Bus Service 196

Service 196
Route Information
Route	Bedok Interchange ↔ Clementi Interchange
Route Length	31.5 km (towards Clementi) 31 km (towards Bedok)
Travelling Time	125 mins (2 h 5 mins)
Operator	(Bedok Bus Package)

SBS Transit Bus Service 196 is a inter-town route connecting residents of Clementi, Dover, Bukit Merah, Mountbatten and Marine Parade to the City areas of Outram Park, Shenton Way and Nicoll Highway. The route experiences high demand throughout the day owing to inter-town connections.

SBS Transit Short-Trip Bus Service 196A operates during Weekday Morning Peak hours and supplements the high demand for Service 196 prior to the opening of the Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 4 in June 2024 from residential estates around Marine Parade and Mountbatten, connecting to the City areas of Suntec City, Raffles Place and Shenton Way.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 196/196A

Depot	Fleet Size		Fleet
	196	196A
Bedok North Depot (BNDEP)	17	5	5 Single Deckers	12 Double Deckers
			SBS6770Y Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro SBS8206Y SBS8523G SBS8535Y SBS8549H Scania K230UB	SG5836K MAN ND323F SBS3102X SBS3147S SBS3610X SBS3723DA SBS3763MA SBS3773J SBS3842T SBS3861M SBS3925M SBS3971D SG5407R Volvo B9TL
Bukit Batok Depot (BBDEP)	17	1	1 Single Decker	16 Double Deckers
			SBS8040H Scania K230UB	SBS3020Z SBS3025K SBS3034J SBS3035G SBS3042KA SBS3043H SBS3711M SBS3715C SBS3739J SBS3740D SBS3819L SBS3848C SG5037A SG5331A SG5537Z SG5563Y Volvo B9TL

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SBS6179E, SBS6787A, SBS6788Y & SBS6795B (Express 196e) will perform one (1) down-route trip as Service 196 during Weekdays PM Off-Peak. SBS6179E & SBS6787A (Express 196e) will perform a few crossover trips on Short-Trip 196A. 1 BBDEP Service 48 SD, 1 BBDEP Service 175 bus & 1 random BBDEP SD will operate on Service 196 on Weekends & Public Holidays. This service operates on Special Weekdays schedule during service diversions along Esplanade Drive. Weekdays: Bedok North 10A-11P / 6S; Bukit Batok 9A-8P / 2E / 5S / 1T (34 buses) Saturdays: Bedok North 7A-8P; Bukit Batok 11A-12P / 1E (21 buses) Sundays & Public Holidays: Bedok North 7A-7P / 1T; Bukit Batok 10A-10P / 1T (19 buses) Special Weekdays: Bedok North 13A-12P / 1E / 3S; Bukit Batok 11A-7P / 4S / 2T (34 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)
towards Clementi	07 - 15 minutes	08 - 16 minutes	11 - 16 minutes	13 - 23 minutes
towards Bedok	11 - 14 minutes	05 - 19 minutes	08 - 16 minutes	11 - 24 minutes

Special Departures

• 

  93049

  Lagoon View
  Marine Parade Rd
  →
  

  17009

  Clementi Int
  Clementi Ave 3
  • Weekdays: 06:27, 07:57 & 08:20

• 

  03218

  Opp MAS Bldg
  Shenton Way
  →
  

  17009

  Clementi Int
  Clementi Ave 3
  • Weekdays: 05:30, 05:40, 05:50 & 06:00
  • Saturdays: 05:30, 05:44 & 05:58
  • Sundays/Public Holidays: 05:40 & 05:56

• 

  11039

  Blk 19
  Queensway
  →
  

  84009

  Bedok Int
  Bedok Nth Dr
  • Weekdays: 06:05 & 07:20

• 

  03222

  Hub Synergy Pt
  Anson Rd
  →
  

  84009

  Bedok Int
  Bedok Nth Dr
  • Weekdays: 18:22

• 

  03011

  Fullerton Sq
  Fullerton Rd
  →
  

  84009

  Bedok Int
  Bedok Nth Dr
  • Weekdays: 08:38 (SBS3763M)

