Tower Transit Bus Service 870 is a trunk service operating between Jurong Town Hall and Tengah, serving the new housing estates in Tengah along Plantation Crescent and Tengah Boulevard as well as existing housing estates in Bukit Batok West.
Service 870 serves a pair of new bus stops (Blk 306B & Blk 321) along Tengah Blvd from 10 Nov 2024.
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange ↔ Tengah Bus Interchange | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Jurong East Ctrl, Bt Batok Ave 1, Bt Batok West Ave 6, Bt Batok West Ave 3, Plantation Cres | |||||||||||
| Route Length | Towards Tengah: 6.3 km | Towards Jurong Town Hall: 6.6 km | ||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 30 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Bulim Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Tower Transit Singapore) |
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| Current Depot | Bulim Bus Depot | |||||||||||
| Current Fleet | Single-deck & Double-deck buses | |||||||||||
| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Jurong Town Hall |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 06:00 – 00:45 | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Tengah |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 06:00 – 23:30 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| Weekdays | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| From Jurong Town Hall | 10 – 13 mins | 12 – 13 mins | 10 mins | 10 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| From Tengah |
10 – 15 mins | 12 – 13 mins | 9 – 10 mins | 10 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Bus Service 870 serves new housing estates in Tengah as well as existing housing estates in Bukit Batok West with direct links to Jurong East, as well as other amenities along its route.
Introduced on Sunday, 26 November 2023, the route is one of the first few services to serve the new Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange at launch.
Initial Announcement
Plans for the introduction of Bus Service 870 first emerged in October 2023, as mentioned within LTA Travel Guides outlining transportation options for residents of HDB Plantation Village. The guide also highlighted several amenities that Service 870 will serve such as Bukit Batok Swimming Complex and Bukit Batok Blk 156 Market.
As a designated Transit Priority Corridor, Tengah Link was designated solely for buses from 27 December 2023 (as per signage along Tengah Link). In the interim period from 27 August 2023, other motorists can also use Tengah Link via the left-in-left-out entrance and exit to Bukit Batok Road.
An article from The Straits Times regarding the new bus service in Tengah based on the Facebook Post by Dr Amy Khor mentioned that Tower Transit would be operating this bus service.
December 2023 Extension
On 1 November 2023, the routing and launch date for Service 870 was revealed in a Facebook Post by local Member of Parliament Dr. Amy Khor.
In addition, the post also highlighted plans for the route extension of Service 870 in December 2023 to serve future Bus Stop 40391 along Tengah Boulevard for Plantation Village estate and a non-stop sector along Tengah Drive. This was later announced to take effect from 24 December 2023.
July 2024 Extension & Additional Bus Stops
With the completion of new roads and housing developments within Tengah New Town, Service 870 was extended to Tengah Bus Interchange in tandem with its opening on 21 July 2024. Short Trip Service 870A was also withdrawn on the same day.
After the extension, Service 870 was planned to serve the following bus stops along Tengah Blvd:
- Bus Stop 40451 – Blk 306B, Tengah Blvd
(served from 10 Nov 2024) - Bus Stop 40459 – Blk 321, Tengah Blvd
(served from 10 Nov 2024)
MRT Station Served
- EW24NS1 Jurong East
Gallery (Buses):
Poster & Misc Gallery
Operator History:
- 26 Nov 2023 – Present: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Bulim Bus Package.
Route History:
- 2023 (26 Nov): Introduced between Jurong Town Hall Int and Plantation Cres (Loop)
- 2023 (24 Dec): Extended to loop at Tengah Blvd via Tengah Dr and a section of Bukit Batok Rd
- 2024 (21 Jul): Extended to Tengah Int, skipping Tengah Dr and part of Bukit Batok Rd
- 2024 (10 Nov): Serves a pair of new bus stops outside Blk 306B & Blk 321 along Tengah Blvd
I have a feeling, 870 at Jurong Town Hall Bus Interchange is just temporary. Eventually, it would probably become a bus route that originates at Tengah bus interchange and loops at Jurong East. Like 990.
Actually lta should give the remaining storage smb rego MAN NL323F (Euro V) (Batch 2) to tower transit most of it to budep and a few to mandai.
Those batch 2 lease to SMRT for Jurong West.Bulim just need to lease 10 of those Euro VI A22.
Bulim can take 10 E5 B2 A22s. The rest of the E5 B2 & B3 A22s and E6 A22s can go to SMRT JW Package.
Question is,Will TT lease buses for this 870?They already maximise their fleets to the core from original 380 plus scale down to 308.Even for 992 also squeezed buses from other service making it more lesser for spare buses.I would be glad if they lease at least 6 A22 E6 and use 2 A95 3-door for this service.Mandai also a bit tight to transfer buses to Bulim.
Honestly, all those people who keep saying that they hope that 870 would go to IMM, etc,
If really the case, IMM would have been listed in the LTA travel guide. Clearly, that’s not the case.
Hopefully this isn’t another renumbering, since to meaningfully extend any of the potential buses (66, 990, or 941) would be to chop off a lot of their route. 66 rlly doesn’t deserve it anyway it’s fallen so far already lmao, but in reality just add a new bus service already 😭😭 especially don’t eat up all the BBT feeders
It’s a new service