LOR 1 GEYLANG / GEYLANG FRINGE CAR PARK BUS TERMINAL
Its story...
The Lor 1 Geylang Ter started off as a fringe car park and a bus
terminus for CSS buses cum the SSB Geylang Depot. However, the
terminus was not heavily used when CSS kicked start its operations
in May 1975.
The terminal was constructed and was never being used by SBS or
SMRT, neitehr do NTUC Comfort CSS bsues terminated at. It was
solely used by the insolvent Singapore Shuttle Bus as a
commissionised bus service for CSS. There was only one service plus
a variant for that parent service - SSB Service 10 - running in
different routing system assigned by the timings. 10 and 10A runs
in AM/Off and PM peak respectivelt from Lor 1 Geylang to New Bridge
Rd, with selected stops. 10B only runs at PM Peak, and terminates
at South Canal Rd.
Later on, the CSS was extended to serve the major HDB towns. SSB
Service 10 was being abolished and replaced with a new set of CSS
bus services, by the SSB and NTUC Comfort.
CSS No. 9 was the only service that terminates at Lor 1 Geylang. It
was withdrawn on 27th June 1988, though NTUC Comfort had already
faced several difficulties in competition with SSB. On the same
year, its NTUC Comfort CSS Services, 1 and 4 followed by 6 were
withdrawn. It was then CSS Service 9 did not stay for long despite
the withdrawal of all NTUC Comfort CSS Services.
However, the SSB Depot remains until the entire shutdown on 28th
Apr 2007, with the bus terminal that only houses SBS 11 & 175
and SMRT 853, 961, 980, 985. The site is still there but mostly you
would see taxis, Bus Plus buses, SMRT PA Dennis Lance and Nissan UD
Training Buses that usually parks there regularly.
The bus terminus (known as "Geylang Fringe Car Park" or "Geylang
Terminal") started life as the SBS and CSS terminus. SBS Services
5, 9, 46, 71, 197 began to terminate at the bus Terminus when its
bus bays were expanded to accomodate those SBS services. In 2002,
again, the bus bays were upgraded again to allow bendies to
terminate there. Previously, 980 does not have any bendies when it
was amended to Lor 1 Geylang, previously knwon as 160 at Crawford
St, on which 160 used to have crossover bendies when it was
introduced by KJDEP.
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Its services dated from the 1980s till present...
5 - Lor 1 Geylang to Upp Bt Timah Rd. Extended to Zhenghua Ter in
1985, and then Bt Panjang Ter at Petir Rd (present site at the
vicinity of Petir LRT Station) - this was also the first bus
service at Zhenghua New Town (now Bt Panjang New Town). In 1992,
amended to serve Margaret Dr and became a TIBS service in 1995. It
was withdrawn on 26th Dec 1999.
9 - Lor 1 Geylang to Changi Point. Integrated with 391 as part of
the Changi Airport Bus Plan 1983, and serve the Changi Airport
Cargo Cplx. It was cutback to start from Bedok with the MRT
Rationalisaion.
11 - Lor 1 Geylang to National Stadium. Another service in the
making, when Service 46 and Special Service D was withdrawn. This
service was recently amended.
46 - Service withdrawn.
70# - Lor 1 Geylang - Yio Chu Kang (Weekdays Night, Sat, Sun &
PHs Service) - service extended to Suntec City in Oct 2000.
71 - Lor 1 Geylang to Old Upp Thomson Rd. Due to the closure of Old
Upp Thosmon Rd Ter, this service was withdran.
91 - Lor 1 Geylang to Paya Lebar Airport (Loop) - Service
withdrawn.
148 - Lor 1 Geylang to Buona Vista. Introduced in June 1992 but
withdrawn in Nov 1992.
162 - Lor 1 Geylang to Ang Mo Kio. Service withdrawn.
175 - Lor 1 Geylang to Clementi. Introduced on 11th Mar 2007.
197 - Lor 1 Geylang to Jurong. It was extneded to Boon Lay but was
shortened back to Jurong East due to the MRT. It was again extended
to Bedok int.
853 - Lor 1 Geylang to Yishun. This service was amended to ply
Geylang Barhu and Bendemeer Rd on 4th May 2003.
961 - Lor 1 Geylang to Sembawang. Previously known as 181, this
service used to terminate at Crawford St and the terminal was
closed on 27th Dec 1998.
980 - Lor 1 Geylang to Sembawang. Previously known as 160, this
service used to terminate at Crawford St and the terminal was
closed on 27th Dec 1998. On 20th Nov 2005, it was amended to
Sembawang Int when Admiralty Rd West Ter closed and Sembawang Int
was opened for commissioning of SMRT bus services.
985 - Lor 1 Geylang to Choa Chu Kang. Integrates with 185 and 989,
and cutback to terminate at Lor 1 Geylang ter.
What was the route of 46.
Truth to be told, 961 does not go to Sembawang. It goes to
Woodlands Regional.