bus services with the 'weirdest' routes

last SG · 2007-04-10T15:10:24+00:00

only the part after jalan ahmad ibrahim is confusing i'll say

105090 SG

theres such an arrangement for 170 at Woodlands Centre

but perhaps those passengers at serangoon gardens are regulars, so not a big problem

SBS9806J SG

Then might as well say the services that ply St Michael's Est. are even worse, but all of these services have different coloured destos like what ngjy22 has shown.

Volvo Olympian SG

Well , To Teck Whye board at the Central Stop opp the MRT Stn , to Yew tee can board either at CCK Int or Lot 1 bus stop

Simple as that.... Rolling Eyes

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Take the wrong one at the most turn one round. Waste time nia. Bus fare still the same. Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Read bus plate. Laughing

Last time, they used to have different colours, so quite easy to tell. Now the colours the same, I almost took the wrong bus. Same for 136.

For buses around Serangoon Garden, it actually doesn't matter so much. Their routes are pretty short, you just have to take from one end to the other end and back. At the most pay more...

bus555 SG

How abotu service 3? i heard that u must board at the Int to go to Tampines while when u want to got to Punggol must board it outside the Int lol. and btw i dunno it got go inside Pasir Ris int 2 times??

bendy2003 SG

I guess last time 136 have different colours because it was a loop service then, that's why different colours are used so that passengers would know which direction it's going.

btw, I think 112, 113 and 115 also considered weird, especially 115 since it's really a "one-way" service. Smile

Volvo Olympian SG

Feeder 941 also one kind of ''one way'' service , the part from West Ave 3 to Central...

ZYX2005 SG

serangoon gardens dilemma:

dun u just wish sbst used electronic displays or LED (As the japanese say)

ZYX

SBS9806J SG

Yeah, except the Feeders and JIS, don't really need them.

eX.A.K.R. SG

Some details I gleaned from SgWiki:

UBC No. 182 (Yellow) Upp. Bukit Timah Rd (Near Ewart Circus) - Benoi Road (Jurong Industrial Estate)

VIA
Upp Bukit Timah Rd, Dunearn Rd, Stevens Rd, Scotts Rd, Orchard Rd, Clemenceau Ave, Pulo Saigon Rd, Canal Rd, Upp Pickering St, South Bridge Rd, Neil Rd, New Bridge Rd, Outram Rd, Tiong Bahru Rd, Alexandra Rd, Ayer Rajah Rd, Upp Ayer Rajah Rd, Jln Ahmad Ibrahim, Corporation Rd, Jln Tukang, Quality Rd, International Rd, Jln Boon Lay, Jln Ahmad Ibrahim, Jln Besi, Liu Fang Rd, Jln Besi Baja, Jln Besi and Benoi Rd, near Singapore Shipbuilding Engineering Co. Ltd.

...I will spare you the return trip.

If you attempt to trace out this bus route on a map, you may think you are drawing highly-detailed spaghetti at some parts.

A rationalisation in 1974 made the route less insane:

182 Routeings 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.

I wonder if the old route 182 that later became one of TIBS' early bus routes grew out of this 182. Compare the above with this, taken from the 1979/80 vus guide:

Service 182: Woodlands New Bridge Road

Admiralty Rd, Woodlands Town Centre Rd, Woodlands Rd, Upp Bt Timah Rd, Jln Anak Bt, Dunearn Rd, Scotts Rd, Orchard Rd, Dhoby Ghaut, Bras Basah Rd, North Bridge Rd, South Bridge Rd, Neil Rd and New Bridge Rd.

New Bridge Rd, Hill St, Stamford Rd, Orchard Rd, Penang Rd, Somerset Rd, Grange Rd, Orchard Blvd, Paterson Rd, Scotts Rd, Bt Timah Rd, Upp Bt Timah Rd, Woodlands Rd, Woodlands Town Centre Rd and Admiralty Rd.

I would think they cut back the bus route from Shenton Way to New Bridge Road at the CBD end, and extended it to the then-developing Woodlands at the Bukit Timah end, some time between 1974 and 1979.

vivienlee SG

Sv 980's route along downtown area oso very weird Confused

Firstly, the bus turns into North Bridge Rd and Jln Sultan instead of going straight to Beach Road along Crawford St.

Secondly, the bus turns into Victoria St and Rochor Rd when heading towards Sembawang. However during its return trip it takes Bencoolen St instead of heading straight along Sungei Rd, Ophir Rd n turn down Victoria St.

SBS9889U SG

123 although 1 big round but not confusing at all

859 definitely much more confusing Laughing

sBs_boy SG

This was due to the old 160 which terminate at Crawford St..

TIB1018B SG

The old service 160 route before the Jan 1996 route amendment was even more confusing...

Towards Crawford St, the bus will travel along its current route, then turn down to Bencoolen St and will go all the way down to Bras Basah Rd, then turn left to Victoria St pass by the Allison Hotel, then turn right again to Middle Road and then Beach Road to continue on to Crawford St Terminal.

Towards Admiralty Road West, the bus will travel down along North Bridge Road, turn right to Arab St just outside the Golden Landmark Hotel, all the way down to Bencoolen St, turn right to Middle Road, right again to Selegie Road across Peace Centre and will turn left again to Rochor Road and then continue its current route to Admiralty Road West Terminal.

I also remember that service 160 along Bencoolen St had 2 bus stops with different plates: one indicates "160 - towards Admiralty Road West" while another bus stop further down indicates "160 - towards Crawford Street".

TIB1018B SG

Service 961 also got the same senario too (due to old service 181) Mr. Green

autumncs SG

To me, the weirdest route will be 155. From Toa Payoh to Siglap, it enters MacPherson Estate and makes one big round, then it goes back to Aljunied Road, goes to Geylang East, then it goes to Paya Lebar. Why can’t 155 just skip MacPherson Estate? Or at least it should follow the 135 route – from MacPherson Estate, go directly to Paya Lebar Road…

service_238 SG

155 provides a direct link between Macpherson estate and Geylang East estate. Other than that its also an old route when last time Circuit Link wasnt even around (that's when Sv 6x terminates at the food centre). In addition, when it was using the old route it used the Service 40 way of entering Sims Ave from Aljunied MRT.

SBS9806J SG

Same for 63, can just go straight on to/from Eunos Int but instead it goes one big round in MacPherson Est., but because it merged with 382 right?

Volvo Olympian SG

Yes , merge with 382.

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