Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package

The Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package is one of fourteen bus packages under the Bus Contracting Model (BCM).

Under the BCM, bus routes are bundled into bus packages, consisting of a single bus depot, several bus interchanges/terminals, the bus routes and the buses themselves. With all bus infrastructure belonging to the Government, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) would contract out the bus package, select a bus operator (through a competitive tendering process), and lease these assets to the new operator.

The successful tenderer operates these bus routes and collects fares on behalf of LTA, while maintaining the associated bus infrastructure (buses & onboard equipment, depots, interchanges & terminals). In return, the operator is awarded an operating fee from LTA and potential bonuses via an incentive framework.

Currently under construction, the Sengkang West Bus Depot would likely take over as the bus depot for this package as part of the tendered package.


PT206 – Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package (Negotiated Contract Term: 2016 to 2024):

As part of the Bus Contracting Model which was fully implemented in September 2016, LTA entered into a Negotiated Contract with SBS Transit to operate bus services under the Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package until the awarded operator for the open tender of the Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package takes over operations. This was announced to be in Year 2021 by LTA in 2016.

In October 2021, the Negotiated Contract was revealed to be extended by 3 years by LTA from 2021 to 2024, in an article (Jury still out on Singapore’s bus contracting model, five years on) by The Straits Times.

Contract PT206: Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package (Negotiated Contract)
Operator SBS Transit Ltd
Duration 01 Sep 2016 – 2024
(extended by 3 years)
Bus Services
27, 51, 80, 86, 87, 89, 89e, 102, 107/107M, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117/117M, 132, 151, 153, 159, 161, 163, 165, 324, 325, 329, 371, 372, 374, 654, 660, 671 & 672
(32 bus routes)
Handover Date
Anchor Bus Depot Hougang Bus Depot
Anchor Bus Interchange / Terminal Compassvale Bus Interchange, Hougang Central Bus Interchange, Hougang Bus Park, Sengkang Bus Interchange
Bus Services:
Service Route Type
27 Hougang Central ↺ Changi Airport Trunk
51 Hougang Central Jurong East Trunk
80 Sengkang HarbourFront Trunk
86 Sengkang Ang Mo Kio Trunk
87 Sengkang Bedok Trunk
89 Hougang Central ↺ Airport Cargo Road Trunk
89e Hougang Central Airport Cargo Road Express
102 Hougang Central ↺ Seletar Aerospace Avenue Trunk
107 Hougang Central Shenton Way Trunk
112 Hougang Central ↺ Hougang Street 92 Trunk
113 Hougang Central ↺ Upper Paya Lebar Road Trunk
114 Sengkang Central ↺ Buangkok Crescent Trunk
115 Hougang Street 21 ↺ Hougang Avenue 3 Trunk
116 Hougang Central ↺ Serangoon Central Trunk
117 Punggol Sembawang Trunk
132 Hougang Central Bukit Merah Trunk
151 Hougang Central Kent Ridge Trunk
153 Bukit Merah Hougang Central Trunk
159 Sengkang Toa Payoh Trunk
161 Hougang Central Woodlands Trunk
163 Sengkang Toa Payoh Trunk
165 Hougang Central Clementi Trunk
324 Hougang Central ↺ Upper Serangoon View Feeder
325 Hougang Central ↺ Hougang Street 91 Feeder
329 Hougang Central ↺ Buangkok Crescent Feeder
371 Sengkang ↺ Rivervale Crescent Feeder
372 Sengkang ↺ Punggol Road Feeder
374 Compassvale ↺ Fernvale Road Feeder
654
Anchorvale Street ⇄ Shenton Way / Anson Road City Direct
660
Buangkok Green ⇄ Shenton Way / Anson Road City Direct
671
Punggol Road ⇄ Marina Boulevard / Central Boulevard City Direct
672
Hougang Street 51 ⇄ Marina Boulevard / Central Boulevard City Direct

 

Short Trip & Supplementary Bus Services

These services do not add to the overall service count.

