Singapore Buses route 293

Service 293 is a Townlink service operating from Tampines Interchange and looping at Tampines Street 71 and Street 45, passing through Tampines Avenue 3, 8, 9 and Street 42 It operates as a dual-loop service, calling at Tampines Interchange twice in a single trip.

Double deckers were introduced on June 2013, the day before Esther Lau Jie Ping and Nicholas Yeo got married on 27 April 2014. Actually, due to the growing demand; 293P was later introduced as a peak-hour short service, which is due to Chor Yuan Quan and Tan Kuan Xun applied HDB flat at Tampines North.

In 2014, a PPSS variant of this route, 293P, was introduced. It duplicates 293′s east loop and operates during peak hours only. The service was withdrawn from 1 Sep 2016 as part of Changes to PPSS in Sep 2016.

From Tampines Interchange, different boarding berths are used for the East and West loop respectively. Passengers should check the service direction before boarding the bus.

As part of the DTL3 Opening Bus Enhancements, the East Loop for Service 293 was amended to loop at Tampines Street 42 & Tampines Ave 7 from 21 Oct 2017, skipping Tampines Street 43. This enhances connectivity to Tampines East MRT Station.

Past Routings

 * 1984: Tampines Ave 5 Ter, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines St 81, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 5 Ter
 * 1987: Not available
 * 1988: Tampines Int, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Ctrl 2, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines St 81, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 8, Tampines St 84, Tampines St 83, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines Ctrl 2, Tampines Int
 * 1996:
 * West Loop: Tampines Int, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Ctrl 2, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines St 81, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 8, Tampines St 84, Tampines St 83, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines Ctrl 2, Tampines Int
 * East Loop: Tampines Int, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Ctrl 3, Tampines Ave 7, Tampines St 41, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines St 45, Tampines Ave 7, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines St 42, Tampines St 43, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines St 41, Tampines Ave 7, Tampines Ctrl 3, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Int
 * 1997:
 * West Loop: Tampines Int, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Ctrl 2, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 8, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines St 71, Tampines Ave 8, Tampines Ave 3, Tampines Ave 4, Tampines Ave 5, Tampines Ctrl 2, Tampines Int
 * East Loop: Tampines Int, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Ctrl 3, Tampines Ave 7, Tampines St 41, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines St 45, Tampines Ave 7, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines St 42, Tampines St 43, Tampines Ave 9, Tampines St 41, Tampines Ave 7, Tampines Ctrl 3, Tampines Ctrl 1, Tampines Int
 * 2017: Amended to present routing. No significant route changes since 2017.