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.
↺ Lor 8 Toa Payoh (Loop)
| 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) Buses park at Braddell Bus Park |
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| 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 | 10 mins | 12 mins | 10 – 12 mins | 10 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 12 mins | 12 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 12 mins | 12 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges distance fares capped at 3.2km for feeder services. |
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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
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
Bus Service 230M is planned to be launched by June 2025, between Toa Payoh town centre and Kim Keat Avenue for residents staying at Kim Keat Avenue to go to Toa Payoh Bus Interchange and MRT station.
Gallery
Poster Gallery / Misc
Operator History
- 24 Sep 2023 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd
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).
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Looks like 230 could be Toa Payoh’s Townlink service once it is extended.
According to the poster 230 wont serve toa payoh int and will instead start and end at caldecott stn in a similar vein as 114 did before the buangkok extension.
quite likely loop via lor 8 then back via lor 7 with the construction of 2 more bus stops near lor 7 (blk 5) and lor 8 (opp blk 210 hawker centre)
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/the-general-bus-news-and-discussion-thread.379809/page-105
With BCEP mentioning a proposed extension of an “existing bus route” from Kim Keat East to Caldecott MRT, highly likely 230 will be extended beyond towards Caldecott MRT. It’s probable that 230 could become a dual loop service, where it plys the East Loop (Kim Keat), followed by West Loop (Caldecott MRT) while stopping at Toa Payoh Interchange midway
Construction of New bus stop in Lor 7 Toa Payoh near blk 12
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/posts/190536031/
hmmm then 230 won’t be a dual loop service, most likely they’re extending it via Braddell MRT to Caldecott MRT then
There is a bus stop being built outside Blk 269A along Kim Keat Ave on the opposite direction of where 230 currently plies btw. Seems like another bus service (232?) will be amended to loop around Kim Keat Ave or LTA is going to merge 230/232 into 232G/W like some of the people here were saying. The amendments will happen when Kim Keat Ripples BTO hit TOP this year I guess.
I want Svc 232 loop in opposite direction instead
As of 2024, the 4th shortest bus service in SG