Tower Transit Bus Service 980

Tower Transit Bus Service 980 is a trunk route between Sembawang Interchange and Lorong 1 Geylang Terminal, passing through Admiralty Drive, Sembawang Road, Upper Thomson, Thomson, Kampong Java, Little India, Middle Road and Beach Road.

Bus Service 980 was enhanced with extended operating hours & increased frequency from 17 Dec 2023 as part of the TEL3 Bus Service Changes.

980

Sembawang Int
→ Lor 1 Geylang Ter ⇋

Lor 1 Geylang Ter
→ Sembawang Int ⇋

58009 Sembawang Int B1B NS11 Sembawang Vista

58151 Bef Sembawang Stn NS11 Canberra Rd

58111 Blk 351 CP Canberra Rd

58421 Blk 353 Admiralty Dr

58311 Blk 354 CP Sembawang Dr

58251 Sun Plaza/Sembawang Stn NS11 Sembawang Dr

58291 Blk 317 Sembawang Dr

58391 Blk 303 Sembawang Ave

58029 The Nautical Sembawang Rd

58019 Aft Sembawang Shop Ctr Sembawang Rd

57139 Aft Jln Kemuning Sembawang Rd

57129 Blk 114 Sembawang Rd

57119 Blk 101 Sembawang Rd

57089 Blk 713 Sembawang Rd

57079 Khatib Camp Sembawang Rd

57069 Opp Dieppe Barracks Sembawang Rd

57059 Opp Sembawang Air Base Sembawang Rd

57049 Opp Nee Soon HQ 22 SIB Sembawang Rd

57039 Spiritual Grace Presby Ch Sembawang Rd

57029 Aft The Springside Sembawang Rd

57019 Springleaf Nature Pk Upp Thomson Rd

56099 Springleaf Stn Exit 2 TE4 Upp Thomson Rd

56089 Aft SLE Upp Thomson Rd

56079 Aft Old Upp Thomson Rd Upp Thomson Rd

56069 Bef Tagore Dr Upp Thomson Rd

56059 Bef Tagore Rd Upp Thomson Rd

56049 Meadows @ Peirce Upp Thomson Rd

56039 Aft Yio Chu Kang Rd Upp Thomson Rd

56029 Bef Sembawang Hills Fc Upp Thomson Rd

56019 Bef Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Upp Thomson Rd

53099 Aft Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Upp Thomson Rd

53089 Faber Gdn Upp Thomson Rd

53079 Flame Tree Pk Upp Thomson Rd

53069 Aft Windsor Pk Rd Upp Thomson Rd

53059 Upp Thomson Stn Exit 2 TE8 Upp Thomson Rd

53049 Bef Jln Todak TE8 Upp Thomson Rd

53039 Thomson CC Upp Thomson Rd

53029 Shunfu Est Upp Thomson Rd

53019 Opp St. Theresa's Hme Upp Thomson Rd

51069 Mt Alvernia Hosp Thomson Rd

51059 Aft Toa Payoh Rise Thomson Rd

51049 SLF Cplx Thomson Rd

51039 Opp S'pore Polo Club Thomson Rd

51029 Opp Old Police Academy Thomson Rd

51019 Thomson Flyover Thomson Rd

50059 Opp Thomson Med Ctr Thomson Rd

50049 Opp Novena Lodge Thomson Rd

50038 Novena Stn NS20 Thomson Rd

50029 Opp United Sq Thomson Rd

50019 Parish Of Christ Ch Keng Lee Rd

40109 Opp KK Women & Child Hosp Kg Java Rd

40019 Little India Stn NE7DT12 Bt Timah Rd

07539 Bef Rochor Stn Exit B DT13 Sungei Rd

07518 Opp NAFA Campus 3 Bencoolen St

07569 Aft Waterloo St Middle Rd

01639 Bef Beach Rd Middle Rd

01621 Opp Shaw Twrs Beach Rd

01511 Opp The Gateway Beach Rd

01521 Opp Plaza Parkroyal Beach Rd

01411 Opp St. John HQ Beach Rd

01421 Opp Golden Mile Cplx Beach Rd

01341 Southbank Crawford St

80011 Aft Padang Jeringau Kallang Rd

80009 Lor 1 Geylang Ter EW10 Lor 1 Geylang

80009 Lor 1 Geylang Ter EW10 Lor 1 Geylang

80029 Bef Kg Bugis Kallang Rd

01339 Bef Crawford Bridge Crawford St

01329 Blk 8 Nth Bridge Rd

01239 Sultan Plaza Jln Sultan

01529 Plaza Parkroyal Beach Rd

01519 The Gateway Beach Rd

01631 Aft Beach Rd Middle Rd