Service Route Type
27A Sengkang East Avenue (Blk 203B) → Tampines Avenue 4 (Opp Century Sq) Short Trip
51A Jurong East → Pandan Gardens (Blk 407) Short Trip
80A Sengkang → Aljunied Road (Aljunied Stn) Short Trip
89A Tampines Expressway (Aft Punggol Rd) → Airport Cargo Road (Airfreight Ter Bldg) Short Trip
102A Sengkang East Way (Sengkang Stn) → Sengkang West Way (Opp Blk 461B) Short Trip
102B Sengkang West Way (Blk 461B) → Sengkang East Way (Opp Sengkang Stn/Blk 260A) Short Trip
107M Hougang Central ↺ Raffles Boulevard Supplementary
112A Hougang Central → Upper Serangoon Road (Kovan Stn Exit B) Short Trip
113A Upper Serangoon Road (Kovan Stn Exit C) → Upper Serangoon Road (Kovan Stn Exit B) Short Trip
114A
Sengkang Central (Buangkok Stn Exit B) → Buangkok Crescent (Blk 998B) Short Trip
116A
Serangoon North Avenue 4 (Blk 504A CP) → Serangoon Central (S’goon Stn Exit C/Blk 201) Short Trip
117A Yishun Avenue 1 (Opp Blks 469A/469B) → Yishun Avenue 2 (Bef Khatib Stn) Short Trip
117M Punggol Sembawang Supplementary
159A Sengkang → Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 (Bef Ang Mo Kio Stn Exit B) Short Trip
159B Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 (Aft Ang Mo Kio Int) → Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 (ITE Coll Ctrl) Short Trip
163A Sengkang → Fernvale Lane (Bef Sengkang West Rd) Short Trip
163B Sengkang → Yio Chu Kang Road (NCS Hub) Short Trip

 


Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package – Negotiated Contract (PT206) Timeline
  • 2016 (11 Aug): Sengkang-Hougang Bus Package mentioned as one of 11 Negotiated Contract (NC) Packages operated by SBS Transit.
  • 2019 (02 Jan): City Direct 660 added to the Bus Package
  • 2019 (14 Jan): Short Trip Service 117A added to the Bus Package
  • 2019 (10 Feb): Service 163M removed from the Bus Package following its withdrawal, replaced by Short Trip Service 163A
  • 2019 (11 Mar): Short Trip Service 117B added to the Bus Package
  • 2019 (15 Apr): Short Trip Service 116A added to the Bus Package
  • 2019 (22 Jul): City Direct 654 added to the Bus Package
  • 2020 (13 Jan): City Directs 671 & 672 added to the Bus Package
  • 2020 (30 Mar): Short Trip Service 117B removed from the Bus Package
  • 2020 (08 Apr): Bus Services 654, 660, 671, 672 & 6N temporarily suspended due to Singapore COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Measures.
  • 2020 (15 Apr): Bus Services 89e & 151e temporarily suspended due to Singapore COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Measures.
  • 2020 (24 Apr): Resumption of Bus Service 89e.
  • 2020 (02 Jun): Resumption of Bus Services 151e, 654, 660, 671 & 672. Bus Service 6N remain suspended.
  • 2020 (25 Oct): Bus Service 114 added to the Bus Package.
  • 2021 (Oct): Negotiated Package revealed to be extended by three years till 2024 in an article by The Straits Times
  • 2021 (29 Nov): Bus Service 117M added to the Bus Package.
  • 2022 (01 Jan): Short Trip Service 114A added to the Bus Package.
  • 2022 (17 Jan): Bus Service 151e withdrawn and removed from the bus package
  • 2022 (30 Jun): Bus Service 6N withdrawn
  • 2023 (27 Mar): Short Trip Service 102A added to the Bus Package
  • 2023 (09 Oct): Short Trip Services 102B & 163B added to the Bus Package

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