History of Services 971 - 993

Service 971 (2020 - 2022)

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses	2020	31 August	Re-numbered from Express Service 971E between Bt Panjang Ring Rd and Cecil St (AM Peak) and between Anson Rd and Bt Panjang Ring Rd (PM Peak) as a peak hour one-directional service on weekdays. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	2022	4 April	Integrated with Service 972M and discontinued.

Service 972

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↺ Orchard Rd (2013 - 2017)	2013	17 November	Introduced between Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk and Bencoolen St (Loop) under the LTA's Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), operating between 0600 hrs and 2300 hrs daily.
		2014	2 March	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		2015	14 June	Amended to ply Senja Rd and Senja Lk.
			12 July	First bus timing revised to 0530 hrs daily.
			16 August	Serves 2 new bus stops between Blks 443A and 443B and outside Blk 442D along Fajar Rd.
			6 September	Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Blk 635C along Senja Rd.
				Serves new pair of bus stops outside Blk 548B and outside Blk 547C along Segar Rd.
			27 December	Serves the bus stop opposite Blk 183 along Bt Panjang Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Blk 604.
		2016	11 December	Skips removed bus stop outside SMU along Bencoolen St.
	Bukit Panjang ↺ Orchard Rd (since 2017)	2017	4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
		2022	3 April	Amended to ply Senja Rd and Bt Panjang Ring Rd towards Orchard Rd with the conversion of Senja Lk to one-way traffic.

Short Trip 972A

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk → Orchard Rd (2013 - 2017)	2013	17 November	Introduced from Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk to Orchard Rd (Dhoby Ghaut Stn), operating after the last bus of Service 972 daily.
		2014	2 March	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		2015	14 June	Amended to ply Senja Rd and Senja Lk.
			16 August	Serves 2 new bus stops between Blks 443A and 443B and outside Blk 442D along Fajar Rd.
			6 September	Serves new bus stop outside Blk 635C along Senja Rd.
				Serves new bus stop outside Blk 548B along Segar Rd.
			27 December	Serves the bus stop opposite Blk 183 along Bt Panjang Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Blk 604.
	Bukit Panjang → Orchard Rd (since 2017)	2017	4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
				Last bus extended to 2335 hrs daily.
		2022	3 April	Amended to ply Senja Rd and Bt Panjang Ring Rd with the conversion of Senja Lk to one-way traffic.

Service 972M

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bukit Panjang ↺ Orchard Rd (since 2020)	2020	30 August	Introduced as a supplementary service between Bt Panjang Int and Orchard Rd (Loop), plying an alternate route of Service 972 via Dunearn Rd, Scotts Rd and Bukit Timah Rd between 0545 hrs and 2250 hrs daily, replacing the deleted sectors of Service 171 and 700/700A, skipping Stevens Rd. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
		2022	3 April	Amended to ply Senja Rd and Bt Panjang Ring Rd towards Orchard Rd with the conversion of Senja Lk to one-way traffic.
				Amended to ply Pending Rd, Petir Rd and Dairy Farm Rd, replacing the deleted sectors of Service 971, skipping Bt Panjang Rd.
		2023	8 January	Skips the bus stop outside Newton Stn Exit B along Scotts Rd temporarily to facilitate upgrading works.
			27 August	Serves reinstated bus stop outside Newton Stn Exit B along Scotts Rd.

Service 973

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↺ Hume Ave (Feb - Sep 2017)	2017	26 February	Introduced between Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk and Hume Ave (Loop), operating between 0525 hrs and 2400 hrs daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
			14 May	Serves additional bus stop opposite Hillview Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd.
	Bukit Panjang ↺ Hume Ave (since Sep 2017)		4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
				Serves 3 new bus stops before and after Dairy Farm Hts along Dairy Farm Rd and before Hillview Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd.
		2019	13 January	Last bus extended to 0010 hrs daily.

Short Trip 973A

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2019	13 January	Introduced from Bt Panjang Int to Pending Rd (Bef Pending Stn), operating after the last bus of Service 973 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.

Service 974

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.

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.

