Tampines Retail Park Free Shuttle Bus Services (IKEA Tampines / Giant / Courts)

Tampines Retail Park houses IKEA Tampines, Giant Hypermarket and Courts Megastore, making it a popular shopping destination.

In September 2023, IKEA, Giant and Courts each implemented their own dedicated shuttle bus services connecting directly to their respective premises. These shuttle bus routes establish convenient links between Tampines Retail Park and heartland MRT stations, namely Tampines, Bedok, and Sengkang. Shuttle services for Courts Megastore ended in June 2024.

New Bus Service 296, which serves Tampines Retail Park, was launched on 28 April 2024.

Shuttle Bus Services for Giant Tampines were revamped on 14 June 2025.

Tampines Retail Park Shuttle Services

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Tampines MRT Station ↔ Giant / IKEA

Giant - Tampines Route

Tampines Stn
→ Giant Tampines Hypermarket ⇋

Giant Tampines Hypermarket
→ Tampines Stn ⇋

Tampines Stn Pick-Up Tampines Ctrl 4

75271 Blk 721 Tampines Ave 9

Blk 626A Pick-Up Tampines St 61

75551 Blk 641A Tampines St 62

75569 Blk 636C Tampines North Dr 2

75491 Blk 614 Tampines Ave 6

75529 Opp Blk 660 CP Tampines Nth Dr 1

75539 Blk 662B Tampines St 64

Giant Tampines Hypermarket Shuttle Tampines Nth Dr 1

Giant Tampines Hypermarket Shuttle Tampines Nth Dr 1

75531 Opp Blk 662B Tampines St 64

75521 Blk 660 CP Tampines Nth Dr 1

75499 Opp Blk 614 Tampines Ave 6

75551 Blk 641A Tampines St 62

75569 Blk 636C Tampines North Dr 2

Blk 626A Pick-Up Tampines St 61

75271 Blk 721 Tampines Ave 9

Tampines Stn Pick-Up Tampines Ctrl 4

EW2–DT32 Tampines MRT Station ↔ Tampines Retail Park		Operating Daily
From Tampines MRT
To Giant	Weekdays No Service	Weekends & Public Holidays 10:30*, 11:40*, 12:50*, 14:00*, 15:00, 15:45, 16:25, 17:05, 17:55* & 19:05*Departures with * serve intermediate stops within Tampines town. Refer to section on intermediate stops below.
To IKEA	Monday – Friday (including Public Holidays) 12:00, 12:40, 13:20, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 16:45, 17:15, 17:45, 18:15, 18:45, 19:15, 19:45 & 20:15	Saturday – Sunday (including Public Holidays) 12:00, 12:35, 13:05, 13:35, 14:05, 14:35, 15:05, 15:35, 16:15, 16:45, 17:15, 17:45, 18:15, 18:45, 19:15, 19:45 & 20:15
To Tampines MRT
From Giant	Weekdays No Service	Weekends & Public Holidays 11:15*, 12:25*, 13:35*, 14:45, 15:30, 16:10, 16:50, 17:30* & 18:40*Departures with * serve intermediate stops within Tampines town. Refer to section on intermediate stops below.
From IKEA	Monday – Friday (including Public Holidays) 12:25, 13:05, 13:45, 14:45; 15:45; 16:30; 16:45; 17:00; 17:30; 18:00; 18:30; 19:00; 19:30 & 20:00	Saturday – Sunday (including Public Holidays) 12:20, 12:50, 13:20, 13:50, 14:20, 14:50, 15:20, 16:00, 16:30, 17:00, 17:30, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00, 19:30, 20:00 & 20:30

Shuttle services to/from Tampines MRT offered by IKEA operate daily, while the shuttle to/from Giant only operates on Weekends. These timings above are effective June 2025.

The pick-up point for all shuttle buses is at Tampines MRT Station pick-up point along Tampines Central 4, just outside Exit B.

Passengers can also take Bus Service 296 from Tampines Bus Interchange to Tampines Retail Park.

Giant Tampines Shuttle – Intermediate Stops

During selected timings from Tampines MRT, the Tampines Route serves the following intermediate stops before going to Giant Tampines Hypermarket:

Towards Giant Tampines	From Giant Tampines
Blk 721 (Bus Stop 75271), Tampines Ave 9 Drop Off Point near Blk 626A Tampines Greenverge, Tampines St 61 Blk 641A (Bus Stop 75551), Tampines St 62 Blk 636C (Bus Stop 75569), Tampines North Dr 2 Blk 614 (Bus Stop 75491), Tampines Ave 6 Opp Blk 660 CP (Bus Stop 75529), Tampines North Dr 1 Blk 662B (Bus Stop 75539), Tampines St 64	Opp Blk 662B (Bus Stop 75531), Tampines St 64 Blk 660 CP (Bus Stop 75521), Tampines North Dr 1 Opp Blk 614 (Bus Stop 75499), Tampines Ave 6 Blk 641A (Bus Stop 75551), Tampines St 62 Blk 636C (Bus Stop 75569), Tampines North Dr 2 Drop Off Point near Blk 626A Tampines Greenverge, Tampines St 61 Blk 721 (Bus Stop 75271), Tampines Ave 9

This arrangement started on 14 June 2025.

