicoll Highway, Connaught Drive, Fullerton Road, Collyer Quay,
Raffles Quay, Shenton Way, Palmer Road, Mistri Road, Parsi Road,
Anson Road, Keppel Road, Telok Blangah Road, Alexandra Road, Ayer
Rajah Road, Upper Ayer Rajah Road, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Corporation
Circus, Corporation Road, Yung Ho Road and Corporation Drive to
Block 61.
31) 180 - Resiting of terminal from Ewart Circus and Prince Edward
Road to Bukit Panjang Circus and Tanjong Pagar Road
respectively.
32) 181 - Routings changed to following:
Via Upper Bukit Timah Road, Dunearn Road, Adam Road, Farrer Road,
Queensway, Queen's Circus, Queensway, Jalan Bukit Merah, Kampong
Bahru Road, New Bridge Road, Hill Street, Victoria Street, Bras
Basah Road, Beach Road, and Crawford Street.
Return via Crawford Street, North Bridge Road, Jalan Sultan, Beach
Road, Bras Basah Road, Nicoll Highway, Stamford Road, North Bridge
Road, South Bridge Road, Neil Road, Kampong Bahru Road, Jalan Bukit
Merah, Queensway, Queen's Circus, Queensway, Farrer Road, Bukit
Timah Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road.
32) 182 - Routings changed to following:
Via Upper Bukit Timah Road, Dunearn Road, making a 'U' turn in
front of Dunearn Road Outpatient Dispensary, Bukit Timah Road,
Stevens Road, Scotts Road, Orchard Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Pulo
Saigon Road, Canal Road, New Bridge Road, North Canal Road, South
Canal Road, Boat Quay, Market Street, Cecil Street, Boon Tat
Street, Shenton Way and loop back along Parsi Road, Anson Road,
Robinson Road, Cross Street, Upper Cross Street, Havelock Road,
Pulo Saigon Road, Clemenceau Avenue, River Valley Road, Tank Road,
Clemenceau Avenue, Penang Road, Somerset Road, Grange Road, Orchard
Boulevard, Paterson Road, Scotts Road, Stevens Road, Bukit Timah
Road and Upper Bukit Timah Road.
33) 189 - To replace existing service No. 193A with changes of
routings to following:
Via Commonwealth Avenue, Commonwealth Drive, Queensway, Farrer
Circus, Queensway, Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandra Road, Lower Delta
Road, Tiong Bahru Road, Seng Poh Road, Outram Road, Cantonment
Road, Keppel Road, Anson Road, Robinson Road, Cross Street, Upper
Cross Street, New Bridge Road, North Canal Road and South Canal
Road.
Return via South Canal Road, Boat Quay, Market Street, Cecil
Street, Boon Tat Street, Shenton Way, Palmer Road, Mistri Road,
Parsi Road, Anson Road, Keppel Road, Cantonment Road, Outram Road,
Tiong Bahru Road, Lower Delta Road, Alexandra Road, Commonwealth
Avenue, Queen's Circus, Queensway, Commonwealth Drive, Commonwealth
Avenue, Queen's Circus, and Commonwealth Avenue.
34) 193 - To terminate at Tanjong Pagar.
35) 196 - Resiting of terminus from Jalan Bukit Merah (near Lower
Delta Road) to Prince Edward Road.
36) 198 - Resiting of terminus from South Canal Road to Jalan Kolam
Ayer, with changes of routings to following:
Via Jalan Kolam Ayer, Bendemeer Road, Jalan Besar, Bencoolen
Street, Orchard Road, Penang Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Pulo Saigon
Road, Havelock Road, Ganges Avenue, un-named Road, Havelock Road,
Delta Circus, Alexandra Road, Commonwealth Avenue, North Buona
Vista Road, Ayer Rajah Road, Upper Ayer Rajah Road, Jalan Ahmad
Ibrahim, Corporation Circus, Jurong Port Road, 'U' turn at Jurong
Port, back along Jurong Port Road, Jalan Buroh, Jurong Pier Road,
'U' turn at Jurong Town Pier, back along Jurong Pier Road, Bird
Park Circus and Jalan Boon Lay to Old Jurong Road.
Return via Old Jurong Road, Jurong Road, Jalan Boon Lay, Bird Park
Circus, Jurong Pier Road, 'U' turn at Jurong Town Pier, back along
Jurong Pier Road, Jalan Buroh, Jurong Port Road, 'U' turn at Jurong
Port, back along Jurong Port Road, Corporation Circus, Jalan Ahmad
Ibrahim, Upper Ayer Rajah Road, Ayer Rajah Road, North Buona Vista
Road, Commonwealth Avenue, Alexandra Road, Delta Circus, Havelock
Road, Indus Road, Ganges Avenue, Havelock Road, Pulo Saigon Road,
Clemenceau Avenue, River Valley Road, Tank Road, Clemenceau Avenue,
Link Road, Buyong Road, Orchard Road, Dhoby Ghaut, Selegie Road,
Serangoon Road and Jalan Kolam Ayer.
37) 200 - Resiting of terminus from South Buona Vista Road/Pasir
Panjang Road to Pasir Panjang Road/Clementi Road.
38) 208 - Resiting of terminus from Kranji Road to Upper Bukit
Timah (near Bukit Panjang Circus).