01112 Opp Bugis Stn Exit C EW12DT14 Victoria St

07551 Fu Lu Shou Cplx Rochor Rd

07531 Rochor Stn DT13 Rochor Canal Rd

40011 Little India Stn Exit A NE7DT12 Bt Timah Rd

40101 Kk Women & Children Hosp Kg Java Rd

50011 Opp Parish Of Christ Ch Kg Java Rd

50021 United Sq/Bef Novena Stn NS20 Thomson Rd

50031 Opp Novena Ch NS20 Thomson Rd

50041 Novena Lodge Thomson Rd

50051 Thomson Med Ctr Thomson Rd

51011 Opp Tan Tong Meng Twr Thomson Rd

51021 Old Police Academy Thomson Rd

51031 S'pore Polo Club Thomson Rd

51051 Aft Andrew Rd Thomson Rd

51071 Macritchie Reservoir Thomson Rd

53011 St. Theresa's Hme Upp Thomson Rd

53021 Lakeview Est Upp Thomson Rd

53041 Bef Thomson Ridge TE8 Upp Thomson Rd

53051 Upp Thomson Stn Exit 5 TE8 Upp Thomson Rd

53061 Bef Windsor Pk Rd Upp Thomson Rd

53071 Opp Flame Tree Pk Upp Thomson Rd

53081 Opp Faber Gdn Upp Thomson Rd

53091 Bef Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 Upp Thomson Rd

56011 Bef Adana @ Thomson Upp Thomson Rd

56021 Opp Sembawang Hills Fc Upp Thomson Rd

56031 Bef Yio Chu Kang Rd Upp Thomson Rd

56041 Opp Meadows @ Peirce Upp Thomson Rd

56051 Opp Tagore Rd Upp Thomson Rd

56061 Aft Tagore Dr Upp Thomson Rd

56071 Bef Old Upp Thomson Rd Upp Thomson Rd

56081 Bef SLE Upp Thomson Rd

56091 Springleaf Stn Exit 3 TE4 Upp Thomson Rd

57011 Opp Springleaf Nature Pk Upp Thomson Rd

57021 Forest Hills Condo Sembawang Rd

57031 Nee Soon Driclad Ctr Sembawang Rd

57041 Nee Soon HQ 22 SIB Sembawang Rd

57051 Aft Sembawang Air Base Sembawang Rd

57061 Dieppe Barracks Sembawang Rd

57071 Opp Khatib Camp Sembawang Rd

57081 Opp Blk 713 Sembawang Rd

57111 Opp Blk 101 Sembawang Rd

57121 Opp Blk 115B Sembawang Rd

57131 Opp Jln Kemuning Sembawang Rd

58011 Opp Sembawang Shop Ctr Sembawang Rd

58021 Opp The Nautical Sembawang Rd

58399 Opp Blk 303 Sembawang Ave

58299 Blk 328 Sembawang Dr

58259 Opp Sun Plaza Sembawang Dr

58319 Blk 357C Sembawang Dr

58429 Bet Blks 415/416 Admiralty Dr

58119 Blk 502A Canberra Rd

58159 Aft Admiral Hill Canberra Rd

58009 Sembawang Int NS11 Sembawang Vista

Route Overview
Route	Sembawang Bus Interchange ↔ Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal
Passes Through	Sembawang Dr, Sembawang Rd, Upp Thomson Rd, Thomson Rd, Beach Rd
Route Length	Towards Lor 1 Geylang: 25.4 km						Towards Sembawang: 24.8 km
Travelling Time	105 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package
Current Operator	Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd (Tower Transit Singapore)
Current Depot	Mandai Bus Depot
Current Fleet	Single-deck & Double-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Sembawang	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	05:30 – 23:30								05:45 – 23:30
Departure Times from Lor 1 Geylang	Daily
	06:00 – 23:30
Operating Frequency
	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
From Sembawang	9 – 12 mins			10 – 13 mins			11 – 12 mins			12 – 16 mins
From Lor 1 Geylang	11 mins			8 – 15 mins			10 – 14 mins			11 – 15 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 980 is an inter-town trunk route linking housing estates around Sembawang and Yishun, and the suburban areas of Upper Thomson and Thomson, providing connections to the City areas of Novena, Rochor Canal, Middle Road and Beach Road. It serves nearly the full stretch of Sembawang Road / Upper Thomson Road / Thomson Road, connecting to the city, and complements Service 166 between Upper Thomson and Rochor Canal.

