i have a qn.what is the route for aborted tibs 161 and 164?

alantanchunshyan SG

what is the route for aborted tibs 161 and 164?

tranquilice SG

I don't know about service 164.

As for service 161, it operated between Sembawang Rd End terminal and Shenton Way terminal.

It via Sembawang Rd, Upp Thomson Rd, Thomson Rd, Keng Lee Rd, Kampong Java Rd, Bt Timah Rd, Sungei Rd, Bencoolen St, Middle Rd, North Bridge Rd, Bras Basah Rd, Connaught Dr, Collyer Quay, Raffles Quay and Shenton Way.

Return via Palmer Rd, Anson Rd, Cecil St, Fullerton Rd, Coleman St, Victoria St, Middle Rd, Selegie Rd, Bt Timah Rd, Kampong Java Rd, Thomson Rd, Upp Thomson Rd and Sembawang Rd.

SBS9818A SG

Sv. 164 went to New Bridge Rd Terminal, also from Sembawang Rd End or Admiralty Rd West Ter (can't remember). Withdrawn when construction works began to construct the CTE tunnel along Clemenceau Ave.

alantanchunshyan SG

how about reintroduce the old 161 and 164 route?

tranquilice SG

The reason for withdrawn is not linked to the CTE construction. Possibly low demand and/or duplication forced the service to be withdrawn.

SBS9818A SG

True, low demand plus the closure of Clemenceau Ave forced it's withdrawal, I think.

tranquilice SG

The withdrawal did not have anything to do with the closure. Services using Clemeanceau Ave back then were diverted to use Eu Tong Sen St and River Valley Rd.

SBS9818A SG

Yah lah, but TIBS used it as an excuse mah.

sbs&tibs SG

SBS9818A, Svc.164 ply from Sembawang Rd End to New bridge Rd.
By the way, what is the route of svc.952?

^tamago^ SG

SERVICE 952 (Marsiling - Marina Centre):
Marsiling Terminal, Admiralty Rd, Woodlands Centre Rd, (Bt Timah Expressway, Pan-Island Expressway), Whitley Rd, Dunearn Rd, Scotts Rd, Orchard Rd, Bras Basah Rd, Raffles Boulevard and Marina Centre Terminal.
And return via Marina Centre Terminal, Raffles Ave, Stamford Rd, Orchard Rd, Penang Rd, Somerset Rd, Orchard Link, Orchard Boulevard, Scotts Rd, Bt Timah Rd, Whitley Rd, (Pan-Island Expressway, Bt Timah Expressway), Woodlands Centre Rd, Admiralty Rd and Marsiling Terminal.
NOTE: Withdrawn on 10 Mar 1996 due to opening of Woodlands Regional Interchange and MRT Extension; withdrawn route mainly covered by TIBS 700 and 960. Marsiling Terminal is located at the car park outside Blk 19, Admiralty Rd, of Marsiling Estate. Used to house all the Woodlands "express" services 950, 951 and 952 away from the old Woodlands Interchange at Woodlands Centre Rd. Majority of bus fleets are DAF air-conditioned buses.

tranquilice SG

Correction: Service 952, together with other Woodlands services, were amended/withdrawn on 10 March 96, one month after the MRT line opened.

Marsiling terminal also has service 182.

^tamago^ SG

cool.. updating all threads..TIBS 182 not included as it is not an express service and it’s rather out of context for his query.

^tamago^ SG

SERVICE TIBS 164 (Sembawang Rd End - New Bridge Rd): OMO Distance-Related Fare:
[1985] Sembawang Rd End Terminal, Sembawang Rd, Upp Thomson Rd, Thomson Rd, Newton Rd, (Newton Circus), Clemenceau Ave, Havelock Rd, Upp Pickering St, South Bridge Rd, Neil Rd and New Bridge Rd Terminal.
And return via New Bridge Rd Terminal, (New Bridge Rd), Eu Tong Sen St, Upp Cross St, Clemenceau Ave, Tank Rd (National Theatre bus stop), Clemenceau Ave, Newton Rd, (Newton Circus), Thomson Rd, Upp Thomson Rd, Sembawang Rd and Sembawang Rd End Terminal.

tranquilice SG

So it actually plied the present Clemeanceau Ave North.

^tamago^ SG

Yes, it plied the present Clemenceau Ave North over to present Cavengh Rd. The origina Clemenceau Ave was split into three: Clemenceau Ave North up to CTE Cairnhill Exit, then part of present Cavengh Rd up to Plaza Singapura, and then the present Clemenceau Ave. They even put an Istana Park to block the two parts entirely! *laughs*

The 4 pair of bus stops (Southbound/Northbound) along the present Clemenceau Ave North/Cavengh Rd stretch were:
1. Opp Anthony Rd/Bef Newton Circus [this is where the new Chao Yang Special School is]
2. Opp Peck Hay Rd/Aft Carinhill Rd
3. (Old) Chao Yang Sch
4. Opp Supreme Hotel/Aft Buyong Rd

Chao Yang Sch is located on the land of Top Ten Apartments along the aboveground stretch of Central Expressway and Emerald Hill Rd.

The other service that plied the present Clemenceau Ave North/Cavengh Rd is TIBS Service 180. It plied between Marsiling and World Trade Centre via Woodlands Rd, Bt Timah Rd/Dunearn Rd, (Newton Circus), Clemenceau Ave, Cross St/Pickering St, Shenton Way/Robinson Rd (yes, not Cecil St) and Keppel Rd.

tranquilice SG

That part of Cavenagh Rd never existed before, from my finding in the 1988 street directory. The part of Clemeanceau Ave between Istana park (former Orchard park) and Cairnhill exit is now the CTE surface road and tunnels.

^tamago^ SG

probably.. not too sure on this.. but there is this strange almost-90-degree turn of Cavengh Rd near the Cairnhill Exit which is parallel to the current Clemenceau Ave North..

tranquilice SG

Before the construction of the CTE tunnels, Clemeanceau Ave and Cavenagh Rd meet one another outside Holiday Inn Park View.

^tamago^ SG

i see..

^tamago^ SG

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