Service 196A

SG5882B on Short-Trip Service 196A

• 

  84009

  Bedok Int
  Bedok Nth Dr
  →
  

  03218

  Opp MAS Bldg
  Shenton Way
  • Weekdays: 07:09 (SBS3763M)

Special Departures

• 

  93049

  Lagoon View
  Marine Parade Rd
  →
  

  03218

  Opp MAS Bldg
  Shenton Way
  • Weekdays: 06:37, 06:40, 06:48, 06:55, 09:15, 09:25, 09:35, 09:45 & 10:43

Direction 1 (Bedok → Clementi)

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Bus Stops		Nearby Attraction	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
			First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
84009 Bedok Int(Berth B5) Bedok Nth Dr	196A	EW5 Bedok Bedok Mall	05:30	23:15	05:30	23:15	05:45	23:15
84139 Panasonic Bedok Sth Rd	196A
84129 Fujitec S'pore Ltd Bedok Sth Rd	196A
84151 Casafina Bedok Sth Ave 1	196A
93131 Opp Eastern Lagoon II Bedok Sth Ave 1	196A
93049 Lagoon View Marine Parade Rd	196A
93039 Siglap Stn/Laguna Park Marine Parade Rd	196A	TE28 Siglap	05:39	23:25	05:38	23:25	05:38	23:24
93201 Victoria Sch Marine Parade Rd	196A	TE28 Siglap Victoria School	05:40	23:26		23:26	05:39	23:25
93029 Mandarin Gdns Marine Parade Rd	196A
93019 Neptune Ct Marine Parade Rd	196A
92089 Marine Terr Stn/Katong Convent Marine Parade Rd	196A	TE27 Marine Terrace	05:43	23:29	05:41	23:29	05:41	23:28
92211 CHIJ Katong Convent (Sec) Marine Terr	196A		05:44	23:30		23:30	05:42	23:29
92221 Blk 19 Marine Terr	196A		05:45	23:31	05:42	23:31	05:43	23:33
92231 Blk 34 Marine Cres	196A		05:47	23:33	05:44	23:33	05:45	23:32
92069 Tao Nan Sch Marine Parade Rd	196A		05:48	23:34	05:45	23:34	05:46	23:33
92059 Marine Pde Stn Exit 6 Marine Parade Rd	196A	TE26 Marine Parade	05:50	23:36	05:47	23:36	05:47	23:35
92049 Marine Pde Stn/Parkway Pde Marine Parade Rd	196A	TE26 Marine Parade Parkway Parade	05:51	23:37	05:48	23:37	05:48	23:36
92241 Amber Gdns Amber Rd	196A
92099 One Amber Mountbatten Rd	196A
91079 Aft Tg Katong Rd Mountbatten Rd	196A
91069 Bef Walton Rd Mountbatten Rd	196A
91059 Aft Margate Rd Mountbatten Rd	196A
91049 Bef Fort Rd Mountbatten Rd	196A
91091 Bef Kg Kayu Rd Mountbatten Rd	196A
80271 Opp Mountbatten Stn Mountbatten Rd	196A	CC7 Mountbatten	06:01	23:48	05:57	23:47	05:57	23:46