Sengkang MRT Station ↔ Giant

Giant - Sengkang Route

Sengkang Stn
→ Giant Tampines Hypermarket ⇋

Giant Tampines Hypermarket
→ Sengkang Stn ⇋

Sengkang Stn Pick-Up Sengkang Sq

65269 Blk 162B Punggol Ctrl

65279 Bet Blks 187/188 Punggol Ctrl

65289 Opp Punggol Sec/Blk 195E Punggol Ctrl

65229 Blk 298 Punggol Ctrl

Punggol Stn G20 Punggol Ctrl

65349 Blk 272C Punggol Field

Giant Tampines Hypermarket Shuttle Tampines Nth Dr 1

Giant Tampines Hypermarket Shuttle Tampines Nth Dr 1

65269 Blk 162B Punggol Ctrl

65279 Bet Blks 187/188 Punggol Ctrl

65289 Opp Punggol Sec/Blk 195E Punggol Ctrl

65229 Blk 298 Punggol Ctrl

Punggol Stn G20 Punggol Ctrl

65349 Blk 272C Punggol Field

Sengkang Stn Pick-Up Sengkang Sq

NE16STC Sengkang MRT Station ↔ Tampines Retail Park		Operating on Weekends and Public Holidays
From Sengkang MRT
To Giant	10:00, 11:05, 12:10, 13:15, 14:20, 15:25, 16:30, 17:35 & 18:40
via intermediate stops	Blk 162B (Bus Stop 65269), Punggol Central Bet Blks 187/188 (Bus Stop 65279), Punggol Central Opp Punggol Sec / Blk 195E (Bus Stop 65289), Punggol Central Blk 298 (Bus Stop 65229), Punggol Central Punggol MRT (Taxi Stand G20), Punggol Central Blk 272C (Bus Stop 65349), Punggol Field
To Sengkang MRT
From Giant	10:35, 11:40, 12:45, 13:50, 14:55, 16:00, 17:05 & 18:10
via intermediate stops	Blk 162B (Bus Stop 65269), Punggol Central Bet Blks 187/188 (Bus Stop 65279), Punggol Central Opp Punggol Sec / Blk 195E (Bus Stop 65289), Punggol Central Blk 298 (Bus Stop 65229), Punggol Central Punggol MRT (Taxi Stand G20), Punggol Central Blk 272C (Bus Stop 65349), Punggol Field

The shuttle service to Sengkang MRT is provided by Giant Hypermarket and operates only on Weekends & Public Holidays.

The pickup point for the Shuttle is at the Taxi Stand / Passenger Pick-up / Drop Off Point along Sengkang Square, near Sengkang MRT Station Exit C.

Passengers can also take Bus Service 27 between Sengkang MRT and Tampines Retail Park.

From 14 June 2025, the shuttle was amended to serve intermediate stops in Sengkang & Punggol town.

Bedok MRT Station ↔ Giant

EW5 Bedok MRT Station ↔ Tampines Retail Park		Operating on Weekends and Public Holidays
From Bedok MRT
To Giant	10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 18:30 & 19:30
To Bedok MRT
From Giant	11:10, 12:10, 13:10, 14:10, 15:10, 16:10, 17:10, 18:10, 19:10 & 20:10

The shuttle service to Bedok MRT is provided by Giant Hypermarket and operates only on Weekends & Public Holidays.

Shuttle bus connectivity to this station resumed on 14 June 2025, after the service to IKEA was discontinued in March 2025.

Serangoon MRT Station ↔ IKEA Tampines

Operators

As of 6 Sep 2023:

• Giant: Leisure Frontier (S) Pte Ltd
• IKEA: Leisure Frontier (S) Pte Ltd (Subcontracted from Bookabus Pte Ltd)

The Tampines Retail Park shuttle by ComfortDelGro Bus formerly served Giant, IKEA & Courts. Courts and IKEA exited the Tampines Retail Park shuttle bus network from 1 Apr 2021 and 15 May 2023 respectively.

The operator for the Giant shuttle was changed from ComfortDelGro Bus to Leisure Frontier on 6 September 2023.

The Courts Megastore shuttle was formerly operated by Leisure Frontier (S) Pte Ltd (Subcontracted from Bookabus Pte Ltd).

Shuttle Boarding Points at Tampines Retail Park

Operating History

Early years

The Tampines Retail Park free shuttle started in December 2006, in tandem with the opening of IKEA Tampines. Operated by SBS Transit, the daily Tampines MRT ↔ IKEA Tampines route was operated at 30-minute intervals. A new daily route, Bedok MRT ↔ IKEA Tampines, was added in March 2007. As Giant Hypermarket and Courts Megastore opened in the following months, the shuttle was amended to serve these outlets as well.

