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
| Route Overview | ||||||||||||
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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Special departure from Yishun Stn to Woodlands Temp Int add on 1810 and 1819.
This trip kanasai first do 856A then off svc from Woodlands Checkpoint to Yishun MRT during peak hours… Last trip doing 965A before off svc
An end of an era for another Sengkang Int service with first being 156. Will miss seeing 965 in Sengkang Int
I just noticed coincidentally fairprice @ Rivervale mall closes on the same day 965 operates to buangkok int. Heavy coincidence