SBS Transit Bus Service 16M

SBS Transit Bus Service 16M is a supplementary bus service operating between Bedok Interchange and Bukit Merah Interchange, passing through Marine Parade, Joo Chiat, Old Airport, Orchard Road, Tiong Bahru and Jalan Bukit Merah.

Operating as alternate trips of Service 16 during stipulated hours on Weekdays & Saturdays (except Public Holidays), Service 16M makes a detour along Bukit Merah Central & Jalan Bukit Merah, serving two additional pairs of bus stops.

Service 16M serves the merged & relocated bus stop at Great World Station Exit 3, while skipping The Trillium and Opp Great World City along Kim Seng Road from 8 Dec 2024.

16M
84009 Bedok Int B8 EW5 Bedok Nth Dr
84139 Panasonic Bedok Sth Rd
84129 Fujitec S'pore Ltd Bedok Sth Rd
84151 Casafina Bedok Sth Ave 1
93099 Siglap Sth CC Upp East Coast Rd
93089 Opp Goodwill Ct Upp East Coast Rd
93079 Opp Springvale East Coast Rd
93129 Bef Sekolah Indonesia Siglap Rd
93029 Mandarin Gdns Marine Parade Rd
93019 Neptune Ct Marine Parade Rd
92089 Marine Terr Stn/Katong Convent TE27 Marine Parade Rd
92211 CHIJ Katong Convent (Sec) TE27 Marine Terr
92221 Blk 19 Marine Terr
92231 Blk 34 Marine Cres
92069 Tao Nan Sch Marine Parade Rd
92059 Marine Pde Stn Exit 6 TE26 Marine Parade Rd
92181 i12 Katong Joo Chiat Rd
92171 Marshall Lane Joo Chiat Rd
82139 Maranatha Hall Dunman Rd
82129 Tg Katong Sec Sch Dunman Rd
81199 Bef Old Airport Rd Dunman Rd
81189 Dakota Stn Exit B/Blk 60 CC8 Old Airport Rd
81179 Blk 22 CC7 Old Airport Rd
80141 Opp S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Rd
80219 Natl Stadium Nicoll Highway
80169 Nicoll Highway Stn CC5 Nicoll Highway
80159 Suntec City Nicoll Highway
04111 Capitol Bldg EW13NS25 Stamford Rd
04121 SMU CC2 Stamford Rd
08041 YMCA Orchard Rd
08031 Dhoby Ghaut Stn Exit B NS24NE6CC1 Penang Rd
08111 Winsland Hse Penang Rd
08121 Somerset Stn NS23 Somerset Rd
09059 Somerset Youth Pk Grange Rd
09022 Orchard Stn Exit 13 NS22TE14 Orchard Blvd
13199 Aft Orchard Stn Exit 12 NS22TE14 Paterson Rd
13159 Bef Zion Full Gospel Ch Irwell Bank Rd
13119 Great World Stn Exit 3 TE15 Kim Seng Rd
06129 Grand Copthorne Hotel TE16 Kim Seng Rd
06069 Aft Furama RiverFront Outram Rd
06051 Blk 55 Tiong Bahru Rd
10141 Blk 18 Tiong Bahru Rd
10151 Ctrl Green Condo Tiong Bahru Rd
10161 Opp Tiong Bahru Stn/Plaza EW17 Tiong Bahru Rd
10171 Opp Tiong Bahru Pk Tiong Bahru Rd
10359 Opp Blk 95C Henderson Rd
10349 Blk 116 Henderson Rd
10091 Bt Merah Town Ctr Jln Bt Merah
10651 Blk 161 Bt Merah Ctrl
10009 Bt Merah Int Bt Merah Ctrl
10009 Bt Merah Int B3 Bt Merah Ctrl
10659 Blk 1003 Bt Merah Ctrl
10099 Opp Bt Merah Town Ctr Jln Bt Merah
10341 Opp Blk 116 Henderson Rd
10351 Blk 95B Henderson Rd
10179 Tiong Bahru Pk Tiong Bahru Rd
10169 Tiong Bahru Stn/Plaza EW17 Tiong Bahru Rd
10149 Blk 1 Tiong Bahru Rd
06071 Havelock Stn Exit 2 TE16 Zion Rd
06081 Havelock Stn Exit 3 TE16 Zion Rd
06131 Aft Blk 87 TE15 Zion Rd
13121 Opp Great World City Zion Rd
