SBS Transit Bus Service 852 is a trunk route linking Yishun Interchange and Bukit Batok Interchange, passing through Lentor, Ang Mo Kio, Marymount, Lornie Highway, Bukit Timah and Bukit Batok East.
852
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Yishun Bus Interchange ↔ Bukit Batok Bus Interchange | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Yishun Ave 2, Lentor Ave, Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Marymount Rd, Bukit Timah Rd / Dunearn Rd, Upp Bukit Timah Rd | |||||||||||
| Route Length | Towards Bukit Batok: 23.2 km | Towards Yishun: 23.5 km | ||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 65 – 79 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Seletar Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | SBS Transit Ltd | |||||||||||
| Current Depot | Seletar Bus Depot (SEDEP) | |||||||||||
| Current Fleet | Single Deck Bus: – MAN A22 – Mercedes-Benz Citaro |
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| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Yishun |
Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | ||||||||||
| 05:20 – 23:30 | 05:30 – 23:30 | |||||||||||
| Departure Times from Bukit Batok |
Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | ||||||||||
| 05:40 – 23:45 | 06:00 – 23:45 | |||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| From Yishun |
6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 14 – 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 14 – 15 mins | 14 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 13 – 14 mins | 13 – 15 mins | 14 – 15 mins | 13 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 12 – 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 14 mins | 13 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| From Bukit Batok |
6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 14 – 15 mins | 13 – 15 mins | 13 – 16 mins | 13 – 16 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 12 – 14 mins | 13 – 15 mins | 14 – 15 mins | 14 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 13 – 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 13 – 14 mins | 14 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Service 852 is a trunk route linking Bukit Batok, Bukit Timah, Marymount, Ang Mo Kio and Yishun. By duplicating existing bus services but with fewer catchment areas, Service 852 fulfils a supplementary role by providing more travel options for commuters. Demand is generally moderate to low during off-peak hours, and buses operate at low frequencies. Still, the route continues to benefit residents and students along the Bukit Timah academic belt with connections to outlying housing estates.
MRT Stations Served
- NS13 Yishun
- NS14 Khatib
- NS15 Yio Chu Kang
- CC16 Marymount
- DT8 Tan Kah Kee
- DT7 Sixth Avenue
- DT6 King Albert Park
- DT5 Beauty World
- NS2 Bukit Batok
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Operator History
- 1985 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
- 2004 – 24 Mar 2018: SMRT Buses Ltd
- 25 Mar 2018 – Present: SBS Transit Ltd
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2025 under the Seletar Bus Package.
History
- 1985 (08 Dec): Introduced between Yishun Central Ter and Jurong Int
- 1986 (06 Jul): Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Bt Batok Sec Sch along Bt Batok East Ave 6
- 1987 (12 Aug): Skips abolished bus stop after Joan Rd along Lornie Rd
- 1987 (23 Aug): Amended to Yishun Int
- 1990 (01 Jul): Amended to Boon Lay Int with the closure of Jurong Int
- 1996 (10 Mar): Shortened to Bt Batok Int under Woodlands MRT Rationalisation
- 2003: Skips a pair of bus stops near LP 94 and opposite LP 91 along Lentor Ave
- 2012 (29 Apr): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
- 2015 (14 Mar): Amended to Yishun Temp Int
- 2018 (25 Mar): Operations transferred to SBS Transit Ltd as part of the Seletar Bus Package
- 2018 (28 Oct): Amended to ply southbound Lornie Highway towards Bt Batok Int
- 2019 (23 Jun): Amended to ply northbound Lornie Highway towards Yishun Temp Int
- 2019 (08 Sep): Amended to Yishun Integrated Transport Hub
- 2020 (12 Jan): Skips a pair of abolished bus stops under and after Lentor Flyover along Lentor Ave
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852 now should be under TTS as it is the anchor operator for Yishun And Bt Batok Int. Can swap BCM and operator with 853/854/855/857
Too late liao…. SBST already operating 852. Wait until its get re-tendered in 2023.
why no dd for 852
The demand for 852 is very insufficient & low to have DD. Do you realise that 852 demand is more for students from Yishun directly to Bukit Timah academic belt.
852 is a bus service that plays as an supplementary role which most of the days in the week will not be high demand. People normally take 852 is for people who goes to Bukit Timah Road & Bukit Batok area as what I can tell you.
Most of commuters along 852 will usually take other services like:
– Yishun to AMK Ave 6 – can take 851 & 853/853M too
– Yishun to Marymount – can take 851 if come
So as demand is not high, that’s why 852 cannot give DD. Hope this answers understand you.
Then I suggest to extend 852 to Tengah New Town to deploy some DDs.
i find like 851,852,853,854,855,857 all like to come tgt LOL
(yishun ave 2 – lentor ave)
Besides the obvious Yishun duplication, more than half of 852’s route also duplicates 74 which already has high frequency and majority DDs. Not much is unique about 852 besides the connection between Bukit Batok MRT and a small stretch of Upper Bukit Timah Road near Beauty World.
bus 852 never stop at bus stop Anderson JC at time 8.41 am , over this time i want to wait 20min …..why the driver dont stop here , i no sit down i stand here and move my hand also ~than now I late go to my working place already😡😡😡
When SBS Transit takes over in 2018, it will be more than 17 years since SBS had a route going to Bukit Batok.
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