SMRT Bus Service 853M is a trunk route linking Yishun Bus Interchange and Upper East Coast Terminal, passing through Lentor, Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Geylang Bahru, Sims Ave/Geylang Rd, Tanjong Katong and Marine Parade. Operating only on Sundays and Public Holidays, it is an extended route of Service 853 which terminates at Lorong 1 Geylang on Weekdays and Saturdays.
853M
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Yishun Bus Interchange ↔ Upper East Coast Bus Terminal | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Yishun Ave 2, Lentor Ave, Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Upp Serangoon Rd, Kallang Bahru, Sims Ave / Geylang Rd, Tanjong Katong Rd, Marine Parade Rd, Upp East Coast Rd | |||||||||||
| Route Length | Towards Upp East Coast: 31.1 km | Towards Yishun: 32.2 km | ||||||||||
| Traveling Time | 95 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | SMRT Buses Ltd | |||||||||||
| Current Depot | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (AMDEP) | |||||||||||
| Current Fleet | 12-metre Single Deck Bus – MAN A22 – Mercedes-Benz OC500LE |
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| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Yishun |
Sundays / Public Holidays |
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| 05:40 – 23:30 | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Upp East Coast |
Sundays / Public Holidays | |||||||||||
| 06:00 – 23:30 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | |||||||||
| From Yishun | 11 – 13 mins | 9 – 14 mins | 12 – 14 mins | 14 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| From Upp East Coast | 12 – 18 mins | 10 – 15 mins | 12 – 14 mins | 13 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Service 853M is an inter-town route serving the housing estates of Yishun, Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Geylang Bahru, Tanjong Katong, Marine Parade and Upper East Coast. The route is frequented as a popular connection between various housing estates and as an alternative to the MRT network, serving Yishun, Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Kallang and Aljunied stations. It benefits from moderate demand loads throughout the day, with only rigid buses deployed on the route.
This route only operates on Sundays and Public Holidays. On Weekdays and Saturdays, Service 853 plies a shorter route terminating at Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal. The service is also the only SMRT Buses service at Upper East Coast Bus Terminal.
Service 853M shares long duplicating sectors with both Services 851 and 852 between Yishun – Ang Mo Kio, but is otherwise non-duplicative from Ang Mo Kio to Lorong 1 Geylang. The route also compliments existing Services 13 and 43 along Tanjong Katong, Marine Parade and Upper East Coast sectors.
MRT Stations Served
- NS13 Yishun
- NS14 Khatib
- NS15 Yio Chu Kang
- NE12CC13 Serangoon
- NE11 Woodleigh
- NE10 Potong Pasir
- DT24 Geylang Bahru
- EW10 Kallang
- EW9 Aljunied
Route Variant
- Service 853: Yishun Int ↔ Lorong 1 Geylang Ter
Operates on Weekdays & Saturdays, except Public Holidays
Gallery
Poster Gallery
![[Updated] Route Amendment for Services 853 & 853M / Renumbering of Service 853# to 853M - Opening of Yishun Integrated Transport Hub](https://landtransportguru.net/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sep19_Yishun-ITH-Opening_Sv853_853M_Updated-212x300.png)
Operator History
- 2019 – Present: SMRT Buses Ltd
- (~September 2021) onwards: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
Operations for this route would be transferred to Tower Transit in 2021 as part of the Sembawang – Yishun Bus Package.
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Sembawang – Yishun Bus Package.
History
Service 853#/853C
- 1987 (21 Jun): Introduced between Yishun Central Ter and Marine Parade Ter as an alternate route of Service 853, operating on Sundays and Public Holidays only
- 1987 (23 Aug): Amended to Yishun Int
- 1989: Serves new pair of bus stops outside Blk 206 and outside Blk 261 along Serangoon Ctrl
- 1989: Serves new staggered bus stop outside Blk 322 along Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
- 1989 (19 Nov): Serves new bus stop outside Kallang Stn along Sims Ave
- 1997 (08 Dec): Skips the bus stop outside Kallang Stn along Sims Ave
- 2001 (16 Sep): Amended to loop at Siglap Rd from Yishun Int with the closure of Marine Parade Ter
- 2001 (09 Dec): Extended to Upp East Coast Ter
- 2002: Serves new pair of bus stops after Sommerville Rd and after Sunshine Lodge along Upp Serangoon Rd
- 2003 (04 May): Amended to ply Geylang Bahru, Bendemeer Rd, Whampoa East and Serangoon Rd, skipping Jln Kolam Ayer
- 2003 (20 Jun): Serves new pair of bus stops outside Potong Pasir Stn along Upp Serangoon Rd
- 2003: Serves new bus stop outside Shell Kiosk along Tg Katong Rd
- 2003: Skips a pair of bus stops near LP 94 and opposite LP 91 along Lentor Ave
- 2004 (27 Apr): Amended to ply Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd and Sims Ave towards Yishun Int with the temporary conversion of Lor 1 Geylang to one-way traffic
- 2004 (06 Dec): Amended to ply the reinstated Lor 1 Geylang towards Yishun Int, skipping Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd and Sims Ave
- 2007: Serves additional bus stop outside Victoria Sch along Marine Parade Rd
- 2011 (13 Feb): Amended to ply Yishun Central 2
- 2013 (29 Sep):Â Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
- 2014 (10 Aug): Amended to ply Yishun Central 1
- 2015 (14 Mar): Amended to Yishun Temp Int
- Amended to Yishun Integrated Transport Hub and re-numbered as Service 853M
Service 853M
- 2019 (08 Sep): Amended to Yishun Integrated Transport Hub and re-numbered from Service 853#
- 2020 (12 Jan): Skips a pair of abolished bus stops under and after Lentor Flyover along Lentor Ave
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This service should be make full day everyday service and just become 853. The sector between geylang lor 1 and upp east coast even though as many service goin the same. There are atill alot of gaps. But if this service oparate everyday. It will help close the gaps. If u ask me this will help alot even on weekdays and sat and not jus sundays.
Since it is just a renumbering shouldn’t the route length stay put?
Next is 700A>700M,900A>900M & 925#>925M.
961 and 925 next?
When the new ITH opens later this year