SBS Transit Feeder Bus Service 298

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

In conjunction with the opening of Downtown Line 3, SBS Transit Feeder Bus Service 298 was launched on 21 October 2017. (See also: Downtown Line 3 – Bus Service Enhancements)

Technical Information
Route	Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange ↺ Tampines Street 86 (Loop)
Passes Through	Tampines Ave 7, Ave 4, St 82, Ave 3, Ave 8, Ave 5, Ave 10
Route Length	9.5 km
Travelling Time	45 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Tampines Bus Package
Current Operator	SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot	Bedok North Bus Depot (BNDEP)
Current Fleet	12-metre Single Deck Buses: – Mercedes-Benz Citaro – Scania K230UB
Departure Times from Tampines Concourse	0530hrs – 0045hrs (Daily)
Frequency	Loop Service
	0630 – 0830: 10 – 12 mins 0831 – 1659: 10 – 12 mins 1700 – 1900: 10 – 12 mins After 1900: 10 – 14 mins

Bus Service 298 provides residents at Tampines Avenue 4, Street 82, Avenue 3 and Street 86 with greater connectivity to Tampines MRT Station and Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange, 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).

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.

Looping 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 and Q Bay Residences, and Arc @ Tampines condominiums.

Special Departures:

• Tampines Ave 5 (Blk 871C) → Tampines Concourse Int
  Daily: 0530hrs

MRT Stations Served:

• EW2DT32  Tampines

Fare: Fares for Feeder Services are capped at 3.2km. See Bus Fares.