SBS Transit Service 143
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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) | Soon Lee Bus Park Braddell Bus Park |
| Fleet | Leyland Olympian Leyland Olympian The Leyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production before the demise of Leyland Bus.-Construction:... 3-Axle Volvo B9TL Volvo B9TL The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL.-Chassis:... Volvo B10TL Volvo B10TL Volvo Super Olympian, also known as B10TL, is a low-floor double-decker bus which replaced the 3-axle version of Volvo Olympian .... 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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| 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 | Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange Jurong East Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore... |
| Via | Orchard Rd New Bridge Rd Telok Blangah Rd Pasir Panjang Rd West Coast Rd |
| Frequency | 9 - 11 minutes |
| WAB Availability | Yes  |
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| 143A | Jurong East Interchange to Teban Gardens Road (Before Hasanah Mosque) |
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....
Service 143 is one of Singapore's pioneer trunk bus services introduced in the 1960s, plying between 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...
and Jurong East Bus Interchange
Jurong East Bus Interchange
Jurong East Bus Interchange is a bus interchange located in Jurong East, Singapore...
, and was the second service in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
to use double-deck air conditioned buses in Singapore in 1993 with a total of 11 units (SBS9010M - SBS9021G).
This service is catered to provide links for Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh is a district located in the Central Region of Singapore. It commonly refers to the Housing and Development Board housing estate of Toa Payoh New Town, one of the earliest satellite public housing estates in Singapore....
, West Coast
West Coast, Singapore
West Coast is a town located south of Clementi and west of Pasir Panjang in the Southwest Singapore. The area currently lies in the West Coast GRC.-History:...
, Teban
Teban Gardens
Teban Gardens is a residential precinct located in Jurong.Immediately north of Pandan Reservoir, it comprises exclusively public housing built by the JTC Corporation and Housing and Development Board.-Neighbouring Areas:...
and Pandan Gardens
Pandan Gardens
Pandan Gardens is a residential neighbourhood which is part of Jurong East New Town in the West Region of Singapore...
residents to and from Orchard
Orchard Road
Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...
, Chinatown
Chinatown, Singapore
Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....
and HarbourFront
HarbourFront
HarbourFront is a district situated in southern Singapore, within the Bukit Merah Planning Area. Harbourfront is also the gateway to Sentosa....
.
Tourists often use this bus service to get to and from hotels, tourist attractions and shopping districts located at Orchard
Orchard Road
Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...
, Chinatown
Chinatown, Singapore
Singapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....
, HarbourFront
HarbourFront
HarbourFront is a district situated in southern Singapore, within the Bukit Merah Planning Area. Harbourfront is also the gateway to Sentosa....
and Haw Par Villa
Haw Par Villa
Haw Par Villa is a Chinese mythological theme park in Singapore, located along Pasir Panjang Road.The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese folklore, legends, history and illustrations of various aspects of Confucianism...
. It also ferries workers along Pasir Panjang
Pasir Panjang
Pasir Panjang is an area in the south-western part of Singapore. It is located at the southern part of the Queenstown Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Kent Ridge is a topographical feature which runs through Pasir Panjang.-Etymology:The name Pasir...
to and from HarbourFront
HarbourFront
HarbourFront is a district situated in southern Singapore, within the Bukit Merah Planning Area. Harbourfront is also the gateway to Sentosa....
to transfer to the MRT
Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...
. Buses operated under this service are deployed from Soon Lee Bus Park and Braddell Bus Park
Braddell Bus Park
Braddell Bus Park is a SBS Transit bus park on Braddell Road in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is used to provide parking and refueling facilities for SBS Transit buses from bus services based in Toa Payoh and Eunos bus interchanges, and is a sub-depot of Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot...
.
It currently uses majority of new buses with Scania K230UBs
Scania K-series
Scania K-series is a series of bus with longitudinally, straight-up mounted Euro IV engine at the rear. For the 5- and 6-cylinder engines Scania is using exhaust gas recirculation system to fulfill the legal Euro IV emission standard...
and Volvo B9TLs
Volvo B9TL
The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo Buses since 2002. It superseded the older Volvo B10TL and the Volvo B7TL.-Chassis:...
and several old Leyland Olympians
Leyland Olympian
The Leyland Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production before the demise of Leyland Bus.-Construction:...
. Right now, it has 25 double-deckers
Double-decker bus
A double-decker bus is a bus that has two storeys or 'decks'. Global usage of this type of bus is more common in outer touring than in its intra-urban transportion role. Double-decker buses are also commonly found in certain parts of Europe, Asia, and former British colonies and protectorates...
in its fleet due to it being a cashcow service.
