Bus Service 198

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Service 198
Route Information
Route	Boon Lay Interchange ↔ Bukit Merah Interchange
Route Length	19.7 km (towards Bukit Merah) 20.8 km (towards Boon Lay)
Travelling Time	80 mins (1 h 20 mins)
Operator	(Bukit Merah Bus Package)

SBS Transit Bus Service 198 connects the areas of Boon Lay, Jurong East, Commonwealth and Bukit Merah. It plies an express sector along AYE.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 198/198A

Depot	Fleet Size		Fleet
	198	198A
Ulu Pandan Depot (UPDEP)	29	4	29 Double Deckers
			SG5851R MAN ND323F SBS3119Z SBS3133G SBS3135B SBS3138T SBS3164S SBS3755L SBS3854J SBS3911C SBS3912A SBS7605K SBS7618Z SBS7636X SBS7678A SBS7682L SBS7683J SG5016K SG5111T SG5389J SG5391B SG5437D SG5439Z SG5478K SG5486L SG5543E SG5544C SG5562A Volvo B9TL

ExpandNotes
2 missing buses. 4 buses will perform supplementary trips as Short Trip 198A daily. 2 SDs will operate on Service 198 on Weekends & Public Holidays. 13 buses park at Bulim Depot (BUDEP). Weekdays: TBC (29 buses) Saturdays: TBC (18 buses) Sundays & Public Holidays: TBC (13 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 Bukit Merah	05 - 07 minutes	08 - 15 minutes	08 - 12 minutes	08 - 14 minutes
towards Boon Lay	07 - 08 minutes	05 - 14 minutes	07 - 12 minutes	14 - 16 minutes

Special Departures

Collapse 28229 German Ctr Jurong Town Hall Rd → 10009 Bt Merah Int Bt Merah Ctrl Departure Time
Weekdays	05:45
Saturdays	05:40 05:50

Collapse 28451 Parc Oasis Jurong East Ave 1 → 22009 Boon Lay Int Jurong West Ctrl 3 Departure Time
Weekdays	06:00

Short-Trip 198A

Collapse 22009 Boon Lay Int Jurong West Ctrl 3 → 28459 Opp Parc Oasis Jurong East Ave 1 Departure Time
Weekdays	17:34 17:43 17:52 18:01 18:09 18:18 18:27 18:36 18:44 18:52 19:00 19:08 19:16 19:25 19:43 19:54 20:08
Saturdays	17:37 17:56 18:25 18:37 19:00 19:22 19:47
Sundays & Public Holidays	17:37 18:19 18:45 19:00 19:26

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Amalgamated Bus Company	New Market Rd ↔ Jln Boon Lay	1971	11 April	Introduced between New Market Rd Ter and Jln Boon Lay Ter under 1971 Bus Reorganisation.
	South Canal ↔ Jln Boon Lay		6 June	Amended to Sth Canal Ter.
			28 September	Amended to ply the extended Ganges Ave towards Sth Canal Ter.
		1972	11 June	Amended to ply the extended Upp Cross St with the partial conversion of Havelock Rd to one-way traffic, skipping New Bridge Rd.
(Current) Known as prior to 1 November 2001		1973	1 July	Operations transferred to Singapore Bus Services.
	Jln Kolam Ayer ↔ Jln Boon Lay	1974	3 February	Extended to Jln Kolam Ayer Ter under 1974 Bus Rationalisation.
			1 October	Serves new bus stop outside Nan Hwa Girls' High Sch along Bencoolen St.
				Serves merged bus stop outside Sri Srinivasa Perumal Tp along Serangoon Rd.
	Sims Pl ↔ Jln Boon Lay	1976	13 December	Extended to Sims Pl Ter.
		1977	17 May	Amended to ply Commonwealth Ave Extension and Nth Buona Vista Rd towards Jln Boon Lay Ter.
	Sims Pl ↔ Jurong	1978	1 June	Extended to Jurong Int.
		1979	11 November	Amended to ply Ganges Ave towards Jurong Int with the realignment of Delta Circus.
		1982	22 May	Amended to ply Aljunied Rd, MacPherson Rd and Bendemeer/Serangoon Rd, skipping Jln Kolam Ayer.
		1988	29 May	Skips the bus stop outside NUH along AYE.
	Sims Pl ↔ Boon Lay	1990	1 July	Amended to Boon Lay Int.
	Sims Pl ↔ Jurong East	1991	7 April	Shortened to Jurong East Int under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 3.
	Bukit Merah ↔ Boon Lay	1992	28 June	Extended to Boon Lay Int and shortened to Bt Merah Int under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 8 with the route amendment of Service 64 to Sims Pl Ter.
		1996	TBC	Serves new bus stop outside Blk 220 along Boon Lay Ave.
		2006	18 June	Amended to Boon Lay Temp Int.
			3 December	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		2009	27 December	Amended to Boon Lay Integrated Transport Hub.
	198Bukit Merah ↔ Boon Lay 198ABoon Lay → Jurong East Ave 1	2012	6 February	198AIntroduced from Boon Lay Int to Jurong East Ave 1 (Opp Parc Oasis) during evening peak hours on weekdays. Wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB) at launch.
		2018	18 November	198AEnhanced to operate during the evening on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
		2024	28 January	Serves relocated bus stop after Clementi Swim Cplx along AYE.

External Links

• Bus Service Information (SBS Transit)
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