SBS Transit Feeder Bus Service 230

SBS Transit Feeder Bus Service 230 is a Feeder service operating from Caldecott MRT Station and looping at Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, serving the new housing estates of Kim Keat Beacon and Kim Keat Ripples along Kim Keat Avenue and Toa Payoh East respectively.

Route Overview
Route	Toa Payoh Link (Caldecott MRT) ↺ Lorong 8 Toa Payoh (Loop)
Passes Through	Lorong 2 Toa Payoh, Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, Kim Keat Ave, Lorong 7 Toa Payoh
Route Length	10.3 km
Travelling Time	42 – 64 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Bishan–Toa Payoh Bus Package
Current Operator	SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot	Hougang Bus Depot (HGDEP)
Current Fleet	Single-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Toa Payoh Link (Caldecott MRT)	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	05:00 – 00:30								05:15 – 00:30
Operating Frequency
Loop Service	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	12 mins			15 mins			12 – 15 mins			12 – 15 mins
Saturdays	15 mins			15 mins			15 mins			15 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	15 mins			15 mins			15 mins			15 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges distance fares capped at 3.2km for feeder services.

Feeder Service 230 was originally introduced as a short-distance route linking new residential estates at Kim Keat and Toa Payoh East with Toa Payoh Town Centre and MRT Station in 2023.

Plans for this service were revealed by Mr Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Transport as well as Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC (Toa Payoh West–Thomson) in a Facebook post in April 2023. According to the post, the service would be ‘implemented in the coming months’. It was later launched on 24 September 2023.

Route Extension to Caldecott MRT

At the launch of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP) in July 2024, a bus service was slated to be extended to connect residents in Toa Payoh East to Caldecott MRT station, to improve connectivity from Toa Payoh East to the Thomson-East Coast Line and the Circle Line. LTA had planned to introduce this bus service by the end of 2024.

However, in an update on 6 December 2024, LTA revealed that this bus service would be Bus Service 230, with extensions to Toa Payoh Lorong 7 and 8, as well as to Caldecott MRT station. The implementation date was then revised to by February 2025, with Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat explaining that the delay was due to the additional time needed to construct the new bus stops for the extensions.

In mid-January 2025, the finalised implementation date for the extension was announced to be on 26 January 2025.

MRT Stations Served

• CC17TE9 Caldecott
  
• NS19 Toa Payoh

Special Departures

• Lorong 6 Toa Payoh (Aft HDB Hub) → Toa Payoh Link (Bef Caldecott Stn Exit 4) via Lorong 8 Toa Payoh
  Weekdays & Saturdays: 05:00
  Sundays / Public Holidays: 05:15
• Toa Payoh East (Blk 268A) → Toa Payoh Link (Bef Caldecott Stn Exit 4)
  Weekdays & Saturdays: 05:05
  Sundays / Public Holidays: 05:20

Route Variant

• Service 230M: Toa Payoh Bus Interchange ↺ Kim Keat Avenue (Loop)
  Daily

Gallery

Poster Gallery / Misc

Operator History

• 24 Sep 2023 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd

Route History

• 2023 (24 Sep): Introduced as a feeder service from Toa Payoh Integrated Transport Hub and looping at Toa Payoh East. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
• 2025 (26 Jan): Extended to start from Toa Payoh Link (Caldecott MRT) and loop at Lor 8 Toa Payoh under the LTA’s Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP).

Past Routings

Reference:

• Chee Hong Tat Facebook Post

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