Bus And Train Services During The Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2014 - Opening Ceremony & Official Light Up (11 January 2014)

7 January 2014 - To facilitate the Opening Ceremony & Official Light Up of the Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations, on 11 January 2014, 15 SBS Transit Bus Services will be diverted due to road closures while the operating hours of train services and the three Chinatown Direct bus services will be extended.

Bus Services
On Saturday, 11 January 2014, from 2.00pm to 11.00pm, 15 SBS Transit bus services - 2, 12, 33, 54, 63, 80, 124, 143, 145, 147, 166, 197, CT8, CT18 and CT28 - will skip eight bus stops along Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road, Outram Road and Upper Cross Street due to road closures for the event.

To better serve the travel needs of commuters, the service hours for Services CT8, CT18 and CT28 will be extended that evening. The last bus for these three services will depart from the bus stop at Eu Tong Sen Street - After Hospital Drive (bus stop number 10017) at 12.30am. CT8 serves Ang Mo Kio bus interchange, CT 18 serves Bedok bus interchange and CT28 serves Clementi bus interchange.

Train Services
Train service hours on the North East Line and Downtown Line will be extended on the night of 11 January 2014.

The last NEL train in the direction of Harbourfront will depart Punggol Station at 12.02am, Serangoon Station at 12.13am, Dhoby Ghaut Station at 12.25am, Chinatown Station at 12.29am and Outram Park Station at 12.31am. In the direction of Punggol, the last train will depart Harbourfront Station at 12.29am, Outram Park Station at 12.32am, Chinatown Station at 12.34am, Dhoby Ghaut Station at 12.38am and Serangoon Station at 12.50am.

The last LRT train will depart five minutes after the arrival of the NEL last train at Sengkang and Punggol Stations. The last Sengkang LRT train is scheduled to depart the Town Centre at 1.05am while the last train for Punggol LRT will depart the Town Centre at 1.07am.

On the Downtown Line, the last train in the direction of Bugis will depart Chinatown Station at 12.19am, Bayfront Station at 12.24am and Promenade Station at 12.26am. The last train towards Chinatown will leave Bugis at 12.20am, Promenade at 12.22am and Bayfront Station at 12.24am.

Please refer to the attached poster for more details.