The service was enhanced as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation from 17 December 2023. The enhancement was initially planned to be increased frequencies to take effect from 10 December 2023 in tandem with the withdrawal of Service 167. However, with the cancellation of Service 167’s withdrawal in late November 2023, further enhancements were made to Service 980 from 17 December 2023:

• First bus timing from Sembawang Int on Weekdays & Saturdays brought forward from 05:55 to 05:30
• First bus timing from Sembawang Int on Sundays / Public Holidays brought forward from 06:00 to 05:45
• Last bus timing towards Sembawang Int daily from Thomson Rd (Bus Stop 50031 – Opp Novena Ch) delayed from 23:56 / 23:54 / 23:57 on Weekdays, Saturdays & Sundays / Public Holidays respectively to 00:30
• Increased frequency for Service 980

MRT Stations Served:

• NS11 Sembawang
• TE4 Springleaf
• TE8 Upper Thomson
• NS20 Novena
• NE7DT12 Little India
• DT13 Rochor
• EW12DT14 Bugis
• EW10 Kallang

Special Departures:

• Bukit Timah Rd (Little India Stn Exit A) → Sembawang Int
  Weekdays & Saturdays: From 05:40 till before 06:17
• Thomson Rd (Opp Novena Ch) → Sembawang Int
  Daily: After 23:57 till 00:30

Gallery (Tower Transit):

Gallery (SMRT Buses) at Page 2.

Poster Gallery:

Operator History:

• 1998 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
• 2004 – 02 Oct 2021: SMRT Buses Ltd
• 03 Oct 2021 – Present: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Sembawang–Yishun Bus Package.

History:

• 1998 (27 Dec): Re-numbered from Service 160 as a service between Admiralty Rd West Ter and Lor 1 Geylang Ter
• 1999: Serves new pair of bus stops before Sembawang Stn and after Admiralty Country Club along Canberra Rd
• 2001 (18 Feb): Serves the bus stop outside Novena Stn along Thomson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Novena Church
• 2005 (20 Nov): Amended to Sembawang Int
• 2006 (03 Dec): Amended to ply Sembawang Dr, Admiralty Dr and Canberra Rd
• 2012 (15 Nov): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB)
• 2019 (22 Dec): Serves new bus stop before Adana @ Thomson along Upp Thomson Rd
• 2020 (08 Nov): Bus Stop 51041 (Opp SLF Cplx) temporarily merged with Bus Stop 51031 (S’pore Polo Club) along Thomson Road to facilitate construction of North-South Corridor
• 2021 (03 Oct): Operations transferred to Tower Transit under the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package
• 2023 (17 Dec): Service enhancement as part of the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Bus Service Rationalisation: Increased frequencies; First bus timing from Sembawang Int on Weekdays & Saturdays as well as on Sundays / Public Holidays brought forward from 05:55 to 05:30 and from 06:00 to 05:45 respectively; Last bus timing towards Sembawang Int daily from Opp Novena Ch along Thomson Rd delayed from about 23:56  to 00:30 daily

Past Routings

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