Trunk Services 246 - 258

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	From Sunday, 14 November 2024 to 31 October 2025, Train Services on the Bukit Panjang LRT will end an hour earlier at 22:30 every Thursday to Sunday (except Public Holidays). This is to facilitate the upgrading of the BPLRT signalling system, as well as the testing of the new and retrofitted Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) on the BPLRT network. Please refer here for more information. From Saturday, 7 December 2024 to 10 December 2024. There will be no train service between Tampines station and Tanah Merah station with Simei station being closed. This is to prepare for the opening of the new East Coast Integrated Depot (ECID) in 2026, LTA and SMRT will be undertaking a series of works to facilitate the connection of tracks from the existing East–West Line to the ECID. Shuttle Buses will be operating at intervals of 5 mins. Please refer here for more information on the adjustments. here for Shuttle Bus and Train arrangements. here for the work map. From Tuesday, 10 December 2024, Punggol Coast station on the North East Line will open. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 24 November 2024, Bus Services 39 , 175 & 804 will call at new bus stops. Please refer here for more information. On Sunday, 24 November 2024, Bus Services 10 , 14 16 , 70M & 196 will be affected by road closure on Nicoll Highway from the First Bus to 10.00am. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 25 November 2024, City Direct Service 674 will be introduced from Tengah Drive to the Central Business District (CBD), operating during morning and evening peak hours. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 25 November 2024, City Direct Service 666 will be extended to Bayfront Avenue, Temasek Avenue, Temasek Boulevard and Raffles Boulevard. An additional trip will operate during morning peak period and its frequency will be improved from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 1 December 2024, Compassvale Bus Interchange will close following the opening of Buangkok Bus Interchange. Bus Services 110 , 114 & 156 will be amended to operate from Buangkok Bus Interchange while Bus Service 374 will be amended to operate from Sengkang Interchange. Please refer to the following for more information. From Sunday, 8 December 2024, Bus Services 84G & 84W will each call at an additional bus stop outside and opposite Blk 437B respectively. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 9 December 2024, Supplementary Bus Service 298X will be introduced to provide a faster connection to the Tampines town centre and transport hub for residents in the Tampines North and west areas. Please refer here for more information.

Service 246

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Boon Lay Interchange	Boon Lay Drive	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	8		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS8986D 1 Scania K230UB (1 Euro V Batch 1) SBS3181S SBS3820G SBS3874B SBS7727S SG5346H SG5567L 6 Volvo B9TL (2 WEG2 Batch 2 / 2 WEG2 Batch 3 / 2 WEG2 Batch 4)

Notes
1 missing bus

Service 247

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Tuas Terminal	Tuas Bay Link	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	9		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS8355A SBS8899Y 2 Scania K230UB (1 Euro IV Batch 2 / 1 Euro V Batch 1) SBS3069J SBS3192K SBS3616E SBS3939Z SBS7506M SG5470G SG5471D 7 Volvo B9TL (1 WEG2 Batch 1 / 2 WEG2 Batch 2 / 2 WEG2 Batch 3 / 2 WEG2 Batch 4)

Notes

2 Service 247 buses will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 247 from Tuas Crescent (Bus Stop 26061 - BS Development) towards Tuas Terminal before Sundays & Public Holidays AM Peak, departing at 0610 hours & 0621 hours. 3 Service 247 buses will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 247 from Tuas Crescent (Bus Stop 26061 - BS Development) towards Tuas Terminal before Weekdays & Saturdays AM Peak, departing at 0610 hours, 0618 hours & 0626 hours. This service is introduced under Land Transport Authority (LTA)'s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP).

Service 248 / 248M

	Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
248	Tuas Terminal	Tuas South Avenue 14	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	5		Jurong West
248M		Tuas South Way

Fleet
SBS8956R 1 Scania K230UB (1 Euro V Batch 1) SBS3619Y SBS3620S SBS7556T SG5456Z 4 Volvo B9TL (1 WEG2 Batch 1 / 2 WEG2 Batch 3 / 1 WEG2 Batch 4)

Service 248 departure times

Departing from Tuas Terminal
Weekdays	06:00 06:20 10:15 10:45 11:15 11:45 12:15 12:45 13:15 13:45 14:20 14:50 15:20 15:50 16:20 20:20 20:50 21:20 22:05 22:55
Saturdays	06:00 06:20 10:15 10:45 11:15 11:45 12:15 12:45 13:15 13:45 14:15 14:45 15:15 15:45 16:15 20:15 20:45 21:15 22:00 22:50
Sundays & Public Holidays	06:00 10:20 10:50 11:20 11:50 12:20 12:50 13:20 13:50 14:15 14:45 15:15 15:45 16:15 20:15 20:45 21:15 21:45 22:15 22:45 23:00

Notes

Several Service 248 buses will perform down-route trips as Service 248 from Tuas Crescent (Bus Stop 26079 - Bef Tuas Loop) towards Tuas Terminal before & during Daily AM Peak. Weekdays & Saturdays: Departing at 0610 hours, 0622 hours, 0634 hours & 0646 hours. Sundays & Public Holidays: Departing at 0610 hours, 0625 hours & 0640 hours. This service is introduced under Land Transport Authority (LTA)'s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP). Service 248 does not operate while Service 248M is in operation.

