City Direct Services
Introduction
City Direct Services are express bus routes between selected residential estates and the city. They were introduced under the Bus Services Enhancement Programme (BSEP) to benefit commuters travelling to the city with improved connectivity,
Nine new City Direct bus services will be introduced from the housing estates of Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bukit Batok, Eunos, Hougang, Jurong East, Sembawang, Sengkang and West Coast to the Central Business District (CBD). These new bus services will be launched progressively until the second quarter of 2014. With limited stops and the use of expressways, commuters using these services would have comparable journey time to taking a connecting bus or LRT service and transferring to the MRT into the city.
For a start, all the nine new City Direct services will make two one-way trips on weekday mornings from the respective housing estates towards the CBD. Similarly, two one-way trips will take commuters back home from the city in the evenings. More trips may be added depending on the demand for the services. The bus services will operate on weekday peak periods excluding public holidays. More details will be announced closer to the implementation date.
The move is in line with the Transport Minister’s announcement at the Committee of Supply 2013 to tap on the resources of private bus operators to run more City Direct bus services to augment the resources of the public transport operators (PTOs). Currently, express services 513, 850E, 951E and 982E are operated by PTOs and run parallel to train lines between estates and the city.
Route details
| Service | Route | Operator | Introduction date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 651 | Jurong West Ave 3 - Marina Blvd (AM Peak) | Ren Quan Transport Pte Ltd | 3 September 2013 |
| Central Blvd - Jurong West Ave 3 (PM Peak) | |||
| 652 | Upp Thomson Rd - Shenton Way (AM Peak) | Ren Quan Transport Pte Ltd | 6 January 2014 |
| Anson Rd - Upp Thomson Rd (PM Peak) | |||
| 653 | Hume Ave - Marina Blvd (AM Peak) | ComfortDelGro Bus Pte Ltd | 13 January 2014 |
| Central Blvd - Hillview Ave (PM Peak) | |||
| 654 | Anchorvale St - Shenton Way (AM Peak) | Ren Quan Transport Pte Ltd | 13 January 2014 |
| Anson Rd - Anchorvale St (PM Peak) | |||
| 655 | West Coast Rd - Marina Blvd (AM Peak) | Woodlands Transport Pte Ltd | 10 February 2014 |
| Central Blvd - West Coast Rd (PM Peak) | |||
| 656 | Canberra Rd - Shenton Way (AM Peak) | Loh Gim Chong Transport Pte Ltd | 17 February 2014 |
| Anson Rd - Canberra Rd (PM Peak) | |||
| 657 | Jurong West Ave 1 - Marina Blvd (AM Peak) | Transtar Travel Pte Ltd | 24 February 2014 |
| Central Blvd - Jurong West Ave 1 (PM Peak) | |||
| 658 | Bedok Reservoir Rd - Shenton Way (AM Peak) | Aedge Holdings Pte Ltd | 19 May 2014 |
| Anson Rd - Jln Damai (PM Peak) | |||
| 659 | Bedok South Rd - Shenton Way (AM Peak) | Aedge Holdings Pte Ltd | 9 June 2014 |
| Anson Rd - Bedok South Rd (PM Peak) | |||
| 660 | Buangkok Green - Shenton Way (AM Peak) | Aedge Holdings Pte Ltd | 23 June 2014 |
| Anson Rd - Buangkok Green (PM Peak) |