Bus Service 246

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Service 246
SG5346H 246.jpg
Route Information
Route Boon Lay Interchange ↺ Boon Lay Drive (Loop)
Route Length 16.9 km
Travelling Time 70 mins (1 h 10 mins)
Operator SMRT Buses
(Jurong West Bus Package)

SMRT Buses Bus Service 246 primarily serves industrial estates around Chin Bee and Jalan Tukang with connections to Jurong West Town Centre. A large portion of this route also plies residential estates, supplementing existing bus connections between the residential estates of Taman Jurong and Boon Lay Gardens to Lakeside station.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 246
Depot Fleet Size Fleet
Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP) 8 Single Deckers Double Deckers

SBS8986D
Scania K230UB

SBS3181S SBS3820G SBS3874B SBS7727S SG5346H SG5567L
Volvo B9TL

Notes
  • 1 missing bus.
  • Weekdays: 3 AM - 4 PM / 1 S1 / 3 S2 (8 buses)
  • Saturdays: 4 AM - 4 PM / 1 TQ (6 buses)
  • Sundays: 4 AM - 5 PM / 1 S2 / 1 TQ (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)
Loop Service 12 - 13 minutes 11 - 17 minutes 11 - 16 minutes 16 - 20 minutes

Loop Service

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Bus Stops Point of Interest Weekdays Saturdays Suns / PHs
First bus Last bus First bus Last bus First bus Last bus
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Boon Lay Int(Berth B15)
Jurong West Ctrl 3
EW27Boon Lay
Jurong Point
05:45 23:30 05:45 23:30 05:45 23:30
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Lakeside Stn
Boon Lay Way
EW26Lakeside
Jurong Lake Gardens
EW26Lakeside 06:11 23:47 06:08 23:46 06:06 23:46
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Opp Lakeside Stn
Boon Lay Way
EW26Lakeside EW26Lakeside 06:27 23:56 06:19 23:55 06:16 23:55
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Boon Lay Int(Berth B15)
Jurong West Ctrl 3
EW27Boon Lay
Jurong Point
06:54 00:11 06:41 00:08 06:34 00:08

Historical Information

Operator Route Year Date Service changes
SBS Transit
Known as SBS prior to 1 November 2001
Boon Lay Gardens ↺ Jln Tukang 1977 16 May Introduced between Boon Lay Gdns Ter and Jln Tukang (Loop).
Jurong ↺ Boon Lay Dr 1978 1 June Amended to start from Jurong Int and loop at Boon Lay Dr.
Boon Lay ↺ Third Chin Bee Rd 1990 1 July Amended to start from Boon Lay Int and loop at Third Chin Bee Rd.
Boon Lay ↺ Boon Lay Dr 1995 15 January Amended to loop at Boon Lay Dr and amended to ply Jln Boon Lay, Chin Bee Dr and Quality Rd, skipping Chin Bee Ave, Third Chin Bee Rd and Intl Rd.
2006 11 June Amended to ply Tah Ching Rd, skipping Kang Ching Rd.
18 June Amended to Boon Lay Temp Int.
2009 27 December Amended to Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub.
2016 25 January Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB). WAB
SMRT Buses
(Current)
2024 1 September Operations transferred to SMRT Buses.

External Links

icon Jurong West Bus Package [ VTE]
Services 179179A181181M182182M185192193194199246247248248M249251252253254255257258258M405502502A974 SMRT Buses
Tender Awarded
Boon Lay Feeders 240240M241242243G243W
Defunct 256
Bus Fleet Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)
Single Decker MAN NL323F (Euro V, Batch 1Euro VI) • Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro (Batch 1Batch 2) • Scania K230UB (Euro IV, Batch 1Euro IV, Batch 2Euro V, Batch 1Euro V, Batch 2)
Double Decker Alexander Dennis Enviro500 (3-Door) • MAN ND323F (3-DoorEuro V, Batch 3Euro VI, Batch 1Euro VI, Batch 2) • Volvo B9TL (WEG2, Batch 1WEG2, Batch 2WEG2, Batch 3WEG2, Batch 4)