80141 Opp S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Rd	196A
80219 Natl Stadium Nicoll Highway	196A	National Stadium
80169 Nicoll Highway Stn Nicoll Highway	196A	CC5 Nicoll Highway	06:06	23:53	06:02	23:52	06:02	23:51
80159 Suntec City Nicoll Highway	196A	Suntec City
02119 Opp War Memorial Pk Nicoll Highway	196A	CC3 Esplanade	06:08	23:56	06:05	23:55	06:05	23:54
03019 OUE Bayfront Collyer Quay	196A	NS26 EW14 Raffles Place CIMB Plaza	06:10	23:59	06:08	23:58	06:07	23:57
03059 One Raffles Quay Raffles Quay	196A
03129 UIC Bldg Shenton Way	196A	TE19 Shenton Way	06:12	00:01	06:10	00:00	06:10	23:59
03218 Opp MAS Bldg Shenton Way	196A	EW15 Tanjong Pagar	05:30	00:03	05:30	00:02	05:40	00:01
05631 Blk 16 Cantonment Lk
05521 Maritime Hse Cantonment Rd
10021 Blk 3 Neil Rd
10041 Bef Kampong Bahru Ter Kg Bahru Rd
10051 Blk 149 Jln Bt Merah		Silat Rd Sikh Temple
10061 Blk 140 Jln Bt Merah
10071 Blk 111 Jln Bt Merah
10501 Blk 104 Jln Bt Merah
10081 Opp Blk 120 Jln Bt Merah
10091 Bt Merah Town Ctr Jln Bt Merah		Bukit Merah Polyclinic
10101 Opp Bt Merah Sec Sch Jln Bt Merah
10111 Opp Blk 28 Jln Bt Merah
10131 Opp Blk 2 Jln Bt Merah
11021 Aft Queenstown NPC HQ Queensway
11031 Opp Queen's Cl Queensway
11041 Aft C'wealth Dr Queensway
11051 Opp Queenstown Polyclinic Queensway		Queenstown Polyclinic
11161 C'wealth Stn Exit A/D C'wealth Ave		EW20 Commonwealth	05:57	00:32	05:56	00:29	06:06	00:28
11171 Opp Blk 7B C'wealth Ave
11181 Opp Blk 43 C'wealth Ave		EW21 CC22 Buona Vista
11369 Buona Vista Stn Exit D Nth Buona Vista Rd		EW21 CC22 Buona Vista	06:01	00:36	06:00	00:33	06:09	00:32
18149 Essec Business Sch Nth Buona Vista Rd		Anglo-Chinese JC
18119 Opp Fairfield Meth Pr Sch Dover Rd
19089 ACS Independent Dover Rd
19079 Dover Ct Intl Sch Dover Rd		Singapore Polytechnic
19069 Opp Ayer Rajah Telecoms Dover Rd
19059 University Town Dover Rd		NUS
17099 Yale-NUS College Clementi Rd
17121 Blk 610 AYE
17131 Clementi Flyover AYE
17141 Clementi Stadium AYE
17059 Regent Pk Clementi Ave 6
17189 Blk 317 C'wealth Ave West
17009 Clementi Int(Alighting) Clementi Ave 3		EW23 Clementi The Clementi Mall	06:23	00:56	06:18	00:55	06:28	00:54

