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{{Infobox
 |title=Service 983
 |img=[[File:SMB3606T 983.jpg|centre|300px]]
 |info=
  {{Infohead|Route Information}}
  {{Infoline|Route|[[Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange|Choa Chu Kang Interchange]] ↺ Upper Bukit Timah Road (Loop)}}
  {{Infoline|Route Length|11.6 km}}
  {{Infoline|Travelling Time|53 - 58 mins}}
  {{Infoline|Operator|{{SMB}}<br>([[Choa Chu Kang – Bukit Panjang Bus Package]])}}
}}

{{SMB/1| Bus Service 983}} is an inter-town route linking the residential estates of [[Choa Chu Kang]] and [[Bukit Panjang]]. It connects residential blocks, schools, and public amenities in Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhoods 4 and 8 to {{Stn|Bukit Panjang}}, Bukit Panjang Town Centre and Choa Chu Kang Town Centre.

Following the completion of the Built-To-Order flats along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5, the Land Transport Authority and SMRT announced plans to introduce Service 983, replacing the deleted sectors of {{Bus/T|Service 300|s=300}} in February 2015.<ref>[//www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/two-new-bus-services-in-choa-chu-kang-from-feb-15 "Two new bus services in Choa Chu Kang from Feb 15"] The Straits Times, 2 February 2015.</ref><ref>[//web.archive.org/web/20200515132743/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2015/2/2/advisory-postponed-implementation-of-route-changes-and-new-services-to-better-serve-residents-and-commuters.html "Advisory: Postponed Implementation of Route Changes and New Services to Better Serve Residents and Commuters"] Land Transport Authority, 10 February 2015. Archived 15 May 2020.</ref> However, with the postponement of its launch date to April 2015, Service 983 was modified to bypass the stops along its interim looping point at Keat Hong Close.<ref>[//web.archive.org/web/20200515082120/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2015/4/2/joint-news-release-by-the-land-transport-authority-smrt---new-and-improved-bus-services-in-april-2015.html "Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & SMRT - New and Improved Bus Services in April 2015"] Land Transport Authority, 10 April 2015. Archived 15 May 2020.</ref><ref>[//www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/two-new-bus-services-in-choa-chu-kang-from-feb-15 "New bus routes in Choa Chu Kang to start in April"] The Straits Times, 10 April 2015.</ref>

{{BSEP/1|is|40|th}} It is also the 54<sup>th</sup> bus service introduced under the programme, as a route extension from Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5 to Upper Bukit Timah Road.

After the last bus departure of Service 983, Short Trip Service 983A provides last-mile connectivity for residents along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 7. Operating hours of Short Trip Service 983A is extended on the eves of public holidays to align with the last train at {{Stn|Choa Chu Kang}}. The operator will announce the revised timing closer to the respective dates.

==Service Information==
===Bus Duty & Fleet===
{| class='wikitable' style='text-align:center;width:100%'
|+ Service 983/983A
!rowspan=2 style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Depot
!colspan=2 style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Fleet
!rowspan=2 colspan=2 style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Fleet
|-
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|bgop=c0|xfc=|xbc=}}'|983
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|bgop=c0|xfc=|xbc=}}'|983A
|-
!rowspan=2 style='{{CSS/SMRT|bgop=c0|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Kranji Depot (KJDEP)
|rowspan=2|16
|rowspan=2|2
!2 Single Deckers
!14 Double Deckers
|-
|
{{Fleet|model=MAN NL323F}}
{{Fleet|model=Mercedes-Benz OC500LE}}
|
{{Fleet
|fleet={{Col|SMB3600J}} {{Col|SMB3601G}} {{Col|SMB3602D}} {{Col|SMB3604Z}} {{Col|SMB3605X}} {{Col|SMB3606T}} {{Col|SMB3607R}} {{Col|SMB3611C}} {{Col|SMB5046X}} {{Col|SMB5048R}} {{Col|SMB5080X}}
|model=Alexander Dennis Enviro500
}}
{{Fleet
|fleet={{Col|SG5759A}} {{Col|SG5760U}} {{Col|SG6304Y}} {{Col|SG6312Z}}
|model=MAN ND323F
}}
{{Fleet
|fleet={{Col|SG5533J}}
|model=Volvo B9TL
}}
|}
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
!Notes
|-
|
* 2 extra DDs.
* '''SG6015G & SG6016D ({{Bus/T|Service 991|s=991}})''' will operate on Service 983 on Saturdays.
* '''3 random SDs''' will operate on Service 983 on Sundays & Public Holidays.
* '''SG5949T, SG6025C & several {{Bus/T|Service 61|s=61}} DDs''' will operate on Service 983 on Weekends & Public Holidays.
* '''SMB3600J, SMB3601G, SMB3602D, SMB5080X, SG5533J & several DDs''' will operate on {{Bus/T|Service 975|s=975}} on Weekends & Public Holidays.
* All buses are deployed on a rotation basis.
* All buses departing Choa Chu Kang Interchange after 2345 hours will operate as Short Trip 983A.
* This service practises jumpbus.
* Service 983, {{Bus/T|Service 61|s=61}}, {{Bus/T|Service 172|s=172}} & {{Bus/T|Service 991|s=991}} DDs are interchangeable.
* All buses park at '''Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)'''.
* '''Weekdays:''' 7 AM - 8 PM / 8 S1 (16 buses)
* '''Saturdays:''' TBC (10 buses)
* '''Sundays:''' TBC (10 buses)
|}

===Route Information===
====Frequency====
{| class='wikitable' style='text-align:center;'
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Period
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|AM Peak<br><small>(First Bus - 08:30)</small>
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|AM Off Peak<br><small>(08:31 - 16:59)</small>
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|PM Peak<br><small>(17:00 - 19:00)</small>
!style='{{CSS/SMRT|xfc=|xbc=}}'|PM Off Peak<br><small>(19:01 - Last Bus)</small>
|-
!Loop Service
|05 - 06 minutes
|04 - 11 minutes
|05 - 07 minutes
|06 - 09 minutes
|}

====Special Departures====
{| class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='text-align:center;line-height:1.3'
!colspan=6 style='text-align:initial;font-weight:initial'|{{BS44891|landmark=}} → {{BS44009|landmark=}}<hr><span style='display:block;text-align:center'>'''Departure Time'''</span>
|-
!Weekdays
|<div style='display:grid;grid-auto-columns:max-content;grid-template-columns:auto auto auto auto auto;'>{{Col/1|05:28}} {{Col/1|05:33}} {{Col/1|05:38}} {{Col/1|05:43}} {{Col/1|05:49}} {{Col/1|05:55}}</div>
|-
!Weekends & Public Holidays
|<div style='display:grid;grid-auto-columns:max-content;grid-template-columns:auto auto auto auto auto;'>{{Col/1|05:43}} {{Col/1|05:49}} {{Col/1|05:55}}</div>
|}

{| class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='text-align:center;line-height:1.3'
!colspan=6 style='text-align:initial;font-weight:initial'|{{BS44589|landmark=}} → {{BS44009|landmark=}}<hr><span style='display:block;text-align:center'>'''Departure Time'''</span>
|-
!Weekdays
|<div style='display:grid;grid-auto-columns:max-content;grid-template-columns:auto auto auto auto auto;'>{{Col/1|05:25}}</div>
|-
!Weekends & Public Holidays
|<div style='display:grid;grid-auto-columns:max-content;grid-template-columns:auto auto auto auto auto;'>{{Col/1|05:25}} {{Col/1|05:33}} {{Col/1|05:40}}</div>
|}

