Singapore Buses route 257

Service 257 is a Jurong Industrial Service running from Joo Koon Bus Interchange and looping at Pioneer Sector 2, passing through Pioneer Road and Gul Road. Service 257 serves the industrial areas around Pioneer Sectors 1, 2 & 3 with connections to Joo Koon MRT and Fairprice Hub.

As an industrial service, demand is high during the peak hours, and relatively low during off-peak hours.

Route Shortening to Joo Koon Bus Interchange
As part of the Joo Koon Bus Interchange opening and accompanying Jurong Industrial Estate route amendments, Phase 2 implementation (28 November 2015) shortens Service 257 to Joo Koon Int via Benoi Rd. The deleted route sector from Boon Lay Int to Jln Ahmad Ibrahim will be replaced by the new service 256.

Operating hours will also be pushed back from 0545 – 2320 to 0600 – 2330 daily, to compensate for the reduction in traveling time between Joo Koon and Pioneer Sector 2.

Fleet
Service 257 consisted of Volvo Olympian 2-Axles from 2003 to 2011. Service 257 originally consisted of the Leyland Olympian transferred from ARBP 10 and ARBP 132, in 2007. Later on, Volvo Olympian 3-Axles began to be deployed from 2008 all the way to 2011, when more VO3X took over.

The fleet consisted of Volvo Olympian 3-Axle (Batch 1), being replaced by Volvo B9TL (Wrights) in August 2015.