Feasibility Assessment of Existing Bus Service along Buangkok Green to Connect Buangkok Crescent to Ang Mo Kio MRT Station

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question

Mr Victor Lye asked the Acting Minister for Transport

a.          whether the Ministry has assessed, using origin-destination demand, transfer volumes, journey times, and capacity utilisation data, the feasibility of looping an existing bus service along Buangkok Green, such as Service 88, into the Buangkok Crescent bus stops serving Buangkok Square Mall to provide a direct bus connection to Ang Mo Kio MRT station; and

b.          if so, what were the findings.

Reply by Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow:

1.          Looping Service 88 to ply Buangkok Crescent would benefit around 150 residents, but significantly lengthens travel time and increases fares for more than 4,000 existing commuters. Doing so would also increase total travel time for Service 88 past the two-hour limit recommended by the Bus Safety Tripartite Taskforce.

2.          To provide residents from Buangkok Crescent with a direct connection to the North-South Line, Service 114 was extended to Yio Chu Kang MRT station. Commuters can then take the North-South Line to onward destinations, including Ang Mo Kio MRT station.