Acronyms and Abbreviations for Singapore Buses

This article compiles the abbreviations/acronyms used across Singapore’s bus stops


Common Bus Stop abbreviations/acronyms:

Abbreviation Example Road
A’space Aerospace 68089 – Aft Seletar A’space Rise Seletar Aerospace Road
Ably Assembly 94089 – Calvary Ably of God Ch Upper East Coast Road
Ac Academy 99189 – S’pore Aviation Ac Telok Paku Road
Acad 51021 – Old Police Acad Thomson Road
Adm Administration 96119 – ITE Coll East Adm Blk Simei Avenue
ADM Art, Design and Media 27061 – Sch of ADM Nanyang Drive
Advent Adventist 28441 – Seventh-Day Advent Ch Jurong East Central
Aft After 40251 – Aft Wallace Way Lornie Road
AMK Ang Mo Kio 66451 – Aft AMK Ind Pk 2 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5
Apt Apartment 92131 – Katong Omega Apt East Coast Road
Apts Apartments 43249 – Hillview Apts Hillview Avenue
Architect Architecture 16191 – Opp NUS Fac of Architect Kent Ridge Crescent
Assn Association 41139 – Aft The Japanese Assn Adam Road
Ave Avenue 42011 – Sixth Ave Ctr Bukit Timah Road
B Bus Stop 33019 – B20 Lim Chu Kang Rd Lim Chu Kang Road
Bef Before 01339 – Bef Crawford Bridge Crawford Street
Bet Between 21711 – Bet Blks 523/525 Corporation Road
Biz Business 15151 – Opp Mapletree Biz City Pasir Panjang Road
BKE Bukit Timah Expressway 46051 – Bef BKE Woodlands Road
Bldg Building 03218 – Opp MAS Bldg Shenton Way
Blk Block 05631 – Blk 16 Cantonment Link
Blks Blocks 44271 – Bet Blks 13/14 Teck Whye Avenue
Blvd Boluevard 13199 – Aft Orchard Blvd Paterson Road
Br Branch 05649 – Opp Customs Port Br HQ Keppel Road
Bros Brothers 49131 – Tan Chiang Bros Marble Sungei Kadut Avenue
Bt Bukit 43569 – Bt Gombak Stadium Bukit Batok East Avenue 5
B-P Bible-Presbyterian 99031 – Opp Maranatha B-P Ch LoyangAvenue
C’wealth Commonwealth 20259 – C’wealth Sec Sch Jurong Town Hall Road
C&I Communication and Information 27231 – Wee Kim Wee Sch of C&I Nanyang Drive
Cano Canossian 84261 – St. Anthony’s Cano Sch Bedok North Avenue 4
Cath Cathedral 04151 – Cath of The Good Shepherd Victoria Street
CC Community Centre 46119 – Marsiling CC Admiralty Road
CCK Choa Chu Kang 44299 – CCK Polyclinic Teck Whye Avenue
CD Civil Defence 45189 – Mandai CD Trg Village Mandai Road
CEE Civil and Environmental Engineering 27221 – Sch of CEE Nanyang Drive
Cemy Cemetery 31071 – Aft Chinese Cemy Path 11 Lim Chu Kang Rd
Ch Church 54319 – Opp Christ The King Ch Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8
Checkpt Checkpoint 46069 – W’Lands Train Checkpt Woodlands Centre Road
Child Children 40279 – KK Women & Child Hosp Bukit Timah Road
Chr Christian 62089 – Bartley Chr Ch Bartley Road
Cl Close 97119 – Aft Toh Cl Old Tampines Road
Clubhse Clubhouse 11201 – CSC Dempsey Clubhse Holland Road
Cmty Community 55159 – Opp Ang Mo Kio Cmty Hosp Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9
Coll College 54481 – ITE Coll Ctrl Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5
Comsn Commission 13209 – Opp British High Comsn Tanglin Road
Condo Condominium 13169 – Grange 80 Condo Grange Road
Constrn Construction 47169 – Chuan Lim Constrn Senoko Drive
Corp Corporation 52069 – ComfortDelGro Corp Ltd Braddell Road
CP Car Park 80171 – CP F Stadium Walk
Cplx Complex 01019 – Bras Basah Cplx Victoria Street
Cres Crescent 47081 – Aft Senoko Cres Senoko Road
Ct Court 54081 – Teck Ghee Ct Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1
CTE Central Expressway 54491 – Aft CTE Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5
Ctr Centre 03391 – Marina Bay Financial Ctr Marina Boluevard
Ctrl Central 65189 – Bef Punggol Ctrl Punggol East
Devt Development 49021 – Whye Wah Devt & Constrn Sungei Kadut Street 1
Distripk Distripark 21151 – CWT Distripk Jurong Port Road
DP 14109 – Keppel DP Blk 517 Keppel Road
Div Division 55301 – AMK Police Div HQ Ang Mo Kio Avenue 9
Dr Drive 41141 – Aft Adam Dr Adam Road
Drv Driving 58189 – Opp Police Drv Circuit Admiralty Road West
E Elizabeth 43341 – Princess E Pr Sch Bukit Batok West Avenue 3
E.C. East Coast 94009 – Aft E.C. Sea Sports Club East Coast Parkway
Eng English 43089 – Aft Assumption Eng Sch Upper Bukit Timah Road
Engrg Engineering 96341 – Aft Sunny Metal & Engrg Changi South Avenue 2
Env Environment 40179 – Env Bldg Scotts Road
Est Estate 66091 – Golden Hill Est Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1
Fab Fabrication 75351 – Tampines Wafer Fab Pk Tampines Avenue 10
FC Food Centre 40031 – Newton FC Bukit Timah Road
Fty Factory 11539 – Lea Hin Hardware Fty Alexandra Road
G Gate 68119 – Aft Seletar Camp G Jalan Kayu
Green 64411 – Hougang G. Shop Mall Hougang Street 51
Gdn Garden 21659 – Chinese Gdn Yuan Ching Road
Gdns Gardens 92241 – Amber Gdns Amber Road
Gen General 28051 – Opp Ng Teng Fong Gen Hosp Boon Lay Way
Govt Government 91101 – Govt Chalets Netheravon Road
Gr Grove 66061 – Aft Lynwood Gr Braddell Road
Grp Group 10219 – Skoda S’pore/Volkswagen Grp Leng Kee Road
Hme Home 58369 – Bef Acacia Hme Admiralty Street
Hosp Hospital 11511 – Alexandra Hosp Alexandra Road
HQ Headquarters 06131 – The Boys’ Brigade HQ Zion Road
Hse House 95061 – Airline Hse Airline Road
Hts Heights 43549 – Regent Hts Bukit Batok East Avenue 5
Ind Industrial 24379 – Opp Asia Ind Gases Gul Road
Industries 49181 – Dapolite Ind Kranji Loop
Insp Inspection 24689 – Jurong Insp Ctr Pioneer Road
Inst Institute 15099 – Natl Leadership Inst South Buona Vista Road
Instn Insitution 53219 – Raffles Instn Bishan Road
Int Interchange 28009 – Boon Lay Int Jurong West Central 3
Intl International 14211 – ISS Intl Sch Depot Road
JC Junior College 55329 – Eunoia JC Sin Ming Avenue
Jln Jalan 50161 – Bef Jln Dusun Balestier Road
Jnr Junior 50199 – St. Joseph Instn Jnr Moulmein Road
K Kaliamman 07221 – Sri Vadapathira K Tp Serangoon Road
Kg Kampong 84309 – Kg Chai Chee CC Bedok North Avenue 1
KJE Kranji Expressway 44069 – Aft KJE Slip Rd Woodlands Road
KPE Kallang – Paya Lebar Expressway 64131 – Bef KPE Tampines Road
Lib Library 54059 – Bef Ang Mo Kio Lib Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6
Lk Link 28189 – Aft Toh Tuck Lk Toh Tuck Avenue
Log Logistics 23219 – Opp Mapletree Log Hub Benoi Sector
Lor Lorong 82069 – Aft Lor 106 Changi Changi Road
LP Lamp Post 55289 – LP 94 Lentor Avenue
LT Lecture Theatre 18301 – Lim Seng Tjoe Bldg (LT 27) Lower Kent Ridge Road
Ltd Limited 84129 – Fujitec S’pore Ltd Bedok South Road
Med Medical 50059 – Opp Thomson Med Ctr Thomson Road
Met Metropolitan 40219 – Bef Met YMCA Stevens Road
Meth Methodist 85029 – Aft Bedok Meth Ch Bedok Road
Mfg Manufacturing 18029 – Tempco Mfg Ayer Rajah Crescent
Min Ministry 13021 – Aft Min of Foreign Affairs Holland Road
Mjd Masjid 83059 – Mjd Kassim Changi Road
Mkt Market 85069 – Bedok Mkt Pl Bedok Road
Mohd Mohamed 13101 – Opp Mohd Sultan Rd River Valley Road
Mque Mosque 54039 – Bef Al-Muttaqin Mque Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6
MSCP Multi Storey Car Park 44869 – Bef Blk 629A MSCP Senja Road
Mt Mount 14011 – Bef Mt Faber Lodge Kampong Bahru Road
Natl National 80219 – Natl Stadium Nicoll Highway
No. Number 11311 – Hse No. 532 Sixth Avenue
NPC Neighbourhood Police Centre 84581 – Opp Bedok Sth NPC Chai Chee Drive
Nth North 22221 – Aft Pioneer Rd Nth International Road
Off Office 95131 – Police Pass Off Airline Road
Opp Opposite 01549 – Opp Duo Residences Ophir Road
P/G Playground 55361 – Countryside Gdn P/G Lentor Loop
P/L Private Limited 23011 – Carrier Transicold P/L Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim
Pde Parade 92049 – Marine Pde Stn/Parkway Pde Marine Parade Road
PIE Pan Island Expressway 43459 – Aft PIE Bukit Batok Road
Pk Park 47019 – Aft W’lands Waterfront Pk Admiralty Road
Pl Place 23449 – Aft Benoi Pl Benoi Road
Plt Plant 49109 – Kranji Wtr Reclam Plt Kranji Road
PO Post Office 84351 – Bedok Ctrl PO Bedok North Street 1
Poly Polytechnic 75239 – Temasek Poly Tampines Avenue 1
Pr Primary 70029 – Aft Canossa Convent Pr Aljunied Road
Presby Presbyterian 53279 – Kuo Chuan Presby Sch Bishan Street 13
Proc Processing 21109 – Ctrl Fish Proc Fty Jalan Tepong
Pt Point 15051 – Alexandra Pt Alexandra Road
Pte Private 23209 – Aft Shimano Pte Ltd Benoi Sector
R’ford Rutherford 18281 – Opp Normanton Pk/R’ford Science Park Drive
Rd Road 46139 – Aft Riverside Rd Admiralty Road
Reclam Reclamation 49099 – Aft Kranji Wtr Reclam Plt Kranji Road
Reg Regional 53209 – Aft NEA Reg Off Sin Ming Drive
Reh. Rehabilitation 97089 – Opp Selarang Pk Drug Reh. Loyang Way
Rehab 47021 – Khalsa Cres Drug Rehab Ctr Admiralty Road West
Rel Release 97069 – Lloyd Leas Work Rel Camp Upper Changi Road North
Resvr Reservoir 49199 – Kranji Resvr Pk B Kranji Way
S Salvation 64109 – Gracehaven S Army Yio Chu Kang Road
Shibuya 17021 – Waseda S Snr High Sch West Coast Road
Singapore 23171 – SKK (S) Pte Ltd International Road
S.A. Singapore Association 80149 – S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Road
S/H Schoolhouse 91041 – KiddiWinkie S/H @ East Coast Mountbatten Road
S’goon Serangoon 64061 – Opp S’goon Sec Sch Upper Serangoon Road
S’pore Singapore 16039 – S’pore Science Pk II Pasir Panjang Rd
SBST SBS Transit 55239 – SBST Ang Mo Kio Depot Ang Mo Kio Street 63
Sch School 73049 – Air Force Sch Airport Road
Sci Science 15111 – Sci Pk 2/The Galen South Buona Vista Road
Sec Secondary 10241 – Gan Eng Seng Sec Sch Alexandra Road
Sg Sungei 59019 – Aft Sg Seletar Bridge Lentor Avenue
Shop Shopping 27389 – Gek Poh Shop Ctr Jurong West Street 75
SIB Singapore Infantry Brigade 31081 – Opp HQ 5th SIB Camp I Old Lim Chu Kang Rd
SLE Seletar Expressway 55281 – Aft SLE Lentor Avenue
Snr Senior 17029 – Opp Waseda S Snr High Sch West Coast Road
Sq Square 92119 – Roxy Sq East Coast Road
St Street 04229 – High St Ctr Hill Street
St. Saint 56241 – St. Nicholas Girls’ Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2
Sth South 03419 – Marina Sth Pier Stn Marina Coastal Drive
Stn Station 95151 – Airport Police Stn Airport Boulevard
Sub-Stn Substation 27181 – PUB Sub-Stn Nanyang Avenue
Svc Service 21121 – SPC Svc Stn Jalan Buroh
Svcs Services 60179 – MOM Svcs Ctr Bendemeer Road
Swim Swimming 52501 – Toa Payoh Swim Cplx Lorong 6 Toa Payoh
Tec Technology 96079 – ITE Coll East Tec Blk Upper Changi Road
Tech 19049 – Sch Of Science & Tech Commonwealth Avenue West
Telecoms Telecommunications 19061 – Ayer Rajah Telecoms Dover Road
Temp Temporary 47009 – Woodlands Temp Int Woodlands Square
Ter Terminal 96219 – Tanah Merah Ferry Ter Tanah Merah Ferry Road
Ters Terminals 95041 – CIAS Cargo Ters Airport Cargo Road
Terr Terrace 43121 – Aft Cashew Terr Cashew Road
Tg Tanjong 82129 – Tg Katong Sec Sch Dunman Road
Townhse Townhouse 78279 – Opp Loyang Townhse Jalan Loyang Besar
Tp Temple 85041 – Man Fatt Lam Tp Bedok Rd
TPE Tampines Expressway 68059 – Aft TPE Jalan Kayu
Trg Training 45199 – Mandai Police Trg Camp Mandai Roda
Trspt Transport 25071 – Opp Nissin Trspt Tuas Avenue 9
Twr Tower 03021 – Prudential Twr Cecil Street
Twrs Towers 01629 – Shaw Twrs Beach Road
Upp Upper 94009 – Upp East Coast Ter Upper East Coast Road
V Village 11419 – Holland V Stn Exit A Holland Avenue
Veh Vehicle 45021 – Heavy Veh Pk Woodlands Road
W’lands Woodlands 46109 – W’lands Checkpt Woodlands Crossing
Warehse Warehouse 28669 – Jurong East Warehse Toh Guan Road East
Wk Walk 56289 – Bef Shangri-La Wk Ang Mo Kio Avenue 2
Wtr Water 49091 – Opp Kranji Wtr Reclam Plt Kranji Road

Note:

Apart from the above abbreviations/acronyms, other acronyms of organisations and facilities can be found also as bus stop descriptions, e.g.:

  • AUPE – Amalgamated Union of Public Employees
  • CHIJ – Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus
  • CIAS – Changi International Airport Services
  • ICA – Immigration & Checkpoints Authority
  • MBS – Marina Bay Sands
  • MOM – Ministry of Manpower
  • NIE – National Institute of Education
  • NKF – National Kidney Foundation
  • NTUC – National Trades Union Congress
  • NUH – National University Hospital
  • PSB – Productivity and Standards Board
  • SAF – Singapore Armed Forces
  • SAFRA – Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association
  • SAFTI – Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute
  • SCDF – Singapore Civil Defence Force
  • SIT – Singapore Institute of Technology
  • SLF – Singapore Labour Foundation
  • SMU – Singapore Management University
  • YMCA – Young Men’s Christian Association
  • Schools of NTU – ADM (Art, Design and Media), CEE (Civil and Environmental Engineering), SPMS (School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences)
  • Schools of NUS – SDE (School of Design and Environment)
  • Acronyms adopted into company names – BASF, DNV GL, CISCO, ESAB, GSK, Keppel T&T, MSD, REC, SATS, ST, UOB, VICOM, etc.

Gallery:


The abbreviation ‘Comm’ is used formerly for Community, Commission and Communication.


Retired Acronyms (not exhaustive)

Abbreviation Example Remarks
Architect Architecture 16191 – Opp NUS Fac of Architect / Kent Ridge Crescent Disused
Comm Commission 13209 – Opp British High Comsn / Tanglin Road Renamed Comsn
Comm Communication 27231 – Sch of Comm and Info / Nanyang Drive Disused

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