Singapore Buses route 123

Service 123 primarily serves the residents along Bukit Merah, Queensway, Tiong Bahru and Bukit Purmei with connections to the Orchard district, including Tanglin and Dhoby Ghaut. It shares the Bukit Merah – Bukit Purmei (Loop) start and loop point with the former Service 275, but takes a much longer route via Orchard.

From 24 August 2014, due to the SERS at Tanglin Halt and Commonwealth Drive on 27 June 2014, the service 123 was extended to HarbourFront Bus Interchange from Bukit Purmei and converted to bi-directional operation, calling at eight new bus stops along Lower Delta Road, Kampong Bahru Road and Tiong Bahru Road, and to enhance connectivity from Bukit Purmei to HarbourFront, replacing the lost section of service 85 that was withdrawn when the North East Line is opened on 27 July 2003. The bidirectional route is likely to reduce instances of bus bunching and improve the overall readiness of the service.

Service 123M also serves alongside 123 from HarbourFront Interchange and looping at Tiong Bahru Road via the Central Expressway. Shortworking trip 123A is also withdrawn at the result.

It is one of the route that Terry Wee took from Orchard Plaza all the way to Queensway (Tanglin Halt area), which had happened during the Christmas light-up on 10 December 2013.

Service 123 is also the pioneer route of using Scania K230UBs.

Service 123 Extension
Commuters can look forward to greater convenience and enhanced public transport connectivity to Sentosa with the extension of service 123 to the island from 30 July 2017.

Service 123 will be extended to Beach Station Bus Terminal. Within Sentosa, it will call at the new bus stops:

With this change, service 123 will no longer go to the HarbourFront area, nor calling at the bus stops along Telok Blangah Road:
 * Resorts World Sentosa (14519), along Sentosa Gateway
 * Merlion Plaza (14521), along Artillery Avenue
 * opp Merlion Plaza (14529), along Artillery Avenue

To get to these three bus stops, commuters who currently take service 123 to Tiong Bahru Road, Lower Delta Road and Bukit Purmei Avenue can take service 123M instead. For the rest of the commuters, they can also make a same-stop transfer to service 65 or 855 at Lower Delta Road.
 * VivoCity (14141)
 * opp VivoCity (14119)
 * HarbourFront Station Exit A (14129)

The operating hours of service 123 from Bukit Merah is remained unchanged at 5.30am to 11.45pm from Mondays to Saturdays, and 6.00am to 11.45pm on Sundays and public holidays. For the other direction from Beach Station, the timings are from 6.00am to 12.15am.

In the past, SBS Leisure had their bus services, A, B, C and E; from Tiong Bahru MRT to Sentosa.