With the opening of the 7.5-kilometre Tuas West Extension of the East West Line from Sunday, 18 June 2017, four new MRT stations will be opened in the Tuas area. The following table sums up the changes to 7 Bus Services (192, 193, 247, 248, 254, 256 & 258).
Services 247, 248 are new bus services from Tuas Terminal, Service 256 will be withdrawn, and the remaining 3 will be re-organized to serve new MRT stations along the Tuas West Extension. Service 193 will serve a new pair of bus stops at Tuas West Road MRT Station. All changes will take effect on Sunday, 18 June 2017.
Although a new Tuas Bus Terminal has been built on the roof slab of Tuas MRT Depot, the new bus terminal will only be opened at a later date.
For more information on the Tuas West Extension, check out the dedicated article here.
Summary of Bus Route changes:
| Service | Existing Route | New Route |
| 192 | Boon Lay Int ↔ Tuas Ter | Amended to Jurong West St 62 – No longer serves Jurong West St 63 |
| Amended to Tuas West Road MRT station (via Tuas Ave 12 / Pioneer Rd / Tuas West Dr) – No longer serves Tuas Link 4 | ||
| 193 | Boon Lay Int ↔ Tuas Ter | No Change in Route. Calls at a new pair of bus stops along Pioneer Road for Tuas West Road MRT station |
| 247 | [New Route] Tuas Ter ↺ Tuas Bay Link via Tuas Link MRT station, Tuas Ave 7/8, Tuas Crescent MRT station, Tuas Sth Ave 5/4/7/3/9/8/6 |
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| 248 | [New Route] Tuas Ter ↺ Tuas South Avenue 14 via Tuas Link & Tuas West Road MRT stations, Tuas Ave 20, Tuas Cres, Tuas Sth Ave 5/12/14/9/10 |
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| 254 | Joo Koon Int ↺ Tuas Ave 11 | Amended to Tuas Crescent & Tuas West Road MRT stations (via Pioneer Rd) – No longer serves Tuas Cres and portion of Tuas Ave 20. Serves Tuas Bay Link in one direction only (towards Joo Koon) |
| Affected sectors along Tuas Ave 20/Tuas Cres replaced with Service 247 and 248 | ||
| 256 | Boon Lay Int ↺ Joo Koon Int | Route Withdrawn Jurong West St 62 sector replaced by Service 192, Pioneer to Joo Koon sector replaced by Service 258 |
| 258 | Joo Koon Int ↺ Boon Lay | Amended to Pioneer Rd North, Jln Ahmad Ibrahim & Benoi Rd – No longer serves Upp Jurong Rd, replaces sector of withdrawn Service 256 |
| Loops at Boon Lay, no longer calls at Boon Lay Interchange. Proceed to Jurong West St 64 (Bus stop outside Boon Lay MRT) for boarding. | ||
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Instead of service 256 being “withdrawn”, a nicer term would be “integrated”.
Ya Agree
Is there a chance bus 256 will be revived?
Service number yes, route unlikely