Singapore Buses route 990

Service 990 is a trunk route from Bukit Batok Interchange looping at Jurong Gateway Road, serving Bukit Batok East Avenue 3, 6, Jurong East Central and Toh Guan Road. This is the 32nd service to be rolled out under the BSEP programme launched on Saturday, 15 November 2014.

Service 990 caters to the huge load for those people who are going from one cinema to another (from JEM to West Mall); as eligible tickets who bought one at JEM can proceed to the West Mall between 10:00am and 11:30pm. Service 990 also caters to the load from Bukit Batok to the IMM Building at the same time.

Service 990 will offer free rides on 15th and 16th November 2014, the first two days of operation. This makes it the second BSEP bus service (after Service 49) to offer free rides at introduction, both of which serve within the Jurong GRC.

The service loops at Jurong Gateway Road, while not serving Jurong East Bus Interchange. As such, the route will call at a new bus stop, 28211 Opp Blk 135, close to the bus interchange. Additionally, the route will serve a pair of bus stops along Bukit Batok East Avenue 6 not currently served by existing bus routes (43141 Opp Blk 291A and 43149 Blk 291A). These are located near the new BTO development of SkyPeak @ Bukit Batok.

Service 990’s launch was held in tandem with SMRT’s Community Engagement & Career Fair (known as Journey With Us @ Bukit Batok Interchange). Free rides were offered to all commuters on the first two days of service (15 & 16 November 2014).

Fleet
Service 990 took use of the leftover MAN NL323F single decker buses.