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Management

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	Soon Lee Bus Park
Fleet	Leyland Olympian 3-axle Scania K230UB Volvo B10BLE
Route Details
Start/End	Boon Lay Bus Interchange Boon Lay Bus Interchange The Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Pioneer, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within the Jurong Point Shopping Mall and is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station...
Via	Jurong West Avenue 5
Operating Hours	5.55am to 12.30am(the next day) daily
Frequency (G)	7 – 8 minutes [6.30am to 8.30am] 4 – 9 minutes [8.31am to 4.59pm] 4 – 6 minutes [9pm to 7pm] 4 – 9 minutes [after 7pm]
Frequency (W)	8 – 9 minutes [6.30am to 8.30am] 4 – 8 minutes [8.31am to 4.59pm] 4 – 5 minutes [9pm to 7pm] 4 – 10 minutes [after 7pm]
WAB Availability	Not yet

A feeder bus in Jurong West Extension, Singapore

Jurong West

Jurong West is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, the eastern edge of Jurong Camp, Boon Lay Way, Corporation Road, Fourth Chin Bee Road, International Road, Corporation Road, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Yuan Ching Road, Boon Lay Way, and along a Canal leading into Jurong...

, SBS Transit Service 243 is one of the few bi-directional bus services in Singapore(the others being 410

Bishan Bus Interchange

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, 231

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 225

Bedok Bus Interchange

Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community...

), plying a 5.1 km route that originates from Boon Lay Bus Interchange

Boon Lay Bus Interchange

The Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Pioneer, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within the Jurong Point Shopping Mall and is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station...

and runs through 13 bus stops along the way at both directions.

This service serves as the feeder link from Boon Lay MRT Station

Boon Lay MRT Station

Boon Lay MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Jurong, Singapore.The station currently serves residents living in Boon Lay, Pioneer, Gek Poh, Nanyang and people working in Tuas,Tuas South,Pioneer Sector,Jurong Hill,Jurong Pier,Lok Yang,Benoi and Gul.In...

, to the various residential estates, schools, shopping centres and the Jurong West Sports and Recreational Complex, along the route as it encircles through the entire town of Jurong West Extension

Jurong West

History

Its original route is actually the one currently plied by SBS Transit bus service 242, with the exception of the part where it exited(through Jurong West Central 3 and up to Jalan Boon Lay) and entered(through Jalan Boon Lay, Boon Lay Way and Jurong West Central 2) the interchange.

Together with the original 242 that started in the 1980s, this service started when the initial residential estates were built up in Jurong West Extension, serving the original N7 estate while 242 served the original N9 estate. This service looped by going through street 72, avenue 5 and street 71 before returning to the interchange via avenue 4 and Jalan Boon Lay, just like the current service 242, except for the part where it entered and exited, as mentioned in the previous paragraph.

In June 1992, this service was extended to loop at Pioneer Road North via avenue 5, instead of street 71, before turning to avenue 4 and back to the interchange, to serve the then-newly-built original N8 estate, alongside with the portion of N9 estate which was not served by 242.

Soon, parts of street 81 and the original Gek Poh Ville estate were built up. In 1994, this service was amended to serve the then-newly-built areas through street 75,82 and 81, from avenue 4. As a result, the original N7 part of the route was skipped and service 242 amended to cover the loss there (by going through street 72 and avenue 5, from avenue 4, before going up to street 91,92 and 93). The amended service took its loop through avenue 5,pioneer road north,avenue 4, street 71, back to street 81 and return to the interchange.

In 1996, when the Jurong West Street 64 road was built, this service was rerouted to ply this road instead of Jalan Boon Lay and Jurong West Avenue 4, from the interchange to the original Gek Poh Ville and N8 estates, possibly to cut travelling times and lower operating costs(e.g. buses and diesel) as lesser buses were required as a result of the amendment, while reducing duplication of bus service 242 as the skipped portion was already served by that service(242).

