SMRT Express Bus Service 167e was a Limited Stop Express route variant of Service 167, plying between Sembawang and Shenton Way at selected hours on Weekdays, except Public Holidays. It passes through Sembawang Road, Newton, Orchard, Bras Basah and Raffles Place, skipping parts of Upper Thomson, Thomson Rd and Connaught Dr. The bus service only calls at selected bus stops along its parent route.
Service 167e was discontinued on 14 December 2020. Commuters can take Service 167 as an alternative, or travel by MRT on the North-South Line. The last day of service was on 11 December 2020.
- – Wheelchair Inaccessible Bus Stop
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
[Direction 1]: Sembawang Bus Interchange → Shenton Way (Opp MAS Bldg) [Direction 2]: Anson Road (Tanjong Pagar Stn Exit C) → Sembawang Bus Interchange |
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| Passes Through | Sembawang Rd, Newton, Orchard, Bras Basah, Raffles Place | |||||||||||
| Route Length | Towards Shenton Way: 30.5 km | Towards Sembawang: 30.2 km | ||||||||||
| Traveling Time | 50 – 80 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| Former BCM Route Package | Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Former Operator | SMRT Buses Ltd | |||||||||||
| Former Depot | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (AMDEP) | |||||||||||
| Former Fleet | 12-metre Single Deck Bus: – MAN A22 |
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| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Sembawang | Weekdays, except Public Holidays | |||||||||||
| 06:00 – 18:30 | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Anson Road | Weekdays, except Public Holidays | |||||||||||
| 12:30 – 23:30 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| From Sembawang | 6:00am–6.30am | 6:31am–8.30am | 8:31am–6.30pm | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 30 mins | 20 mins | 30 mins | |||||||||
| From Anson Road |
12:30pm–5.30pm | 5:31pm–7.30pm | 7:31pm–11.30pm | |||||||||
| Weekdays | 30 mins | 20 mins | 30 mins | |||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges express distance fares | |||||||||||
Express Bus Service 167e was a Limited-stop Express Bus Service which offered quicker journeys for commuters at Sembawang MRT, Canberra Road and Sembawang Road, linking them with the Central areas of Newton, Orchard, Bras Basah, Raffles Place and Shenton Way. Operating at selected hours on weekdays, except public holidays, it only calls at selected bus stops served by its parent Bus Service 167, and charges Express Fares as a result. Buses layover at Shenton Way Bus Terminal.
In between Sembawang Road and Newton, the bus plies an express sector along the Seletar Expressway (SLE), Central Expressway (CTE) and Moulmein Road in both directions. The route operates at 20-minute intervals during peak hours and at 30-minute intervals off peak.
When introduced on 25 November 2018, Express 167e was the ninth new route to be introduced under the Bus Contracting Model (BCM) after Express 960e, as well as the fifth limited-stop service to operate daily (after 12e, 147e, 851e and 960e).
Service Reduction & Withdrawal
Along with several other express services, operating hours for Express 167e was revised from 9 February 2020, only operating on Weekdays, except Public Holidays. In addition, trips from Sembawang Bus Interchange would operate till 6:30 pm, while trips from Anson Road only start operations at 12:30 pm.
After over 2 years of operations, Express 167e was withdrawn on 14 December 2020 due to low demand. The last trips on 11 December 2020 were performed by SMB1517E (towards Shenton Way, departing 1830hrs) and SMB302P (towards Sembawang, departing 2330hrs).
Departure Timings
Route Preview
Route Preview (Click to expand)
The bus route was first revealed in LTA’s “Hacks to Travel Smart” poster at Sembawang MRT Station in July 2018, which stated “Trunk Bus 167e” as an alternative for a more comfortable commute to the city.
Route Variant
MRT Stations Served
- NS11Â Sembawang
- NS21–DT11Â Newton
- NS22Â Orchard
- NS23Â Somerset
- NS24NE6CC1Â Dhoby Ghaut
- DT21Â Bencoolen
- CC2Â Bras Basah
- EW13NS25Â City Hall
- EW14NS26Â Raffles Place
- DT18Â Telok Ayer
- EW15Â Tanjong Pagar
Gallery
Poster Gallery
Operator History
- 25 Nov 2018 – 13 Dec 2020: SMRT Buses Ltd
Route History
- 2018 (25 Nov): Introduced between Sembawang and Shenton Way. Wheelchair accessible at launch.
- 2020 (09 Feb): Reduction of operating hours; service operates only on Weekdays, except Public Holidays. Trips from Sembawang operate till 1830hrs, while trips from Anson Road start at 1230hrs.
- 2020 (08 Apr – 01 Jun): Temporarily suspended due to Singapore COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Measures.
- 2020 (14 Dec): Withdrawn
Past Routing
- Direction 1: Sembawang Int, Sembawang Vista, Canberra Rd, Canberra Link, Sembawang Rd, Upp Thomson Rd, SLE, CTE, Moulmein Rd, Newton Rd, Scotts Rd, Orchard Rd, Bras Basah Rd, Nicoll Highway, Fullerton Rd, Collyer Quay, Raffles Quay and Shenton Way.
- Direction 2: Anson Rd, Cecil St, Collyer Quay, Fullerton Rd, Esplanade Dr, Stamford Rd, Orchard Rd, Penang Rd, Somerset Rd, Grange Rd, Orchard Turn, Orchard Blvd, Paterson Rd, Scotts Rd, Newton Rd, Moulmein Rd, CTE, SLE, Upp Thomson Rd, Sembawang Rd, Canberra Link, Canberra Rd, Sembawang Vista and Sembawang Int.
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The prob with this service 167e is it shld have been made to express from khatib camp onwards via yishun ave 1 and lentor ave to the CTE. Instead of going to upp thomson road. Than maybe ridership would have been better.
167M better..SBW loop @ Orchard Rd..
Most of people in Sembawang will normally take North South Line to Orchard area, 167 is more for people living along Sembawang Road & Upper Thomson Road, that’s where they needed to have a bus link to Orchard by the way.
And for 167M, there is no need to have it at this moment. But since 162 & 167 can be duplicating much, maybe will see how whether 167 can integrate 162’s sectors partially. Now I don’t know. In the meantime, 167 is already good enough.
I believe both 167 and 980 later on, will be in the radar to be discontinued once TEL is fully open. They really focus on places where 167, 980 are usually serving that are in higher demand and once when they see from stats that lower and lower people are taking it then they will do remove it completely once they feel it is somewhat justifiable.
To add salt in the wound, if there is a MRT breakdown, we really don’t have any other buses that go straight into Sembawang without transferring a lot of buses and that itself can be irritating to say the least… Hopefully with the new residences in Canberra, there will be some new or existing buses that can be extended into our territory to let us have some options to go places without the need of using MRT.
In fact, 167 was going to be discontinued under TEL3 rationalisation, but it was cancelled. 980 however got boosted.
167M will be wasteful, plus it was only available during COVID circuit breaker mainly due to essential healthcare services.
Sad thing to hear–167e is going to be discontinued:(
Sooner or later it would have fallen victim to TEL.
Would have imagined this bus being operated by Tower Transit