Bus Services – Singapore

Currently, basic bus services are offered by public transport operators (PTOs) SBS Transit, SMRT Buses, Tower Transit as well as Go-Ahead, each with their own areas of responsibility. They usually operate between 5:00am to 1:00am the next day, with selected routes having extended operating hours during eves of Public Holidays.

There are two main forms of basic bus services: Trunk services and Feeder services.

Trunk services are spread all across the island, usually connecting between different towns.

Feeder services operates around a neighborhood. They usually operate out of a bus interchange, providing connections to various parts of housing estates, and are key to the hub-and-spoke transport system of Singapore.

Closely associated with their parent services, Route Variants serve similar catchment areas and are operated either within or outside of their parent service’s operating hours. Some are supplementary routes introduced to ply crowded stretches of their parent trunk routes, operating alongside them either full-day or only during the weekday peak hours. Others operate outside of their parent service’s operating hours (e.g. weekday nights and weekends), plying slightly different routes. Short-Trip services are short-haul trips that operate only along a segment of their parent route and incorporate the suffix A, B, C and even W.

Terminating Trips

Terminating Trips will display a “T” suffix to their parent route.

Express bus services incorporate express sectors along their route and charge distance-based Express fares, which are more expensive than basic fares.

Three main types of Express services exist. Full Day express services offer connections from housing estates to the City, or between housing estates. Limited-stop express services closely mirror their parent route but call at fewer bus stops along the way. SBS Transit branded their limited-stop express routes as Fast-Forward routes, before they were re-branded as Express Routes in August 2018. Finally, CBD express services are the most numerous, connecting housing estates to the Central Business District (CBD) and operating only during the peak hours.

• List of Express Bus Services

City Direct Services introduced as part of the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) also fall the CBD Express category. Operated by Private Bus Operators, several services are slowly being handed over to Public Transport Operator (PTO) control.

• List of City Direct Bus Services

• Chinatown Direct Bus Services – CT8 & CT18
  Running between residential towns and Chinatown via expressways
  

Operated by private bus operators, Premium Bus Services (PBS) offers a fully air-conditioned ride and a guaranteed seat on board. These services charge at least 1.5 times the fare of their basic bus/rail equivalents, and cater to a niche market of commuters. Most of these services ply between the Central Business District and outlying housing estates.

Bus-Pooling Subscription-Based Services such as GrabShuttle requires commuters to pay & book a seat in advance before riding.

GrabShuttle Bus Routes

Check out over 175 routes operated by GrabShuttle across the island here!

ShareTransport at Mapletree Business City

Check out more than 20 ShareTransport buspool routes here!

Regular Shuttle Bus Service networks include:

Changi Airport Shuttle Buses:

• Changi Airport Terminal 2 – Terminal 4 Shuttle Service

Campus Shuttle Buses:

• one-north Rider
• NUS Internal Shuttle Bus
• NTU Campus Rider

Shopping Centre Shuttle Services:

• Great World City Shuttle Bus
• Tampines Retail Park (IKEA, Giant and Courts)
• IKEA Alexandra
• Parkway Parade Shuttle Bus Services
• The Grandstand Shuttle Bus
• Sembawang Shopping Centre Shuttle Bus Service

Tourist Attraction Shuttle Bus Services:

• Sentosa Bus Services
  – Sentosa Bus A: Beach Station – Imbiah Lookout – Siloso Point – Resorts World Sentosa – Beach Station
  – Sentosa Bus B: Beach Station – Sentosa Cove / W Hotel – Palawan Beach – Sentosa Golf Club – Sofitel Singapore – Beach Station

• Mandai Express (Singapore Zoo / River Safari / Night Safari)

JB Local Bus Services

Check out Bus Transport in Johor Bahru for more information on Bus services operating within Johor Bahru.

• SBS Transit Parks Services (Withdrawn)
• SBS Transit Midnight F1 Bus Services (Withdrawn): EW1, EW5, EW27 & NS16
• Sentosa Bus 1, Sentosa Bus 2, Sentosa Bus 3

Withdrawn Peak Period Short Service (PPSS) Routes:

Withdrawn City Direct Routes:

Withdrawn On Demand Public Bus Routes: