Suspension of Bus Services due to COVID-19 Impact on Manpower

Due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 amongst bus captains and interchange staff at various bus interchanges, Public Transport Operators face a shortage of available manpower to operate bus services. As such, several bus services will be suspended from Wednesday, 15 September 2021.


Suspended Bus Services

The following bus services will be suspended from 15 Sep 2021:

Bus Service Route Suspended from Resumed on
Express Bus Services
12e Pasir Ris Int ↔ Kampong Bahru Ter 15 Sep 2021 16 Jan 2022
43e Punggol Temp Int ⇄ Marine Parade Road 15 Sep 2021 17 Jan 2022
518 Pasir Ris Int ↺ Bayfront Avenue 15 Sep 2021 25 Sep 2021
518A Pasir Ris Int → Bayfront Avenue 15 Sep 2021 25 Sep 2021
City Direct Bus Services
661 Pasir Ris Drive 3 ⇄ Marina Boulevard / Central Boulevard 15 Sep 2021 3 Feb 2022
666 Punggol Drive ⇄ Marina Boulevard / Central Boulevard 15 Sep 2021 3 Feb 2022

These bus service suspensions are in addition to the those which are currently suspended since April 2020.


Operator Posters

5 thoughts on “Suspension of Bus Services due to COVID-19 Impact on Manpower

  • 19 September 2021 at 9:21 AM
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    Please help and ensure this is just a temporary suspension for 12e. It’s a great bus to town from east and commuters can easily shorten their trips to west by changing to DTL or EW line. And to all the bus drivers, please take good care and thank you for bringing us point to point!

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  • 14 September 2021 at 7:21 PM
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    Good thing no Sembawang package routes were affected. If not the handover from SMB to TT won’t be peaceful at all. Hope no drivers in Woodlands or Sembawang interchanges fall sick.

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  • 13 September 2021 at 12:49 PM
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    Yeah. Its time. I doubt any suspension from SMRT side as most of its service aint affected for the past 2 weeks.

    For SBST, I know it getting worse. Eg. 179/179A. From 3-5 mins frequency had been lengthen to 9 mins (for 179) and 2-3 buses aka 20 mins (for 179A). This occurred about 2 weeks ago and still continue for now.

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    • 13 September 2021 at 7:54 PM
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      my BC friend drives 174. 174 is affected as well

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    • 21 September 2021 at 12:16 PM
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      Some are affected in SMRT side. eg. 911 – normally 4 – 13 mins (now 8-17 mins)
      913 – normally 2 – 11 mins (now 6-17 mins)
      For TTS also.
      856 – 5 – 13 mins (SMRT Buses) (now 8-20 mins under TTS)

      A lot of bus services in SMRT and TTS aren’t affected by the shortage of bus drivers getting Covid-19 as they continue to swab test their bus captains ever since.

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