In 1999, when parts of the original N6 estates were built up(particularly those along the older section of street 61), this service was amended to serve the area and having it already so close to the interchange, it made no economic sense to create a loop region there as it would be a great waste of resources. Thus, the route extends on to the bus interchange after going through the original N6 estates. From then on, this service became a bi-directional bus service where while the anti-clockwise service(243W) goes through the N6 estate first, the clockwise one(243G) would go through the N8 estate first.

Since the 4th amendment in 1999, this has been the route for bus service 243, though between 18 June 2006 and 26 December 2009, the route was temporarily amended to travel up to the temporary bus interchange at the junction of Jurong West Street 64 and Boon Lay Way, forgoing Jurong West Central 3 altogether when the Boon Lay Bus Interchange

Boon Lay Bus Interchange

was closed for reconstruction as part of the Jurong Point Extension

Jurong Point Shopping Mall

Jurong Point is a suburban shopping mall located in Jurong West, Singapore. It is situated next to Boon Lay MRT Station and Boon Lay Bus Interchange...

.

Following the current bus centralisation exercise by the LTA, in future, this service may be amended to pass through the recently-built Pioneer MRT Station

Pioneer MRT Station

Pioneer MRT Station ' is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong.Located at Jurong West Street 63, between Jurong West Street 61 and Pioneer Road North, it serves residents living in Nanyang and Pioneer...

, due to the sustainable demand from residents residing near it, at the N6 estates and part of N7 and N8(those near the station and along Pioneer Road North), along the route as currently, there is not yet a service that provides bus connection to the station from the places under the station's serving radius, despite being nearer to it than Boon Lay MRT Station

Boon Lay MRT Station

Bus fleet

243G:

4 Scania K230UB (2 Batch 2 Euro IVs and 2 Batch 1 Euro Vs)

SBS8201K SBS8202H SBS8769P SBS8949U

5 Volvo B10BLE (4 CNG)

SBS2989K SBS2990E SBS2991C SBS2995S SBS2999G

243W:

2 Volvo B10BLE (3 CNG)

SBS2996P SBS2997L

5 Scania K230UB (5 Batch 1 Euro V)

SBS8941H SBS8942E SBS8943C SBS8945Y SBS8956R

3 Leyland Olympian 3-Axles

SBS9023B SBS9068Y SBS9113A

Route

Boon Lay Bus Interchange

01.Duo Tian Gong temple

02.Yu Huang Tian Combined temple

03.Jalan Bahar Heavy Vehicle Park

04.Gek Poh Shopping Centre

05.Pioneer Primary School

Pioneer Primary School

Pioneer Primary School is a primary school located in Nanyang, Singapore, at Jurong West Street 81.- School Song :Down the road to Pioneerit's where we look for wisdomThe truth to strengthen all our soulsthat's the way we shall glow....

06.Pioneer Secondary School

Pioneer Secondary School

Pioneer Secondary School is a government co-educational secondary school in Jurong West, Singapore. It was established in January 1994.- History :...

07.Jurong West Neighborhood Park

08.Central Clinic & Surgery Group Centre

19.Jurong West Sports and Recreational Complex

Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre

Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre is a centre catering to Singaporeans who do sports and recreational activities.It was officially opened to the public on 10 November 2006. This sports complex is notable because it is the largest integrated sports centre in Singapore...

10.PCF kindergarten

11.Pioneer Mall

Pioneer Mall

Pioneer Mall is a 4-storey shopping building in Jurong West, Singapore.It is the town centre for Pioneer, Singapore, with a HDB service centre located at the 2nd floor of the building....

12.Jurong West Primary School

13.Boon Lay Secondary School

Boon Lay Secondary School

Boon Lay Secondary School is a government secondary school located in Jurong West, Singapore. The school was named after Chew Boon Lay.-History:...

Boon Lay Bus Interchange

243W runs from 13 to 1 while 243G runs from 1 to 13.

External links

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