Bus Service 167

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  • From Sunday, 30 March 2025, bus services 121, 167 and 196 will serve a new bus stop along Cantonment Rd. Please refer here for more information.
Service 167
SMB10G 167.jpg
Route Information
Route Sembawang InterchangeBukit Merah Interchange
Route Length 30.2 km (towards Bukit Merah)
30 km (towards Sembawang)
Travelling Time 77 - 119 mins
(1 h 17 mins - 1 h 59 mins)
Operator Tower Transit
(Sembawang – Yishun Bus Package)

Tower Transit Bus Service 167 is a trunk route linking Sembawang and Thomson to city areas like Newton, Orchard, and the Central Business District (CBD). It also complements Service 980 (between Sembawang and Novena) and Service 196 (between Bukit Merah and CBD).

Following the opening of the Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 3, this service was initially set to be withdrawn in December 2023[1], which was later retained and revised to operate at 30-minute intervals daily[2].

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 167
Depot Fleet Size Fleet
Mandai Depot (MDDEP) 9 9 Single Deckers
SMB3C
SMB7S
SMB33R
SMB47B
SMB96J
SMB131R
Mercedes-Benz OC500LE
Notes
  • This service practises jumpbus.
  • Daily: 9A-9P (9 buses)

Route Information

Frequency

Period AM Peak
(First Bus - 08:30)
AM Off Peak
(08:31 - 16:59)
PM Peak
(17:00 - 19:00)
PM Off Peak
(19:01 - Last Bus)
towards Bukit Merah 30 minutes
towards Sembawang 30 minutes

Direction 1 (Sembawang → Bukit Merah)

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Bus Stops Point of Interest Weekdays Saturdays Suns / PHs
First bus Last bus First bus Last bus First bus Last bus
icon58009
Sembawang Int(Berth B1A)
Sembawang Vista
NS11Sembawang
Sun Plaza
05:3023:3005:3023:3005:4523:30
icon56099
Springleaf Stn Exit 2
Upp Thomson Rd
TE4Springleaf 05:4923:4905:5123:4706:0623:47
icon53059
Upp Thomson Stn Exit 2
Upp Thomson Rd
TE8Upper Thomson
Thomson Plaza
06:0123:5706:0323:5806:2023:58
icon50037
Bef Novena Stn Exit B
Thomson Rd
NS20Novena
Velocity @ Novena Square
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
06:1700:1106:1900:1106:3600:13
icon40189
Newton Stn Exit B
Scotts Rd
NS21DT11Newton 06:2100:1506:2300:1406:4000:17
icon09219
Far East Plaza
Scotts Rd
Far East Plaza
Shaw Centre
Tang Plaza
06:2500:1706:2600:1706:4300:19
icon09047
Orchard Stn/Tang Plaza
Orchard Rd
NS22TE14Orchard
ION Orchard
Lucky Plaza
Shaw Centre
Tang Plaza
Wheelock Place
Wisma Astra
06:2600:1806:2700:1806:4400:20
icon09037
Bef Cairnhill Rd
Orchard Rd
NS23Somerset
268 Orchard
Cineleisure
Design Orchard
Knightsbridge
Mandarin Gallery
Ngee Ann City
Paragon
The Heeren
06:2800:2006:2900:2006:4600:22
icon08057
Dhoby Ghaut Stn
Orchard Rd
NS24NE6CC1Dhoby Ghaut
Plaza Singapura
06:3200:2306:3300:2306:5000:25
icon08069
Bencoolen Stn Exit B
Bras Basah Rd
DT21Bencoolen
SMU
School of the Arts
The Cathay
06:3400:2506:3500:2506:5200:27
icon04179
Aft Bras Basah Stn Exit A
Bras Basah Rd
CC2Bras Basah
NTUC Trade Union House
06:3600:2606:3600:2606:5300:28
icon02049
Raffles Hotel
Bras Basah Rd
NS25EW13City Hall
CC3Esplanade
Raffles City
South Beach Tower
06:3800:2706:3800:2706:5500:29
icon02029
Aft Esplanade Stn Exit D
Esplanade Dr
CC3Esplanade
Asian Civilisations Museum
Esplanade –
Theatres on the Bay
Victoria Concert Hall
06:4100:2906:4100:2906:5700:31
icon03019
OUE Bayfront
Collyer Quay
NS26EW14Raffles Place
CIMB Plaza
06:4300:3106:4300:3106:5900:33
icon03129
UIC Bldg
Shenton Way
TE19Shenton Way 06:4500:3306:4600:3307:0100:35
icon03218
Opp MAS Bldg
Shenton Way
EW15Tanjong Pagar 06:4700:3506:4800:3507:0300:37
icon10009
Bt Merah Int(Alighting)
Bt Merah Ctrl
07:0600:4807:0300:4807:1900:50