====Short Trip 983A====
<div style='background-color:#ff000011;padding:0.5em'>
{| class='wikitable mw-collapsible' style='text-align:center;line-height:1.3'
!colspan=6 style='text-align:initial;font-weight:initial'|{{BS44009|landmark=}} → {{BS44131|landmark=}}<hr><span style='display:block;text-align:center'>'''Departure Time'''</span>
|-
!Daily
|<div style='display:grid;grid-auto-columns:max-content;grid-template-columns:auto auto auto auto auto;'>{{Col/1|00:05}} {{Col/1|00:25}} {{Col/1|00:45}} {{Col/1|01:05}}</div>
|}
</div>

====Loop Service====
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{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2 style='{{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Bus Stops
!rowspan=2 style='{{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Nearby Attraction
!colspan=2 style='{{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Weekdays
!colspan=2 style='{{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Saturdays
!colspan=2 style='{{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Suns / PHs
|-
!style='{{CSS/LTA|xfc=|xbc=}}'|First bus!!style='{{CSS/LTA|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Last bus
!style='{{CSS/LTA|xfc=|xbc=}}'|First bus!!style='{{CSS/LTA|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Last bus
!style='{{CSS/LTA|xfc=|xbc=}}'|First bus!!style='{{CSS/LTA|xfc=|xbc=}}'|Last bus
|-
|{{BS44009|int=(Berth B1)|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:30|23:45<br>01:05 (983A)|05:30|23:45<br>01:05 (983A)|05:30|23:45<br>01:05 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44491|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:33|23:47<br>01:07 (983A)|05:33|23:48<br>01:08 (983A)|05:32|23:47<br>01:07 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex' 
|{{BS44501|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:35|23:49<br>01:09 (983A)|05:35|23:50<br>01:10 (983A)|05:34|23:49<br>01:09 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44621|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:36|23:51<br>01:11 (983A)|05:36|23:51<br>01:11 (983A)|05:36|23:51<br>01:11 (983A)|fr=}}
|-
|{{BS44551|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:38|23:53<br>01:13 (983A)|05:38|23:53<br>01:13 (983A)|05:38|23:53<br>01:13 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44581|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:39|23:53<br>01:13 (983A)|05:39|23:54<br>01:14 (983A)|05:39|23:54<br>01:14 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44591|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:40|23:54<br>01:14 (983A)|05:40|23:55<br>01:15 (983A)|05:40|23:55<br>01:15 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44091|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:41|23:56<br>01:16 (983A)|05:41|23:56<br>01:16 (983A)|05:41|23:56<br>01:16 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44879|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:44|23:58<br>01:18 (983A)|05:44|23:59<br>01:19 (983A)|05:44|23:59<br>01:19 (983A)|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|{{BS44899|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:45|23:59<br>01:19 (983A)|05:45|00:00<br>01:20 (983A)|05:45|00:00<br>01:20 (983A)|fr=}}
|- 
|{{BS44131|swt={{BS/SWT|983A|#f00}}}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:48|00:02<br>01:23 (983A)|05:48|00:02<br>01:23 (983A)|05:48|00:03<br>01:23 (983A)|fr=}}
|- 
|colspan=2|{{BS44141}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:49|00:03|05:49|00:04|05:49|00:04|fr=}}
|- 
|colspan=2|{{BS44031}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:53|00:07|05:52|00:07|05:52|00:07|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44259}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:55|00:09|05:54|00:09|05:54|00:09|fr=}}
|-
|colspan=2|{{BS44149}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:58|00:11|05:57|00:12|05:57|00:12|fr=}}
|- 
|colspan=2|{{BS44139}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:59|00:12|05:58|00:13|05:58|00:13|fr=}}
|- 
|colspan=2|{{BS44891}}
{{Bus/FBLB|<u>05:29</u>|00:16|<u>05:43</u>|00:17|<u>05:43</u>|00:17|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44871}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:31|00:17|05:44|00:18|05:44|00:18|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44099}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:34|00:19|05:36|00:20|05:36|00:20|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44599}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:35|00:20|05:37|00:21|05:37|00:21|fr=}}
|- 
|colspan=2|{{BS44589}}
{{Bus/FBLB|<u>05:25</u>|00:22|<u>05:25</u>|00:23|<u>05:25</u>|00:23|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44559}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:26|00:23|05:26|00:24|05:26|00:24|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44629}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:28|00:25|05:28|00:26|05:28|00:26|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44509}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:30|00:27|05:30|00:28|05:30|00:28|fr=}}
|- class='ex'
|colspan=2|{{BS44499}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:32|00:29|05:32|00:31|05:32|00:30|fr=}}
|-
|colspan=2|{{BS44009|int=(Alighting)}}
{{Bus/FBLB|05:38|00:34|05:37|00:35|05:37|00:35|fr=}}
|}
</div>
'''Notes:'''
* <div style='display:flex;align-items:start'><span style='margin-right:.5em'><u>06:00</u>: </span><span>Underlined times indicate that the first bus is a down-route rather than one starting from the first stop.</span></div>
</div>