History
- 11 Apr 1971: Service 143 was introduced as a Toa Payoh to Jurong Rd 10 ms Market Service. This service was introduced in conjunction of the 1971 Bus Reorganisation Plan and it was under STC.
- End-1971: When STC was shut down, it was handed over to ABS before the merger and the formation of SBS in 1973.
- 1981: Completion of the former Jurong Bus Terminal at Penjuru Road. Service 143 was amended to call from Penjuru Road (Jurong Depot).
- 1995: Service 143 was re-routed to Teban Garden Bus Terminal. 4 stops were skipped.
- 1998: On 31 May, Service 143 re-routed to Toa Payoh Temp Bus Interchange due to the construction of HDB Hub and the air-conditioned Bus Interchange.
- May 2002: Service 143 re-routed to Jurong East Bus Interchange along with the amendment of Service 78 and 79. 4 bus stops in total, along West Coast Road and Penjuru Road were skipped and the current Jurong Town Hall stretch was added in, at that time, to Jurong East Bus Interchange. The Pandan Gardens portion was cut off.
- 2002: Service 143 route was amended to ply Pandan Gardens again.
- 2005: Service 143 added an additional route, Service 143A terminating at Teban Gardens after 2330 hours. The route was amended too. For now, Jurong East bound buses enter Teban Gardens Rd by West Coast Road while Toa Payoh bound buses enter Teban Gardens Road via Jurong Town Hall Road instead of vice-versa.
- 2007: Service 143 became a Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) service (Logo: ) on 17 December 2007.
Service details
DIRECTION ONE - TOA PAYOH BUS INTERCHANGE TO JURONG EAST BUS INTERCHANGE- First Bus
- Weekdays: 0530HRS
- Saturdays: 0530HRS
- Sundays & Public Holidays: 0545HRS
- Last Bus
- Weekdays: 2330HRS
- Saturdays: 2400HRS
- Sundays & Public Holidays: 2330HRS
DIRECTION TWO - JURONG EAST BUS INTERCHANGE TO TOA PAYOH BUS INTERCHANGE
- First Bus
- Weekdays: 0525HRS
- Saturdays: 0525HRS
- Sundays & Public Holidays: 0545HRS
- Last Bus
- Weekdays: 0020HRS
- Saturdays: 0020HRS
- Sundays & Public Holidays: 0020HRS
Note: Buses leaving Jurong East Interchange from 2340HRS to 0020HRS will terminate at Teban Gardens Rd (Before Hasanah Mosque) on Weekdays, Sundays & PHs and from 0010HRS and 0020HRS on Saturdays.
Bus fleet
Total: 25 - 29 Buses; WABDepots:
- Soon Lee Bus Park (SLBP)
- Braddell Bus ParkBraddell Bus ParkBraddell Bus Park is a SBS Transit bus park on Braddell Road in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is used to provide parking and refueling facilities for SBS Transit buses from bus services based in Toa Payoh and Eunos bus interchanges, and is a sub-depot of Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot...
(BRBP)
Buses:
- Soon Lee Bus Park (23 - 27 Buses)
SBS8441J SBS8893M SBS8894K SBS8982P
4 Scania K230UB (1 Batch 2 Euro IV / 3 Euro V)
SBS9060T SBS9122Z SBS9164C SBS9165A
4 Leyland Olympian 3-Axle
SBS7361M SBS7401G SBS7451L SBS7457X SBS7460K SBS7462E SBS7469L SBS7471D SBS7473Z SBS7474X SBS7489D SBS7493R SBS7530S SBS7532L SBS7537Z SBS7539T SBS7622K SBS7623H SBS7627Y SBS7629S
20 Volvo B9TL (12 ComfortDelgro Engineering-bodied / 8 Wright Batch 1)
- Braddell Bus Park (2 Buses)
SBS9159T
1 Leyland Olympian 3-Axle
SBS9817C
1 Volvo B10TL (Volvo Super Olympian)
Note:
- SBS8893M, SBS8894K & SBS8982P will crossover to Service 93 during the Weekday AM Peak.
- SBS7493R will crossover to Premium 543 during the Weekday AM Peak.
- Weekdays: Soon Lee 20AM-20PM / 7S; Braddell 2AM-2PM (29 buses)
- Saturdays: Soon Lee 18AM-23PM / 3T; Braddell 1AM-2PM (28 buses)
- Sundays: Soon Lee 14AM-17PM / 5T; Braddell 2AM-2PM (22 buses)
Route
The service passes through.- Jurong East CentralJurong EastJurong East is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, a canal and the shoreline of Jurong Lake, Jurong Town Hall Road, the eastern side of Jurong Gardens, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Penjuru Road, West Coast Road, Sungei Pandan and back to the Pan Island Expressway.It is...