Direction 2 (Bukit Merah → Sembawang)

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Bus Stops Point of Interest Weekdays Saturdays Suns / PHs
First bus Last bus First bus Last bus First bus Last bus
icon10009
Bt Merah Int(Berth B3)
Bt Merah Ctrl
05:4523:4505:4523:4506:0023:45
icon10017
Aft Hosp Dr(Rear Berth)
Eu Tong Sen St
EW16NE3TE17Outram Park
Singapore General Hospital
05:5823:5505:5623:5406:0923:54
icon03223
Tanjong Pagar Stn Exit C
Anson Rd
EW15Tanjong Pagar 06:0700:0206:0200:0106:1600:01
icon03021
Prudential Twr
Cecil St
DT18Telok Ayer 06:1000:0406:0500:0406:1800:03
icon03011
Fullerton Sq
Fullerton Rd
NS26EW14Raffles Place
Asian Civilisations Museum
CIMB Plaza
Victoria Concert Hall
06:1200:0606:0700:0606:2000:05
icon02111
Esplanade Bridge
Esplanade Dr
CC3Esplanade 06:1300:0706:0800:0706:2100:06
icon04111
Capitol Bldg
Stamford Rd
NS25EW13City Hall
Capitol Singapore
Raffles City
06:1600:0906:1000:0906:2300:08
icon08031
Dhoby Ghaut Stn Exit B
Penang Rd
NS24NE6CC1Dhoby Ghaut
9 Penang Rd
Plaza Singapura
06:2100:1306:1500:1406:2800:13
icon08121
Somerset Stn
Somerset Rd
NS23Somerset
111 Somerset
313@Somerset
Orchardgateway
06:2400:1606:1800:1706:3100:16
icon09023
Opp Orchard Stn/ION
Orchard Turn
NS22TE14Orchard
ION Orchard
Wheelock Place
06:2700:1906:2100:2006:3400:19
icon40181
Newton Stn Exit A
Scotts Rd
NS21DT11Newton 06:3200:2506:2600:2606:3900:24
icon50031
Opp Novena Ch
Thomson Rd
NS20Novena 06:3600:2806:2900:2906:4200:27
icon51071
MacRitchie Resvr(Outer Berth)
Thomson Rd
MacRitchie Reservoir 06:4500:3506:3600:3606:5000:34
icon53051
Upp Thomson Stn Exit 5
Upp Thomson Rd
TE8Upper Thomson
Thomson Plaza
06:5000:4006:4100:4106:5500:39
icon56091
Springleaf Stn Exit 3
Upp Thomson Rd
TE4Springleaf 07:0200:5206:5000:5107:0500:50
icon58009
Sembawang Int(Alighting)
Sembawang Vista
NS11Sembawang
Sun Plaza
07:2501:1107:1001:1107:2701:11

