SBS Transit Bus Service 10

SBS Transit Bus Service 10 is a trunk service plying between Tampines and Kent Ridge, passing through East Coast, Old Airport, Shenton Way and Pasir Panjang. During weekday peak hours, an express route variant (Service 10e) is also operated.

Route Overview
Route	Tampines Bus Interchange ↔ Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
Passes Through	Bedok Rd, Upp East Coast Rd, East Coast Rd, Nicoll Highway, Shenton Way / Robinson Rd, Keppel Rd, Telok Blangah Rd, Pasir Panjang Rd
Route Length	Towards Kent Ridge: 31.6 km						Towards Tampines: 31.9 km
Travelling Time	85 – 135 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Tampines Bus Package
Current Operator	SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot	Bedok North Bus Depot (BNDEP) Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (UPDEP)
Current Fleet	Single-deck & Double-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Tampines	Daily
	05:00 – 23:00
Departure Times from Kent Ridge	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	06:00 – 00:00								06:15 – 00:00
Operating Frequency
From Tampines	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	9 mins			7 – 16 mins			10 – 17 mins			15 – 17 mins
Saturdays	11 – 15 mins			10 – 17 mins			18 mins			17 – 18 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	12 – 14 mins			12 – 15 mins			15 – 20 mins			15 – 18 mins
From Kent Ridge	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	9 – 11 mins			9 – 16 mins			8 – 13 mins			13 – 16 mins
Saturdays	10 – 13 mins			9 – 16 mins			12 – 18 mins			16 – 19 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	12 – 15 mins			12 – 16 mins			13 – 20 mins			14 – 20 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 10 is a trunk route spanning East and West, connecting the housing estates and suburbs of Tampines, Upper East Coast, East Coast and Pasir Panjang with the City areas of HarbourFront, Shenton Way and Nicoll Highway. Much of its current route has been retained ever since the 1970s.

Weekday peak-hour demand is strong, with many residents at East Coast and Old Airport relying on this service and its Express variant (10e) to commute between home and the Shenton Way business district. Demand between Kent Ridge and the CBD is weaker. Before the opening of the Circle Line Stage 4/5, this service was highly popular for students of NUS, commuting between HarbourFront and Kent Ridge.

Off-peak demand is moderate to weak, mostly from shuttling residents between HarbourFront, East Coast, Upper East Coast and Tampines. Weekend frequencies are generally poor as SBS Transit adds resources preferentially to Service 14, which also plies East Coast but connects to the Orchard shopping district.

MRT Stations Served

• EW2–DT32 Tampines
• TE29 Bayshore
• CC8 Dakota
• CC7 Mountbatten
• CC5 Nicoll Highway
• CC3 Esplanade
• EW14NS26 Raffles Place
• TE19 Shenton Way
• EW15 Tanjong Pagar
• NE1CC29 HarbourFront
• CC28 Telok Blangah
• CC27 Labrador Park
• CC26 Pasir Panjang
• CC25 Haw Par Villa

Special Departures

• Upp East Coast Rd (Siglap Sth CC) → Kent Ridge Ter
  Weekdays: 07:43 & 07:52
• Esplanade Dr (Esplanade Bridge) → Tampines Int
  Weekdays: 08:43
• Mountbatten Rd (S.A. Deaf) → Tampines Int
  Weekdays: 06:15, 06:25, 06:30 & 06:49

Route Variant

• Express 10e: Bedok Rd ⇄ Anson Rd / Shenton Way
  Weekdays Morning & Evening Peak hours, except Public Holidays

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Operator History

• 1971 – 1973: Associated Bus Services Pte Ltd
• 1973 – 2001: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
• 2001 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed under the Tampines Bus Package, in which the negotiated contract term was extended by an undisclosed number of years from 2024.

