SBS Transit Express 506 is an Express service running between Jurong East and Serangoon, passing through Bukit Batok, Toa Payoh and Woodleigh.
506
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Jurong East Bus Interchange ↔ Serangoon Bus Interchange |
|||||||||||
| Passes Through | Boon Lay Way, Jurong Town Hall Rd, Bukit Batok West Ave 3, Bukit Batok East Ave 3, Lor 6 Toa Payoh, Upp Serangoon Rd | |||||||||||
| Route Length | Towards Serangoon: 23.2 km | Towards Jurong East: 24.0 km | ||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 65 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Serangoon–Eunos Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | SBS Transit Ltd | |||||||||||
| Current Depot | Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (UPDEP) Hougang Bus Depot (HGDEP) |
|||||||||||
| Current Fleet | Single-deck & Double-deck buses | |||||||||||
| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Jurong East |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 06:00 – 22:00 | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Serangoon |
Daily |
|||||||||||
| 06:20 – 23:45 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| From Jurong East | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 14 – 15 mins | 16 – 21 mins | 17 – 24 mins | 21 – 24 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 17 – 18 mins | 18 – 22 mins | 21 mins | 21 – 23 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 19 – 21 mins | 20 – 23 mins | 22 – 23 mins | 22 – 23 mins | ||||||||
| From Serangoon |
6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 16 – 23 mins | 15 – 21 mins | 18 mins | 16 – 20 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 16 – 24 mins | 16 – 20 mins | 20 mins | 22 – 24 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 19 – 26 mins | 19 – 22 mins | 20 – 23 mins | 23 – 25 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
||||||||||||
| Fare | Charges express distance fares |
|||||||||||
Express 506 plies between the residential estates of Jurong East and Serangoon, via Bukit Batok, Toa Payoh and Woodleigh. It incorporates an express sector along the PIE between Bukit Batok and Toa Payoh.
Despite being an express route, other basic bus services compliment the route over various sectors, such as Service 985 connecting Bukit Batok with Jln Toa Payoh also via PIE.
MRT Stations Served
- EW24NS1 Jurong East
- NS2 Bukit Batok
- NE10 Potong Pasir
- NE11 Woodleigh
- NE12CC13 Serangoon
Gallery:
Poster Gallery:
Operator History:
- 1999 – 2001: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
- 2001 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd
Express 506 will not be included in the upcoming tendered package term of the Serangoon–Eunos Bus Package, commencing June 2027.
Route History:
- 1999 (30 Aug): Introduced between Jurong East Int and Bedok Int, operating daily
- 2000 (03 Sep): Extended to Changi Airport; Serves additional pair of bus stops outside and opposite Trellis Twrs along Jln Toa Payoh; Last bus from Jurong East Int extended to 2210 hrs daily
- 2001: Serves new pair of bus stops opposite Blk 761 and opposite Baywater along Bedok North Ave 3
- 2002: Serves new pair of bus stops opposite and between Blks 731 and 734 along Bedok Reservoir Rd
- 2002 (15 Sep): Shortened back to Bedok Int; Last bus from Jurong East Int extended to 2230 hrs daily
- 2006: Skips a pair of abolished bus stops outside and opposite Bedok Green Sec Sch along Bedok North Ave 3
- 2006 (12 Nov): Extended to Upper East Coast Ter; Last bus from Jurong East Int reverted to 2200 hrs daily
- 2010 (13 Feb): Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Blk 220 CP along Bedok North Ave 3
- 2011 (17 Dec): Amended to Jurong East Temp Int
- 2012 (30 Sep): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
- 2017 (23 Apr): Serves relocated bus stop before PIE along Bt Batok Rd
- 2020 (15 Apr – 01 Jun): Temporarily suspended due to Singapore COVID-19 Circuit Breaker Measures.
- 2020 (06 Dec): Amended to relocated Jurong East Int
- 2021 (12 Dec): Shortened to Serangoon Int via Upp Serangoon Rd as part of the Downtown Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation
Back to Express Services
Back to Bus Services
Shld extand to bungkok int
Is it possible for bus 506 to amend to Boon Lay via Boon Lay (passing through Chinese Garden and Lakeside) instead of Jurong East (or Tengah)
Not feasible because that sector from Chinese Garden to Boon Lay is a clone of service 180. 506 is better off being sent to Tengah that has more catchment, or even stay put at Jurong East. Plus 506 should just downgrade to trunk service.
506 should shorten to Tengah instead, gives Tengah a faster alternative to BB (as compared to the lousy 992, just remake 944 lah).
The BB East-JE connection is covered by 870, giving 870 proper healthy demand rather than the stupidity it is now (870 move to JE Int, 143/M move to JTH)
bro what? Ur suggestions are far more worst than what LTA is doing rn
What’s the point of this anymore without serving the East
it wont benefit much…
Didn’t 506 used to start from Jurong East??? Wonder why change to serangoon
506 was from Bedok to Jurong East.
No it was from jurong east to upp east coast
Bro its still Jurong East