Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Proposed Dedicated Feeder Bus Service Between Woodlands Checkpoint and Woodlands Bus Interchange
Ms Hany Soh asked the Minister for Transport whether the Land Transport Authority will consider providing a dedicated feeder bus service between the Woodlands Checkpoint and Woodlands Bus Interchange for travellers journeying to and from Johor Bahru so as to ease the congestion that especially affects residents who are commuting during peak hours.
Reply by Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat:
1. Six bus services operate between Woodlands Checkpoint and Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub (ITH). Based on ridership data, there is sufficient capacity for these bus services to serve commuters travelling between Woodlands Checkpoint and Woodlands ITH.
2. Out of these six services, services 903, 911, and 912 are feeder bus services that also serve local residents travelling to and from Woodlands ITH. Bus services 903 and 911 were recently enhanced to provide sufficient bus capacity for commuters who do not need to travel to Woodlands Checkpoint. During peak periods, short trips of Service 911 skip the checkpoint, and more trips have been added to variant Service 903M to serve the Marsiling area. These supplementary services have improved the bus service headways to 2 to 5 minutes during peak hours.
3. Service 967 will also be introduced on 12 January 2025 to serve residents along Woodlands Avenue 1 travelling to and from Woodlands ITH, complementing the existing Service 912.