Bus Service 138

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	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 Monday, 26 May 2025, bus service 671 will operate additional morning and evening trips. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 8 June 2025, bus service 135 will serve a new pair of bus stops along Haig Road. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 8 June 2025, supplementary bus service 230M will be introduced to better serve residents travelling to the Kim Keat Avenue. This service will operate at a frequency of 15 minutes from Toa Payoh Bus Interchange. Please refer here for more information.

Service 138
Route Information
Route	Ang Mo Kio Interchange ↺ Mandai Lake Road (Loop)
Route Length	27.7 km
Travelling Time	80 mins (1 h 20 mins)
Operator	(Seletar Bus Package)

SBS Transit Bus Service 138 is an inter-town service linking the residential estates of Ang Mo Kio and Nee Soon subzone (Yishun) with the Mandai Wildlife Reserve and Mandai Crematorium & Columbarium.

It is one of two public bus services serving Mandai Wildlife Reserve, the other being Service 927. Tourists can transfer to this service from Springleaf station.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 138/138A/138C

Depot	Fleet Size			Fleet
	138	138A	138C
Seletar Depot (SEDEP)	11	4	1	11 Single Deckers
				SMB3104A SMB3105Y SMB3106U SMB3109L MAN NL323F SBS2002H SBS6591Y SBS6592U SG1088D SG1094K Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro

Notes

2 missing buses. SG1152B (Duty 29S) (Service 70) will perform crossover trips on Service 138 during Weekdays PM Peak. SG1094K will perform crossover trips on Service 70 during Weekdays AM Peak. Weekdays: 5A-6P / 1E / 4S (11 buses) Weekdays Sch Hols: 8A-9P / 4T (13 buses) Saturdays: 6A-7P / 5T (12 buses) Sundays & Public Holidays: 5A-6P / 6T (12 buses) Special Weekdays: 7A-7P / 2E / 1T (10 buses) Special Sundays: 5A-9P / 6T (15 buses)

Service 138 duty allocation
Weekdays (5A-6P / 1E / 4S)
	A/P	SBS2002H, SBS6591Y & SMB3104A
	P
	E	SMB3109L
	S	TBC

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	10 - 17 minutes	06 - 17 minutes	09 - 12 minutes	09 - 16 minutes

Special Departures

48131 S'pore Zoo Mandai Lake Rd → 54009 Ang Mo Kio Int Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Departure Time
Saturdays	15:37 16:26 17:05 18:05 18:36

55129 Blk 604 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 → 54009 Ang Mo Kio Int Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Departure Time
Weekdays	06:38 06:50 08:30
Saturdays	06:38 06:50 07:40

Short-Trip 138A

56091 Springleaf Stn Exit 3 Upp Thomson Rd → 48131 S'pore Zoo Mandai Lake Rd Departure Time
Weekdays	07:14 07:57
Saturdays	07:24 – 12:40
Sundays & Public Holidays	08:45 – 12:50

Short-Trip 138C

48131 S'pore Zoo Mandai Lake Rd → 56099 Springleaf Stn Exit 2 Upp Thomson Rd Departure Time
Saturdays	14:50 – 19:08
Sundays & Public Holidays	14:45 – 18:52

