SBS Transit Bus Service 19

SBS Transit Bus Service 19 is a circular trunk route connecting Tampines and Changi Airfreight Centre through Tampines East, Loyang Avenue and Nicoll Drive. It is one of three daily trunk services to Changi Airfreight Centre (formerly Changi Airport Cargo Complex). It is not a full day bus service as the last bus departs Tampines Interchange at 8:15pm daily.

Route Overview
Route	Tampines Bus Interchange ↺ Airport Cargo Road (Loop)
Passes Through	Tampines Ave 7, Loyang Ave, Nicoll Dr
Route Length	21.9 km
Travelling Time	80 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 – 20:15
Operating Frequency
Loop Service	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	6 – 7 mins			7 – 16 mins			6 – 9 mins			8 – 14 mins
Saturdays	8 – 13 mins			8 – 15 mins			8 – 12 mins			12 – 13 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	13 mins			11 – 13 mins			11 – 14 mins			12 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 19 connects Tampines Regional Centre and Tampines East to the offices and industries in the Changi area, as well as Changi Airfreight Centre. In parallel with normal commuting patterns, much of its demand is encountered during the peak hours when workers commute between the industrial areas and transport nodes at Tampines.

Changi Airfreight Centre

Changi Airfreight Centre is a restricted area and only staff with valid passes are allowed to enter. Auxiliary police officers will board the bus to check for staff passes at the Police Pass Office along Airline Road. Visitors who do not have a pass are to alight and re-board the bus after it returns from completing its loop within the Airfreight Centre (at a separate bus stop opposite Police Pass Office).

MRT Stations Served:

• EW2–DT32 Tampines
• DT33 Tampines East

Gallery:

Poster Gallery

Operator History:

• 1994 – 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:

• 1994 (23 Jan): Introduced between Tampines Int and Changi Airport Cargo Complex (Loop) as a day service with the permanent amendment of Service 29 to loop at Changi Village Ter
• 2003: Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Loyang Ind Est along Loyang Ave
• 2006: Last bus extended to 1945 hrs daily
• 2008: Serves new bus stop outside Changi Beach CP 2 along Nicoll Dr, skipping the bus stop opposite Changi Beach CP 2
• 2011 (26 Sep): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
• 2013: Last bus extended to 2015 hrs daily
• 2023 (26 Feb): Amended to ply a bus-only corridor along Loyang Ave & Loyang Way with the partial closure of Loyang Ave to facilitate the construction of Loyang Viaduct & Loyang MRT station on the Cross Island MRT Line

Past Routings

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