Tower Transit Bus Service 965 is a trunk route between Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange and Buangkok, passing through Admiralty, Gambas Avenue, Yishun, Khatib, SLE, TPE, Compassvale and Sengkang. It is one of several routes plying express along the TPE/SLE corridor.
965
Woodlands Temp Int
→ Buangkok Int
→ Buangkok Int
Buangkok Int
→ Woodlands Temp Int
→ Woodlands Temp Int
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Route  |
Woodlands Temporary Bus Interchange ↔ Buangkok Bus Interchange | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Woodlands Ave 7, Gambas Ave, Yishun Ave 2, Compassvale St, Sengkang East Way, Sengkang East Rd | |||||||||||
| Route Length | Towards Buangkok: 25.0 km | Towards Woodlands: 24.7 km | ||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 80 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 | |||||||||||
| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Woodlands (Temp Bus Int) |
Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays | ||||||||||
| 05:15 – 23:30 | 05:30 – 23:30 | |||||||||||
| Departure Times from Buangkok | Weekdays & Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
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| 05:20 – 23:30 | 05:35 – 23:30 | |||||||||||
| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| From Woodlands | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 10 – 13 mins | 9 – 13 mins | 9 – 13 mins | 10 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 – 16 mins | 14 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 15 mins | 14 – 16 mins | 17 mins | 16 – 17 mins | ||||||||
| From Buangkok | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| Weekdays | 11 – 14 mins | 9 – 12 mins | 10 mins | 10 – 12 mins | ||||||||
| Saturdays | 15 mins | 15 mins | 15 – 16 mins | 14 – 15 mins | ||||||||
| Sundays / Public Holidays | 15 mins | 14 – 16 mins | 14 – 17 mins | 17 mins | ||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Service 965 is an inter-town route serving between the housing estates of Woodlands, Yishun, Sengkang and Buangkok. The route is frequented as a fast connection between Yishun and Sengkang due to its express sector along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE).
Between Woodlands and Sengkang, Service 161 offers the faster route by skipping Yishun town entirely.
MRT/LRT Stations Served:
- NS9TE2 Woodlands
- NS10 Admiralty
- NS13 Yishun
- NS14 Khatib
- SE1 Compassvale
- NE16STC Sengkang
- NE15 Buangkok
Special Departures:
- Yishun Ave 2 (Yishun Stn) → Woodlands Temp Int
Weekdays: 06:05, 06:21, 06:32, 06:49, 18:10 & 19:12
Short Trip Service
- Service 965A: Woodlands Temp Int → Yishun Avenue 2 (Opp Yishun Stn)
Weekdays (except Public Holidays): 05:55 – 06:45 & 19:02
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Operator History
- 2002 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
- 2004 – 18 Sep 2021: SMRT Buses Ltd
- 19 Sep 2021 – Present: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
Route History
- 2002 (07 Jul): Introduced between Woodlands Reg Int and Sengkang Int
- 2003 (18 Jan): Amended to Sengkang Integrated Transport Hub
- 2005 (11 Sep): Amended to loop at Sengkang Integrated Transport Hub from Woodlands Reg Int
- 2013 (07 Jul): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
- 2016 (12 Mar): Amended to Woodlands Temp Int
- 2020 (22 Mar): Serves new pair of bus stops before & after Sembawang Ave along Gambas Ave
- 2021 (19 Sep): Operations transferred to Tower Transit under the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package
- 2021 (03 Oct): Serves a new pair of bus stops before and opposite Gambas Cres along Gambas Ave
- 2026 (28 Mar): Amended to ply an extended section of Woodlands Ave 7 & Woodlands Ave 10 with the partial closure of Gambas Ave to facilitate the construction of North-South Corridor.
- 2026 (24 May): Converted to a bi-directional service with the route extension to Buangkok Int; Amended to ply Woodlands Ave 9, Woodlands St 82 & Woodlands Ave 4, skipping part of Woodlands Ave 7; First bus timing daily from Woodlands Temp Int brought forward by 15 mins
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Finally, Bus service 965 will be extended to Buangkok after 2 years.
Pls do extend 965 to punggol east and north. Enhanced connection between Punggol and Woodlands
I guess I shall give up the punggol to woodlands idea, anyways it won’t happen. Just extend 965 to serve Buangkok Dr, Buangkok LInk and Buangkok Cres, those areas quite weak or are only served by 104, 329.
buangkok extension is already happening
tower transit TRG buses were already seen along sengkang east way or something
Still don’t know why 965 still hasn’t extended to Buangkok
I got a route suggestion and hope this will be acceptable. 965 should also the residents in Buangkok and Punggol. These 2 places are in high demand. For Buangkok, serve Sengkang Ctrl and for Punggol, serve Punggol East, Punggol Drive. With this Ammendments, it will have more and better connectivity and convenience.
MRT/LRT Stations Served:
NS9TE2 Woodlands
NS10 Admiralty
NS13 Yishun
NS14 Khatib
SE1 Compassvale
NE16STC Sengkang
I think it is possible for 965 to become unidirectional if it amends to Buangkok ITH in the future, along with 110 possibly. This way 374 can amend back to Sengkang ITH.
However this means that both Tower Transit and SMRT must have a substation in an equally small (compared to Sengkang) Buangkok ITH. With this I suspect Compassvale Int will have to remain open unless one of the other airport bus services transfer operators to SMRT while 110 exchange with SBS Transit.