City Direct Services

City Direct services are express services that connects between the major HDB towns and the city. They are under the Bus Services Enhancement Programme.

Nine new City Direct services will start, and the first route is 686, running from Jurong West. They will be running a similar service from Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Bukit Batok, Eunos, Hougang, Jurong East, Sembawang, Sengkang and West Coast to the Central Business District (CBD). These will run during morning peak hours and evening peak hours. With limited stops and the use of expressways, commuters using these services will have comparable journey time to taking a connecting bus service or LRT service and transferring to MRT towards the city.

The move is in line with the Committee of Supply 2013, to tap on the resources of those private operators and schools having new routes to reduce overcrowding on the MRT. Currently, there are express routes 513 (Tampines West), 850E (Yishun East), 951E (Woodlands) and 982E (Choa Chu Kang Avenue 5) and run parallel to train lines to reduce overcrowding. The next stage is the western areas, which is Jurong West.

Fares
Fares for City Direct services are flat fares based on the current distance-based fare scheme (DBF) for Express routes. These are calculated with the full length of the route based off current express fares for the same distance.

Operating Hours
City Direct services operate during the morning and evening peak hours in single directions.

Buses
The buses that primarily use for City Direct services are Ren Quan Transport Golden Dragon coaches, MAN SU283F (A91), Ren Quan Transport King Long coaches, ComfortDelGro Mitsubishi Fuso (SC Chivalrous) coaches, Sunlong SLK6112B25R245, Isuzu LT133 and Golden Dragon XML6957J14B coaches.