Go-Ahead Bus Service 43M

Go-Ahead Bus Service 43M is a trunk service plying between Punggol Interchange and looping at Serangoon Central, passing through Sengkang East Road, Buangkok MRT, Buangkok Green and Yio Chu Kang Road. It is a route variant of Service 43, introduced under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) and was launched on Sunday, 16 November 2014.

Route Overview
Route	Punggol Temporary Bus Interchange ↺ Serangoon Central (Loop)
Passes Through	Sengkang East Rd, Sengkang Central, Buangkok Green, Yio Chu Kang Rd
Route Length	19.0 km
Traveling Time	70 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Loyang Bus Package
Current Operator	Go-Ahead Singapore
Current Depot	Loyang Bus Depot
Current Fleet	12-metre Double Deck Buses: – MAN A95 – Volvo B9TL
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Punggol	Daily
	05:50 – 23:05
Operating Frequency
	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Loop Service	7 – 10 mins			8 – 17 mins			4 – 15 mins			13 – 16 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 43M is a supplementary route of Service 43, duplicating its parent service between Punggol Bus Interchange and Serangoon Central. It relieves demand and improves reliability of bus services for commuters along Service 43’s most crowded stretches of route. It was launched on Sunday, 16 November 2014.

The service operates daily from 5.50am to 11.05pm, serving residential areas around Punggol Way, Sengkang East Road, Sengkang Central, Buangkok Green, Yio Chu Kang Road and Serangoon Central. It will provide better access to key transport nodes such as Punggol and Serangoon Bus Interchanges, Punggol, Buangkok and Serangoon MRT Stations, amenities such as Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare Centre, Serangoon Sports & Recreation Centre and NEX as well as schools such as Hougang Secondary and Hougang Primary.

Short Trip Service 43A, which plied from Buangkok Green to Serangoon Central, was withdrawn after the introduction of 43M due to duplicating sectors. So were evening downroutes of Service 43 which started from Serangoon Central to Punggol Interchange.

While Service 43M serves Boundary Road, it skipped the bus stop outside Serangoon Stadium (63149 S’goon Stadium) as its parent Service 43 does not serve that stretch of road, which was later amended to call at that stop from 24 Jan 2016. All bus stops along Service 43M’s route are also served by Service 43.

MRT / LRT Stations Served

• NE17PTC Punggol
• PW7 Soo Teck
• NE15 Buangkok
• NE12CC13 Serangoon

Route Variants

• Service 43: Punggol Temp Int ↔ Upper East Coast Ter
• Express Service 43e: Punggol Temp Int ⇆ Marine Parade Rd
  Weekday Peak Hours, except Public Holidays

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Gallery (SBS Transit)

Poster Gallery

Operator History

• 16 Nov 2014 – 03 Sep 2016: SBS Transit Ltd
• 04 Sep 2016 – Present: Go Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd (formerly known as Go Ahead Loyang Pte Ltd)

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2021 under the Loyang Bus Package.

History

• 2014 (16 Nov): Introduced between Punggol Int and Serangoon Ctrl under LTA’s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP)
• 2014 (03 Dec): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
• 2014 (07 Dec): Serves new pair of bus stops (65401 / 65409) along Punggol Central
• 2015 (30 Aug): Serves new pair of bus stops (65431 / 65439) along Punggol Way
• 2016 (24 Jan): Serves an additional bus stop (63149) along Boundary Road
• 2016 (04 Sep): Operations transferred to Go Ahead Loyang Pte Ltd from SBS Transit Ltd
• 2016 (13 Nov): Serves new pair of bus stops (67591 / 67599) Sengkang East Rd
• 2017 (26 Nov): Serves an additional bus stop (65259) along Punggol Central

Past Routings

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