SBS Transit Feeder Bus Service 298

SBS Transit Feeder Service 298 is a Feeder service operating from Tampines North Bus Interchange and looping at Tampines Avenue 5, passing through Tampines Concourse, Avenue 7, Avenue 4, Street 82, Avenue 3 and Street 86. It is the seventy-ninth (79th) service to be introduced under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP).

Feeder 298 was launched on 21 October 2017, in conjunction with the opening of Downtown Line 3.

Route Overview
Route	Tampines North Bus Interchange ↺ Tampines Avenue 5 (Loop)
Passes Through	Tampines Concourse, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 8, Tampines St 86
Route Length	13.9 km
Travelling Time	60 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 buses Includes hybrid buses (Volvo B5LH)
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Tampines North	Daily
	05:15 – 00:30
Operating Frequency
Loop Service	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	9 – 10 mins			10 – 12 mins			9 – 12 mins			9 – 16 mins
Saturdays	13 – 14 mins			11 – 14 mins			11 – 13 mins			10 – 16 mins
Sundays / Public Holidays	13 – 14 mins			11 – 14 mins			12 – 13 mins			11 – 15 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges distance fares capped at 3.2km for feeder services.

Bus Service 298 provides residents at Tampines North, Tampines Avenue 4, Street 82, Avenue 3 and Street 86 with greater connectivity to Tampines MRT Station, along with other amenities in the neighbourhood. The new route also benefits Tampines Polyclinic, Our Tampines Hub, St. Hilda’s Primary and Secondary School, Tampines West CC and Springfield Secondary School. This was the eleventh feeder service to be introduced under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP).

Originally introduced from Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange and looping at Tampines Street 86, the route connects with the transport node of Tampines where further bus connections are also offered from the nearby Tampines Bus Interchange. The service continues the 29x series of route numbering used for Tampines feeder routes. It is the second feeder bus route at Tampines after Feeder 292, and the first feeder route to operate out of Tampines Concourse.

At Tampines Street 86, the route serves new Build-To-Order (BTO) housing developments such as Tampines Greenforest, Tampines Greenbloom, Tampines Greenflora, Tampines Greenlace and Tampines Greenwood. It also serves The Santorini, Q Bay Residences, and Arc @ Tampines condominiums.

The service was extended to Tampines North Bus Interchange in January 2023, serving new bus stops along Tampines Street 62.

Hybrid buses were deployed on this service from 27 May 2024.

MRT Station Served:

• EW2–DT32 Tampines

Special Departures:

• Tampines Ave 5 (Blk 871C) → Tampines North Int
  Weekdays: 05:30 & 05:38
  Saturdays & Sundays / Public Holidays: 05:30

Route Variant:

[From 9 Dec 2024]

• Express Feeder 298X: Tampines North Bus Interchange ↺ Tampines Street 86 (Loop)
  Weekday Morning & Evening Peak Hours; Serves selected stops only

Gallery:

Poster Gallery

Operator History:

• 21 Oct 2017 – 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.

Route History:

• 2017 (Oct 21): Introduced between Tampines Concourse Int and Tampines St 86 (Loop) under the LTA’s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP). Wheelchair-accessible at launch
• 2023 (08 Jan): Extended to Tampines North Int
• 2023 (10 Sep): Serves new bus stop outside Blk 875B along Tampines St 86

Past Routings

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