Bus Service 859B

!	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 Sunday, 23 March 2025, supplementary bus service 258M will ply an extended route looping at Boon Lay Place to provide direct connection to amenities such as Boon Lay Shopping Centre. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 24 March 2025, supplementary bus service 979X will be introduced to provide a faster connection for residents in Yew Tee Village to and from Bukit Panjang MRT / Bus Interchange. Bus service 979X will supplement bus service 979 and serve selected bus stops along its route. It will operate on weekdays (excluding Public Holidays) during the morning and evening peak periods. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 24 March 2025, supplementary bus service 861M will be introduced to complement existing travel options to Wellington Primary School. It will operate from Canberra Way, terminating at Sembawang Bus Interchange. This service will operate two trips during the morning peak period on weekdays during school term only. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 24 March 2025, short-trip service 112B will be introduced starting from Hougang Central Bus Interchange and terminating at Hougang Avenue 7. This service will only operate on weekdays (excluding public holidays) during the evening peak period. Please refer here for more information.

Service 859B
Route Information
Route	Sembawang Interchange ↺ Sembawang Crescent (Loop)
Route Length	5.0 km
Travelling Time	20 – 25 mins
Operator	(Sembawang – Yishun Bus Package)

For Service 859B in the reverse direction, please refer to Bus Service 859A

Tower Transit Bus Service 859B is a supplementary residential bus service that operates within Sembawang via Sembawang Crescent, Admiralty Drive, Sembawang Drive, Admiralty Link, and Canberra Road. It connects residential blocks, schools, and public amenities in Sembawang Neighbourhoods 3 and 4 to Sembawang Town Centre.

It benefit from the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP) (39^th bus service introduced under the programme), under which it is introduced as a reverse direction of Service 859A.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 859B

Depot	Fleet Size	Fleet
Mandai Depot (MDDEP)	2 – 3	Single Deckers	Double Deckers
		MAN NL323F Volvo B5LH	MAN ND323F

Notes

1 SD (Duty 656S01) will perform (1) crossover trip on City Direct 656 during Weekdays PM Peak. 1 Service 883M SD will perform crossover trips on Service 859B during Sundays & Public Holidays. Several Service 981 DDs will perform crossover trips on Service 859B during Weekdays AM Peak and Weekdays AM Off-Peak. Service 859, Service 859A and Service 859B Volvo B5LH buses are interchangeable. This service practises jumpbus. Weekdays: 2A-2P (2 buses) Weekends: 3A-2P (3 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	10 - 11 minutes	10 - 22 minutes	10 - 15 minutes	10 - 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
58009 Sembawang Int(Berth B2) Sembawang Vista	NS11Sembawang Sun Plaza	05:30	00:55	05:30	00:55	05:30	00:55
58291 Blk 317 Sembawang Dr		05:32	00:57	05:32	00:57	05:32	00:57
58379 Opp Blk 325 Sembawang Cres		05:33	00:58	05:33	00:58	05:33	00:58
58289 Opp Sembawang Sec Sch Sembawang Cres		05:33	00:58	05:34	00:58	05:34	00:58
58279 Opp Blk 336A CP Sembawang Cres		05:34	00:59	05:35	00:59	05:35	00:59
58329 Blk 474 Admiralty Dr		05:36	01:01	05:37	01:01	05:37	01:01
58349 Blk 478 Sembawang Dr		05:37	01:02	05:38	01:02	05:38	01:02
58419 Blk 482A CP Admiralty Lk		05:39	01:04	05:39	01:03	05:40	01:03
58409 Blk 491 Admiralty Lk		05:40	01:05	05:40	01:04	05:41	01:04
58129 Blk 508 CP Canberra Rd		05:42	01:07	05:42	01:06	05:43	01:06
58119 Blk 502A Canberra Rd		05:43	01:08	05:43	01:07	05:44	01:07
58211 Sembawang Stn Sembawang Way	NS11Sembawang Sun Plaza	05:45	01:10	05:45	01:09	05:46	01:09
58251 Sun Plaza/Sembawang Stn Sembawang Dr	NS11Sembawang Sun Plaza	05:46	01:11	05:47	01:11	05:48	01:11
58009 Sembawang Int(Alighting) Sembawang Vista	NS11Sembawang Sun Plaza	05:47	01:12	05:48	01:12	05:49	01:12

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Sembawang ↺ Admiralty Link	2014	17 August	Introduced between Sembawang Int and Admiralty Lk (Loop) under the LTA’s Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP). Wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB) at launch.
		2016	TBC	Last bus extended to 0055 hrs daily.
(Current)		2021	3 October	Operations transferred to Tower Transit Singapore.

External Links

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• Bus Service Route Map