SBS Transit Bus Service 127

SBS Transit Bus Service 127 is a trunk service plying between Tampines Central and Tampines Industrial Ave 5, passing through Tampines Avenues 9 & 10, Tampines North Drive 1, as well as Tampines Road. It is the 69th Bus Service launched under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), and as part of the Bus Service Enhancements with the opening of Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange.

Route Overview
Route	Tampines Bus Interchange ↺ Tampines Industrial Avenue 5 (Loop)
Passes Through	Tampines Concourse, Tampines Avenue 9, Tampines North Drive 1, Tampines Avenue 10, Tampines Road
Route Length	8.6 km
Travelling Time	38 – 47 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Tampines Bus Package
Current Operator	SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot	Bedok North Bus Depot (BNDEP)
Current Fleet	Single-deck & Double-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Tampines	Daily
	05:30 – 23:30
	From 23:50 to 00:50 daily, buses operate as Service 127A, terminating at Tampines Nth Dr 1 (Opp Blk 610C)
Operating Frequency
Loop Service	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	10 mins			15 – 20 mins			10 – 15 mins			10 – 24 mins
Saturdays	20 mins			10 – 20 mins			20 mins			20 – 24 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	20 mins			20 mins			20 mins			20 – 24 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Bus Service 127 is a short trunk service from Tampines Central to Tampines Industrial Avenue 5, mainly serving residents in Tampines Concourse, Tampines Avenue 9 as well as industries in Tampines Wafer Fabrication Park such as T5@Tampines, Siltronic Singapore, JTC Nanospace @ Tampines and GlobalFoundries Tampines with direct bus connection to Tampines Central and MRT Station.

Workers in Tampines Wafer Fabrication Park used to walk to either Tampines Road for Bus Service 72 or Tampines Avenue 10 for other bus service connections before the launch of Bus Service 127.

The amendment of Service 127 to Tampines North Drive 1 from 11 October 2020 enhanced connectivity for new Build-to-Order flats along Tampines North such as Tampines GreenRidges, Tampines GreenWeave and Tampines Greenview.

MRT Station Served

• EW2–DT32 Tampines

Special Departures:

• Tampines North Drive 1 (Blk 610C) → Tampines Int
  Daily: 05:45

Short Trip Service

• Service 127A: Tampines Int → Tampines North Drive 1 (Opp Blk 611C)
  Daily: 23:50, 00:10, 00:30 & 00:50

Short Trip Service 127A continues to provide late-night bus connections to residents of Tampines Concourse, Tampines Avenue 9 and Tampines North Drive 1, until the last MRT train connection from Tampines.

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(Route prior to Tampines Nth Dr 1 Amendment)

Operator History:

• 18 Dec 2016 – 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.

Route History:

• 2016 (18 Dec): Introduced between Tampines Int and Tampines Ind Ave 5 (Loop) under the LTA’s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP). Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
• 2020 (11 Oct): Amended to ply Tampines North Dr 1 and Tampines Ave 11, skipping part of Tampines Ave 9 and part of Tampines Ave 10

Past Routings

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