Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP)

The Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme, or BCEP for short, was launched on 30 July 2024 by the Land Transport Authority (LTA).

The BCEP will allocate an additional $900 million from 2024 to 2032, for the purchase of new buses and infrastructural improvements, and to fund the operating cost of new bus services.

Initiatives under BCEP for Bus Services are:

• Improvement to bus services to address changing travel patterns
• Introduction of more peak-hour express bus services
• Speeding up the introduction of new bus services in new estates
• Introduction of “express feeder” bus services

These initiatives were later regrouped by LTA to 3 categories as of April 2025:

• Service Enhancements
  (for existing bus services; additional capacity or expanded coverage)
• Enhancing connectivity for new and existing housing estates
  (for new bus services)
• More options to complement the rail network
  (for new “express feeder” & City Direct bus services)

As of October 2025, the BCEP has introduced 14 new services and enhanced 52 services.

The BCEP logo was first unveiled within the City Direct 673 poster in September 2024, carrying the tagline “Connecting People, Improving Journeys”.

BCEP – Bus Services

Bus Service Improvements

Under the BCEP, bus services will be improved in response to changing travel patterns through measures such as:

• Adding more trips
• Adjusting routes
• Introduction of new bus services

An example cited by LTA was the extension of Bus Service 230 to connect residents in Toa Payoh East to Caldecott MRT Station. Initially announced for the end of 2024, the implementation was delayed to February 2025.

Peak-hour Express Bus Services

More peak-hour express bus services will be introduced under the BCEP to complement busier MRT lines. These include City Direct services, which connect residential estates with the CBD via expressways.

The first of these peak-hour services introduced was City Direct 673, which commenced service in October 2024, connecting Punggol with the CBD.

New Bus Services in New Estates

Under the BCEP, residents of new housing estates would be better served by the expedited introduction of new bus services in anticipation of growing demand.

An example cited by LTA was the introduction of Bus Service 861 on 15 September 2024, which connects residents in new and upcoming BTO developments in Yishun East to nearby Khatib MRT station.

Express Feeder Bus Services

A new category of bus service, the “express feeder”, was launched under the BCEP to enhance connectivity for residents in estates with areas located farther away from major transport nodes and town centres. These services will take more direct routes with fewer intermediate stops than regular feeder bus services, reducing residents’ travel time for the first and last mile of their journeys from major transport nodes.

An example cited by LTA was Express Feeder 298X in Tampines North, which commenced service on 9 December 2024, providing a more direct connection for residents in Tampines North to Tampines MRT station in December 2024.

In late February 2025, supplementary Bus Service 979X was announced, to be launched under the BCEP on 24 March 2025. Unlike Service 298X, which is a feeder service, Service 979X is a supplementary express service (while charging regular distance fares as a trunk service), plying a more direct route with fewer stops compared to its parent trunk service, Service 979.

In October 2025, LTA announced that limited-stop bus services which provide a direct connection to MRT Stations for estates farther away from transport nodes will be numbered from 451 onwards to better distinguish them from existing services. As such, existing express feeder services 298X, 979X & 21X would be renumbered as 454, 455 & 456 respectively.

Rollout

The list of BCEP Bus Services includes those announced by the Land Transport Authority during implementation or those featuring the BCEP logo in publicity posters. Other bus service improvements may be made under BCEP without any press releases by LTA.

With Implementation Posters

Without Implementation Posters

As part of an update on the BCEP in April 2025, LTA published the full list of bus services enhanced under the BCEP as of April 2025.

Some services (such as 654, 660, 666, etc.) had their service enhancement published through implementation posters with the BCEP logo in them by their respective service operator, as mentioned above.

Some enhancements were explicitly mentioned to be part of the BCEP by LTA through press releases. However, implementation posters by the respective Public Transport Operator do not carry the BCEP logo in them. These include:

• Introduction of Short Trip Services 129A & 129B (Aug 2024)
• Amendment of Bus Service 292 to Tampines Lane & Tampines St 11 (May 2025)
• Amendment of Bus Service 140 to Towner Road (Sep 2025)
• Extension of Bus Service 114 to Yio Chu Kang (Dec 2025)

Upcoming

Upcoming new bus services by end 2026 for Tengah mentioned by Acting Transport Minister Mr Jeffrey Siow on 8 June 2025:

• Peak period limited-stop service to Jurong East MRT Station [1]
• City Direct service from Brickland

According to a comment by Sun Xueling on her Facebook post, bus services are being planned for Punggol North Avenue. One of planned service plies via Punggol East and Punggol North Ave to Punggol Coast Int.

See Also

• Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP)
• Bus Contracting Model (BCM)

References

• Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme to Better Serve Commuter Needs – Land Transport Authority [30 Jul 2024]
• Growing Singapore’s Bus Network with the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme – Land Transport Authority [06 Dec 2024]
• More Improvements Under the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme in 2025 – Land Transport Authority [7 Apr 2025]
• More Service Improvements Under the Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme – Land Transport Authority [12 Oct 2025]