Service 975

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bukit Panjang ↺ Lim Chu Kang Rd (2005 - 2012)	2005	27 February	Re-numbered from Service 175 as a service between Bt Panjang Int and Lim Chu Kang Rd (Loop).
		2008	TBC	First bus revised to 0545 hrs on weekdays and Saturdays, and 0600 hrs on Sundays and Public Holidays.
		2010	28 November	Amended to ply Lor Rusuk with the partial closure of Old Lim Chu Kang Rd.
		2011	23 October	Skips a pair of removed bus stops after LP 222 and B27 Old Choa Chu Kang Rd along Old Choa Chu Kang Rd.
	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↺ Lim Chu Kang Rd (2012 - 2017)	2012	16 December	Amended to start from and terminate at Jelebu Rd with the opening of Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk and the closure of Bt Panjang Int.
		2015	27 December	Serves additional bus stop outside Bt Panjang Stn along Petir Rd.
		2017	16 July	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
	Bukit Panjang ↺ Lim Chu Kang Rd (since 2017)		4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
				Last bus extended to 2335 hrs daily.

Short Trip 975A (2014 - 2018)

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk → Lor Rusuk (2014 - 2017)	2014	12 May	Introduced from Jelebu Rd (Opp Blk 180) to Lor Rusuk (Aft Old Lim Chu Kang Rd) during peak hours on weekdays.
		2015	27 December	Extended to start from Petir Rd (Bt Panjang Stn).
		2017	16 July	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
	Bukit Panjang → Lor Rusuk (2017 - 2018)		4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
		2018	28 October	Integrated with Short Trip 975B and discontinued.

Short Trip 975A (since 2020)

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2020	28 January	Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (Opp Choa Chu Kang Stn) to Brickland Rd (Aft Hai Inn See Tp) during evening peak hours daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.

Short Trip 975B

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2016	24 April	Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (Opp Choa Chu Kang Stn) to Lim Chu Kang Rd (Opp Lim Chu Kang Lane 3) on Sundays and Public Holidays.
	2017	13 February	Enhanced to operate on weekday and Saturday evenings.
		16 July	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
	2018	28 October	Integrated with Short Trip 975A and enhanced to operate during morning peak hours on weekdays.

Short Trip 975C

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2021	11 April	Introduced from Bt Panjang Int to Lim Chu Kang Rd (Police Coast Guard), operating after the last bus of Service 975 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.

Service 976

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Choa Chu Kang ↔ Bukit Panjang (since 2019)	2019	10 November	Introduced between Choa Chu Kang Int and Bt Panjang Int, operating between 0530 hrs and 0030 hrs daily from Choa Chu Kang Int and between 0550 hrs and 0050 hrs daily from Bt Panjang Int. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
		2022	3 April	Amended to ply Senja Rd towards Bt Panjang Int with the conversion of Senja Lk to one-way traffic.

Service 979

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↺ Choa Chu Kang Cres (2015 - 2017)	2015	27 December	Introduced between Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk and Choa Chu Kang Cres (Loop) under the LTA's Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), operating between 0540 hrs and 2340 hrs daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Bukit Panjang ↺ Choa Chu Kang Cres (since 2017)	2017	4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
		2018	22 July	Integrated with Service 979M and amended to ply Woodlands Rd, Stagmont Ring and Choa Chu Kang Nth 5.
		2020	13 April	Last bus extended to 2400 hrs on weekdays.
		2023	1 April	Last bus to be extended to 2400 hrs on Saturdays, Sundays & Public Holidays.

Service 979M (2016 - 2018)

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↺ Choa Chu Kang North 5 (2016 - 2017)	2016	24 April	Introduced as a temporary supplementary service between Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk and Choa Chu Kang Nth 5 (Loop) under the LTA's Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), operating between 0555 hrs and 2325 hrs daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Bukit Panjang ↺ Choa Chu Kang North 5 (2017 - 2018)	2017	4 September	Amended to Bt Panjang Integrated Transport Hub.
		2018	22 July	Integrated with Service 979 and discontinued.

