SBS Transit Service 225

SBS Transit Service 225 is a feeder bus service operated by SBS Transit. It operates in two directions, a Green Plate, which goes from Bedok Bus Interchange to Bedok North Street 3 and loops back to Bedok Bus Interchange via Bedok North Avenue 2. The other, a white plate, also goes from Bedok Bus Interchange to Bedok North Street 3 and loops back via Bedok North Avenue 1. The difference is that Service 225 Green (Thus dubbed as 225G) goes in the east while service 225 White (Thus dubbed as 225W) goes in the west direction, so residents living in areas in Bedok have a more convenient choice. Passengers normally board this bus at Bedok Bus Interchange Berth B4, which also serves for Service 35 travelling to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

History

The then SBS (Singapore Bus Services) introduced a service 225 in the mid-1970s to link the residents of Bedok North to the major city centre of Bedok from Bedok Bus Interchange. It started out by using non aircon buses. Since then, it has been a popular service, with the green plate having a higher ridership than the white plate.

When SBS converted the non aircon Scania N113 CRB buses in year 2000, its status changed from non-aircon to partially aircon service. In its rebranding of the name from SBS to SBS Transit, the buses were painted with the new SBS Transit livery. The process only began in early 2005 for the 225 fleet and ended on early November in 2006. The first bus was believed to be SBS 3721J and the last bus in the 225 fleet to be painted in its new livery was SBS 3687A.

Even though there was a change in Berth in 2005, from its original B4 to B6, thus exchanging with service 17, 38 and Express 506, it moved back to its original berth soon after. Since then, it stands to be one of the longest serving service, with no route changes since the mid-1970s. It is also one of the most popular service at Bedok Interchange. Buses are always fully packed during peak hours.

Permanent buses on Service 225

Nine buses are deployed on this service. This service has a fleet of Scania N113CRB buses and Volvo B10M Mark III buses. SBS819G and SBS857X are from the Chinatown Direct CT18 service. It will operate on Feeder 225 during the weekday peak hours. In early 2008, Volvo Olympian buses were also deployed during the morning peak and from afternoon to the end of the evening peak as well.

The permanent buses on 225 include:

White Plate: SBS627T SBS819G SBS3702P SBS9355T

Green Plate: SBS857X SBS3687A SBS3692J SBS3701S SBS9231S

Since this service is a partial aircon service because of the inheritance from its fully non-aircon service previously, there are chances where SBS Transit takes Non Air conditioned buses to be used on this service but it is on rare occassions. Also, SBS Transit takes some Volvo B10M Mark III's to replace the existing fleet. Sometimes, Volvo B10M Mark IV and Volvo B10TL buses are also seen on the fleet.

Routing of Service

White Plate

Bedok North Avenue 1

(Stage 1.0) Bedok Interchange (84009)

Bedok North Street 1

Bedok North Street 2

(Stage 2.0) Blk 416 (84339)

Bedok North Street 3

(Stage 2.5) Blk 509 (84449)

(Stage 3.0) Blk 512 (84419)

(Stage 3.5) Blk 550 (84409)

Bedok North Avenue 1

(Stage 3.5) Opp Blk 546 (84379)

(Stage 4.0) Kg Chai Chee CC (84309)

(Stage 5.0) Bedok Interchange (84009)

Green Plate

Bedok North Avenue 1

(Stage 1.0) Bedok Interchange (84309)

(Stage 2.0) Opposite Kg Chai Chee CC (84301)

(Stage 2.5) Blk 546 (84371)

Bedok North Street 3

(Stage 2.5) Blk 544 (84381)

(Stage 3.0) Blk 534 (84391)

(Stage 3.5) Blk 531 (84401)

(Stage 3.5) Blk 526 (84411)

Bedok North Avenue 2

(Stage 4.0) Blk 510 (84421)

(Stage 4.5) OPP BLK 416 (84331)

Bedok North Street 1

Bedok North Avenue 1

(Stage 5.0) Bedok Interchange (84309)