Tower Transit Bus Service 825

Tower Transit Bus Service 825 is a trunk service from Yio Chu Kang and looping around the private estates in Lentor. This service is regularly operated by minibuses. It does not operate on Sundays / Public Holidays.

Route Overview
Route	Yio Chu Kang Bus Interchange ↺ Lentor Loop (Loop)
Passes Through	Lentor Drive, Lentor Rd
Route Length	5.7 km
Travelling Time	22 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package
Current Operator	Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Tower Transit Singapore)
Current Depot	Mandai Bus Depot
Current Fleet	Electric minibus (BYD C6) Occasional single-deck bus deployments
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Yio Chu Kang	Weekdays (except Public Holidays)						Saturdays (except Public Holidays)
	06:30 – 20:45						06:30 – 14:25
Operating Frequency
Loop Service	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
Weekdays	9 – 11 mins			11 – 20 mins			10 – 11 mins			9 – 14 mins
Saturdays	13 mins			10 – 19 mins			–			–
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Bus Service 825 serves landed houses and condominiums within Lentor Estate, connecting residents to and from Yio Chu Kang MRT/Bus Interchange, as well as Lentor MRT Station. It operates only on weekdays and Saturday mornings. Outside of Service 825’s operating hours, there are no bus services serving within Lentor Estate and residents have to walk in from Yio Chu Kang Road.

Service 825 is a unique example of a public bus route operated with minibuses, which are registered as “Excursion Buses”.

The BYD C6 buses are leased from BYD (Singapore) Pte Ltd, and operated by Tower Transit (formerly SMRT Buses) on this bus service. Occasionally, single-deck buses are also deployed on this service to replace BYD C6 buses.

Previously, SMRT operated Premium Bus Service 529 which plied the exact same route as Service 825 but charged Premium fares, operating during Saturday afternoons and evenings. It was discontinued and withdrawn after 31 Dec 2016.

MRT Stations Served

• NS15 Yio Chu Kang
• TE5 Lentor

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Operator History:

• 1988 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
• 2004 – 02 Oct 2021: SMRT Buses Ltd
• 03 Oct 2021 – Present: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd

Route History:

• 1988 (17 Aug): Introduced between Yishun Int and Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 as a peak hour one-directional service during weekday and Saturday mornings
• 1989 (01 Dec): Amended to start from Yio Chu Kang Ter, shortened to start from Springleaf Rd and enhanced to operate during off peak hours on weekdays and Saturdays, operating between Springleaf Rd and Yio Chu Kang Ter during morning peak hours and between Yio Chu Kang Ter and Springleaf Ave during evening peak hours.
• 1995 (10 Jul): Amended to loop at Springleaf Rd from Yio Chu Kang Ter
• 1996: First bus brought forward to 0650 hrs
• 1997 (15 Dec): Shortened to loop at Lentor Loop from Yio Chu Kang Ter and amended to ply Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 and Lentor Dr before plying Lentor Rd and Lentor Loop, skipping Ang Mo Kio Ave 9; First bus brought forward to 0630 hrs
• 1998: Serves new bus stop after Florissa Pk along Lentor Loop
• 2002: Last bus extended to 2045 hrs on weekdays
• 2007 (12 Mar): Amended to ply the western loop of Lentor Loop, Lentor Way and Lentor Vale; Last bus revised to 1425 hrs on Saturdays
• 2008 (09 Jun): Serves new bus stop before Bullion Park along Lentor Loop
• 2019 (17 Oct): Designated wheelchair accessible service with the deployment of BYD C6 Electric Buses
• 2021 (03 Oct): Operations transferred to Tower Transit under the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package

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