From Sunday, 11 April 2021, existing loop services that operate half trips terminating at their looping point will be identified with a suffix.
For bus services looping at a bus interchange or terminal, they will be identified with the T suffix. Bus services not looping at a bus interchange or terminal, these half-trips will be designated as Short-Trip Services, with the A, B or C suffix.
See also: Bus Service Prefixes and Suffixes
Background
There are a handful of loop services in Singapore that have trips that terminate at their looping point. Most of these trips are operated in the late-night hours, after the last bus of their parent service has departed.
Owing to the lack of standardization, some of these half-trip services are designated as Short Trip services (e.g. 70A, 79A, 180A, 200A, 972A), while the half-trips of other bus services (e.g. 857, 965, 966, 975) were not. The recent standardization in April 2021 firmly indicates all these half-trips by the addition of a suffix.
From 11 April 2021, the newly-designated terminating trips are as follows:
| Bus Service | Route | Operating Hours |
| 60T | Eunos Int → Bedok Int | Daily; between 23:35 – 00:35 |
| 63A | Eunos Int → Jalan Rumah Tinggi (Opp Blk 36) | Daily; between 22:55 – 00:00 |
| 73T | Ang Mo Kio Int → Toa Payoh Int | Daily; between 23:30 – 23:45 |
| 83T | Punggol Temp Int → Sengkang Int | Daily; after 00:00 – 00:36 |
| 857B | Yishun Int → Temasek Avenue (Promenade Stn) | Weekdays Morning Peak & Daily; after 22:40 – 23:30 |
| 859T | Sembawang Int → Yishun Int | Daily; after 23:14 – 00:00 |
| 860T | Yishun Int → Yio Chu Kang Int | Daily; between 22:50 – 23:30 |
| 965T | Woodlands Temp Int → Sengkang Int | Daily; after 22:44 – 23:30 |
| 966A | Woodlands Temp Int → Marine Parade Road (Opp Parkway Parade) | Daily; after 22:30 – 23:30 |
| 975C | Bukit Panjang Int → Lim Chu Kang Road (Police Coast Guard) | Daily; after 22:50 – 23:35 |
The new route variants are either assigned A, B or C for Short-Trip Services, or T for ‘Terminating’, depending on whether the looping point is a bus interchange or not.
The T suffix was previously only assigned to bus routes which allowed passengers to continue their journey on the bus beyond the route terminus (e.g. Bus Service 36 and other two-part feeder services, formerly TownLink / Intratown).
Bus Service 60T
| Bus Service 60T |
Eunos Int → Bedok Int | |
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 23:45, 00:02, 00:18 & 00:35 | 23:39, 23:50, 00:01, 00:18 & 00:35 | 23:46, 00:02, 00:18 & 00:35 |
Service 60A: Eunos Int → Bedok Reservoir Rd (Blk 608) will continue to operate during stipulated extended operating hours.
Bus Service 63A
| Bus Service 63A |
Eunos Int → Jalan Rumah Tinggi (Opp Blk 36) |
|
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 23:00, 23:12, 23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00 | 22:58, 23:13, 23:28, 23:44 & 00:00 | 22:58, 23:11, 23:24, 23:36, 23;48 & 00:00 |
Bus Service 73T
| Bus Service 73T |
Ang Mo Kio Int → Toa Payoh Int | |
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 23:35 & 23:45 | 23:32 & 23:45 | 23:32 & 23:45 |
Bus Service 83T
| Bus Service 83T |
Punggol Temp Int → Sengkang Int |
|
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 00:21 & 00:36 | 00:16, 00:26 & 00:36 | 00:12, 00:24 & 00:36 |
Operating hours for Service 83T will be extended when stipulated (eg. Eves of public holidays with extended bus & train operating hours).
Bus Service 857B
| Bus Service 857B |
Yishun Int → Temasek Avenue (Promenade Stn) |
|
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 06:00, 06:30, 07:01, 07:33, 08:00, 08:38, 09:10, 09:43, 22:48, 22:56, 23:04, 23:12, 23:21 & 23:30 | 22:51, 23:00, 23:10, 23:20 & 23:30 | 22:46, 22:57, 23:08, 23:19 & 23:30 |
Bus Service 859T
| Bus Service 859T |
Sembawang Int → Yishun Int | |
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00 | 23:24, 23:36, 23:48 & 00:00 | 23:26, 23:37, 23:48 & 00:00 |
Bus Service 860T
| Bus Service 860T |
Yishun Int → Yio Chu Kang Int |
|
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 22:54, 23:06, 23:18, 23:30 | 22:54, 23:06, 23:18, 23:30 | 22:54, 23:06, 23:18, 23:30 |
Bus Service 965T
| Bus Service 965T |
Woodlands Temp Int → Sengkang Int |
|
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 22:50, 23:00, 23:10, 23:20 & 23:30 | 23:00, 23:15 & 23:30 | 22:50, 22:59, 23:07, 23:14, 23:22 & 23:30 |
Bus Service 966A
| Bus Service 966A |
Woodlands Temp Int → Marine Parade Road (Opp Parkway Parade) | |
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 22:42, 22:54, 23:06, 2320 & 23:30 | 22:37, 22:50, 23:03, 23:17 & 23:30 | 22:50, 23:10 & 23:30 |
Bus Service 975C
| Bus Service 975C |
Bukit Panjang Int → Lim Chu Kang Road (Police Coast Guard) |
|
| Departure Times | ||
| Weekdays | Saturdays | Sundays / Public Holidays |
| 22:55, 23:05, 23:15, 23:25 & 23:35 | 23:05, 23:20 & 23:35 | 22:55, 23:04, 23:12, 23:19, 23:37 & 23:35 |
Other Remaining Services
Bus Service 160 trips from Jurong East Int between 23:00 and 00:00 would terminate at Jln Jim Quee (JB Sentral Bus Ter). However, as of April 2021, Service 160 is diverted to turn around at Bus Stop 46509 – Marsiling Pk, Woodlands Ctr Rd, due to the Malaysia Movement Control Order. After border restrictions are lifted, it remains to be seen if terminating trips will be assigned a suffix for standardisation.
On the evenings of Sunday & Public Holidays between 20:18 and 20:43, Service 92M buses departing from Ghim Moh Ter will terminate at Bus Stop 11369 – Nth Buona Vista Rd (Buona Vista Stn Exit D). These terminating trips were not assigned a suffix in this round of standardisation.
See Also:
- Bus Service Prefixes and Suffixes
- Changes to Fast Forward, Express & Terminating Trips (August 2018)