Direction 2 (Clementi → Bedok)

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Bus Stops	Nearby Attraction	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
		First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
17009 Clementi Int(Berth B3) Clementi Ave 3	EW23 Clementi The Clementi Mall	05:45	23:45	05:45	23:45	05:45	23:45
17181 Opp Blk 317 C'wealth Ave West
17051 Opp Regent Pk Clementi Ave 6
20019 Blk 431 AYE
17149 Blk 426 AYE
17139 Aft Clementi Ave 2 AYE
17191 NUS High Sch Clementi Rd
19051 New Town Sec Sch Dover Rd	New Town Sec Sch
19061 Ayer Rajah Telecoms Dover Rd
19071 Opp ACS Independent Dover Rd
19081 Opp ACS Boarding Sch Dover Rd	Anglo–Chinese JC
18111 Fairfield Meth Pr Sch Dover Rd
18141 Aft Anglo-Chinese JC Nth Buona Vista Rd	Anglo-Chinese JC
11361 Buona Vista Stn Exit C Nth Buona Vista Rd	EW21 CC22 Buona Vista	06:05	00:01	06:03	00:02	06:02	00:00
11189 Blk 43 C'wealth Ave	EW21 CC22 Buona Vista
11179 Blk 8 C'wealth Ave
11169 C'wealth Stn Exit B/C C'wealth Ave	EW20 Commonwealth	06:09	00:05	06:07	00:06	06:06	00:03
11059 Queenstown Polyclinic Queensway	Queenstown Polyclinic
11049 Opp Blessed Sacrament Ch Queensway
11039 Blk 19 Queensway
11029 Blk 166/Aft Mei Chin Rd Queensway
11019 Alexandra Ctrl Jln Bt Merah	IKEA Alexandra
10139 Blk 1 Jln Bt Merah
10119 Opp Pacific Tech Ctr Jln Bt Merah
10109 Bt Merah Sec Sch Jln Bt Merah
10099 Opp Bt Merah Town Ctr Jln Bt Merah	Bukit Merah Polyclinic
10089 Blk 119 Jln Bt Merah
10079 Blk 201 Jln Bt Merah
10069 Opp Blk 140 Jln Bt Merah
10059 Opp Blk 149 Jln Bt Merah	Silat Rd Sikh Temple Singapore General Hospital
10049 Opp Kampong Bahru Ter Kg Bahru Rd
10017 Aft Hosp Dr(Rear Berth) Eu Tong Sen St	EW16 NE3 TE17 Outram Park Singapore General Hospital	06:23	00:23	06:28	00:23	06:25	00:22
05539 Opp Police Cantonment Cplx Cantonment Rd	Police Cantonment Complex
05519 Blk 1G Cantonment Rd
05629 Opp Southpoint Cantonment Rd
03222 Hub Synergy Pt Anson Rd	EW15 Tanjong Pagar
03111 Aft Capital Twr Robinson Rd	EW15 Tanjong Pagar
03071 80 Robinson Rd Robinson Rd
03031 Raffles Pl Stn Exit F Robinson Rd	NS26 EW14 Raffles Place	06:35	00:34	06:40	00:34	06:37	00:32
03011 Fullerton Sq Fullerton Rd	NS26 EW14 Raffles Place Asian Civilisations Museum CIMB Plaza Victoria Concert Hall	06:37	00:36	06:42	00:36	06:39	00:34
02111 Esplanade Bridge Esplanade Dr	CC3 Esplanade
80151 Opp Suntec City Nicoll Highway	Suntec City
80161 Opp Nicoll Highway Stn Nicoll Highway	CC5 Nicoll Highway	06:42	00:41	06:47	00:40	06:44	00:38
80211 Opp Natl Stadium Nicoll Highway	National Stadium
80149 S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Rd
80279 Mountbatten Stn Exit B Mountbatten Rd	CC7 Mountbatten	06:49	00:47	06:53	00:45	06:50	00:43
91099 Bef Wilkinson Rd Mountbatten Rd
91041 KiddiWinkie S/H @ Mountbatten Mountbatten Rd
91051 Opp Santa Fe Mansions Mountbatten Rd
91061 Bet Hse No. 767/767A Mountbatten Rd
91071 Bef Tg Katong Rd Mountbatten Rd
92249 Opp Amber Gdns Amber Rd
92041 Marine Pde Stn Exit 2(Front Berth) Marine Parade Rd	TE26 Marine Parade Grand Mercure Roxy Parkway Parade	07:01	00:57	07:03	00:53	07:00	00:51
92051 Marine Pde Stn Exit 4 Marine Parade Rd	TE26 Marine Parade	07:05	00:58	07:04	00:54	07:01	00:52
92061 CHIJ Katong Convent (Pr) Marine Parade Rd		07:07	00:59	07:06	00:56	07:03	00:54
92239 Blk 45 Marine Cres		07:09	01:01	07:07	00:57	07:04	00:55
92071 Marine Terr Stn Exit 4 Marine Parade Rd	TE27 Marine Terrace	07:11	01:02	07:09	00:59	07:06	00:57
92081 St. Patrick's Sch Marine Parade Rd	TE27 Marine Terrace	07:13	01:03	07:10	01:00	07:07	00:58
93011 Opp Neptune Ct Marine Parade Rd
93021 Opp Mandarin Gdns Marine Parade Rd
93031 Siglap Stn/Opp Victoria Sch Marine Parade Rd	TE28 Siglap Victoria School	07:19	01:06	07:13	01:02	07:10	01:00
93041 Hua Xin Ct Marine Parade Rd
93139 Eastern Lagoon II Bedok Sth Ave 1
84159 Opp Casafina/Temasek JC Bedok Sth Ave 1
84121 Aft Bedok Sth Ave 1 Bedok Sth Rd
84131 Opp Panasonic Bedok Sth Rd
84009 Bedok Int(Alighting) Bedok Nth Dr	EW5 Bedok Bedok Mall	07:28	01:12	07:21	01:07	07:18	01:07