Service 980

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Admiralty Rd West ↔ Lor 1 Geylang (1998 - 2005)	1998	27 December	Re-numbered from Service 160 as a service between Admiralty Rd West Ter and Lor 1 Geylang Ter.
		1999	TBC	Serves new pair of bus stops before Sembawang Stn and after Admiralty Country Club along Canberra Rd.
		2001	18 February	Serves the bus stop outside Novena Stn along Thomson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Novena Ch.
Template:SMRT Buses	Sembawang ↔ Lor 1 Geylang (since 2005)	2005	20 November	Amended to Sembawang Int.
		2006	TBC	Last bus from Lor 1 Geylang Ter brought forward to 2330 hrs on Sundays & Public Holidays.
			3 December	Amended to ply Sembawang Dr, Admiralty Dr and Canberra Rd.
		2007	TBC	First bus from Lor 1 Geylang Ter revised to 0600 hrs daily.
		2012	15 November	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		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).
(Current)		2021	3 October	Operations transferred to Tower Transit Singapore.
		2023	17 December	First bus from Sembawang Int brought forward to 0530 hrs on weekdays and Saturdays, and 0545 hrs on Sundays and Public Holidays. Last bus to Sembawang Int from the bus stop opposite Novena Church extended to 0030h daily under Thomson-East Coast Line Bus Rationalisation.

Service 981

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Sembawang Stn → Senoko Loop (AM) Senoko Rd → Sembawang Stn (PM) (1999 - 2005)	1999	9 November	Introduced between Canberra Rd and Senoko Loop (AM Peak) and between Senoko Rd and Canberra Rd (PM Peak) as a peak hour one-directional service on weekdays and Saturdays.
		2002	4 February	Amended to start from Sembawang Way for morning peak trips and terminate at Sembawang Way for evening peak trips.
Template:SMRT Buses	Sembawang → Senoko Loop (AM) Senoko Rd → Sembawang (PM) (since 2005)	2005	20 November	Extended to Sembawang Int.
		2013	21 April	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
(Current)		2021	3 October	Operations transferred to Tower Transit Singapore.

Service 983

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Choa Chu Kang ↺ Choa Chu Kang Ave 5 (Apr - Dec 2015)	2015	25 April	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	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
	Choa Chu Kang ↺ Bt Panjang Rd (since Dec 2015)		27 December	Extended to loop at Jelebu Rd.
		2016	3 January	Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite APSN along Choa Chu Kang Gr.
			24 April	Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Blk 810 CP along Choa Chu Kang Ave 7.
		2017	4 September	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.
		2018	16 December	Amended to new Choa Chu Kang Int.
		2024	26 August	First bus from Choa Chu Kang Int to be brought forward to 0530 hrs daily.

Short Trip 983A

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2018	30 September	Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Int to Choa Chu Kang Rd (Blk 26), operating after the last bus of Service 983 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
		16 December	Amended to new Choa Chu Kang Int.
	2019	5 October	Last bus extended to 0105 hrs daily.

Service 983M

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Choa Chu Kang Ave 5 → Teck Whye Cres (since 2024)	2024	18 March	Introduced as a supplementary service from Choa Chu Kang Ave 5 to Teck Whye Cres as a morning peak hour service on weekdays (except school holidays). Wheelchair-accessible at launch.

Service 985

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
	2003	27 July	Introduced between Choa Chu Kang Int and Lor 1 Geylang Ter with the integration of Services 185 and 989.
		12 October	Serves bus stop opposite Bt Timah Plaza along Jln Anak Bt with the removal of the bus stop under the PIE Flyover.
	2004	27 April	Amended to ply Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd and Sims Ave towards Choa Chu Kang Int with the temporary conversion of Lor 1 Geylang to a one-way road.
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)		6 December	Amended to ply the reinstated Lor 1 Geylang towards Choa Chu Kang Int, skipping Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd and Sims Ave.
	2006	30 April	Amended to ply Bt Batok West Ave 5 and Bt Batok West Ave 7.
	2012	15 November	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		9 December	Amended to ply Upp Bt Timah Rd and Bt Timah Lk with the partial closure of Jln Jurong Kechil to facilitate the construction of Beauty World MRT station on the Downtown MRT Line.
	2014	26 January	Amended to ply the reinstated Jln Jurong Kechil, skipping Upp Bt Timah Rd and Bt Timah Lk.
	2018	16 December	Amended to new Choa Chu Kang Int.