13141 Aft Zion Full Gospel Ch Hoot Kiam Rd
13191 Opp Orchard Stn Exit 12 NS22TE14 Paterson Rd
09048 Orchard Stn/Lucky Plaza NS22TE14 Orchard Rd
09038 Opp Somerset Stn NS23 Orchard Rd
08138 Concorde Hotel S'pore Orchard Rd
08057 Dhoby Ghaut Stn NS24NE6CC1 Orchard Rd
08069 Bencoolen Stn Exit B DT21 Bras Basah Rd
04179 Aft Bras Basah Stn Exit A CC2 Bras Basah Rd
02049 Raffles Hotel Bras Basah Rd
80151 Opp Suntec City Nicoll Highway
80161 Opp Nicoll Highway Stn CC5 Nicoll Highway
80211 Opp Natl Stadium Nicoll Highway
80149 S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Rd
81171 Blk 39 CC7 Old Airport Rd
81181 Dakota Stn Exit A/Blk 99 CC8 Old Airport Rd
81191 Aft Old Airport Rd Dunman Rd
82121 Questa @ Dunman Dunman Rd
82131 Opp Maranatha Hall Dunman Rd
92179 Aft Duku Rd Joo Chiat Rd
92189 Opp i12 Katong Joo Chiat Rd
92051 Marine Pde Stn Exit 4 TE26 Marine Parade Rd
92061 CHIJ Katong Convent (Pr) TE27 Marine Parade Rd
92239 Blk 45 Marine Cres
92071 Marine Terr Stn Exit 4 TE27 Marine Parade Rd
92081 St. Patrick's Sch TE27 Marine Parade Rd
93011 Opp Neptune Ct Marine Parade Rd
93021 Opp Mandarin Gdns Marine Parade Rd
93121 Opp Sekolah Indonesia Siglap Rd
93071 Crescendo Bldg Upp East Coast Rd
93081 Opp Chiang Ct Upp East Coast Rd
93091 Opp Siglap Sth CC Upp East Coast Rd
84159 Opp Casafina/Temasek JC Bedok Sth Ave 1
84121 Aft Bedok Sth Ave 1 Bedok Sth Rd
84131 Opp Panasonic Bedok Sth Rd
84009 Bedok Int EW5 Bedok Nth Dr
Route Overview
Route WAB_logo_20px Bedok Bus Interchange  Bukit Merah Bus Interchange 
Passes Through Marine Parade, Joo Chiat, Old Airport, Orchard, Tiong Bahru, Jln Bukit Merah
Route Length Towards Bukit Merah: 22.6 km Towards Bedok: 22.0 km
Travelling Time 90 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package Bukit Merah Bus Package
Current Operator SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (UPDEP)
Bedok North Bus Depot
(BNDEP)
Current Fleet Single-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Bedok
Weekdays (except Public Holidays)
Saturdays (except Public Holidays)
06:00 – 14:40 06:00 – 10:30
Departure Times from Bukit Merah
Weekdays (except Public Holidays)
Saturdays (except Public Holidays)
08:30 – 17:00 08:30 – 13:15
Operating Frequency
From Bedok 6:30am–8.30am 8.31am–4.59pm 5.00pm–7.00pm After 7.00pm
Weekdays 17 – 19 mins 20 – 26 mins
Saturdays 24 mins 22 – 30 mins
From Bukit Merah 6:30am–8.30am 8.31am–4.59pm 5.00pm–7.00pm After 7.00pm
Weekdays 19 – 26 mins
Saturdays 22 – 30 mins
Fare Information
Fare Charges regular distance fares

Launched on 9 March 2020, Bus Service 16M is a supplementary route of Service 16 that makes a slight detour by plying Jalan Bukit Merah (outside Bukit Merah Town Centre) before entering Bukit Merah Central, thus serving two additional pairs of bus stops. During its stipulated operating hours on Mondays to Saturdays (excluding Public Holidays) as outlined above, Service 16M operates on alternate trips with Service 16.

