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{{SMB/1| Bus Service 249}} is a largely industrial bus route serving Jurong West Avenue 4 and the Jurong and Tuas Industrial estates, linking these areas to transport nodes at Joo Koon, Pioneer and Boon Lay. Within the industrial estates, Bus Service 193 serves Lok Yang Way, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Tuas Avenues 5, 3 and 9, Tuas West Road and Tuas West Drive.
{{SMB/1| Bus Service 249}} is a largely industrial bus route serving Jurong West Avenue 4 and the Jurong and Tuas Industrial estates, linking these areas to transport nodes at Joo Koon, Pioneer and Boon Lay. Within the industrial estates, Bus Service 193 serves Lok Yang Way, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Tuas Avenues 5, 3 and 9, Tuas West Road and Tuas West Drive.


As part of the [[Joo Koon Bus Interchange]] opening and accompanying Jurong Industrial Estate route amendments, Bus Service 193 amended on 28 November 2015 when its routing between [[Boon Lay Bus Interchange|Boon Lay Interchange]] and Benoi Road was mutually swapped with {{Bus/T|Service 192|s=192}}.
 


==Service Information==
==Service Information==
===Bus Duty & Fleet===
===Bus Duty & Fleet===
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Service 249
Route Information
Route Boon Lay Interchange ↔ Tuas Terminal
Route Length 16.3 km (towards Tuas)
16.1 km (towards Boon Lay)
Travelling Time 70 mins (1 h 10 mins)
Operator SMRT Buses
(Jurong West Bus Package)

SMRT Buses Bus Service 249 is a largely industrial bus route serving Jurong West Avenue 4 and the Jurong and Tuas Industrial estates, linking these areas to transport nodes at Joo Koon, Pioneer and Boon Lay. Within the industrial estates, Bus Service 193 serves Lok Yang Way, Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Tuas Avenues 5, 3 and 9, Tuas West Road and Tuas West Drive.


Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 249
Depot Fleet Size Fleet
Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP) 14 4 Single Deckers 10 Double Deckers
SBS6081C
Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro
SBS8368M
SBS8457P
SBS8945Y
Scania K230UB
SBS3062C
SBS3114L
SBS3115J
SBS3151D
SBS3623J
SBS3636Y
SBS3893X
SBS3944H
SBS7539T
SG5395R
SG5461H
Volvo B9TL
Notes
  • 1 extra DD.
  • 1 DD will perform crossover trips on Service 179 during Weekdays PM Off-Peak.
  • SG5395R 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.
  • 1 Feeder 243W DD will perform crossover trips on Service 193 on Weekdays.
  • Weekdays: 7 AM - 8 PM / 6 S1 / 2 S2 (15 buses)
  • Saturdays: 7 AM - 6 PM / 1 S1 / 1 S2 (9 buses)
  • Sundays: 5 AM - 6 PM / 2 S2 (7 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 Tuas 07 - 08 minutes 09 - 19 minutes 10 - 15 minutes 09 - 19 minutes
towards Boon Lay 10 - 11 minutes 09 - 17 minutes 10 - 12 minutes 12 - 20 miuntes

Special Departures

Collapse
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Bef Pioneer Rd
Tuas West Rd
→
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Boon Lay Int
Jurong West Ctrl 3
Departure Time
Weekdays
05:45
06:03
06:20
06:38

Historical Information

Operator Route Year Date Service changes
SBS Transit
Known as SBS prior to 1 November 2001 		Boon Lay ↺ Tuas West Dr 1995 15 January Introduced between Boon Lay Int and Tuas West Dr (Loop).
1997 TBC Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Sumitomo Warehouse along Tuas West Rd and 2 new bus stops opposite Asia Pacific Brewery and outside Raffles Country Club along Jln Ahmad Ibrahim.
Boon Lay ↔ Tuas 1998 19 July Extended to Tuas Ter and amended to ply Jurong West St 64, skipping Jln Boon Lay.
1999 11 April Amended to ply Pioneer Rd Nth with the realignment of Upp Jurong Rd.
2006 18 June Amended to Boon Lay Temp Int.
2008 15 June Serves new pair of bus stops outside Blk 670A and outside Blk 678D along Jurong West St 64.
2009 27 December Amended to Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub.
2015 28 November Amended to ply Pioneer Rd Nth, Lok Yang Way, Sixth Lok Yang Rd, Intl Rd, Benoi Rd and Jln Ahmad Ibrahim, skipping Upp Jurong Rd and PIE.
2016 31 January First bus from Boon Lay Int brought forward to 0545 hrs daily.
2017 13 February Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB). WAB
18 June Serves new pair of bus stops outside Tuas West Rd Stn along Pioneer Rd.
7 October Amended to the new Tuas Ter.
2022 13 February Amended to ply new road towards Boon Lay Int, skipping the Tuas roundabout.
SMRT Buses
(Current) 		2024 1 September Operations transferred to SMRT Buses.
22 December Serves additional bus stop opposite Joo Koon Int along Benoi Rd towards Tuas Ter.

External Links

icon Jurong West Bus Package [ V • T • E]
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Tender Awarded
Boon Lay Feeders 240 • 240M • 241 • 242 • 243G • 243W
Defunct 256
Bus Fleet Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)
Single Decker MAN NL323F (Euro V, Batch 1 • Euro VI) • Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro (Batch 1 • Batch 2) • Scania K230UB (Euro IV, Batch 1 • Euro IV, Batch 2 • Euro V, Batch 1 • Euro V, Batch 2)
Double Decker Alexander Dennis Enviro500 (3-Door) • MAN ND323F (3-Door • Euro V, Batch 3 • Euro VI, Batch 1 • Euro VI, Batch 2) • Volvo B9TL (WEG2, Batch 1 • WEG2, Batch 2 • WEG2, Batch 3 • WEG2, Batch 4)
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