==Historical Information==
<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable" style='text-align:center'
!style={{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}|Operator
!style={{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}|Route
!style={{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}|Year
!style={{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}|Date
!style={{CSS/BUS|xfc=|xbc=}}|Service changes
|-
|-
|rowspan=10|{{SMB}}<br>'''(Current)'''
|rowspan=2|Choa Chu Kang ↺ Choa Chu Kang Ave 5 
|rowspan=3|'''2015'''
|'''25 April'''
|style='text-align:left'|Introduced between Choa Chu Kang Int and Choa Chu Kang Ave 5 (Loop) under the LTA's Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), operating between 0545 hrs and 2345 hrs daily.
|-
|'''14 June'''
|style='text-align:left'|{{DWAB}}
|-
|rowspan=4|Choa Chu Kang ↺ Upp Bukit Timah Rd 
|'''27 December'''
|style='text-align:left'|Extended to loop at {{DT1| }}.
|-
|rowspan=2|'''2016'''
|'''3 January'''
|style='text-align:left'|Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite APSN along Choa Chu Kang Gr.
|-
|'''24 April'''
|style='text-align:left'|Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Blk 810 CP along Choa Chu Kang Ave 7.
|-
|'''2017'''
|'''4 September'''
|style='text-align:left'|Serves the bus stop after Bt Panjang Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd, skipping the removed bus stop along Petir Rd and the bus stop opposite Bt Panjang Plaza along Jelebu Rd.
|-
|rowspan=4|{{Bus/D|983|note=Choa Chu Kang ↺ Upp Bukit Timah Rd}}{{Bus/D|983A|note=Choa Chu Kang Dr → Choa Chu Kang Rd}} 
|rowspan=2|'''2018'''
|'''30 September'''
|style='text-align:left'|{{Bus/D|983A|note=Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Int to Choa Chu Kang Rd (Blk 26), operating after the last bus of Service 983 daily. {{LWAB}} }}
|-
|'''16 December'''
|style='text-align:left'|Amended to new Choa Chu Kang Int.<ref>[//web.archive.org/web/20220809134548/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2018/11/2/new-choa-chu-kang-bus-interchange-to-open-on-16-december-2018.html "New Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange to Open on 16 December 2018"] Land Transport Authority, 19 Nov 2018. Archived 9 August 2022.</ref>
|-
|'''2019'''
|'''5 October'''
|style='text-align:left'|{{Bus/D|983A|note=Last bus extended to 0105 hrs daily.}}
|-
|'''2024'''
|'''26 August'''
|style='text-align:left'|{{Bus/D|983|note=First bus from Choa Chu Kang Int brought forward to 0530 hrs daily.}}
|}</onlyinclude>

==References==
<references/>

==External Links==
* [https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/bus_search/bus/983/ SMRT Journeys]
* [https://svc.simplygo.com.sg/eservice/eguide/service_route.php?service=983 SimplyGo eGuide]
* [https://busrouter.sg/#/services/983 Bus Service Route Map]

{{Choa Chu Kang – Bukit Panjang Bus Package}}