SMRT Bus Service 973 is a trunk service plying between Bukit Panjang and Hume Avenue, passing through Pending Rd, Petir Rd and Hillview Ave, connecting Pending, Petir and Hume residents with Hume, Hillview and Bukit Panjang MRT Stations along the Downtown Line. It was launched on 26 February 2017.
973
Bt Panjang Int
↺ Hume Ave (Loop)
↺ Hume Ave (Loop)
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Route  |
Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange ↺ Hume Avenue (Loop) | |||||||||||
| Passes Through | Bt Panjang Rd, Petir Rd, Dairy Farm Rd, Upp Bt Timah Rd | |||||||||||
| Route Length | 10.7 km | |||||||||||
| Travelling Time | 60 mins | |||||||||||
| Operator Information | ||||||||||||
| BCM Route Package | Choa Chu Kang–Bukit Panjang Bus Package | |||||||||||
| Current Operator | SMRT Buses Ltd | |||||||||||
| Current Depot | Gali Batu Bus Depot |
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| Current Fleet | Single-deck buses Includes electric buses |
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| Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
| Departure Times from Bukit Panjang |
Daily | |||||||||||
| 05:30 – 00:10 | ||||||||||||
| Between 00:30 – 01:10, buses departing Bukit Panjang Int are renumbered as Service 973A which terminates at Pending Rd (Bef Pending Stn) |
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| Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
| Loop Service | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
| 10 – 13 mins | 12 mins | 10 – 12 mins | 10 – 15 mins | |||||||||
| Fare Information |
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| Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
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Bus Service 973 is a short trunk service from Bukit Panjang to Hume Avenue, mainly serving residents along Hume Avenue and Petir Road with direct links to both Hillview and Bukit Panjang MRT Stations. It also serves Hume MRT Station upon its opening in February 2025.
Bus Service 973 serves the following amenities along its route:
- Schools:
- Zhenghua Primary School
- Trinity Theological College
- Shopping Centres:
- Bukit Panjang Plaza
- HillV2
- The Rail Mall
- Dairy Farm Mall
- Bukit Panjang Park
- Bukit Panjang N2 Park
- Dairy Farm Nature Park
- Senja-Cashew Community Centre
- Bukit Panjang Community Centre
- Hillview Community Centre
- MOE Dairy Farm Adventure Centre
MRT / LRT Stations Served:
- DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang
- BP8 Pending
- DT3 Hillview
- DT4 Hume
Special Departures:
- Petir Road (Dairy Farm Mall) → Bukit Panjang Int
Daily: 05:35 & 05:46
Short Trip Service
- Service 973A: Bukit Panjang Int → Pending Rd (Bef Pending Stn)
Daily: 00:30, 00:50 & 01:10
Service 973A was introduced in tandem with the adjustment of Bukit Panjang LRT Operating Hours to facilitate renewal works from 13 January 2019.
Gallery (Buses):
Poster Gallery:
Gallery (Misc):
Pre Launch Event (Click to expand)
A day before the service launch, on Saturday, 25 February 2017, a promotional pre-launch event was held for the advisers from the Holland-Bukit Timah GRC as well as Grassroot Leaders and residents.
Operator History:
- 26 Feb 2017 – Present: SMRT Buses Ltd
Route History:
- 2017 (26 Feb): Introduced between Bt Panjang Temp Bus Park and Hume Ave (Loop)
- 2017 (14 May): Serves additional bus stop opposite Hillview Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd
- 2017 (04 Sep): Amended to Bukit Panjang Integrated Transport Hub; Serves 3 new bus stops before and after Dairy Farm Heights along Dairy Farm Rd and before Hillview Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd
- 2019 (13 Jan): Daily last bus timing extended to 0010hrs in tandem with the adjusted Bukit Panjang LRT operating hours
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@admin you should include the “filter right” thing to other buses that skip bus stops due to this. e.g. 33, 64, 120, 145 are unable to call at one of the Alexandra Road bus stops as they have to turn right to Redhill MRT.
Might as well amend 970 to take this route to Hillview and provide residents with more travelling options. Current 970 seem to have very low pickup rate from BP till HV.
Agree with u. Currently 176, 963 & 970 already shares the same route between Bt Panjang & Hillview.
The bus service is not under bsep
I suspect will use 700 fleet if 700 get withdrawn
Your prediction of 700 gets withdrawn is true in 2020 due to DTL Rationalisation Stage 2 yk
Another short distance service under SMRT. Otherwise it is feeder service.