SBS Transit Express Bus Service 174e is an express service plying between Boon Lay Int and Kampong Bahru Ter. It passes through Boon Lay Avenue, Bukit Batok, Tanglin, Orchard, Dhoby Ghaut, Clarke Quay, Chin Swee Road and Outram Road. Its parent route is Service 174.
Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route | [AM]: Boon Lay Bus Interchange → Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal [PM]: Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal → Boon Lay Bus Interchange |
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Passes Through | Boon Lay Ave, Bt Batok West Ave 3, Jln Jurong Kechil, Orchard Rd / Orchard Blvd, Upp Cross St / Eu Tong Sen St | |||||||||||
Route Length | Towards Kampong Bahru: 29.0 km | Towards Boon Lay: 28.8 km | ||||||||||
Travelling Time | 108 mins | |||||||||||
Operator Information | ||||||||||||
BCM Route Package | Clementi Bus Package | |||||||||||
Current Operator | SBS Transit Ltd | |||||||||||
Current Depot | Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (UPDEP) Buses park at: Bulim Bus Depot |
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Current Fleet | Single-deck & Double-deck buses | |||||||||||
Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
Departure Times from Boon Lay |
Weekdays, except Public Holidays | |||||||||||
06:52 – 07:44 | ||||||||||||
Departure Times from Kampong Bahru |
Weekdays, except Public Holidays | |||||||||||
17:51 – 18:45 | ||||||||||||
Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
From Boon Lay |
13 mins | |||||||||||
From Kampong Bahru |
13 – 14 mins | |||||||||||
Fare Information |
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Fare | Charges express distance fares |
Service 174e was introduced as a Fast-Forward variant of Service 174. The service benefits residents of Jurong West and Bukit Batok to get to the city and back more quickly than its parent route during the peak hours. It also charges express fares.
The route skips selected stops throughout its route in both directions.
If the eves of Christmas, New Year’s Day, and Chinese New Year fall on a weekday, the Evening Peak departures will be brought forward to the afternoon. Revised departure times will be provided by the operator closer to the affected date.
MRT Stations Served
- EW27 Boon Lay
- NS2 Bukit Batok
- DT5 Beauty World
- TE12 Napier
- TE13 Orchard Boulevard
- NS22TE14 Orchard
- NS23 Somerset
- NS24NE6CC1 Dhoby Ghaut
- DT21 Bencoolen
- CC2 Bras Basah
- EW13NS25 City Hall
- NE5 Clarke Quay
- NE4DT19 Chinatown
- EW16NE3TE17 Outram Park
Departure Timings
- Morning Peak from Boon Lay Int:
06:52, 07:05, 07:18, 07:31 & 07:44 - Evening Peak from Kampong Bahru Ter:
17:51, 18:04, 18:18, 18:31 & 18:45
Route Variant
- Bus Service 174: Boon Lay Bus Interchange ↔ Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal
Daily
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Operator History
- 2005 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2025 under the Clementi Bus Package.
Route History
- 2005 (28 Mar): Introduced between Boon Lay Int and North Bridge Rd (St. Andrew’s Cath) during morning peak hours and between North Bridge Rd (St. Andrew’s Cath) and Boon Lay Int during evening peak hours as a peak hour one-directional Fast Forward service on weekdays
- 2005 (02 Jul): Amended to ply Grange Rd with the partial closure of Somerset Rd
- 2006 (18 Jun): Amended to Boon Lay Temp Int
- 2006 (20 Nov): Extended to New Bridge Rd Ter; Serves additional pair of bus stops outside and opposite S’pore Botanic Gdns along Napier Rd
- 2009 (27 Dec): Amended to Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub
- 2011 (14 Aug): Serves additional bus stop outside Clarke Quay Stn along Eu Tong Sen St
- 2012 (09 Dec): Amended to ply Upp Bt Timah Rd and Bt Timah Lk with the partial closure of Jln Jurong Kechil to facilitate the construction of Beauty World MRT station on the Downtown MRT Line
- 2014 (26 Jan): Amended to ply express sectors along the reinstated Jln Jurong Kechil, skipping Upp Bt Timah Rd and Bt Timah Link
- 2015 (28 Sep): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
- 2018 (10 Mar): Extended to Kg Bahru Ter with the closure of New Bridge Rd Ter
- 2018 (12 Aug): Renamed as an Express Bus Service from a Fast Forward Bus Service
- 2020 (08 Apr – 01 Jun): Temporarily suspended due to Singapore COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Measures
- 2022 (14 Feb): Express sector amended to ply Upp Bukit Timah Rd, skipping Jln Anak Bukit towards Kampong Bahru Ter
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This bus service i believe will be of even greater demand if it operates as a full day service. I hope SBST can consider making 174e a full day service.
Not ideal, cause SBST 174e doesn’t serve any expressways other than short PIE between Bukit Batok – Boon Lay.
Or at least consider making it express both ways during peak hours. There are lots of people who do the ‘reverse-commute’.