Singapore Buses route 180

Service 180 is a trunk route from Boon Lay Interchange and looping at Bukit Panjang. passing through Jurong West Street 64, Boon Lay Way, Bukit Batok Road and Jelebu Road. It is part of the operator, Downtown Bay.

Service 180 is a inter-town route connecting Jurong West and Bukit Panjang, serving Lakeside and Chinese Garden MRT stations. It is also the most direct route between Boon Lay and Bukit Panjang, offering faster journey times as compared to the MRT. As such, the service is well patronized throughout the day, with moderate to high demand at most times of day. As such, high capacity articulated buses make up the whole permanent fleet.

This route was previously operating as a bidirectional service between Bukit Panjang and Boon Lay, but buses did not have extended breaks at Boon Lay due to space constraints. When Bukit Panjang Int was demolished to make way for the new Integrated Transport Hub, this route converted to start from Boon Lay and loop at Bukit Panjang. It will likely revert to bidirectional operation by 2015 when the new Bukit Panjang Interchange opens.

Originally introduced as Service 951 in 1990, a series of major amendments has shortened the route to its present form since 1996.

From 2311hrs daily, buses leaving Boon Lay Interchange will operate as Shortworking Trip 180A and terminate at Bukit Panjang Road (Blk 183). Additional trips of 180A operated in the late evening (weekdays only) are performed by split-shift buses before being taken out of service.

History

 * 15 Dec 2012: Amended to loop at Jelebu Road (Bukit Panjang Plaza), because the Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange was closed for redevelopment works. One Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano MK1) is retired, which is the demonstrator. In addition, Mr Suhairi asked Mun Hoi whether he need extra time for examinations, in the end - it was too late and dropped Additional Mathaematics.
 * 14 Dec 2014: Extended from Bukit Panjang Plaza to Gali Batu.