Bus Service 979X

!	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. Train services will be extended on the eve of Good Friday, 17 April 2025 (Thursday), and on the eve of Labour Day, 30 April 2025 (Wednesday). Selected bus services will have their operating hours extended to coincide with the last train timing. Please refer to the following for more information: (Good Friday) (Good Friday) (Good Friday) From Sunday, 20 April 2025, following the opening of Woodleigh Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), bus service 146 will be amended to operate from Woodleigh ITH. With the route amendment, it will serve three additional bus stops along Bidadari Park Dr and one additional bus stop along Upper Serangoon Rd. bus service 148 will be introduced, operating from Woodleigh ITH and looping at Potong Pasir Ave 1, providing direct connections to the bus interchange and key amenities such as Woodleigh Mall, Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, schools in Woodleigh and Potong Pasir and the upcoming Bidadari Polyclinic. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 27 April 2025, Pasir Ris Bus Interchange will be relocated to the new Pasir Ris Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), which will be accessible via Pasir Ris Mall, Level 1. There is no change to existing bus routes and stopping points. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 27 April 2025, feeder service 299 will be introduced, operating from Tampines North and looping at Tampines St 96. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 28 April 2025, supplementary bus service 21X will be introduced, operating from Saint Michael's Terminal and looping at Thomson Road. It will only operate during Weekday peak hours. Please refer here for more information.

Service 979X
Route Information
Route	Bukit Panjang Interchange ↺ Choa Chu Kang Crescent (Loop)
Route Length	10.5 km
Travelling Time	42 mins
Operator	(Choa Chu Kang – Bukit Panjang Bus Package)

SMRT Buses Bus Service 979X is a peak hour limited-stop supplementary route variant of Service 979, offering quicker journeys between the residential areas of Choa Chu Kang Neighbourhood 6 and Bukit Panjang, bypassing Choa Chu Kang North. It incorporates non-stop sectors along Woodlands Road and Kranji Expressway, saving up to 10 minutes of travelling time compared to its parent route. Although classified as an “Express-Feeder” service, it follows regular distance-based fares, similar to Service 979.

This service is the 17^th bus service introduced under the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP).

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 979X

Depot	Fleet Size	Fleet
Kranji Depot (KJDEP)	5	5 Single Deckers
		SMB291L SMB1534E SMB1536A SMB1570A MAN NL323F Mercedes-Benz OC500LE

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	11 - 12 minutes	10 - 12 minutes		10 minutes

Special Departures

45389 Blk 619 Choa Chu Kang Nth 7 ↺ 45411 Opp Blk 670 Choa Chu Kang Cres → 45009 Bt Panjang Int Petir Rd Departure Time
Weekdays	06:30 06:39

Loop Service

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Bus Stops	Point of Interest	Weekdays
		First bus	Last bus
45009 Bt Panjang Int Petir Rd	DT1 BP6 Bukit Panjang Hillion Mall	06:30	19:45
Express KJE		Non-stop
45321 Yew Tee Stn Choa Chu Kang Dr	NS5 Yew Tee Yew Tee Point	06:42	19:58
45389 Blk 619 Choa Chu Kang Nth 7		06:30	20:00
45401 Blk 681 Choa Chu Kang Cres		06:32	20:02
45411 Opp Blk 670 Choa Chu Kang Cres		06:33	20:03
45421 Blk 689A Choa Chu Kang Cres		06:34	20:04
45439 Blk 691A Choa Chu Kang Cres		06:35	20:05
45399 Regent Gr Condo Choa Chu Kang Nth 7		06:37	20:06
45329 Opp Yew Tee Stn Choa Chu Kang Dr	NS5 Yew Tee	06:40	20:09
Express KJE		Non-stop
44031 Aft Bt Panjang Stn Upp Bt Timah Rd	DT1 BP6 Bukit Panjang Hillion Mall	06:51	20:16
45009 Bt Panjang Int Petir Rd	DT1 BP6 Bukit Panjang Hillion Mall	06:52	20:17

Notes:

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

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
(Current)	Bukit Panjang ↺ Choa Chu Kang Crescent	2025	24 March	Introduced between Bukit Panjang Int and Choa Chu Kang Crescent (Loop) under the LTA's Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP), operating between 0630 hrs – 1000 hrs and 1615 hrs – 1945 hrs on Weekdays. Wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB) at launch.

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