Singapore Buses route 18

Service 18 is a residential route between Tampines and Bedok, serving Bedok Reservoir and Bedok North Road. It loops within Bedok Bus Interchange.

This route has limited demand due to duplication with many other services along the Bedok-Tampines stretch, which is 28 and 67. However, it goes from the Tampines North CC and ends at Bedok, with a buffer stop at Tampines Avenue 2 (Blk 101/141).

With its future proofing of the service 18 to Tampines North since October 2011, in the meantime, it will be diverted to Tampines Concourse on 18 December 2016.

At night, there is a bus service called N18, which runs all the way to Marina Centre.

Fleet
The route was formerly operated by double deckers since 1988 because of the huge demand after the extension to Tampines. It initially compromised Leyland Atlanteans before converting to Volvo Olympian 2-Axles in 1994, and was withdrawn in 1998 when the service became full air-con fleet using Volvo B10M Mark III and it was replaced by high-capacity articulated buses.

The route formerly operated with high-capacity articulated buses before they were sold off in 2006, and was replaced by Volvo B10M Mark III, of which it was displaced by Scania K230UBs in 2008. The Volvo B10M Mark IV (Walter Alexander Striders) were continued until it was displaced by Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaros between 2012 and 2014.

It also had their frequent crossover from 30 to 18 using double decker buses until December 2004, when the Eastern Trains, was started and hence service 18 stopped using double deckers.

History

 * 1984: Introduced as a service from Bedok – Tampines Street 22 (Loop).
 * 1988: Extended to Tampines and made to loop at Bedok. Deleted sector of Tampines Street 22 covered by 292.
 * 19 Nov 2011: Amended to serve Bedok North Avenue 2 / Bedok North Road, with the opening of Bedok Temporary Interchange.