============================================================
ST MICHAEL'S BUS SERVICE HISTORY
============================================================
St Michael's Ter was once known as Whampoa Rd Terminal.
Its beginnings...
Back to the 1960s, STC was the only company that controls the bus
services served in Toa Payoh/Kim Keat/ St Michael's Estates. There
were only 2 services, STC 10A and STC 14A, back then. Although its
HDB flats are sprunging up and parts of Toa Payoh/St Michael's was
still a shanty town, it is not densely populated though, but its
bus services were just its humble beginnings.
STC 10A - Jln Aman to Neil Rd
STC 14A - Jln Aman to Shenton Way
If you realise that it terminates at Jln Aman, this was its first
bus terminus at St Michael's Estate. It was located at the
now-demolished Blk 18/19/24 and at the mid-point of Jln Tenetram,
facing Blk 22.
============================================================
1971 Re-organisation...
On 11th Apr 1971, which is a big day of the re-organisation, a new
set of bus services were catered to St Michael's Estate, to have
more choices for passengers travelling from the estate to other
urban areas. There was only one ABC
service - 122 - which serves from St Michael's Est to C'welath
Ave/North Buona Vista Rd. The rest was from STC.
Services by STC:
120 - St Michael's Est - Prince Edward Rd - via Connaught Dr/Coller
Quay
120A - St Michael's Est - Stamford Rd (Loop) - it was known that it
extended to Prince Edward Rd to join 120
121 - St Michael's Est - Prince Edward Rd - via Bras Basah Rd/North
Bridge Rd/South Bridge Rd
123 - St Michael's Est - South canal Rd
124 - St Michael's Est - Kampong Bahru Rd/Keppel Rd
125 - St Michael's Est - Alexandra Rd/Pasir panjang Rd.
126 - St Michael's Est - New Bridge Rd (Loop) - it was introduced
later that year
Service by ABC:
122 - St Micahel's Est - C'wealth Ave/North Buona Vista Rd.
============================================================
The day STC had fallen out...
When STC loses its bus operating licence on 1st Dec 1971, its bus
services were handed over to ABC, ABS and UBC, the 3 amalgamted
Chinese bus companies. (Do note that STC was still around at that
time, but it can only handle shareholders of STC and host Annual
General Meeting for STC)
120/120A - ABS
121 - ABC
123 - Yellow
124 - ABC
125 - UBC
126 - UBC
All of its services became part of SBS on 1st November 1973.
============================================================
1974 Bus Rationalisation...
Although St Michael's Est was not adversely affected within its
estate, there were several minor changes made outside of St
Michael's Est. This move would reduce duplication of its services
and wasteless diversions.
1) 121 was withdrawn.
2) 120/120A was renumbered to 120
3) 120 to by pass Stamford Rd, Waterloo St, Bras Basah Rd
4) 125 to reside its terminus from Havelock Rd to Jln Bt Merah
(near Lower Delta Rd)
============================================================
CITY SHUTTLE SERVICES HAS GONE TO St MICHAELS ESTATE
CSS No 3 and CSS No 7 by SSB had been extended to serve the Wahmpoa
Rd (St Michael's Estate), to bring residents to the CBD and Orchard
Rd, due to the feebacks collected by commuters of CSS that it
should be extended to call at popular HDB estate.
(The SBS terminus at Jln Aman is still around at that time)
============================================================
Overall in the late 70's...
120 - St Micahel's Est - Prince Edward Rd
122 - St Michael's Est - C'wealth Ave
123 - St Michael's Est - New Bridge Rd
124 - St Michael's Est - Telok Blangah Rise
125 - St Michael's Est - Jln Bt Merah
126 - St Michael's Est - New Bridge Rd
If you do notice, St Michael's Bus Service, fell under the Service
12x category.
============================================================
Whampoa Rd Terminal (aka St Michael's Terminal)
Somewhere around 1984/85, its bus services will have to move out
once the terminal at Whampoa Rd has been completed. The former
terminal at Jln Aman was a roadside terminal and SBS was in a midst
of phasing out roadside terminal as it would cause an accident and
raised safety concerns.
All of its bus service in Whampoa Rd Terminal will have to ply the
loop route along Whampoa Rd, Jln Bahagia and Jln Tenteram.
Soon after, SBS Services joined in the 2 CSS services that
terminates at Whampoa Rd.
============================================================
Services that used to or currently terminating at St Michael's Ter
(Current Services are marked in Bold)
4 - Tampines to St Michael's [Originally from Bedok to St
Michael's. Integrate with 19 and extended to Pasir Ris, and amended
to ply at Tampines. Service was withdrawn when it was merged with
21 in 1993.]
21 - Pasir Ris to St Michael's [Integrated with 4.
As part of the NEL rationalisation, it was amended to ply Jln
Besar, Kitchener Rd and Serangoon Rd]
120 - St Michael's to Beach Rd (Loop) [it was previously
terminating at Prince Edward Rd but was known to have shortened to
loop at Beach Rd. Service was withdrawn]
122 - Bukit Batok to St Michael's [Previously Buona Vista to St
Micahel's. It was then extended to Bt Batok and back to Buona Vista
again before it was withdrawn]
123 - St Michael's to New Bridge Rd [with 124 being amended, the
service was made to loop at Tomlinson Rd from New bridge Rd]
124 - St Michael's to Telok Blangah Dr (Loop)
[this service was known to have cutback to New Bridge Rd, as it was
the only service that serve Telok Blangah back then. It was amended
to Telok Blangah Rise and extended to Bt Maerh in 1993. On 23rd Nov
2003, it was amended again to loop at Telok Blangah Dr]
125 - St Michael's to Sims Dr (Loop) [Previously
St Michael's to Jln Bt Merah. It was shortened to Shenton Way Ter
and a daytime serice. In Nov 2000, it was integrated with sv 20 and
loops at Sims Dr. Amended to ply Jln Beasr, Kitchener Rd and
Serangoon Rd under NEL Rationalisation.]
126 - St Michael's Est - New Bridge Rd [Serivce withdrawn]
131 - St Michael's Est - Bt Merah [previously
terminating at Shenton Way, merged with 125 and extend to Bt Merah
in 1993. On 19 Jun 2005, enhanced to serve Bt Purmei Est]
186 - St Micheal's Est - Shenton Way [previously
Shenton Way to Farrer Rd (Loop) - was extended to St Michael's
Ter]
CSS 603 - St Michael's Est - Upp Cross St (Loop) [service
withdrawal]
CSS 607 - St Michael's Est - New Bridge Rd (Loop) [service
withdrawal]
TIBS NR5 - St Michael's Est - Jurong West St 75 (Loop) [Service was
then merged with SMRT NightBus SN30 and cutback to Marina
Centre]
============================================================
FACT!
1) 124, 131 & 186 has a Red/White plate directional
service
2) 21 was the first WAB service in St Michael's Estate to Pasir
Ris. It uses the new Volvo B9TLs on 27th June 2006.
============================================================
SERVICE 21 GOES WAB!
1) The final service to be the first WAB was Sv 21, after its final
consulation by the Voluntary Welfare Organisations and the LTA
(some refer to it as ROV).
2) It rans through the Handicap Welfare Premises in Whampoa,
enables PIW access to Bedok, Tampines and Pasir Ris as well as Tan
Tock Seng Hospital
3) Patience and tolerance are the expectations by the passengers of
Service 21.