In September 2007, the Pasir Ris MRT ↔ IKEA Tampines route was launched, operating on weekdays only at 45-minute intervals. This shuttle service stopped at various en-route bus stops along Pasir Ris Drive 1, 8, 3 and 12. In late 2008, this service would be converted to daily operation, and in April 2009, weekday service was discontinued owing to low usage.

Also in late 2008, the Sengkang MRT ↔ IKEA Tampines route was launched, operating on weekends only at 1-hour intervals.

SMRT Operations

Sometime in 2009, SMRT’s charter arm BusPlus took over the Tampines Retail Park shuttle, with PA-plated Dennis Lance buses running daily and supplemented by TIB-plated Mercedes-Benz O405 buses on weekends. From ~2012, Dennis Lance buses would make up the full operating fleet, substituting Mercedes-Benz O405 buses.

In late 2014/early 2015, the Pasir Ris MRT ↔ IKEA Tampines route would only stop at Pasir Ris MRT, omitting all en-route stops in Pasir Ris.

ComfortDelGro Operations & Courts Decoupling

From 1 November 2016, ComfortDelGro Bus took over operations of the Tampines Retail Park shuttle services. The Tampines, Bedok and Sengkang routes were served by low-entry Scania K230UB buses that were formerly deployed on NUS Internal Shuttle Bus routes, while a minibus covered the Pasir Ris route. Coach buses would occasionally be deployed as replacement buses.

On 1 April 2021, Courts Megastore decoupled from the Tampines Retail Park shuttle service network, launching its own daily shuttle service to Tampines operated by minibuses. That same day, the shuttle routes were amended to omit Courts Megastore, and Courts was correspondingly removed from the bus’ liveries, initially via removing/covering mentions of Courts. Several months later, buses were re-stickered with an updated livery promoting IKEA and Giant only.

In February 2023, ComfortDelGro Bus would introduce Volvo B9L buses to the regular Tampines Retail Park shuttle fleet. Like the preceding Scania K230UB buses, these buses were also displaced from the NUS Internal Shuttle Bus fleet as newer buses were introduced to NUS. Buses were initially deployed in NUS colours and later received the black-themed livery promoting IKEA and Giant.

2023 IKEA Decoupling

On 15 May 2023, IKEA Tampines abruptly exited from the existing Tampines Retail Park shuttle network. Between 15–31 May 2023, a significantly-degraded interim timetable was introduced by IKEA with Bookabus Pte Ltd appointed as transport provider. Daily Tampines ↔ IKEA trips operated at 1-hour intervals, and Bedok ↔ IKEA trips operated only on weekends at 1-hour intervals  (no weekday service). The shuttle services from Sengkang and Pasir Ris MRT stations were discontinued.

According to IKEA, the shuttle service will be coordinated by Bookabus and seating capacity is limited to a first-come-first-served basis. During the interim period, the Tampines route was served by a 13-seater Toyota Hiace van on weekdays, and a minibus was deployed on weekends. The Bedok route was served by a Toyota Hiace van. Both routes are served by a minibus from 1 June 2023.

At the same time, Giant Hypermarket inherited the existing Tampines Retail Park shuttle network from 15 May 2023, with ComfortDelGro bus continuing to operate the service. The shuttle routes to Tampines, Bedok, Pasir Ris and Sengkang remained unchanged, except for the removal of IKEA Tampines as an en-route stop, and a reduction in shuttle bus frequencies. References to IKEA Tampines were also removed from the bus’ liveries.

2023 Giant Shuttle Degradation / Change of Operator

The Giant Tampines shuttle service schedule was revised from 6 September 2023, with changes summarised below:

• Tampines MRT route to only operate on weekends instead of daily, with shortened operating hours (1030 – 1900 instead of 0745 – 2230)
• Bedok MRT route to be withdrawn, previously operating daily
• Sengkang MRT route operating hours on weekends to be shortened (1000 – 1800 instead of 0800 – 2200)
• Pasir Ris MRT route to be withdrawn, previously operating on weekends only

The operator for the Giant shuttle also changed from ComfortDelGro Bus to Leisure Frontier.

2024 and beyond

On 1 June 2024, shuttle service to Courts Megastore ceased, with Courts no longer providing shuttle bus services.

On 17 March 2025, IKEA discontinued the shuttle service to Bedok MRT. A new route between IKEA Tampines and Serangoon MRT was launched, operating daily.

On 14 June 2025, changes to the shuttle services to Giant Tampines were made.

• Intermediate stops were added to the Tampines & Sengkang Route
• Shuttle service between Giant and Bedok MRT resumed on Weekends & Public Holidays

Detailed Timings:

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