SMRT Bus Service 75

SMRT Bus Service 75 is a trunk route linking Gali Batu with Bukit Merah, via Bukit Panjang, Cashew, Upper Bukit Timah, Clementi Road, Ulu Pandan, Napier, Great World and Kim Tian Road.

Service 75 serves the merged & relocated bus stop at Great World Station Exit 3, while skipping The Trillium and Opp Great World City along Kim Seng Road from 8 Dec 2024.

Note:

• No boarding and alighting at Gali Batu Bus Terminal

Route Overview
Route	Gali Batu Bus Terminal ↔ Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
Passes Through	Woodlands Rd, Cashew, Upp Bt Timah, Clementi Rd, Holland Rd, Ulu Pandan, Napier, Great World, Kim Tian
Route Length	Towards Bt Merah: 22.5 km						Towards Gali Batu: 22.2 km
Travelling Time	80 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Choa Chu Kang–Bukit Panjang Bus Package
Current Operator	SMRT Buses Ltd
Current Depot	Kranji Bus Depot (KJDEP) Woodlands Bus Depot (WLDEP)
Current Fleet	Single-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Gali Batu	Daily
	05:20 – 23:25
Departure Times from Bukit Merah	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	06:15 – 23:45								06:30 – 23:45
Operating Frequency
	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
From Gali Batu	8 – 11 mins			10 – 15 mins			15 mins			14 – 15 mins
From Bukit Merah	11 – 14 mins			9 – 14 mins			8 – 11 mins			12 – 16 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 75 connects the West to the Central areas, serving residents of Bukit Panjang, Upper Bukit Timah, Ulu Pandan, Bukit Merah, and Kim Tian with connections to the City areas of Napier, Grange Road, and Great World. It is also the only bus service to ply Grange Road.

From Bukit Panjang, Service 75 compliments Service 184 to Clementi Road, a sector of high demand during peak periods with demand from various educational institutes along Clementi Road, such as Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Singapore University of Social Sciences.

The service, previously connecting Gali Batu to Marina Centre, was amended to Bukit Merah Bus Interchange as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation via Kim Tian Road and Jalan Bukit Merah, effective 17 December 2023. The lost sectors along Cantonment Road and Cantonment Link were served by the amended Service 121.

MRT / LRT Stations Served

• DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang
• BP7 Petir
• DT2 Cashew
• DT3 Hillview
• DT5 Beauty World
• CC21 Holland Village
• TE12 Napier
• TE13 Orchard Boulevard
• TE15 Great World
• TE16 Havelock

Special Departures

• Zion Rd (Havelock Stn Exit 2) → Gali Batu Ter
  Weekdays: 06:02, 06:12 & 00:05
  Saturdays: 06:12 & 00:05
  Sundays / Public Holidays: 00:05

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Operator History:

• 1981 – 1995: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
• 1995 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
• 2004 – Present: SMRT Buses Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Choa Chu Kang–Bukit Panjang Bus Package.

History:

• 1981 (15 Jun): Introduced between Clementi Int and Anson Rd Ter as a peak-hour semi-express service on weekdays and Saturdays, replacing the deleted sectors of Service 191
• 1981 (22 Sep): Extended to loop at Empress Pl
• 1981 (11 Oct): Serves staggered bus stop outside Tunas Bldg along Anson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Intl Plaza
• 1984 (10 Jun): Amended to ply Connaught Dr, Collyer Quay, Raffles Quay, Shenton Way, Cantonment Link, Cantonment Rd, Outram Rd, Tiong Bahru Rd, Zion Rd and Hoot Kiam Rd towards Clementi Int and converted to full-day trunk service, skipping St. Andrew’s Rd, Coleman St, Canning Rise, Oxley Rise and Exeter Rise
• 1986 (14 Sep): Skips the bus stop outside Tanglin Police Stn along Napier Rd
• 1986 (30 Nov): Extended to Marina Ctr Ter
• 1987 (06 Apr): Skips abolished bus stop before College Rd along Outram Rd
• 1988 (08 Mar): Amended to ply Clementi Ave 3 with the abolition of right turning from Clementi Ave 3 to Commonwealth Ave West
• 1988 (31 Jul): Extended to Choa Chu Kang Ter
• 1988 (25 Aug): Amended to ply Choa Chu Kang Ave 1 with the completion of the road junction between Teck Whye Ave and Choa Chu Kang Ave 1
• 1990 (10 Mar): Extended to interim terminal along Choa Chu Kang Ave 4
• 1990 (08 Apr): Amended to Choa Chu Kang Int
• 1990 (16 Dec): Amended to ply Choa Chu Kang Way, skipping Choa Chu Kang Dr
• 1993 (03 Jan): Shortened to Bt Panjang Ter with the introduction of Service 179 under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 11
• 1995 (06 Aug): Operations transferred to Trans-Island Bus Service (TIBS)
• 1999 (26 Dec): Amended to Bt Panjang Int
• 2000: Serves additional bus stop outside Clifford Ctr along Collyer Quay
• 2003 (12 Oct): Serves bus stop opposite Bt Timah Plaza along Jln Anak Bt with the abolition of the bus stop under the PIE Flyover
• 2005 (02 Jul): Serves bus stop outside Fullerton Square along Fullerton Rd with the abolition of the bus stop outside Clifford Ctr along Collyer Quay
• 2005 (30 Oct): Serves new bus stop outside Blk 94 along Zion Rd
• 2010 (23 May): Skips temporarily abolished bus stop outside Assumption Voc Inst along Upp Bt Timah Rd to facilitate the construction of Cashew MRT station along the Downtown MRT Line
• 2011 (03 Jul): Serves additional pair of bus stops opposite Ministry of Defence and before Cashew Rd along Upp Bt Timah Rd
• 2012 (01 Jul): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
• 2012 (16 Dec): Extended to Bt Panjang Temp Bus Park with the closure of Bukit Panjang Int
• 2015 (01 Mar): Serves reinstated bus stop outside Assumption Pathway Sch along Upp Bt Timah Rd, skipping a pair of bus stops opposite Ministry of Defence and before Cashew Rd
• 2016 (01 May): Amended to ply Esplanade Dr with the partial closure of Fullerton Rd
• 2017 (04 Sep): Serves additional pair of bus stops outside and opposite Ten Mile Junction Stn along Woodlands Rd; Serves a pair of bus stops outside and opposite Blk 180 along Jelebu Rd, skipping the pair of bus stops outside and opposite Bt Panjang Plaza
• 2021 (23 Jan): Extended to Gali Batu Ter with the closure of Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk
• 2021 (24 Feb): Amended to the relocated Marina Ctr Ter
• 2021 (11 Apr): Amended to ply the extended southbound Upp Bt Timah Rd towards Marina Ctr Ter, skipping Jln Anak Bt
• 2021 (26 Dec): Amended to ply Esplanade Dr towards Gali Batu Ter due to closure of Connaught Dr to all vehicles
• 2023 (17 Dec): Amended to Bukit Merah Int as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation, initially announced to take effect on 10 Dec 2023.
• 2024 (08 Dec): Serves new merged bus stop outside Great World Stn Exit 3, skipping abolished bus stops outside The Trillium and Opp Great World City along Kim Seng Rd

Former Special Departures

• Outram Rd (Opp Outram Pk Stn) → Gali Batu Ter
  Weekdays: 06:00 – before 06:30
  Saturdays: 06:10 – before 06:30

Past Routings

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