Singapore Buses route 147

Service 147 is a trunk service plying between Hougang Central Int and Clementi Int, passing through Hougang Avenue 8, Yio Chu Kang Road, Serangoon MRT, Little India, Bras Basah, Chinatown, Bukit Merah and Commonwealth Avenue West. It also cuts through the city, such as Chinatown, Bras Basah and Little India.

This service was slated to be amended during the North-East Line Bus Rationalization of 2003 which intended to delete unnecessary sectors of various bus routes to avoid duplication with the new North-East MRT Line (NEL). However, it was later spared from rationalization along with Service 133. Currently, long segments of route which duplicate the NEL still receives generous passenger numbers.

This service has been declared WAB since November 2006 with many of the Volvo B9TL (CDGE) buses being deployed on that route. It replaces many of the Volvo Olympians. SBS9889U, which is the Volvo B10TL was deployed from February 2005 to November 2006.

History

 * 1971 (11 Apr): Introduced between Lor 6 Toa Payoh and Commonwealth Ave/North Buona Vista Rd, operated by Associated Bus Services. On 02 Aug, amended to Toa Payoh Town Centre.
 * 1981: Amended to Buona Vista Ter
 * 1983 (26 Dec): Amended to loop at Potong Pasir Ave 1
 * 1984 (01 Jul): Amended to Potong Pasir Ter
 * 1985 (05 May): Amended to Potong Pasir Ave 2 & 3 before terminating at Potong Pasir Ter
 * 1985 (30 Jun): Extended to Jurong East Int
 * 1992 (29 Mar): Merged with service 83 and extended to Upp Serangoon Ter. At the same time, amended to Serangoon Rd / Jln Besar instead of Bugis and Lavender
 * 1992 (29 Nov): Alternate trips terminated at Clementi MRT Station
 * 1993 (05 Dec): Shortened to Clementi interchange with the extension of service 105. Alternate trips withdrawn.
 * 1994 (17 Dec): Amended to Hougang Central Int
 * 1999: Amended to ply Prinsep Street
 * 2006 (29 Oct): Amended to Clementi Temp Int
 * 2006 (30 Oct): Designated as a wheelchair-accessible bus route (WAB), the second WAB service in Singapore.
 * 2011 (16 Oct): With the closure of a section along Bencoolen St for the construction of the Downtown Line, this service was amended to serve Middle Rd & Bencoolen St
 * 2011 (26 Nov): Amended to air-conditioned Clementi Integrated Transport Hub (ITH)
 * 2013: Service improvement under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP)
 * 2016 (11 Dec): Resume plying Bencoolen Street with the completion of Downtown Line works

MRT Stations

 * Clementi
 * Dover
 * Buona Vista
 * Commonwealth
 * Outram Park
 * Chinatown
 * Clarke Quay
 * Bras Basah
 * Little India
 * Farrer Park
 * Boon Keng
 * Potong Pasir
 * Woodleigh
 * Serangoon
 * Hougang