{"id":98774,"date":"2026-11-11T07:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98774"},"modified":"2026-11-11T07:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T23:45:01","slug":"bus-service-197-turns-into-jurassic-park-river-adventure-ride-along-ayer-rajah-expressway-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98774","title":{"rendered":"Bus service 197 turns into &#8216;Jurassic Park River Adventure&#8217; ride along Ayer Rajah Expressway, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The first half of November has been a wet one, with moderate to heavy thundery showers over parts of the island on most days so far.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the Meteorological Service Singapore&#8217;s (MSS) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/singapore-weather-forecast-2026-november-first-half\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fortnightly weather update issued on Oct 29<\/a>, is due to the onset of the inter-monsoon period.<\/p>\n<p>And for passengers of SBS Transit-operated bus service 197, a regular commute turned into a &#8220;Jurassic Park River Adventure ride&#8221; at about 4pm on Monday (Nov 9).<\/p>\n<p>A video posted on RedNote by user Red Coffee Meow shows water gushing into the bus via its rear door as it drove through a stretch of the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE).<\/p>\n<p>The spray is seen reaching passengers seated at the two rows behind the door.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps surprised by the sight, some commuters are seen taking out their phones to record the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The user wrote in her video post that some commuters were drenched by the spray and later had to move to the rear rows.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the experience, she said: &#8220;$0 entrance fee, 60 per cent drenched, 100 per cent excitement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"578\" width=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/player\/v1\/7706482998094384404?embed_from=webapp_share&amp;music_info=1&amp;description=1&amp;autoplay=1&amp;muted=1\" title=\"The Xiaohongshu user posted who posted the video likened it to a water park ride, writing: \u201cFree admission, 60 per cent chance of soaked, maximum excitement.\u201d #sgnews #Singapore #Bus #PublicTransport\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Heavy rain fell over the northern, western and central regions of Singapore on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>MSS issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/weather-today-thundery-showers-9-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heavy rain warning between 12.10pm and 1.10pm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>National water agency, PUB, also issued flood risk alerts for two areas \u2014 Lorong Gambir near Bartley Road and Mackenzie Road near Bukit Timah Road.<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne has reached out to SBS Transit to ask if the bus sustained any damage after passing through the ponded stretch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dx-token\" data-dx-entity=\"750353\">[[nid:750353]]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:editor@asiaone.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@asiaone.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/bus-service-197-aye-rain-jurassic-park-ride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first half of November has been a wet one, with moderate to heavy thundery showers over parts of the island on most days so&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}