SBS Transit Bus Service 30

SBS Transit Bus Service 30 is a trunk service plying between Bedok and Boon Lay, passing through Geylang Serai, Mountbatten, HarbourFront, Pasir Panjang, Teban Gardens and Corporation Drive, running from East to West of Singapore. An Express route variant, Service 30e, is also operated.

Technical Information
Route	Bedok Bus Interchange ↔ Boon Lay Bus Interchange
Passes Through	Changi Road, Sims Ave, Old Airport Rd, Telok Blangah Rd, Pasir Panjang Rd, West Coast Rd, Corporation Dr
Route Length	37.8 km (D1) | 37.9 km (D2)
Traveling Time	130 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Bedok Bus Package
Current Operator	SBS Transit Ltd
Current Depot	Bedok North Bus Depot (BNDEP) Soon Lee Bus Park (SLBP)
Current Fleet	12-metre Single Deck Bus: – Scania K230UB 12-metre Double Deck Bus: – Volvo B9TL
Departure Times from Bedok	0515hrs – 2335hrs (Weekdays & Saturdays) 0530hrs – 2335hrs (Sundays & Public Holidays)
Departure Times from Boon Lay	0530hrs – 0020hrs (Weekdays & Saturdays) 0545hrs – 0020hrs (Sundays & Public Holidays)
Frequency	Direction 1	Direction 2
	0630-0830: 09 mins 0831-1659: 06 – 18 mins 1700-1900: 14 – 15 mins After 1900: 11 – 16 mins	0630-0830: 08 – 11 mins 0831-1659: 08 – 16 mins 1700-1900: 08 – 15 mins After 1900: 11 – 18 mins

Spanning from East to West, Service 30 provides inter-town connections between many parts of Singapore. From Bedok Interchange, the route passes through Geylang Serai, Old Airport, Fort Road, Keppel and HarbourFront, continuing west to Pasir Panjang, West Coast, Teban Gardens and Corporation Drive, terminating at Boon Lay Interchange. At almost 38km in each direction, it is one of SBS Transit’s longest bi-directional bus routes.

As an inter-town service, demand for this route is moderate to high throughout the day. Particularly strong areas of demand include the sector between Boon Lay Interchange and Corporation Drive (supplementing Feeder 240), and the sector between HarbourFront and Bedok. By having an express sector between Keppel Road and Fort Road, this service skips the CBD area allowing for faster commute as compared to other services such as 10 (to Old Airport) and 196 (to Mountbatten), which travel through the CBD.

Since 1992, Service 30 had been plying its express sector along the East Coast Parkway, offering scenic views along the Benjamin Sheares Bridge. With the opening of the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) in late 2013, the service now travels underground, no longer plying the scenic stretch of road.

Despite its length, the last bus from Boon Lay departs rather late, at 12:20am daily. This trip reaches Bedok at around 1:30am; a runtime of 70 mins would not be possible during the day where passenger demand and road traffic is higher.

MRT Stations Served:

• EW5 Bedok
• EW6 Kembangan
• EW7 Eunos
• EW8CC9 Paya Lebar
• CC8 Dakota
• CC7 Mountbatten
• NE1CC29 Harbourfront
• CC28 Telok Blangah
• CC27 Labrador Park
• CC26 Pasir Panjang
• CC25 Haw Par Villa
• EW27 Boon Lay

Special Departures:

• Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (Aft Corporation Pl) → Bedok Int
  Weekdays: 0530hrs, 0538hrs
• Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim (Bef Jurong Port Rd) → Boon Lay Int
  Weekdays: 0600hrs, 0633hrs, 0648hrs, 0658hrs, 0729hrs
• Telok Blangah Road (HarbourFront Stn Exit B) → Boon Lay Int
  Weekdays: 0530hrs, 0539hrs
  Saturdays: 0530hrs, 0542hrs
  Sundays / Public Holidays: 0530hrs, 0543hrs, 0556hrs, 0850hrs

Route Variant

• Express Bus Service 30e: Bedok Interchange ⇄ Pasir Panjang Road
  Weekdays AM & PM Peak Hours

Express 30e offers quicker travel for commuters in the East travelling to their workplaces at Pasir Panjang in the morning and back in the evening. This service operates during weekday peak hours only.

Fare: Charges basic distance fares. See Bus Fares.

Gallery:

Operator History:

• 03 Feb 1974 – 31 Oct 2001: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
• 01 Nov 2001 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2023 under the Bedok Bus Package.

History:

• 1974 (03 Feb): Introduced between Chai Chee Ter and Jln Ahmad Ibrahim, replacing Service 30/30A
• 1974 (08 Dec): Amended to ply the extended stretch of Robinson Rd, skipping Market St
• 1976 (15 Feb): Serves new staggered bus stop (03071) along Robinson Rd
• 1978 (01 Jun): Extended to Jurong Int
• 1979 (25 Feb): Amended to Bedok Int
• 1979 (14 Oct): Amended to ply Still Rd and Sims Ave East (towards Bedok) with the conversion of Changi Rd to one-way traffic
• 1979 (Nov): Amended to ply Sims Ave/Geylang Rd and Tg Katong Rd, skipping Telok Kurau and Joo Chiat entirely
• 1981 (11 Oct): Serves new staggered bus stop (03222) along Anson Rd
• 1982 (24 May): Amended to ply West Coast Highway
• 1988 (03 Jan): Serves new staggered bus stop (03217) along Shenton Way
• 1990 (01 Jul): Extended to Boon Lay Int and amended to serve Teban Gardens Estate with the closure of Jurong Int
• 1992 (28 Jun): Amended to ply along ECP and Fort Rd instead of Nicoll Highway and Shenton Way under Transitlink Integration Exercise Phase 8
• 1999: Serves new pair of bus stops (17381/17389) along West Coast Rd
• 2001: Amended to West Coast Rd with the partial closure of Teban Gardens Rd
• 2003 (16 Mar): Amended to ply Geylang Rd, Paya Lebar Rd and Sims Ave with the partial closure of Tg Katong Rd for the construction of Circle MRT Line
• 2003: Serves new bus stop (82089) along Tg Katong Rd
• 2005 (19 Sep): Fast Forward variant 30e introduced
• 2006 (19 Mar): Diverted via Cassia Link, Guillemard Rd and Guillemard Camp Rd in both directions due to the construction of Dakota MRT Station
• 2006 (18 Jun): Amended to Boon Lay Temp Int
• 2006 (29 Oct): Serves new bus stop 14141 along Telok Blangah Rd
• 2008 (07 Dec): Abolition of bus stop 14111 along Telok Blangah Rd
• 2008 (29 Dec): Amended to reinstated Old Airport Rd and Dunman Rd
• 2009 (04 Oct): Amended to reinstated Tg Katong Rd
• 2009 (27 Dec): Terminus relocated to Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub
• 2011 (19 Nov): Amended to Bedok Temp Int
• 2011 (3 Dec): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
• 2013 (29 Dec): Express sector diverted to Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) from ECP.
• 2014 (30 Nov): Terminus relocated to Bedok Integrated Transport Hub

Past Routings:

• Refer to this article
• 1990: Amended to present routing. No significant route changes since 1990.