History

• 1971 (11 Apr): Introduced between Bedok Rd Ter and Prince Edward Ter under 1971 Bus Reorganisation
• 1971 (16 Jun): Extended to Shipyard Rd Ter
• 1972 (24 Dec): Amended to ply Jln Samulun before terminating at Shipyard Rd Ter
• 1973 (01 Nov): Operated by Singapore Bus Service (SBS)
• 1974 (10 Nov): Amended to Upp Changi Rd 8¼ ms (13.3km) Ter
• 1974 (08 Dec): Amended to ply the extended Robinson Rd, skipping Market St
• 1976 (15 Feb): Serves new staggered bus stop outside Overseas Union Finance along Robinson Rd
• 1978 (01 Jun): Amended to Jurong Int
• 1979 (11 Feb): Amended to ply the extended Shenton Way towards Jurong Int, skipping Parsi Rd and Anson Rd
• 1979: Relocated to Upp Changi Rd 15.5km Ter
• 1980 (15 Jun): Amended to Somapah Depot
• 1981 (28 Jun): Amended to Somapah Int
• 1981 (11 Oct): Serves new staggered bus stop outside Tunas Bldg along Anson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Intl Plaza
• 1984 (27 Apr): Extended to Tampines Ter
• 1986 (07 Dec): Serves new bus stop before Bedok South Ave 3 along Upp East Coast Rd
• 1987 (29 Nov): Amended to Tampines Int
• 1988 (03 Jan): Serves new staggered bus stop opposite Treasury Bldg along Shenton Way, skipping the bus stop opposite Marina House
• 1988 (23 Oct): Skips a pair of bus stops outside and opposite Tampines Stadium along Tampines Ave 5
• 1990 (01 Jul): Shortened to Clementi Int with the opening of Boon Lay Int
• 1992 (28 Jun): Amended to ply Tg Katong Rd, Dunman Rd and Old Airport Rd under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 8
• 1994 (29 May): Serves 2 new pairs of bus stops outside The Concourse, outside Golden Mile Twr and outside and opposite Suntec City along Nicoll Highway
• 1997: Serves an additional pair of bus stops outside and opposite Tampines Stadium along Tampines Ave 5
• 1999 (07 Mar): Shortened to Kent Ridge Ter with the introduction of Service 188
• 1999: Skips abolished pair of bus stops outside and opposite Wishart Rd along Telok Blangah Rd
• 2000: Amended to ply Esplanade Dr, skipping Connaught Dr/Empress Pl
• 2002: Skips abolished bus stop opposite ITE Pasir Panjang along Telok Blangah Rd
• 2002: First bus from Kent Ridge Ter brought forward to 0600 hrs on weekdays and Saturdays
• 2004 (20 Apr): Amended to ply Mountbatten Rd, Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd, Victoria St, Jln Sultan and Beach Rd to facilitate reinstatement works for the collapsed Nicoll Highway
• 2004: Serves new bus stop before Changi Fire Stn along Upp Changi Rd
• 2004 (06 Dec): Amended to ply the reinstated Nicoll Highway, skipping Mountbatten Rd, Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd, Victoria St, Jln Sultan and Beach Rd
• 2005 (02 Jul): Serves bus stop outside Fullerton Square along Fullerton Rd and an additional bus stop opposite AIA Tower along Robinson Rd with the abolition of the bus stop outside Clifford Ctr along Collyer Quay
• 2006 (19 Mar): Amended to ply Cassia Link, Cassia Cres, Guillemard Rd and Guillemard Camp Rd with the partial closure of Old Airport Rd and Dunman Rd to facilitate the construction of Dakota MRT station on the Circle MRT Line
• 2006 (29 Oct): Serves new bus stop outside VivoCity along Telok Blangah Rd
• 2008 (07 Dec): Skips abolished bus stop opposite Temenggong D Mosque along Telok Blangah Rd
• 2008 (29 Dec): Amended to ply the reinstated Old Airport Rd and Dunman Rd, skipping Cassia Link, Guillemard Rd and Guillemard Camp Rd
• 2012 (26 Mar): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)

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