SMRT Bus Service 859 is a trunk route linking Sembawang Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange, passing through Admiralty Link, Sembawang Crescent, Sembawang Road and Yishun Avenue 5.
Tower Transit will be operating this bus service from 3 Oct 2021, under the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package.
859
Sembawang Int
↺ Yishun Int (Loop)
↺ Yishun Int (Loop)
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Sembawang Bus Interchange ↺ Yishun Bus Interchange (Loop) | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Canberra Rd, Admiralty Link, Sembawang Cres, Sembawang Rd, Yishun Ave 5 | |||||||||||
| Route Length | 17.1 km | |||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 80 – 85 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | SMRT Buses Ltd [From 3 Oct 2021] Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Tower Transit Singapore) |
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| Current Depot | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (AMDEP) | |||||||||||
| Current Fleet | 12-metre Single Deck Bus: – Mercedes-Benz Citaro – Volvo B5LH |
12-metre Double-Deck Bus: – MAN A95 |
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| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Sembawang |
Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | ||||||||||
| 05:45 – 00:00 | 06:00 – 00:00 | |||||||||||
| Between 23:14 – 00:00, buses departing Sembawang Int are renumbered as Service 859T which terminates at Yishun Int. |
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| Departure Times from Yishun |
Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | |||||||||
| 06:00 – 23:48 | 06:00 – 23:49 | 06:00 – 23:52 | ||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | |||||||||
| Loop Service | 9 – 11 mins | 9 – 11 mins | 10 – 11 mins | 10 – 13 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Service 859 is a residential trunk route linking many parts of Sembawang Estate with Yishun and Sembawang MRT stations, as well as various neighbourhood amenities. It is one of few bus routes to serve residents within the small Sembawang estate. By making one round around the Sembawang estate before terminating at Sembawang Int, passengers can board the bus at appropriate bus stops along Sembawang Drive or Sembawang Vista if they intend to head towards Yishun directly. Double-deck buses were introduced to the route on 23 December 2018.
MRT Stations Served
Special Departures
- Yishun Int → Sembawang Int
Daily: 06:00hrs
Terminating Trips
- Service 859T: Sembawang Int → Yishun Int
Weekdays & Saturdays: 23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00
Sundays / Public Holidays: 23:26, 23:37, 23:48 & 00:00
Route Variants
- Service 859A: Sembawang Bus Interchange ↺ Admiralty Link (Loop)
Counter-clockwise loop via Canberra Rd, Sembawang Dr, Sembawang Cres - Service 859B: Sembawang Bus Interchange ↺ Sembawang Cres (Loop)
Clockwise loop via Sembawang Cres, Sembawang Dr, Canberra Rd
Gallery (Buses)
Service 859
Service 859T
Poster Gallery
![[Updated] Route Amendment for Services 171, 856 & 859 - Opening of Yishun Integrated Transport Hub](https://landtransportguru.net/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Sep19_Yishun-ITH-Opening_Sv171_856_859_Updated-212x300.png)
Operator History
- 1999 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
- 2004 – 02 Oct 2021: SMRT Buses Ltd
- 03 Oct 2021 onwards: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package.
History
Service 859
- 1999 (04 Apr): Introduced between Yishun Int and Sembawang Dr (Loop)
- 2000 (09 Jan): Amended to ply Sembawang Dr and Admiralty Dr, skipping Sembawang Way
- 2002 (07 Jul): Serves the bus stop outside Blk 923 along Yishun Ave 2, skipping the bus stop outside Northpoint Shop Ctr
- 2004 (24 Oct): Serves new bus stop between Blks 325 and 326 along Sembawang Cres
- 2005 (20 Nov): Extended to Sembawang Int
- 2006 (03 Dec): Amended to ply Sembawang Way and Sembawang Dr
- 2012 (15 Nov):Â Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
- 2015 (14 Mar): Amended to loop at Yishun Temp Int from Sembawang Int
- 2018 (23 Dec): Start of regular double-decker bus deployments on Sundays / Public Holidays
- 2019 (08 Sep):Â Amended to Yishun Integrated Transport Hub
- 2020 (11 May): Start of weekday double-decker bus deployments
- 2021 (03 Oct): Operations transferred to Tower Transit under the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package
Service 859T
- 2021 (11 Apr): Re-numbered from trips of Service 859 that terminate at Yishun Integrated Transport Hub
- 2021 (03 Oct): Operations transferred to Tower Transit under the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package
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Also have Citaro
The 859 bus is sooooooo slow in the morning! I get on from blk 311 and it takes almost 25min to blk 482. I’m always late even I start off at 6:40 from home!
This service really needs DDs on weekdays especially during peak hours!
WLBP services 858 and 859 uses MAN A22s along with the SG plated citaros, can update fleet