Bus Service 974

!	TRAVEL ADVISORY					!
	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 to the following 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, 10 November 2024, bus service 268 in the return direction to Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot will be amended; first bus will depart earlier at 5.25am; first bus from Blk 700B (B/S 54241, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3) will depart earlier at 5.25am on Weekdays and Saturdays (excluding Public Holidays) and at 5.44am on Sundays and Public Holidays. Please refer here for more information. On Sunday, 10 November 2024, Bus Service 167 will skip bus stops along Cecil St, Esplanade Dr, Fullerton Rd & Stamford Rd. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 10 November 2024, Bus Services 870 , 871 & 992 will serve 2 additional bus stops along Tengah Boulevard. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 11 November 2024, New Supplemantary City Direct Service 660M will be introduced. It will alternate with City Direct Service 660 and call at eight additional bus stops along Buangkok Crescent and Buangkok Link. 660M will ply the same route as its parent between Hougang Street 93 and the city. City Direct Service 654 will call at additional additional bus stops along Anchorvale Crescent. The operating hours will also be extended with two additional morning trips and one additional evening trip. City Direct Services 671 & 672 will call at ten additional bus stops along Bayfront Avenue, Temasek Avenue, Temasek Boulevard and Raffles Boulevard. The operating hours during the evening peak period will be adjusted. 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 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.

Service 974/974A
Route Information
Route	Joo Koon Interchange ↺ Upper Bukit Timah Road (Loop)
Route Length	35.1 km
Travelling Time	80 - 110 mins
Operator	Template:SMRT Buses (Jurong West Bus Package)

Service 974 enhances inter-town connectivity between Jurong Industrial Estate, Jurong West (Boon Lay), Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang. It relieves end-to-end demand on Service 172 by providing an express bus corridor along the Kranji Expressway (KJE), offering faster journeys between Choa Chu Kang and Boon Lay

Station served:

• EW29Joo Koon
• EW28Pioneer
• EW27Boon Lay
• NS4BP1Choa Chu Kang
• BP2South View
• BP3Keat Hong
• BP4Teck Whye
• BP5Phoenix
• DT1BP6Bukit Panjang

Operations Details

Departing From	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
Joo Koon Int 24009 Joo Koon Circle	05:45	23:30	05:45	23:30	05:45	23:30

Notes:

• After 2245 hours, buses leaving Joo Koon Interchange will operate as Service 974A.

Period	AM Peak (6.30am - 8.30am)	AM Off Peak (8.31am - 4.59pm)	PM Peak (5pm - 7pm)	PM Off Peak (After 7pm)
Loop Service	12 - 14 minutes	12 - 15 minutes	10 - 13 minutes	16 - 16 minutes

Special Departures

Bt Panjang Stn Exit A/LRT 44029 Upp Bt Timah Rd → Joo Koon Int 24009 Joo Koon Circle	Weekdays	Between 05:45 and 06:30 (5 buses)
	Weekends / PHs	Between 05:45 and 06:15 (3 buses)

Short Trip 974A

Joo Koon Int 24009 Joo Koon Circle → Lot 1/Choa Chu Kang Stn 44539 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4	Daily	Between 23:00 and 23:30 (3 buses)
Opp Choa Chu Kang Stn 44531 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 → Lot 1/Choa Chu Kang Stn 44539 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4	Weekdays	Between 00:19 and 01:05 (4 buses)
	Weekends / PHs	Between 00:18 and 01:05 (4 buses)

Fleet Information

Depot	Fleet
Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	Single Deckers	Double Deckers
	Scania K230UB	SG6337C SG6338A SG6344G SG6347Z SG6351K 5 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 (5 3-Door) SG6286R SG6293U 2 MAN ND323F (2 3-Door)

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↔ Joo Koon (2018 - 2021)	2018	8 April	Introduced between Upp Bt Timah Rd (Bt Panjang Stn Exit A/LRT) and Joo Koon Int, operating between 0545 hrs and 2330 hrs daily from Upp Bt Timah Rd and Joo Koon Int. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Joo Koon ↺ Bt Panjang Stn (since 2021)	2021	23 January	Amended to loop at Upp Bt Timah Rd from Joo Koon Int, skipping the bus stop after Bt Panjang Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd with the closure of Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk.
Template:SBS Transit (Current)			29 May	Operations transferred to SBS Transit.
		2022	13 February	Serves a new pair of bus stops after Blk 503 and opposite Blk 502 along KJE.
Template:SMRT Buses		2024	15 September	Operations transferred to SMRT Buses.

Short-Trip 974A

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Upp Bt Timah Rd → Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (2019 - 2021)	2019	13 January	Introduced from Upp Bt Timah Rd (Bt Panjang Stn Exit A/LRT) to Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall), operating after the last bus of Service 974 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Joo Koon → Upp Bt Timah Rd → Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (since 2021)	2021	23 January	Extended to start from Joo Koon Int with the amendment of Service 974 to loop at Upp Bt Timah Rd from Joo Koon Int.
Template:SBS Transit (Current)			29 May	Operations transferred to SBS Transit.
		2022	13 February	Serves new bus stop opposite Blk 502 along KJE.
Template:SMRT Buses		2024	15 September	Operations transferred to SMRT Buses.