Standardisation of Terminating Trips (April 2021)

From Sunday, 11 April 2021, existing loop services that operate half trips terminating at their looping point will be identified with a suffix.

For bus services looping at a bus interchange or terminal, they will be identified with the T suffix. Bus services not looping at a bus interchange or terminal, these half-trips will be designated as Short-Trip Services, with the A, B or C suffix.

See also: Bus Service Prefixes and Suffixes

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Background

There are a handful of loop services in Singapore that have trips that terminate at their looping point. Most of these trips are operated in the late-night hours, after the last bus of their parent service has departed.

Owing to the lack of standardization, some of these half-trip services are designated as Short Trip services (e.g. 70A, 79A, 180A, 200A, 972A), while the half-trips of other bus services (e.g. 857, 965, 966, 975) were not. The recent standardization in April 2021 firmly indicates all these half-trips by the addition of a suffix.

From 11 April 2021, the newly-designated terminating trips are as follows:

Bus Service	Route	Operating Hours
60T	Eunos Int → Bedok Int	Daily; between 23:35 – 00:35
63A	Eunos Int → Jalan Rumah Tinggi (Opp Blk 36)	Daily; between 22:55 – 00:00
73T	Ang Mo Kio Int → Toa Payoh Int	Daily; between 23:30 – 23:45
83T	Punggol Temp Int → Sengkang Int	Daily; after 00:00 – 00:36
857B	Yishun Int → Temasek Avenue (Promenade Stn)	Weekdays Morning Peak & Daily; after 22:40 – 23:30
859T	Sembawang Int → Yishun Int	Daily; after 23:14 – 00:00
860T	Yishun Int → Yio Chu Kang Int	Daily; between 22:50 – 23:30
965T	Woodlands Temp Int → Sengkang Int	Daily; after 22:44 – 23:30
966A	Woodlands Temp Int → Marine Parade Road (Opp Parkway Parade)	Daily; after 22:30 – 23:30
975C	Bukit Panjang Int → Lim Chu Kang Road (Police Coast Guard)	Daily; after 22:50 – 23:35

The new route variants are either assigned A, B or C for Short-Trip Services, or T for ‘Terminating’, depending on whether the looping point is a bus interchange or not.

The T suffix was previously only assigned to bus routes which allowed passengers to continue their journey on the bus beyond the route terminus (e.g. Bus Service 36 and other two-part feeder services, formerly TownLink / Intratown).

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Bus Service 60T

 

Bus Service 60T	Eunos Int → Bedok Int
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
23:45, 00:02, 00:18 & 00:35	23:39, 23:50, 00:01, 00:18 & 00:35	23:46, 00:02, 00:18 & 00:35

Service 60A: Eunos Int → Bedok Reservoir Rd (Blk 608) will continue to operate during stipulated extended operating hours.

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Bus Service 63A

 

Bus Service 63A	Eunos Int → Jalan Rumah Tinggi (Opp Blk 36)
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
23:00, 23:12, 23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00	22:58, 23:13, 23:28, 23:44 & 00:00	22:58, 23:11, 23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00

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Bus Service 73T

 

Bus Service 73T	Ang Mo Kio Int → Toa Payoh Int
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
23:35 & 23:45	23:32 & 23:45	23:32 & 23:45

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Bus Service 83T

 

Bus Service 83T	Punggol Temp Int → Sengkang Int
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
00:21 & 00:36	00:16, 00:26 & 00:36	00:12, 00:24 & 00:36

Operating hours for Service 83T will be extended when stipulated (eg. Eves of public holidays with extended bus & train operating hours).

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Bus Service 857B

 

Bus Service 857B	Yishun Int → Temasek Avenue (Promenade Stn)
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
07:01, 07:33, 08:00, 08:38, 22:50, 23:00, 23:10, 23:20 & 23:30	22:47, 23:01, 23:15 & 23:30	22:48, 23:02, 23:16 & 23:30

 

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Bus Service 859T

 

Bus Service 859T	Sembawang Int → Yishun Int
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00	23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00	23:26, 23:37, 23:48 & 00:00

 

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Bus Service 860T

 

Bus Service 860T	Yishun Int → Yio Chu Kang Int
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
22:54, 23:06, 23:18, 23:30	22:54, 23:06, 23:18, 23:30	22:54, 23:06, 23:18, 23:30

 

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Bus Service 965T

 

Bus Service 965T	Woodlands Temp Int → Sengkang Int
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
22:50, 23:00, 23:10, 23:20 & 23:30	23:00, 23:15 & 23:30	22:50, 22:59, 23:07, 23:14, 23:22 & 23:30

 

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Bus Service 966A

 

Bus Service 966A	Woodlands Temp Int → Marine Parade Road (Opp Parkway Parade)
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
22:42, 22:54, 23:06, 23:18 & 23:30	22:37, 22:50, 23:03, 23:16 & 23:30	22:50, 23:10 & 23:30

 

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Bus Service 975C

 

Bus Service 975C	Bukit Panjang Int → Lim Chu Kang Road (Police Coast Guard)
Departure Times
Weekdays	Saturdays	Sundays / Public Holidays
22:55, 23:05, 23:15, 23:25 & 23:35	23:05, 23:20 & 23:35	22:55, 23:04, 23:12, 23:19, 23:27 & 23:35

 

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Other Remaining Services

Bus Service 160 trips from Jurong East Int between 23:00 and 00:00 would terminate at Jln Jim Quee (JB Sentral Bus Ter). However, as of April 2021, Service 160 is diverted to turn around at Bus Stop 46509 – Marsiling Pk, Woodlands Ctr Rd, due to the Malaysia Movement Control Order. After border restrictions are lifted, it remains to be seen if terminating trips will be assigned a suffix for standardisation.

On the evenings of Sunday & Public Holidays between 20:18 and 20:43, Service 92M buses departing from Ghim Moh Ter will terminate at Bus Stop 11369 – Nth Buona Vista Rd (Buona Vista Stn Exit D). These terminating trips were not assigned a suffix in this round of standardisation.

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See Also:

• Bus Service Prefixes and Suffixes
• Changes to Fast Forward, Express & Terminating Trips (August 2018)