SMRT Bus Service 246

SMRT Bus Service 246 is a Jurong Industrial Service running from Boon Lay Bus Interchange and looping at Boon Lay Drive, passing through Chin Bee and Corporation Road. Despite being classified as an industrial route, a large portion of the route plies through residential estates along Corporation Drive and Boon Lay Place.

SMRT Buses operates this service from 1 Sep 2024 as part of the Jurong West Bus Package.

246

Boon Lay Int
↺ Boon Lay Dr (Loop)

22009 Boon Lay Int B15 EW27 Jurong West Ctrl 3

21359 Aft ST Kinetics Jln Boon Lay

21251 Bef Quality Rd Chin Bee Dr

21269 Bef Chin Bee Ave Quality Rd

21509 Opp Meiji Seika Quality Rd

21499 Bef Jln Tukang Quality Rd

21489 Opp Grundfos Jln Tukang

21479 Aft Tukang Innovation Lane Jln Tukang

21469 Bef Chia Ping Rd Jln Tukang

21551 Blk 151 Yung Ho Rd

21561 Blk 158 Corporation Dr

21571 Opp Jurong Sec Sch Corporation Dr

21581 Blk 65 Corporation Dr

21591 Opp Blk 117 Corporation Dr

21671 Blk 331 Tah Ching Rd

21651 Opp Chinese Gdn Yuan Ching Rd

21661 Yuan Ching Sec Sch Yuan Ching Rd

28091 Lakeside Stn EW26 Boon Lay Way

21231 Blk 203 Corporation Rd

21451 Blk 206 Boon Lay Dr

21449 Boon Lay Shop Ctr Boon Lay Pl

21439 Boon Lay CC Boon Lay Pl

21429 Blk 185 Boon Lay Ave

21419 Blk 188 Boon Lay Dr

21409 Blk 191 Boon Lay Dr

21459 Blk 209 Boon Lay Dr

21239 Opp Blk 203 Corporation Rd

28099 Opp Lakeside Stn EW26 Boon Lay Way

21669 Opp Blk 134D Yuan Ching Rd

21659 Chinese Gdn Yuan Ching Rd

21679 Blk 329 Tah Ching Rd

21599 Blk 117 Corporation Dr

21589 Opp Blk 65 Corporation Dr

21579 Jurong Sec Sch Corporation Dr

21569 Opp Blk 158 Corporation Dr

21559 CISCO Recall Yung Ho Rd

21461 Bef Tukang Innovation Dr Jln Tukang

21471 Bef Tukang Innovation Lane Jln Tukang

21481 Grundfos Jln Tukang

21491 Bef Intl Rd Quality Rd

21501 Bef Meiji Seika Quality Rd

21261 Aft Chin Bee Ave Quality Rd

21259 Aft Quality Rd Chin Bee Dr

21351 Bef Boon Lay Way Jln Boon Lay

22009 Boon Lay Int EW27 Jurong West Ctrl 3

Route Overview
Route	Boon Lay Bus Interchange ↺ Boon Lay Drive (Loop)
Passes Through	Quality Rd, Jln Tukang, Corporation Dr, Yuan Ching Rd, Boon Lay Place
Route Length	16.9 km
Travelling Time	70 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Jurong West Bus Package
Current Operator	SMRT Buses Ltd
Current Depot	Soon Lee Bus Depot
Current Fleet	Single-deck & Double-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Boon Lay	Daily
	05:45 – 23:30
Operating Frequency
Loop Service	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	12 – 13 mins			11 – 17 mins			11 – 16 mins			16 – 20 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 246 primarily serves industrial estates around Chin Bee and Jalan Tukang with connections to Jurong West Town Centre. A large portion of this route also plies residential estates, supplementing existing bus connections between the residential estates of Taman Jurong and Boon Lay Gardens to Lakeside MRT Station.

The route compliments Service 240 between Boon Lay Gardens and Lakeside MRT, and also Services 49, 98, 154 and 240 between Lakeside MRT and Taman Jurong.

MRT Stations Served

• EW27 Boon Lay
• EW26 Lakeside

Gallery:

Gallery (SBS Transit) at Page 2.

Poster Gallery:

Operator History:

• 1977 – 2001: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
• 2001 – 31 Aug 2024: SBS Transit Ltd
• 1 Sep 2024 – Present: SMRT Buses Ltd

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

SMRT Buses will operate this service as the awarded operator for the Jurong West Bus Package from 1 September 2024.

History:

• 1977 (16 May): Introduced as Introduced between Boon Lay Gardens Ter and Jln Tukang (Loop)
• 1978 (01 Jun): Amended to start from Jurong Int and loop at Boon Lay Dr
• 1990 (01 Jul): Amended to start from Boon Lay Int and loop at Third Chin Bee Rd
• 1995 (15 Jan): Amended to loop at Boon Lay Dr and amended to ply Jln Boon Lay, Chin Bee Dr and Quality Rd, skipping Chin Bee Ave, Third Chin Bee Rd and International Rd
• 2006 (11 Jun): Amended to ply Tah Ching Rd, skipping Kang Ching Rd
• 2006 (18 Jun): Amended to Boon Lay Temp Int
• 2009 (27 Dec): Amended to Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub
• 2016 (25 Jan): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
• 2024 (01 Sep): Operations transferred to SMRT Buses under the Jurong West Bus Package

Past Routings

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