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
United Bus Company	Jln Bt Merah ↔ Jln Samulun	1971	11 April	Introduced between Gagak Selari Barat Ter and Jln Samulun Ter under 1971 Bus Reorganisation.
(Current) Known as prior to 1 November 2001		1973	1 July	Operations transferred to Singapore Bus Services.
	Prince Edward ↔ Jln Samulun	1974	3 February	Extended to Prince Edward Ter under 1974 Bus Rationalisation.
		1976	9 May	Amended to ply Jurong Pier Rd in both directions.
		1977	17 May	Amended to ply Commonwealth Ave Extension and Nth Buona Vista Rd towards Jln Samulun Ter.
	Prince Edward ↔ Jurong	1978	1 June	Amended to Jurong Int.
		1979	11 February	Amended to ply the extended Shenton Way towards Jurong Int, skipping Parsi Rd and Anson Rd.
		1980	20 January	Amended to ply Spottiswoode Pk Rd with the partial conversion of Cantonment Rd to one-way traffic.
		1981	11 October	Serves new staggered bus stop outside Tunas Bldg along Anson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Intl Plaza.
	Marine Parade ↔ Jurong	1984	16 September	Integrated with Service 15 and extended to Marine Parade Ter.
		1986	1 June	Skips removed bus stop before Ayer Rajah Rd along Clementi Rd.
		1987	1 November	Amended to ply Eu Tong Sen St towards Marine Parade Ter to facilitate the second stage of road expansion along New Bridge Rd.
		1988	6 June	First bus from Marine Parade Ter brought forward to 0545 hrs daily.
				Last bus from Jurong Int revised to 2345 hrs daily.
	Marine Parade ↔ Boon Lay	1990	1 July	Amended to Boon Lay Int.
		1991	3 November	Serves additional bus stop after Jln Bt Merah along Kg Bahru Rd.
	Marine Parade ↔ Buona Vista	1992	28 June	Shortened to Buona Vista Ter under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 8.
	Marine Parade ↔ Clementi		15 November	Extended to Clementi Int.
		1994	29 May	Serves 2 new pairs of bus stops outside The Concourse, outside Golden Mile Twr and outside and opposite Suntec City along Nicoll Highway.
		2001	15 April	Amended to ply Esplanade Dr, skipping Connaught Dr/Empress Pl.
	Bedok ↔ Clementi		16 September	Extended to Bedok Int with the closure of Marine Parade Ter.
		2002	TBC	Serves additional bus stop before Hosp Dr along Eu Tong Sen St.
		2004	20 April	Amended to ply Mountbatten Rd, Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd, Victoria St, Jln Sultan and Beach Rd to facilitate reinstatement works for the collapsed Nicoll Highway.
			6 December	Amended to ply the reinstated Nicoll Highway, skipping Mountbatten Rd, Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd, Victoria St, Jln Sultan and Beach Rd.
		2005	2 July	Serves the bus stop outside Fullerton Sq along Fullerton Rd and an additional bus stop opposite AIA Twr along Robinson Rd with the abolition of the bus stop outside Clifford Ctr along Collyer Quay.
	196Bedok ↔ Clementi 196AMountbatten Rd → Shenton Way		17 October	196AIntroduced from Mountbatten Rd (Aft Tg Katong Rd) to Shenton Way (Opp MAS Bldg) during morning peak hours on weekdays.
		2006	TBC	Serves merged bus stop opposite Buona Vista Stn along Nth Buona Vista Rd with the closure of the staggered bus stop.
				Serves additional bus stop outside Victoria Sch along Marine Parade Rd.
			29 October	Amended to Clementi Temp Int.
			3 December	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
	196Bedok ↔ Clementi 196AMarine Parade Rd → Shenton Way	2007	TBC	196AExtended to start from Marine Parade Rd (Lagoon View)
	196Bedok ↔ Clementi 196ABedok → Shenton Way	2009	3 August	196AExtended to start from Bedok Int.
		2011	19 November	Amended to Bedok Temp Int.
			26 November	Amended to Clementi Integrated Transport Hub.
		2014	10 August	Serves new bus stop opposite Blk 2 along Mountbatten Rd.
			30 November	Amended to Bedok Integrated Transport Hub.
		2017	26 November	Skips removed bus stop before Hosp Dr along Kg Bahru Rd.
		2024	28 January	Serves relocated bus stop after Clementi Swim Cplx along AYE.
		2025	30 March	Serves new bus stop opposite Police Cantonment Cplx along Cantonment Rd.