Service 249

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Boon Lay Interchange	Jalan Samulun	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	11		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3134D SBS3243Y SBS3621P SBS3635A SBS3643B SBS3873D SBS3924R SBS7719R SG5108D SG5457X SG5465Y 11 Volvo B9TL (2 WEG2 Batch 2 / 6 WEG2 Batch 3 / 3 WEG2 Batch 4)

Notes
1 Service 249 bus will perform down-route trips on Short Trip 179A from Lien Ying Chow Drive (Bus Stop 27281 - Hall 1) towards Boon Lay Interchange during Weekdays AM Off-Peak, PM Peak & PM Off-Peak. perform down-route trips on Short Trip 179A from Nanyang Drive (Bus Stop 27231 - Wee Kim Wee Sch of C&I) towards Boon Lay Interchange during Weekdays AM Off-Peak, PM Peak & PM Off-Peak.

Short Trip 249A

Direction 1	Terminating at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Boon Lay Interchange	Tanjong Kling Road (Tg Kling Rd (End))	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	TBC		Jurong West

Fleet
Any Double-decker buses

Short Trip 249A departure times

Departing from Boon Lay Interchange
Weekdays	06:30 06:39 06:48 06:57 07:09 07:27 07:37 07:47 07:57 08:06 08:16 08:25

Service 251

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Boon Lay Interchange	Shipyard Road	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	8		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3059M SBS3150G SBS3629T SBS3923T SBS3941R SBS7726U SG5350U SG5606H 8 Volvo B9TL (3 WEG2 Batch 2 / 3 WEG2 Batch 3 / 2 WEG2 Batch 4)

Notes

1 Service 251 bus will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 251 from Pioneer Road North (Bus Stop 22181 - S’pore Post) towards Boon Lay Interchange before Sundays & Public Holidays AM Peak, departing at 0555 hours. 2 Service 251 buses will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 251 from Pioneer Road North (Bus Stop 22181 - S’pore Post) towards Boon Lay Interchange before Weekdays & Saturdays AM Peak, departing at Weekdays: 0555 hours & 0608 hours Saturdays: 0555 hours & 0607 hours

Service 252

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Boon Lay Interchange	Joo Koon Road	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	11		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3016L SBS3019D SBS3113P SBS3611T SBS3613M SBS3624G SBS3778X SBS3805B SBS3926K SBS3963C SBS7720K 11 Volvo B9TL (4 WEG2 Batch 2 / 7 WEG2 Batch 3)

Service 253

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Joo Koon Interchange	Benoi Road	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	5		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3263P SBS3275E SBS3633E SBS3898H SBS3955B 5 Volvo B9TL (5 WEG2 Batch 3)

Service 254

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Joo Koon Interchange	Tuas Avenue 11	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	7		Jurong West

Fleet
SG6273C 1 MAN ND323F (1 Euro VI Batch 2) SBS3021X SBS3202R SBS3668E SBS3806Z SBS3868U SBS7728P 6 Volvo B9TL (3 WEG2 Batch 2 / 3 WEG2 Batch 3)

Service 255

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Joo Koon Interchange	Gul Crescent	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	6		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3121R SBS3931U SBS3936G SBS7513S SG5323Z SG5459R 6 Volvo B9TL (1 WEG2 Batch 1 / 1 WEG2 Batch 2 / 2 WEG2 Batch 3 / 2 WEG2 Batch 4)

Notes
SBS3121R (Service 255) will perform down-route trips on Short Trip 179A from Lien Ying Chow Drive (Bus Stop 27281 - Hall 1) towards Boon Lay Interchange during Weekdays AM Off-Peak, PM Peak & PM Off-Peak. perform down-route trips on Short Trip 179A from Nanyang Drive (Bus Stop 27231 - Wee Kim Wee Sch of C&I) towards Boon Lay Interchange during Weekdays AM Off-Peak, PM Peak & PM Off-Peak.

Service 257

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Joo Koon Interchange	Pioneer Sector 2	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	7		Jurong West

Fleet
SG5858Y 1 MAN ND323F (1 Euro V Batch 3) SBS3182P SBS3244U SBS3853L SBS3877T SBS7512U 5 Volvo B9TL (1 WEG2 Batch 1 / 1 WEG2 Batch 2 / 3 WEG2 Batch 3)

Notes
1 missing DD.

Service 258

Direction 1	Looping at	Depot	Number of buses	Operator	Bus Package
Joo Koon Interchange	Jurong West Street 64	Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	9		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS6108K 1 Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro (1 Batch 1) SBS8738D 1 Scania K230UB (1 Euro V Batch 1) SBS3063A SBS3094K SBS3129U SBS3299L SBS3929C SG5336L SG5381E 7 Volvo B9TL (3 WEG2 Batch 2 / 2 WEG2 Batch 3 / 2 WEG2 Batch 4)

Notes

1 Service 974 DD will perform one (1) crossover trip on Service 258 before Weekdays AM Peak. 4 Service 258 buses will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 258 from Jurong West Street 64 (Bus Stop 22499 - Opp Blk 662C) towards Joo Koon Interchange before Weekends & Public Holidays AM Peak. Saturdays: Departing at 0530 hours, 0545 hours, 0600 hours & 0615 hours. Sundays & Public Holidays: Departing at 0530 hours, 0544 hours, 0558 hours & 0612 hours. 5 Service 258 buses will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 258 from Jurong West Street 64 (Bus Stop 22499 - Opp Blk 662C) towards Joo Koon Interchange before Weekdays AM Peak, departing at 0530 hours, 0542 hours, 0554 hours, 0606 hours & 0618 hours. This service is introduced under Land Transport Authority (LTA)'s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP).