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.
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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) |
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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 |
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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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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
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Dear operator,
Please remove the bus and send for air con servicing!!
I board this bus at jalan kayu about 4.15pm. Could you check on the bus 168 (SG6175C). The air con is weak and not cold. During the time i board, upper deck about 3/4 full. I can felt it is quite stuffy.
There are others who felt the same. Sweating and fanning for cold air.
All 3 Batch 2 A95s perm this SVC!!!!!
Hey just to find out that is the scaina kub310 double decker being assigned to this service daily have spotted it since monday n its been on a regular however on service 25 its mot regular anymore
Could it have been transffered to service 168?