SBS Transit Bus Service 168

SBS Transit Bus Service 168 is a trunk service plying between Bedok Interchange and Woodlands Interchange, passing through Bedok Reservoir, Tampines estate, Jalan Kayu and Woodlands Avenue 2. Much of this route covers express sector along the TPE/SLE corridor.

Route	Bedok Bus Interchange ↔ Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub
Passes Through	Bedok Nth Ave 3, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines Ave 10, Jln Kayu, Woodlands Ave 2
Route Length	Towards Woodlands: 30.7 km						Towards Bedok: 29.9 km
Travelling Time	85 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Bedok Bus Package
Current Operator	SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot	Bedok North Bus Depot (BNDEP) Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (AMDEP)
Current Fleet	Single-deck & Double-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Bedok	Daily
	05:30 – 23:30
Departure Times from Woodlands	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	05:30 – 23:30								05:45 – 23:30
Operating Frequency
From Bedok	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	5 – 7 mins			6 – 12 mins			5 – 9 mins			11 – 13 mins
Saturdays	11 – 14 mins			10 – 14 mins			11 – 13 mins			10 – 11 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	12 mins			11 – 13 mins			13 mins			11 – 13 mins
From Woodlands	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	5 – 7 mins			6 – 12 mins			7 – 9 mins			9 – 13 mins
Saturdays	10 – 12 mins			10 – 14 mins			11 – 13 mins			11 – 13 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	12 – 15 mins			11 – 13 mins			11 – 13 mins			12 – 13 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 168 is a residential inter-town route connecting Bedok and Tampines towns with Woodlands, via the Tampines Expressway corridor. The route incorporates a long express sector (~20km) between Tampines Avenue 10 and Woodlands Avenue 2 along Tampines Expressway (TPE) and Seletar Expressway (SLE), but with an intermediate stop each at Bef/Aft Punggol Rd along Tampines Expressway & Jalan Kayu.

As the fastest bus link between Bedok / Tampines and Woodlands, Service 168 benefits from fairly high demand throughout the day and double-decker buses make up the bulk of the fleet. Service 969 offers an alternative route between Tampines and Woodlands, but takes a longer journey via Yishun.

MRT Stations Served

• EW5 Bedok
• DT30 Bedok Reservoir
• DT31 Tampines West
• EW2–DT32 Tampines
• NS9TE2 Woodlands

Special Departures

• Tampines Avenue 1 (Tampines West Stn Exit B) → Woodlands Int
  Weekdays: 05:30
• Tampines Avenue 4 (Tampines Stn/Int) → Woodlands Int
  Weekdays: 07:34, 07:53, 18:18 & 18:34
  Saturdays: 08:15, 08:42, 17:58 & 18:36

Short Trip Service

• Service 168A: Woodlands Int → Tampines Avenue 4 (Opp Tampines Stn/Int)
  Weekdays (Except Public Holidays): 06:25, 06:43, 17:09 & 17:23
  Saturdays (Except Public Holidays): 06:55, 07:16, 16:55 & 17:29

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Poster Gallery

Operator History

• 2001: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
• 2001 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed under the Bedok Bus Package, in which the negotiated contract term was extended by an undisclosed number of years from 2023.

History

• 2001 (14 Apr): Introduced between Bedok Int and Woodlands Reg Int
• 2001 (22 Jul): Amended to ply Jln Kayu in both directions
• 2002: Serves new pair of bus stops before and after Tampines Ave 9 along Tampines Ave 10
• 2003: Serves new pair of bus stops before and after TPE along Tampines Ave 10
• 2006: Skips a pair of abolished bus stops outside and opposite Bedok Green Sec Sch along Bedok North Ave 3
• 2006: First bus from Woodlands Reg Int brought forward to 0600 hrs on Sundays and Public Holidays
• 2007 (24 Jun): Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Innova JC along Woodlands Ave 2
• 2008: First bus from Bedok Int brought forward to 0600 hrs on Sundays and Public Holidays
• 2011 (19 Nov): Amended to Bedok Temp Int
• 2012 (11 Mar): Serves new bus stop outside Blk 204 along Bedok North Int
• 2012 (26 Mar): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
• 2014 (05 Oct): Serves additional pair of bus stops before and after Punggol Rd along TPE
• 2014 (30 Nov): Amended to Bedok Integrated Transport Hub
• 2015 (08 Nov): Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite CityLife @ Tampines along Tampines Ave 9
• 2016 (12 Mar): Amended to Woodlands Temp Int
• 2021 (13 Jun): Amended to Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub
• 2021 (12 Dec): Serves a pair of new bus stops before and after Heartbeat @ Bedok along Bedok Nth St 1
• 2021 (12 Dec): Temporarily amended to Woodlands Temp Int due to road closure of east entrance to Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub
• 2021 (26 Dec): Amended back to Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub
• 2022 (11 Dec): Temporarily amended to Woodlands Temp Int due to road closure of east exit from Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub
• 2022 (25 Dec): Amended back to Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub
• 2023 (08 Oct): First bus timing from Bedok Int on Sundays / Public Holidays brought forward from 6:00am to 5:30am
• 2024 (19 May): First bus timing from Woodlands Int on Sundays / Public Holidays brought forward from 6:00am to 5:45am

Past Routings

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