Historical Information

Operator Route Year Date Service changes
SBS Rotherham Gate ↔ New Bridge Rd 1974 3 February Re-numbered from Service 160A as a service between Rotherham Gate Ter and New Bridge Rd Ter under 1974 Bus Rationalisation.
24 February Amended to ply Grange Rd, Orchard Blvd and Paterson Rd towards Rotherham Gate Ter with the conversion of Orchard Rd to one-way traffic.
Admiralty Rd West ↔ Tg Pagar Rd 1976 23 August Amended to Admiralty Rd West Ter and Tg Pagar Ter.
1979 1 August Amended to temporary terminal along Lim Teck Kim Rd with the closure of Tg Pagar Ter.
Admiralty Rd West ↔ Anson Rd 23 December Amended to Anson Rd Ter.
1980 20 January Amended to ply Hoe Chiang Rd towards Anson Rd Ter, skipping Lim Teck Kim Rd.
SMRT Buses
Known as Trans Island prior to 10 May 2004
1983 3 April Operations transferred to Trans Island Bus Services.
Admiralty Rd West ↔ World Trade Ctr 1985 13 January Extended to World Trade Ctr Ter.
1987 27 September Amended to ply the extended Eu Tong Sen St towards Admiralty Rd West Ter to facilitate the first stage of road expansion along New Bridge Rd.
1 November Amended to ply Eu Tong Sen St towards Admiralty Rd West Ter to facilitate the second stage of road expansion along New Bridge Rd.
13 December Serves new staggered bus stop outside Orchard Stn along Orchard Blvd, skipping the bus stop opposite Orchard Stn.
Serves new bus stop outside Newton Stn along Scotts Rd.
1990 21 February Skips removed bus stop opposite Jasmine Rd along Upp Thomson Rd.
1992 19 July Amended to ply Orchard Lk due to the closure of Grange Rd to facilitate road expansion works.
Sembawang Rd End ↔ Bukit Merah 20 September Integrated with Services 161 and 850, extended to Sembawang Rd End Ter, extended to Bt Merah Int and amended to ply Cecil St/Shenton Way under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 9, skipping Eu Tong Sen St/Sth Bridge Rd and Tg Pagar Rd.
1995 7 May Amended to ply Orchard Turn.
2001 11 February Amended to ply Canberra Rd and Canberra Lk.
2002 7 July Skips the bus stop outside Orchard Emerald along Orchard Rd.
2005 3 May Serves additional bus stop outside Victoria Concert Hall along Empress Pl.
2 July Amended to ply Grange Rd and Orchard Lk with the partial closure of Somerset Rd.
Sembawang ↔ Bukit Merah 20 November Amended to Sembawang Int.
2006 18 February Serves additional bus stop after Hosp Dr along Eu Tong Sen St.
29 October Serves relocated bus stop outside Orchard Stn along Orchard Turn.
2012 15 November Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB). WAB
2016 1 May Amended to ply Esplanade Dr with the partial closure of Fullerton Rd.
2017 26 November Skips removed bus stop before Hosp Dr along Kg Bahru Rd.
2019 22 December Serves new bus stop before Adana @ Thomson along Upp Thomson Rd.
2020 8 November Skips the bus stop opposite SLF Cplx along Thomson Rd to facilitate the construction of the North-South Corridor (NSC).
27 December Serves a pair of new bus stops opposite and before Canberra Dr along Sembawang Rd.
Tower Transit
(Current)
2021 3 October Operations transferred to Tower Transit Singapore.[3]
26 December Amended to ply Esplanade Dr towards Bt Merah Int with the closure of Connaught Dr.
2023 8 January Skips the bus stop outside Newton Stn Exit B along Scotts Rd temporarily to facilitate upgrading works.[4]
27 August Serves reinstated bus stop outside Newton Stn Exit B along Scotts Rd.[5]
17 December Operates at a reduced frequency of 30-minute intervals daily under Thomson–East Coast Line Bus Rationalisation.[6]
2025 30 March To serve new bus stop opposite Police Cantonment Cplx along Cantonment Rd.

References

External Links

icon Sembawang – Yishun Bus Package [ VTE ]
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Defunct 167e • 963R • NR1 • NR2
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