Singapore Buses route 969

Service 969 is a trunk route between Woodlands Regional Interchange and Tampines Interchange, passing through Admiralty, Gambas Avenue, Yishun, Khatib, SLE, TPE and Tampines Avenue 12.

Service 969 is an inter-town route serving between the housing estates around Woodlands, Yishun and Tampines. The route is frequented as a fast connection between Yishun and Tampines due to its express sector along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) and Tampines Expressway (TPE).

From Tampines Interchange, Service 39 also plies between Tampines and Yishun, but takes a much longer journey by serving Pasir Ris. Service 168 also covers the Tampines to Woodlands sector with a faster journey time than 969 by skipping Yishun town.

Fleet
Many buses are added due to the capacity increase, and Alexander Dennis Enviro500s were introduced, originally the number is 4 with the crossovers to 850E and 951E; which also translates to 863 and 953, and after that it was increased to 5 after the disposal of older stock (Hispano MK1) on 26 October 2014.

It was redeployed from AMDEP to WPDEP since 12 July 2015, with the exchange of 811 and 854 to Ang Mo Kio Depot (AMDEP) from WLDEP.

At Tampines Interchange, passengers who wish to get a seat for the long express journey usually queue up at the boarding berth. Passengers can board the bus without joining the queue, usually only after all seats have been occupied.

Route Amendment
Service 969 will be amended via Tampines Concourse and Tampines Avenue 10, stopping at Citylife @ Tampines, Tampines Trilliant, Tampines GreenLeaf and Centrale 8 from 18 December 2016, skipping Tampines Avenue 10 and Tampines Avenue 9. This change was made in view of growing developments in the estate.

Short Working Trips
Weekdays mornings Weekdays AM Peak hours Weekdays AM/PM Peak hours Weekdays AM, PM Peak hours
 * Yishun Ave 2 (Yishun Stn) → Woodlands Regional Int
 * Sembawang Road (Blk 114) → Tampines Int
 * Yishun Ave 2 (Aft NorthPoint Shop Ctr) → Tampines Int
 * Tampines Interchange → Yishun Avenue 2 (Yishun Stn)