Trunk Services 246 - 258

!	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 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 246

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

Fleet
SBS8986D 1 Scania K230UB (1 Euro V Batch 1) SBS3820G SG5346H SG5567L 2 Volvo B9TL (1 WEG2 Batch 3 / 2 WEG2 Batch 4) Any Single-decker & Double-decker buses

Service 247

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

Fleet
SBS8355A 1 Scania K230UB (1 Euro IV Batch 2) Any Single-decker & Double-decker buses

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)	TBC		Jurong West
248M		Tuas South Way

Fleet
Any Single-decker & Double-decker buses

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)	TBC		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3134D SBS7719R 2 Volvo B9TL (2 WEG2 Batch 2) Any Double-decker buses

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)	TBC		Jurong West

Fleet
Any Single-decker & Double-decker buses

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)	TBC		Jurong West

Fleet
SBS3613M SBS3963C SBS7720K 3 Volvo B9TL (1 WEG2 Batch 2 / 2 WEG2 Batch 3) Any Double-decker buses

Service 253

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

Fleet
Any Double-decker buses

Service 254

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

Fleet
SG6273C 1 MAN ND323F (1 Euro VI Batch 2) Any Double-decker buses

Service 255

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

Fleet
Any Double-decker buses

Service 257

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

Fleet
SG5858Y 1 MAN ND323F (1 Euro V Batch 3) Any Double-decker buses

Service 258

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

Fleet
Any Single-decker & Double-decker buses

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).