Tower Transit Bus Service 859 is a trunk route linking Sembawang Bus Interchange and Yishun Bus Interchange, passing through Canberra Road, Admiralty Link, Sembawang Crescent, Canberra Link, Sembawang Road, and Yishun Avenue 5 (Chong Pang).
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, Canberra Link, Sembawang Rd, Yishun Ave 5 | |||||||||||
| Route Length | 19.1 km | |||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 75 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Tower Transit Singapore) |
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| Current Depot | Mandai Bus Depot | |||||||||||
| Current Fleet | Single-deck & Double-deck buses Includes hybrid single deck buses (Volvo B5LH) |
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| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Sembawang |
Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | ||||||||||
| 05:40 – 23:15 | 05:55 – 23:15 | |||||||||||
| Between 23:30 – 00:00, buses departing Sembawang Int are renumbered as Service 859T which terminates at Yishun Int. |
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| Departure Times from Yishun |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 06:00 – 23:49 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | |||||||||
| Loop Service | 9 – 11 mins | 10 – 11 mins | 10 – 11 mins | 10 – 14 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, while also serving various neighbourhood amenities. It is one of several 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.
Within the Sembawang estate, Service 859 is complemented by its route variants Service 859A and Service 859B, which ply the same sections of Service 859 within Sembawang estate while terminating at Sembawang interchanges.
The service was amended to serve Bukit Canberra and Canberra Link as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation from 17 December 2023, complementing Service 167 along Canberra Link and part of Sembawang Drive. The amendment was intended to take effect from 10 December 2023 to replace the lost sector of Service 167 upon its withdrawal, but was delayed by 1 week in an announcement by the Land Transport Authority on 28 November 2023 with the cancellation of Service 167’s withdrawal.
MRT Stations Served
Special Departures
- Yishun Int → Sembawang Int
Weekdays: 06:00 & 06:12
Saturdays: 06:00 & 06:10
Sundays / Public Holidays: 06:00 & 06:16
Terminating Trips
- Service 859T: Sembawang Int → Yishun Int
Daily: 23:30, 23:45 & 00:00
Route Variants
- Service 859A: Sembawang Int ↺ Admiralty Link (Loop)
Counter-clockwise loop via Canberra Rd, Sembawang Dr, Sembawang Cres - Service 859B: Sembawang Int ↺ Sembawang Cres (Loop)
Clockwise loop via Sembawang Cres, Sembawang Dr, Canberra Rd
Gallery (Buses)
Service 859
Service 859T
SMRT Buses Photo Gallery at Page 2.
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 – Present: 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): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
- 2015 (14 Mar): Amended to loop at Yishun Temp Int from Sembawang Int
- 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
- 2023 (17 Dec): Amended to Canberra Link and part of Sembawang Road to cover lost sectors of Service 167 as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation, initially announced to take effect on 10 Dec 2023; First Bus timing from Sembawang Int on Weekdays & Saturdays brought forward from 05:45 to 05:40, First Bus timing from Sembawang Int on Sundays / Public Holidays brought forward from 06:00 to 05:55,
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
- 2023 (17 Dec): Amended to Canberra Link and part of Sembawang Road to cover lost sectors of Service 167 as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation, initially announced to take effect on 10 Dec 2023.
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859 should delete it’s Sembawang residential sectors, while 882 also withdraw. Introduce Services 830G/W to cover up as feeder services, plying same routes as 859A/B while taking a detour to Sembawang Park via Montreal Link.
883M can withdraw, 859 take its place with similar route except plying Sembawang Road before plying Canberra Link, skipping Canberra estate.