Short Trip 985A (2003 - 2008)

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
	2003	28 July	Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Int to Jln Jurong Kechil (Bef Upp Bt Timah Rd) during morning peak hours on weekdays.
Template:SMRT Buses	2008	TBC	Discontinued.

Service 985W (2006 - 2007)

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses	2006	15 October	Introduced between Choa Chu Kang Int and Lor 1 Geylang Ter via Bt Batok Rd and Bt Batok West Ave 7 on a 3-month trial.
	2007	14 October	Discontinued.

Service 989 (2001 - 2003)

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Choa Chu Kang ↔ Changi Airport (2001 - 2003)	2001	5 August	Introduced between Choa Chu Kang Int and Changi Airport.
		2003	TBC	Serves new bus stop outside Goh & Goh Bldg along Jln Jurong Kechil.
	Choa Chu Kang ↺ Changi Airport (2003 - Jul 2003)		TBC	Converted to loop service between Choa Chu Kang Int and Changi Airport PTB 2.
			27 July	Integrated with Service 185 to form Service 985 and discontinued.

Service 990

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses	2014	15 November	Introduced between Bt Batok Int and Jurong Gateway Rd (Loop) under the LTA's Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), operating between 0545 hrs and 2400 hrs daily.
	2015	14 March	Serves new bus stop opposite The JTC Summit along Jurong Gateway Rd.
		22 March	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
(Current)	2016	29 May	Operations transferred to Tower Transit Singapore.

Service 991

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	Bukit Batok ↺ Bt Batok West Ave 5 (Jul - Sep 2018)	2018	8 July	Introduced between Bt Batok Int and Bt Batok West Ave 5 (Loop), operating between 0530 hrs and 2400 hrs daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Bukit Batok ↔ Choa Chu Kang (since Sep 2018)		30 September	Integrated with Service 308 and extended to Choa Chu Kang Int.
			16 December	Amended to new Choa Chu Kang Int.
			23 December	Serves new pair of bus stops outside Blk 485B and opposite Blk 485A along Brickland Rd.

Short Trip 991A

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2018	8 July	Introduced from Bt Batok Int to Bt Batok West Ave 3 (Princess E Pr Sch), operating after the last bus of Service 991 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.

Short Trip 991B

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2018	30 September	Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Int to Choa Chu Kang Ave 1 (Opp Choa Chu Kang Mkt), operating after the last bus of Service 991 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
		16 December	Amended to new Choa Chu Kang Int.

Short Trip 991C

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SMRT Buses (Current)	2020	26 October	Introduced from Choa Chu Kang Ave 3 (Opp Blk 464) to Bt Batok West Ave 5 (Bt Gombak Stn) during morning peak hours on weekdays. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.

Service 992

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
(Current)	Bukit Batok ↺ Plantation Cres (Sep - Dec 2023)	2023	24 September	Re-numbered from Feeder Service 944 as a service between Bt Batok Int and Plantation Cres (Loop), operating between 0530 hrs and 0055 hrs daily.
	Bukit Batok ↺ Tengah Blvd (Dec 2023 - 2024)		24 December	Extended to loop at Tengah Blvd.
	Bukit Batok ↔ Tengah (since 2024)	2024	21 July	Extended to terminate at Tengah Int, operating from 0505 hrs and 0045 hrs from Tengah Int and 0530 hrs and 0110 hrs from Bt Batok Int daily.
			28 July	Serves additional bus stops along Tengah Gdn Wk.

Short Trip 992A (2023 - 2024)

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Bukit Batok → Plantation Cres (Sep - Dec 2023)	2023	24 September	Introduced from Bt Batok Int to Plantation Cres (Blk 111), operating after the last bus of Service 992 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Bukit Batok → Tengah Blvd (Dec 2023 - 2024)		24 December	Extended to terminate at Tengah Blvd (Blk 132B).
		2024	21 July	Discontinued with the route extension of Service 992 to Tengah Int.

Service 993

Operator	Year	Date	Service changes
Template:SBS Transit (Current)	2023	24 September	Re-numbered from Service 160M as a service between Jurong East Int and Bt Batok West Ave 8 (Loop), operating between 0545 hrs and 2345 hrs daily.
		24 December	Serves new bus stop outside Blk 432A along Bt Batok West Ave 8.