Tower Transit Bus Service 992 is a trunk service between Bukit Batok and Tengah, serving the new housing estates in Tengah and Bukit Batok West. The route replaces the former Feeder Service 944, which was renumbered to Service 992 on 24 September 2023.
Route Overview | ||||||||||||
Route | Bukit Batok Bus Interchange ↔ Tengah Bus Interchange | |||||||||||
Passes Through | Bt Batok West Ave 3, Bt Batok West Ave 6, Bt Batok West Ave 8, Bt Batok Rd, Plantation Cres, Tengah Gdn Walk | |||||||||||
Route Length | Towards Tengah: 5.7 km | Towards Bukit Batok: 6.2 km | ||||||||||
Travelling Time | 25 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 Includes electric single deck buses (Yutong E12) |
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Operating Hours | ||||||||||||
Departure Times from Bukit Batok |
Daily |
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05:30 – 01:10 | ||||||||||||
Departure Times from Tengah |
Daily |
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05:05 – 00:45 | ||||||||||||
Operating Frequency | ||||||||||||
Weekdays | 6:30am–8.30am | 8.31am–4.59pm | 5.00pm–7.00pm | After 7.00pm | ||||||||
From Bukit Batok |
3 – 9 mins | 8 – 12 mins | 4 – 8 mins | 4 – 13 mins | ||||||||
From Tengah |
3 – 8 mins | 6 – 12 mins | 4 – 6 mins | 5 – 14 mins | ||||||||
Fare Information |
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Fare | Charges regular distance fares |
Bus Service 992 serves new housing estates in Bukit Batok West and Tengah with direct links to Bukit Batok Bus Interchange & MRT Station, as well as other amenities such as Le Quest Shopping Mall and Bukit Batok Polyclinic along its route.
Introduced on Sunday, 24 September 2023, the route extends the former Feeder Service 944 which looped at Bukit Batok West Ave 6. Bus Service 992 loops at Plantation Crescent, serving the newly-opened housing estates of Plantation Acres and Plantation Grange in Tengah.
During Eves of Public Holidays, operating hours from Bukit Batok Int will be extended. Exact last bus hours are announced by Tower Transit closer to these dates.
Initial Announcement
Plans for the introduction of Bus Service 992 first emerged in July 2023, as mentioned within LTA Travel Guides outlining transportation options for residents of HDB Plantation Acres and HDB Plantation Grange. A minor revision was later published in lieu of the delayed opening of Plantation Crescent to September 2023 (initially August).
As a designated Transit Priority Corridor, Tengah Link will be designated solely for buses from 27 December 2023 (as per signage along Tengah Link). In the interim period from 27 August 2023, other motorists can also use Tengah Link via the left-in-left-out entrance and exit to Bukit Batok Road.
Interim Shuttle Service for Tengah Residents
With HDB Plantation Acres opened for residential occupation on 29 August 2023, an interim “Tengah Shuttle Bus” service was provided by the Housing & Development Board between 29 August–30 September 2023, prior to Bus Service 992’s launch. The route connected Plantation Acres with amenities in the nearby Bukit Batok West housing estates.
Residents of Plantation Acres began collecting their keys to their new houses on 29 August 2023. In the interim period prior to Bus Service 992’s launch, an interim “Tengah Shuttle Bus” service was provided by the Housing & Development Board. The route connected Plantation Acres with Blk 440 Bukit Batok West Ave 8 (for amenities such as an eating house & supermarket) and Bukit Batok MRT Station.
Additional Stop Served from Launch (Bus Stop 43781)
The LTA initially planned for Bus Service 992 to skip Bus Stop 43781 – Opp Blk 437A along Bukit Batok Road at launch, with the original bus service poster indicating it as a ‘future bus stop’. However, this was later revised to have Bus Service 992 serve this bus stop at Service 992’s time of launch, with updated posters issued to reflect the change.
According to a Facebook Post on 13 September 2023 by local Member of Parliament Dr. Amy Khor, Service 992 was intended to skip the bus stop until after the completion of a new Pedestrian Overhead Bridge in 2024, as construction of the overhead bridge necessitated relocating the bus stop further down the road and making it unsafe for Service 992 to make a right turn to Bukit Batok West Avenue 5. However, following feedback from affected residents, the bus stop relocation works would be minimised to allow Service 992 to serve Bus Stop 43781 at the time of launch.
Extension of Service 992 to Tengah Blvd
Also outlined in the earlier Travel Guides was a future extension of Bus Service 992. In December 2023 (tentative), Bus Service 992 will be extended to serve the Plantation Grange housing estate via newly-opened roads and serve a new bus stop along Tengah Boulevard (bus stop 40409).
These plans were elaborated upon in a Facebook Post by local Member of Parliament Dr. Amy Khor on 1 November 2023, with a non-stop express sector along Tengah Garden Avenue for Service 992 in the December 2023 extension. This was later announced to take effect from 24 December 2023.
July 2024 Extension & Future Bus Stops
With the completion of new roads and housing developments within Tengah New Town, Service 992 was extended to Tengah Bus Interchange via Tengah Garden Walk and Tengah Drive in tandem with its opening on 21 July 2024. Short Trip Service 992A was also withdrawn on the same day.
At its extension to Tengah Int, 6 new bus stops were planned to be added to the route in the future. These are:
- Bus Stop 40429 – Blk 242, Tengah Garden Walk
(served from 28 Jul 2024) - Bus Stop 40439 – Opp Blk 236A, Tengah Garden Walk
(served from 28 Jul 2024) - Bus Stop 40411 – Blk 221B, Tengah Garden Ave
(served from 15 Sep 2024) - Bus Stop 40419 – Blk 215, Tengah Garden Ave
(served from 15 Sep 2024) - Bus Stop 40451 – Blk 306B, Tengah Blvd
- Bus Stop 40459 – Blk 321, Tengah Blvd
MRT Station Served:
- NS2 Bukit Batok
Special Departures:
- Bukit Batok Rd (Opp Blk 437A) → Bukit Batok Int
Daily: 05:15
Gallery
Poster Gallery / Others
Operator History:
- 24 Sep 2023 – Present: Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd
The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Bulim Bus Package.
Route History:
- 2023 (24 Sep): Renumbered from Feeder Service 944 with the extension of its route to loop at Plantation Crescent
- 2023 (24 Dec): Extended to loop at Tengah Blvd via Tengah Garden Ave
- 2024 (21 Jul): Extended to Tengah Int via Tengah Garden Walk, Tengah Dr and Tengah Blvd, skipping part of Tengah Gdn Ave and Plantation Cres
- 2024 (28 Jul): Serves 2 new bus stops outside Blk 242 & Opp Blk 236A along Tengah Gdn Walk
- 2024 (15 Sep): Serves a pair of new bus stops outside Blk 221B & Blk 215 along Tengah Gdn Ave
So if under TTS,Would they lease the E6 A22 or just maximise fleets again?
They had better take in those Citaros or E6 A22s. Otherwise, this route will be better off under SMRT, at least SMRT still takes in E6 A22s to supplement its fleet.
Actually, 992 itself sounds like an interim route. When the road network in Tengah is eventually connected to Jurong West Avenue 2, got chance of being absorbed into either 174 or 157.
Ps, it can only be 174. 174 currently runs express along the Pan Island Express, whereas 157 has to cover the Jurong West residential area.
If 174 absorbs 992, it can provide a direct bus connection for Tengah residents to get to Jurong West and Orchard Road. And if that is the intention, actually this bus service should be operated under the same bus package as 174 right from the start.
Actually, Tengah presents a great opportunity to do away with feeder routes, but just have regular trunk routes that can provide intra-town connections.
Some surrounding bus routes like 174, 974, 181, etc, can be re-routed or extended to connect to Tengah. This will benefit Tengah residents in terms of direct intra-town bus connections. At the same time, it will also help to optimize the public bus resources.
171 can also be extended and serve Tengah area next time too
Most likely to be operated by SMRT and make use of those storage A22s as the perm fleet.
I think it will under SmRT like 991
Hopefully the Land Transport Authority and Tower Transit Singapore can introduce new trunk bus service 992 soon and be added under the Bulim Bus Package of!