Singapore Buses route 386

Service 386 is a residential feeder route connecting Punggol MRT Station and Edgefield Plains, looping at Punggol East. This is the 30th bus service to be rolled out under the Bus Services Enhancement Programme (BSEP), as well as the fourth feeder service after 803. It was launched on Sunday, 17 August 2014. It is operated by Tower Transit.

It was originally introduced as a service, service 386 was being extended to loop at Riviera Station from 14 February 2015 as the 37th bus service in the BSEP. Free bus rides are being offered on the day of route extension.

From 24 April 2016, the route was being extended to Edgedale Plains (End) to serve the newly completed Build-To-Order (BTO) estates, Waterway View and Waterway Sundew. The route extension however, did not count under the BSEP.

The stretch of Edgefield Plains which service 386 plies is not served by existing bus routes, and is surrounded by existing and upcoming residential developments. Apart from existing residential developments around Punggol Central and Punggol Drive, the route serves new Build-To-Order (BTO) flats at the far end of Edgefield Plains, Waterway Banks and Waterway Ridges.

Buses at Edgefield Plains and Edgedale Plains will call at separate bus stops depending on the direction of travel. Passengers heading towards Punggol East should board the bus from the bus stop outside Blk 672A and outside Blk 682A respectively, while others heading towards Punggol MRT Station & Bus Interchange should board the bus from the bus stop outside Blk 670A and Blk 661A respectively instead.

2015 Route Extension
The service extension was celebrated with a lion dance performance, followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Ms Penny Low, Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC, at the bus stop outside Punggol Plaza (Punggol Field – Opp Blk 126A) on the morning of 14 February 2015. Two buses, SBS6366G and SBS6530Z, were chartered for this event to ply the full 386 extended route with MP and residents onboard.