Apart from increasing accessibility to nearby community amenities (such as Bukit Merah Community Centre and Bukit Merah Polyclinic), the route gives upstream commuters the option to alight at Jalan Bukit Merah, offering easy transfer to many other bus services plying the Jalan Bukit Merah corridor.

MRT Stations Served:
Route Variant:

Gallery (Buses):
Poster Gallery:

 


Operator History
  • 09 Mar 2020 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2029 under the Bukit Merah Bus Package.

History
  • 2020 (09 Mar): Introduced as a supplementary service between Bedok Integrated Transport Hub and Bukit Merah Int during mornings and afternoons on weekdays and mornings on Saturdays, plying an extended route of Service 16 via Jln Bukit Merah and Bukit Merah Ctrl. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
  • 2024 (08 Dec): Serves new merged bus stop outside Great World Stn Exit 3, skipping abolished bus stops outside The Trillium and Opp Great World City along Kim Seng Rd

Past Routings

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19 thoughts on “SBS Transit Bus Service 16M

  • 29 February 2020 at 9:26 PM
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    Service 16/16M can route to this way instead:
    Service 16 to ply from Bt Merah Int to Upp East Coast Ter (Operates on Weekday)
    Service 16M to ply from Bt Merah Int to Bedok Bus Int (same route as current service 16 but operate on Weekends and Public Holiday)

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    • 1 March 2020 at 3:25 PM
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      enough of amending svcs to UEC. its very crowded there alr with those additional svcs.

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  • 29 February 2020 at 2:32 AM
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    LTA just lazy to nego w/ MOT for a new svc, hence the route variant… Eg 901M 913M…

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  • 26 February 2020 at 1:50 PM
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    Just do Bt Merah loop at Orchard with 12-20 mins frequency will be enough,Weekdays operation only..

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  • 25 February 2020 at 3:35 PM
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    The ‘M’ branding is only going to cause a lot of confusion and really isn’t necessary. Should have just made this a route amendment to 16 since it already duplicates 851 from Tiong Bahru MRT.

    The amendment is kind of redundant imo. Bukit Merah town centre and Blk 1003 bus stop is only less than 5 mins walk away from the interchange and it doesn’t even benefit the industrial estates along Jalan Bukit Merah which till today lacks a direct bus connection to Redhill or Tiong Bahru MRT.

    LTA should have at least considered amending 16 to serve the full stretch Jalan Bukit Merah until the Queensway junction > Alexandra Rd > Depot Rd > Henderson Rd > Bukit Merah Int OR Jalan Bukit Merah > Alexandra Rd > Telok Blangah Rd > HarbourFront Int. Either that or rerouting 14 to serve Tiong Bahru MRT and Zion Rd, skipping Delta Rd and River Valley Rd is a viable option too.

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    • 26 February 2020 at 11:54 PM
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      14 using Tiong Bahru and Zion Roads is more viable than having 16M.

      Either that or 16 can skip Henderson Road altogether, instead passing through Redhill Close, Redhill Road, Lengkok Bahru, Jalan Bukit Merah and Bukit Merah Central like the old Route 50.

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  • 25 February 2020 at 2:14 AM
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    Another wasted service hence the operating hours and days..This time i think SBST only lease a few A22s for sure..Others can use spare buses

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    • 25 February 2020 at 11:22 AM
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      See how the service routes 147e and it is empty bus service routes all the way

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      • 29 February 2020 at 9:51 AM
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        they remove 147e and add 16m
        LTA really smart nowadays

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    • 25 February 2020 at 12:10 PM
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      Hope that it will integrate with service 16 and service 132 and 851 can amend to ply Jalan Bt Merah before going to Henderson Rd.

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