SBS Transit Service 163
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| Operator | SBS Transit SBS Transit SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services.... |
| Depot(s) | Hougang Depot |
| Vehicles | Volvo B10M Volvo B10M The Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001. It was built as the successor of the B58 and was equipped with a 9.6-litre horizontally-mounted Volvo THD100/THD101/THD102/THD103/THD104/DH10A diesel engine mounted under the floor, near the middle... Mark IV (DM/Strider/DM3500) Volvo B10BLE Volvo B10BLE The Volvo B10BLE is a low-entry city bus chassis which was popular in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Australia. It was launched around 1992 with the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus. It was the successor of the citybus version of Volvo B10B and is used as a base for single-deck... Scania Scania Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the... K230UB |
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| Type | Trunk service |
| Start | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is... |
| End | Sengkang Bus Interchange Sengkang Bus Interchange Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station... |
| Via | Sengkang East/West Avenue Yio Chu Kang Road Upper Thomson Road Braddell Road Lorong 4 & 6 Toa Payoh |
| Frequency | 9 - 12 minutes |
| WAB Availability | No |
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| 163M | Sengkang Bus Interchange to Fernvale Lane (Loop) |
SBS Service 163 is a trunk service in Singapore operated by SBS Transit
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
. It plies between Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...
and Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...
. It is notable that this service was the first to go between two air-conditioned bus interchange, and the only service to serve the residents of Fernvale and Anchorvale.
History
HarbourFront Bus Interchange
The HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located at Seah Im Road by the HarbourFront MRT Station. It was formerly known as the World Trade Centre Bus Terminal and is operated by SBS Transit though there are as many SMRT bus services as there are SBS Transit bus services.Two shopping malls are near...
(Formerly World Trade Centre Bus Terminal). It was shortened in the late 1980s to Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Marina Centre Bus Terminal is a bus station located along Raffles Boulevard in Marina Centre, Singapore. It is very near to Promenade MRT Station. The bus terminal does not allow boarding or alighting, and passengers have to alight before the bus terminates at the terminal...
, and once again shortened to Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
Toa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...
in 1993 after the merger with service 137.
The operator of the service was handed over to the now-defunct Trans-Island Bus Service
TIBS Holdings
Trans-Island Bus Services was formerly a public transport operator in Singapore, incorporated on 31 May 1982 by a firm of Singapore Shuttle Bus as a second full-day run bus service, following public transportation market liberalisation reform approved by parliament, which thereafter proposed the...
on 17 December 1995 but was reverted back to SBS Transit
SBS Transit
SBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
on 26 December 1999.
Service 163 was re-routed with the opening of Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange
Sengkang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located on the ground storey of Compass Heights condominium in the town centre of Sengkang New Town. Located next to Sengkang MRT/LRT Station...
on 2002. The last modification to the service was on 2005, when it was enhanced to serve Fernvale Lane under the Sengkang LRT Line
Sengkang LRT Line
The Sengkang LRT Line is a 10.7 km light rail line which partly opened on 18 January 2003. It is the second LRT system in Singapore and is fully automated and currently operated by SBS Transit. The line uses the Crystal Mover rolling stock supplied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries...
rationalisation.
Bus Fleet
Depot:- Hougang Depot (HGDEP)
Buses:
SBS948S SBS969G SBS2661E SBS2695H
4 Volvo B10M Mark IV (2 DM / 1 Strider / 1 DM3500)
SBS1688K
1 Volvo B10BLE (Diesel)
SBS8132B SBS8142Y SBS8157E SBS8387H SBS8388E SBS8389C SBS8629K SBS8640B SBS8675B SBS8676Z
10 Scania K230UB (6 Batch 2 Euro IV / 4 Euro V)
Notes:
- Weekdays: 8AM-8PM / 5S / 2E (15 buses)
- Weekdays School Holidays: 8AM-8PM / 6S / 1E (15 buses)
- Saturdays/Sundays/Public Holidays: 8AM-8PM / 2T (10 buses)
Note: All Volvo fleets will operate mainly as spare buses on weekends and Public Holidays.
Route
- Sengkang Square
- Compassvale Road
- Sengkang East Way
- Punggol Road
- Sengkang East Ave
- Sengkang West Ave
- Fernvale Lane
- Jalan Kayu
- Yio Chu Kang Road
- Upper Thomson Road
- Braddell Road
- Lorong 6, 4, 6 Toa Payoh