Singapore Buses route 167

Service 167 is a trunk route between Sembawang Road End and Shenton Way, passing through Camberra Link, Sembawang Road, Upper Thomson, Thomson, Newton, Orchard, Dhoby Ghaut and Connaught Drive / St Andrews Road.

Demand for this route remains moderate to low throughout the day owing to the presence of duplicate routes and low-density developments along much of its route. However, peak hour demand is high especially between Sembawang and the City.

Formerly a Singapore Bus Service (SBS) route since the 1970s, the route was transferred to Trans-Island Bus Service (TIBS) in 1983 and has been operated by SMRT ever since. High capacity articulated / double-deck buses are not deployed due to insufficient demand.

Fleet
Service 167′s fleet comprises of a majority of MAN NL323F buses, with smaller numbers of Mercedes-Benz OC500LE and Citaro buses.

History

 * 11 Apr 1971: Original route between Her Majesty’s (HM) Royal Dockyard (Rotherham Gate) in Admiralty and New Bridge Rd, operating as Service 160A.
 * 3 Apr 1974: Renumbered to Service 167
 * 1976: Amended to Admiralty Rd West Ter and Tanjong Pagar Ter (Lim Teck Kim Rd)
 * 1980: Amended to Anson Rd Ter and Sebawang Road
 * 3 Apr 1983: Handed to TIBS
 * 13 Jan 1985: Extended to World Trade Centre Ter
 * 20 Sep 1992: Extended to Sembawang Rd End Ter (to replace withdrawn 161) and Bukit Merah Int (to replace withdrawn 850).
 * 11 Feb 2001: Amended serve Canberra Link & Canberra Rd before continuing to Sembawang Rd.
 * 20 Nov 2005: Shortened to Sembawang Int. New service 882 to replace lose sectors to Sembawang Rd End from Sembawang.
 * 29 Oct 2006: Calls at Orchard Stn along Orchard Turn instead of Orchard Blvd.
 * 5 Jun 2012: Alex Ong pushed an elderly lady, 76-year old Mdm Hwang Li Lian off the bus. Alex Ong was charged in court on 7 November 2012.
 * 8 Mar 2013: Alex Ong was sent for a Mandatory Treatment Order (MTO).