- Jurong Town Hall Road
- Teban GardensTeban GardensTeban Gardens is a residential precinct located in Jurong.Immediately north of Pandan Reservoir, it comprises exclusively public housing built by the JTC Corporation and Housing and Development Board.-Neighbouring Areas:...
/Pandan GardensPandan GardensPandan Gardens is a residential neighbourhood which is part of Jurong East New Town in the West Region of Singapore... - West Coast RoadWest Coast, SingaporeWest Coast is a town located south of Clementi and west of Pasir Panjang in the Southwest Singapore. The area currently lies in the West Coast GRC.-History:...
- West Coast Plaza
- Clementi Woods
- Pasir Panjang RoadPasir PanjangPasir Panjang is an area in the south-western part of Singapore. It is located at the southern part of the Queenstown Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Kent Ridge is a topographical feature which runs through Pasir Panjang.-Etymology:The name Pasir...
- Haw Par VillaHaw Par VillaHaw Par Villa is a Chinese mythological theme park in Singapore, located along Pasir Panjang Road.The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese folklore, legends, history and illustrations of various aspects of Confucianism...
- PSA Vista (Headquarters for Pasir Panjang Port Terminal)
- Telok BlangahTelok BlangahTelok Blangah is a district in Singapore to the south-west of the Central Business District in the southern part of the island. It is part of the Bukit Merah Planning Area, an urban planning zone under the Urban Redevelopment Authority.-Etymology:...
- Labrador Park
- HarbourFrontHarbourFrontHarbourFront is a district situated in southern Singapore, within the Bukit Merah Planning Area. Harbourfront is also the gateway to Sentosa....
, VivoCityVivoCityVivoCity is the largest shopping mall in Singapore. Located in the HarbourFront precinct, it was designed by the Japanese architect Toyo Ito. Its name is derived from the word vivacity... - SentosaSentosaSentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...
Gateway - Kampong Bahru
- ChinatownChinatown, SingaporeSingapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....
- Clemenceau Avenue
- River ValleyRiver ValleyRiver Valley is the name of an urban planning area within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.The River Valley Planning Area is defined by the region bounded by Orchard Boulevard, Devonshire Road and Eber Road to the north, Oxley Rise and Mohamed Sultan Road to the east, Martin...
- Plaza SingapuraPlaza SingapuraPlaza Singapura is a contemporary shopping mall located along Orchard Road, Singapore. The mall is managed by CapitaLand and owned by CapitaMall Trust. There are retail outlets over seven floors and two basements. The mall has a 752 lot seven storey carpark at the rear of the building, and a two...
- Orchard RoadOrchard RoadOrchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...
- Ngee Ann CityNgee Ann CityNgee Ann City is a shopping and commercial centre located on Orchard Road, Singapore. The S$520 million building was officially opened on 21 September 1993 by then Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong. Many Singaporeans refer to Ngee Ann City as "Taka", a slang-abbreviation of the anchor tenant's name,...
- Orchard MRT StationOrchard MRT StationOrchard MRT Station is located on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit and is located along Orchard Road, Singapore. Some of its platform livery is maroon in colour, but most of that are black with marbles....
- Newton MRT StationNewton MRT StationNewton MRT Station ' is a station on the North South Line in on the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore. It is located along Scotts Road and is an underground station. It is the shallowest underground MRT Station on the North South and East West MRT Lines at just about 12m underground. Its livery is...
- Scotts RoadScotts RoadScotts Road is a road in Singapore. The Goodwood Park Hotel lies on the road.It is located in the Orchard Planning Area, within the Central Area in Singapore's central business district....
- Newton Circus
- Thomson RoadThomson Road, SingaporeThomson Road is a major trunk road linking Singapore's central business district with the northern suburban areas. Taking its name from John Turnbull Thomson, a Scotsman who was the Government Surveyor and Chief Engineer of the Straits Settlements from 1841 to 1853 and who helped build many roads...
- PIEPan Island ExpresswayThe Pan Island Expressway is the oldest and longest of Singapore's expressways. Currently, it is also Singapore's longest road. It extends along the length of the island, connecting Tuas in the west to Singapore Changi Airport in the east. Its length is .-Construction:Construction of the PIE...
- Toa PayohToa PayohToa Payoh is a district located in the Central Region of Singapore. It commonly refers to the Housing and Development Board housing estate of Toa Payoh New Town, one of the earliest satellite public housing estates in Singapore....
- HDB Hub