Loop Service

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Bus Stops			Point of Interest	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns/PH
				First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
54009 Ang Mo Kio Int(Berth B1) Ang Mo Kio Ave 8			NS16 Ang Mo Kio AMK Hub	06:00	23:45	06:00	23:45	06:00	23:45
54247 Blk 322 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3			AMK Hub	06:04	23:49	06:04	23:49	06:04	23:49
54031 Opp Al-Muttaqin Mque Ang Mo Kio Ave 6			Masjid Al-Muttaqin	06:06	23:51	06:06	23:51	06:06	23:51
54041 Opp Courts Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio Ave 6			Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic	06:08	23:53	06:08	23:53	06:08	23:53
54051 Bef Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6				06:09	23:54	06:09	23:54	06:09	23:54
54469 Opp Blk 649 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:10	23:55	06:10	23:55	06:10	23:55
54459 Blk 151 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:11	23:56	06:11	23:56	06:11	23:56
55111 Blk 180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:12	23:57	06:12	23:57	06:12	23:57
55121 Opp Blk 604 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:14	23:58	06:14	23:58	06:14	23:58
56209 Bef Thomson Hills Dr Yio Chu Kang Rd				06:15	23:59	06:15	23:59	06:15	23:59
56199 Aft Thomson Hills Dr Yio Chu Kang Rd				06:16	00:00	06:16	00:00	06:16	00:00
56041 Opp Meadows @ Peirce Upp Thomson Rd				06:17	00:01	06:17	00:01	06:17	00:01
56051 Opp Tagore Rd Upp Thomson Rd				06:19	00:02	06:19	00:02	06:19	00:02
56061 Aft Tagore Dr Upp Thomson Rd			Thomson Nature Park	06:20	00:03	06:20	00:03	06:20	00:03
56071 Bef Old Upp Thomson Rd Upp Thomson Rd				06:21	00:04	06:21	00:04	06:21	00:04
56081 Bef SLE Upp Thomson Rd				06:22	00:05	06:22	00:05	06:22	00:05
56091 Springleaf Stn Exit 3 Upp Thomson Rd	138A		TE4 Springleaf	06:24	00:06	06:24	00:06	06:24	00:06
57011 Opp Springleaf Nature Pk Upp Thomson Rd	138A		Springleaf Nature Park	06:24	00:07	06:24	00:07	06:24	00:07
57149 Aft Upp Thomson Rd Mandai Rd	138A			06:25	00:07	06:25	00:07	06:25	00:07
48109 Opp Meng Suan Rd Mandai Rd	138A			06:26	00:08	06:26	00:08	06:26	00:08
48099 Opp SCDF Nee Soon Camp Mandai Rd	138A			06:26	00:08	06:26	00:08	06:26	00:08
48089 Upp Seletar Resvr Mandai Rd	138A		Upper Seletar Reservoir	06:27	00:09	06:27	00:09	06:27	00:09
48079 Opp Mandai Crematorium Mandai Rd	138A		Mandai Crematorium	06:29	00:11	06:29	00:11	06:29	00:11
48069 Aft Mandai Ave Mandai Rd	138A			06:30	00:12	06:30	00:12	06:30	00:12
48059 Opp Mandai Agrotech Pk Mandai Rd	138A			06:31	00:13	06:31	00:13	06:31	00:13
48049 Bef Jln Ulu Sembawang Mandai Rd	138A			06:33	00:14	06:33	00:14	06:33	00:14
48039 LP 159 Mandai Rd	138A			06:34	00:15	06:34	00:15	06:34	00:15
48029 Bef Mandai Lake Rd Mandai Rd	138A			06:35	00:16	06:35	00:16	06:35	00:16
48111 Opp Bird Paradise Mandai Lake Rd	138A		Mandai Bird Paradise Mandai Rainforest Wild Asia	06:35	00:16	06:35	00:16	06:35	00:16
48131 S'pore Zoo Mandai Lake Rd	138A	138C	Mandai Zoo Mandai Night Safari Mandai River Wonders	06:38	00:18	06:38	00:18	06:38	00:18
48119 Bird Paradise Mandai Lake Rd		138C	Mandai Bird Paradise Mandai Rainforest Wild Asia	06:42	00:21	06:42	00:21	06:42	00:21
48021 Aft Mandai Lake Rd Mandai Rd		138C		06:43	00:22	06:43	00:22	06:43	00:22
48031 LP 162 Mandai Rd		138C		06:44	00:23	06:44	00:23	06:44	00:23
48041 Aft Jln Ulu Sembawang Mandai Rd		138C		06:45	00:24	06:45	00:24	06:45	00:24
48051 Mandai Agrotech Pk Mandai Rd		138C		06:47	00:26	06:47	00:26	06:47	00:26
48061 Bef Mandai Ave Mandai Rd		138C		06:49	00:27	06:49	00:27	06:49	00:27
48071 Mandai Crematorium Mandai Rd		138C	Mandai Crematorium	06:50	00:28	06:50	00:28	06:50	00:28
48081 Opp Upp Seletar Resvr Mandai Rd		138C	Upper Seletar Reservoir	06:52	00:30	06:52	00:30	06:52	00:30
48091 SCDF Nee Soon Camp Mandai Rd		138C		06:53	00:31	06:53	00:31	06:53	00:31
48101 Aft Meng Suan Rd Mandai Rd		138C		06:53	00:31	06:53	00:31	06:53	00:31
57141 Bef Upp Thomson Rd Mandai Rd		138C		06:54	00:32	06:54	00:32	06:54	00:32
57019 Springleaf Nature Pk Upp Thomson Rd		138C	Springleaf Nature Park	06:54	00:32	06:54	00:32	06:54	00:32
56099 Springleaf Stn Exit 2 Upp Thomson Rd		138C	TE4 Springleaf	06:56	00:34	06:56	00:33	06:56	00:34
56089 Aft SLE Upp Thomson Rd				06:57	00:35	06:57	00:35	06:57	00:35
56079 Aft Old Upp Thomson Rd Upp Thomson Rd				06:59	00:37	06:59	00:36	06:59	00:37
56069 Bef Tagore Dr Upp Thomson Rd			Thomson Nature Park	07:00	00:38	07:00	00:37	07:00	00:38
56059 Bef Tagore Rd Upp Thomson Rd				07:01	00:39	07:01	00:37	07:01	00:39
56049 Meadows @ Peirce Upp Thomson Rd				07:02	00:40	07:02	00:38	07:02	00:40
56191 Teachers' Housing Est Yio Chu Kang Rd				07:03	00:40	07:03	00:38	07:03	00:40
56201 Aft Munshi Abdullah Ave Yio Chu Kang Rd				07:04	00:41	07:04	00:38	07:04	00:41
55129 Blk 604 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:38	00:42	06:38	00:39	07:05	00:42
55119 Blk 617 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:39	00:43	06:39	00:41	07:06	00:43
54451 Blk 643 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:41	00:44	06:41	00:42	07:08	00:44
54461 Blk 649 Ang Mo Kio Ave 5				06:42	00:45	06:42	00:44	07:09	00:45
54059 Bef Ang Mo Kio Lib Ang Mo Kio Ave 6			Ang Mo Kio Public Library	06:43	00:45	06:43	00:45	07:10	00:45
54049 Courts Ang Mo Kio Ang Mo Kio Ave 6			Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic	06:45	00:46	06:43	00:47	07:11	00:46
54039 Bef Al-Muttaqin Mque Ang Mo Kio Ave 6			Masjid Al-Muttaqin	06:46	00:47	06:44	00:48	07:12	00:47
54241 Blk 700B Ang Mo Kio Ave 3			AMK Hub	06:47	00:48	06:45	00:49	07:13	00:48
54009 Ang Mo Kio Int(Alighting) Ang Mo Kio Ave 8			NS16 Ang Mo Kio AMK Hub	06:50	00:50	06:47	00:51	07:15	00:50

