Tower Transit Bus Service 872 is a trunk service operating from Tengah and looping at Jurong East Street 32, connecting the new residential estates in Tengah with Chinese Garden MRT station.
Service 872 serves a new pair of bus stops along Tengah Gdn Ave from 23 Nov 2025
↺ Jurong East St 32 (Loop)
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route  |
Tengah Bus Interchange ↺ Jurong East Street 32 (Loop) | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Tengah Blvd, Tengah Garden Ave, Plantation Cres, Bukit Batok Rd, Jurong Town Hall Rd, Boon Lay Way, Jurong East St 31, Jurong East Ave 1 | |||||||||||
| Route Length | 11.0 km | |||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 55 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 Tengah |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 05:10 – 00:00 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| Loop Service | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 5 – 8 mins | 8 – 15 mins | 7 – 8 mins | 10 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 8 – 12 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 15 mins | 12 – 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 – 16 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Service 872 provides direct connectivity for residents in Tengah to Chinese Garden MRT Station along Boon Lay Way, as well as other amenities along the route at Jurong East such as Yuhua Village Market and Food Centre, Yuhua Market & Hawker Centre and Yuhua Place.
In addition, it also directly connects housing estates along Jurong East Street 32 to Chinese Garden MRT Station while serving a new sector along Jurong East Street 31 previously not served by public buses.
This service is introduced under the LTA’s Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP), a ~$900 million government scheme that funds the purchase of new buses, infrastructural improvements, and operating costs of new bus services between 2024–2032.
3 additional upcoming bus stops along Tengah Garden Avenue will be added to the route when ready, after the launch of the service on 10 August 2025.
- (From 23 Nov 2025)
Bef Plantation Cres
(40491) Tengah Garden Ave - (From 23 Nov 2025)
Aft Plantation Cres
(40499) Tengah Garden Ave - (From 26 Oct 2025)
Opp Blk 131D
(40509) Tengah Garden Ave
Plans
On 12 April 2025, local Member of Parliament Dr. Amy Khor revealed in a social media post that a new trunk bus service between Tengah and Chinese Garden MRT Station is planned to commence in the 3rd Quarter of 2025.
During a People’s Association family event held Tengah Community Club on 8 June 2025, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow revealed to the media that Service 872 is slated to start on 10 Aug 2025, along with other bus services planned for Tengah by end-2026. The routing of Service 872 was shared to social media the same night by Member of Parliament for Choa Chu Kang GRC Dr Choo Pei Ling.
In a social media post on 18 Jul 2025, Dr Choo Pei Ling updated the bus stops to be served by Service 872 upon its launch on 10 August 2025, along with the additional 3 bus stops along Tengah Garden Avenue to be added to the route at a later date.
On 20 July 2025, Member of Parliament for Jurong Central SMC, Xie Yao Quan (谢曜全), shared a route poster for Service 872 in a social media post. This version differed slightly from the official poster released by public transport operator Tower Transit on 23 July 2025, specifically in the descriptions of two bus stops along Tengah Garden Avenue.
In the MP’s version, Bus Stop 40501 was labeled as “Ch of St. Jude Thaddeus,” and Bus Stop 40509 as “Opp Pioneer Pr Sch.” In contrast, Tower Transit’s version listed these stops as “Blk 131D” for Bus Stop 40501 and “Opp Blk 131D” for Bus Stop 40509.
On the first day of operations, the bus stop pole for 40501 was listed as Ch of St. Jude Thaddeus, although other official sources such as the Tower Transit website, SimplyGo eGuide & LTA MyTransport.sg app had already reflected the updated description of Blk 131D.
The names used in the MP’s version referenced upcoming developments—the Church of St. Jude Thaddeus, expected to be completed in 2028, and Pioneer Primary School, projected to open in 2026.
MRT Station Served
- EW25 Chinese Garden
Poster Gallery
Routing
Gallery
Operator History:
- 10 Aug 2025 – Present: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
Route History:
- 2025 (10 Aug): Introduced between Tengah Bus Interchange and Jurong East Street 32 (Loop) under the LTA’s Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP).
- 2025 (26 Oct): Serves new bus stop Opp Blk 131D along Tengah Garden Ave
- 2025 (23 Nov): Serves a new pair of bus stops Bef & Aft Plantation Cres along Tengah Garden Ave
References
- Amy Khor Facebook Post
- 8 new bus services in Tengah by end-2026: Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow – cna
- Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow wants to boost transport networks, cut travelling times – The Straits Times
- Choo Pei Ling 朱佩玲 Facebook Post
- Choo Pei Ling 朱佩玲 Facebook Post
- Choo Pei Ling 朱佩玲 – Facebook Post
Back to Bus Services
What a waste that Tengah residents are not given the convenience of same bus stop alight and board at Chinese Garden MRT station. The thing about the Chinese Garden MRT station is that have to cross the bridge to get to the other side.
If there was the convenience of same bus stop board and alight at Chinese Garden MRT station (meaning to say: loop via Jurong Town Hall Road > Chinese Garden MRT station > Jurong East Street 31 > Jurong East Avenue 1 > Jurong Town Hall Road), Chinese Garden MRT station can even be renamed to Tengah MRT station – which will be a huge relief to Tengah residents, and also immediately give Tengah residents a station of their own on a high capacity MRT line that connects straight to the city centre and other parts of Singapore.
Anyway, until the launch date of 10 August, still got some time. If the authorities want to change the routing, now still can change.
What nonsense? There’s an existing overhead bridge with NEW lifts installed.
From 10th August 2025 (Sunday) after National Day Parade 2025, New bus service 872 will be operated by Tower Transit Singapore under the Bulim Bus Package by the Bulim Bus Depot (BUDEP) and brings the total number of bus services to 34 of!
I got a feeling 96 and Clementi feeders will be transfer to Clementi Package.Maybe SBST will park 2 to 3 Ulu Pandan svc at Bulim.
872 will be operated by TTS as it is a service from Tengah, like 871 ans Tengah Interchange is TTS anchor operator
I believed 872 will get a few DDs as well.
I think LTA will release more 87x routes in future
Due to the geography of Chinese Garden MRT station, it would be good if the Tengah service can loop via Chinese Garden MRT station instead of just pass by it. This way, it would be the same bus stop when going to and from Chinese Garden MRT station for Tengah residents.
So, needless to say, the loop alignment would be:
Bukit Batok Road > Jurong Town Hall Road > Chinese Garden MRT station > Jurong East Street 31 > Jurong East Avenue 1 > Jurong Town Hall Road > Bukit Batok Road
If residents doesn’t mind, can take from that stop then sit back on the short St 32 loop then U-Turn back. I mean there are many ways .
1) can board from the doorstep, enjoy via St 32
2) if you miss 872 bus from EW25 Chinese Garden, can walk over the bridge then board from opposite
So looking at the route, there are 2 ways
For them cross the overhead bridge also a big problem imagine some countries has to walk km away just to take shit public transport.. Really spoiled ah this generations of Jelly.
Legit. They should be thankful to have such facilities built for them. They wanted lifts, they served. Now these strawberry generation kids are hoping for 872 to call at the direct bus stop to the MRT twice? How dumb can that be?