Bus Service 974

!	TRAVEL ADVISORY					!
	From Monday, 16 September 2024, bus service 89e will call at an additional pair of bus stops along Punggol Road. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 30 September 2024, short trip 50A will be introduced from Punggol East to Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, operating on weekdays excluding public holidays during the morning peak period. Please refer here for more information.

Service 974/974A
Route Information
Route	Joo Koon Interchange ↺ Upper Bukit Timah Road (Loop)
Route Length	35.1 km
Travelling Time	80 - 110 mins
Operator	(Jurong West Bus Package)

Service 974 enhances inter-town connectivity between Jurong Industrial Estate, Jurong West (Boon Lay), Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Panjang. It relieves end-to-end demand on Service 172 by providing an express bus corridor along the Kranji Expressway (KJE), offering faster journeys between Choa Chu Kang and Boon Lay

Station served:

• EW29Joo Koon
• EW28Pioneer
• EW27Boon Lay
• NS4BP1Choa Chu Kang
• BP2South View
• BP3Keat Hong
• BP4Teck Whye
• BP5Phoenix
• DT1BP6Bukit Panjang

Operations Details

Departing From	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
Joo Koon Int 24009 Joo Koon Circle	05:45	23:30	05:45	23:30	05:45	23:30

Notes:

• After 2245 hours, buses leaving Joo Koon Interchange will operate as Service 974A.

Period	AM Peak (6.30am - 8.30am)	AM Off Peak (8.31am - 4.59pm)	PM Peak (5pm - 7pm)	PM Off Peak (After 7pm)
Loop Service	12 - 14 minutes	12 - 15 minutes	10 - 13 minutes	16 - 16 minutes

Special Departures

Bt Panjang Stn Exit A/LRT 44029 Upp Bt Timah Rd → Joo Koon Int 24009 Joo Koon Circle	Weekdays	Between 05:45 and 06:30 (5 buses)
	Weekends / PHs	Between 05:45 and 06:15 (3 buses)

Short Trip 974A

Joo Koon Int 24009 Joo Koon Circle → Lot 1/Choa Chu Kang Stn 44539 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4	Daily	Between 23:00 and 23:30 (3 buses)
Opp Choa Chu Kang Stn 44531 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 → Lot 1/Choa Chu Kang Stn 44539 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4	Weekdays	Between 00:19 and 01:05 (4 buses)
	Weekends / PHs	Between 00:18 and 01:05 (4 buses)

Fleet Information

Depot	Fleet
Soon Lee Depot (SLDEP)	Single Deckers	Double Deckers
	Scania K230UB	SG6337C SG6338A SG6344G SG6347Z SG6351K 5 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 (5 3-Door) SG6286R SG6293U 2 MAN ND323F (2 3-Door)

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk ↔ Joo Koon (2018 - 2021)	2018	8 April	Introduced between Upp Bt Timah Rd (Bt Panjang Stn Exit A/LRT) and Joo Koon Int, operating between 0545 hrs and 2330 hrs daily from Upp Bt Timah Rd and Joo Koon Int. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Joo Koon ↺ Bt Panjang Stn (since 2021)	2021	23 January	Amended to loop at Upp Bt Timah Rd from Joo Koon Int, skipping the bus stop after Bt Panjang Stn along Upp Bt Timah Rd with the closure of Bt Panjang Temp Bus Pk.
(Current)			29 May	Operations transferred to SBS Transit.
		2022	13 February	Serves a new pair of bus stops after Blk 503 and opposite Blk 502 along KJE.
		2024	15 September	Operations transferred to SMRT Buses.

Short-Trip 974A

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
	Upp Bt Timah Rd → Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (2019 - 2021)	2019	13 January	Introduced from Upp Bt Timah Rd (Bt Panjang Stn Exit A/LRT) to Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall), operating after the last bus of Service 974 daily. Wheelchair-accessible at launch.
	Joo Koon → Upp Bt Timah Rd → Choa Chu Kang Ave 4 (since 2021)	2021	23 January	Extended to start from Joo Koon Int with the amendment of Service 974 to loop at Upp Bt Timah Rd from Joo Koon Int.
(Current)			29 May	Operations transferred to SBS Transit.
		2022	13 February	Serves new bus stop opposite Blk 502 along KJE.
		2024	15 September	Operations transferred to SMRT Buses.