Notes:

• 06:00: Underlined times indicate that the first bus is a downroute bus rather than one starting from the first stop.

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
(Current) Known as prior to 1 November 2001	Yio Chu Kang ↺ Mandai Lake Rd	1994	26 April	Introduced between Yio Chu Kang Ter and Mandai Lake Rd (Loop).
	Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd		1 October	Amended to Ang Mo Kio Int.
		1996	TBC	Serves new bus stop outside Jubilee along Ang Mo Kio Ave 8.
		1997	TBC	Serves new bus stop before Mandai Rd along Mandai Lake Rd.
		2002	24 March	Amended to Ang Mo Kio Temp Int and amended to ply Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 and Ang Mo Kio Ave 6.
	Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd	2007	28 April	Amended to Ang Mo Kio Integrated Transport Hub.
	138Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd 138AAng Mo Kio Int → Ang Mo Kio Ave 5	2009	22 June	138AIntroduced from Ang Mo Kio Int to Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 (Opp Blk 604) during evening peak hours on weekdays.
	Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd		12 October	138ADiscontinued.
		2011	26 September	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
	138Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd 138AAng Mo Kio → Mandai Lake Rd	2012	1 December	138AIntroduced from Ang Mo Kio Int to Mandai Lake Rd (Singapore Zoo) on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. Wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB) at launch.
	138Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd 138AAng Mo Kio → Mandai Lake Rd 138BAng Mo Kio → Ang Mo Kio Ave 5	2015	19 October	138BIntroduced from Ang Mo Kio Int to Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 (Opp Blk 604) during evening peak hours on weekdays. Wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB) at launch.
		2018	14 October	Skips a pair of removed bus stops before and after Singapore Zoo along Mandai Lake Rd.
		2024	14 October	138AEnhanced to operate from Upp Thomson Rd (Springleaf Stn Exit 3) to Mandai Lake Rd (Singapore Zoo) during weekday morning peak hours.
	138Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd 138AAng Mo Kio → Mandai Lake Rd 138BAng Mo Kio → Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 138CMandai Lake Rd → Upp Thomson Rd		8 December	138CIntroduced from Mandai Lake Rd (Singapore Zoo) to Upper Thomson Rd (Springleaf Stn Exit 2) on weekends and public holidays, operating from 1445 hrs to 1900 hrs. Wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB) at launch.
	138Ang Mo Kio ↺ Mandai Lake Rd 138AUpp Thomson Rd → Mandai Lake Rd 138CMandai Lake Rd → Upp Thomson Rd	2025	15 March	138AShortened to start from Upp Thomson Rd (Springleaf Stn Exit 3), operating in the mornings and weekend afternoons.
				138BDiscontinued.

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