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
Les goo 870 is launched but why is the fleet SD only?
To be honest, when they first mentioned that 870 will pass by Blk 156 market, I thought they will run into the old Bukit Batok West neighbourhood centre. That’s why I thought that maybe will be 941 extension.
It is honestly a pleasant surprise that 870 will take the direct route via the main roads at Bukit Batok.
Considering the direct connection to Jurong East MRT station, 870 may be a temporary route, before the Jurong Region Line is available.
Next time can just remove 870, and ask affected passengers to either take the Jurong Region Line or another bus route can already (eg. 992 or 174 or other bus route).
A bit off topic, but 174 rerouting to Tengah is very likely, because it used to run along the now defunct Jurong Road – which is in the present-day Tengah. Now running express along the Pan Island Expressway. Next time high chance may be rerouted to Tengah.
Anyway, Tengah roads, still need to wait many years then will be fully completed. The situation by then may be different.
The above is just my own personal opinion.
At the same time, don’t you think that 870 looks like BTO? 😊 Probably this is a temporary bus service, and the number will be reused for other temporary bus service of the same nature in the future, where applicable (makeshift bus service, before the MRT connection is available).
870 is definitely a permanent svc, meant to complement the JRL
TTS Bulim has lease 8 Batch 3 Euro V SG A22 from storage for this service.
Seems like service 870 will pass by jurong gateway road. Who knows? Maybe we get to see some new bus stops along Jurong East Street 21. I feel this street can use 2 new bus stops (one at Devan Nair Institute and another at Block 215), then head towards Jurong East Avenue 1 > Jurong East Central > Bukit Batok West Avenue 6 > Bukit Batok Street 11 > Bukit Batok West Avenue 3 (towards Tengah area)
I have traced a possible route where 870 could ply and it currently does not duplicate with any svc. There is no renumbering occuring, it is a brand new svc.