Bus Services Diverted and Train Operating Hours Extended due to Chinatown CNY Event
26 January 2015 - On Sat, 31 Jan 2015, SBS Transit bus services in the Chinatown area will be diverted due to road closures for the Chinatown Chinese New Year Official Light-Up and Opening Ceremony. The operating hours of train services will also be extended that evening.
Diversion of Bus Services
From 2.00pm to 11.00pm, 15 bus services - 2, 12, 33, 54, 63, 80, 124, 143, 145, 147, 166, 197, CT8, CT18 and CT28 - will be diverted and as a result, skip eight bus stops along Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road, Outram Road and Upper Cross Street. The affected bus stops are:
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| Eu Tong Sen Street | 05012 Pearl’s Centre |
54, 124, 143, 147, 166, CT8, CT18, CT28 2, 12, 33, 63, 80, 143, 197, CT8, CT18, CT28 54, 124, 145, 147, 166 |
| 05013 People’s Park Complex | ||
| 05022 People’s Park Centre | ||
| New Bridge Road | 05039 New Bridge Centre | 2, 12, 33, 54, 63, 124, 143, 147, CT8, CT18, CT28 |
| 05049 Chinatown Point | 2, 12, 33, 54, 143, 147, CT8, CT18, CT28 |
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| Outram Road | 06029 Outram Park Station | 33, 63 |
| Upper Cross Street | 05131 Opposite Hong Lim Complex | 63, 124 |
| 06171 Opposite Subordinate Court | 143 |
Extension of Hours
The three Chinatown Direct bus services - CT8, CT18 and CT28 - will be extended that evening until 12.30am, with the last bus departing from the bus stop along Eu Tong Sen Street, after Hospital Drive (bus stop 10017). CT8 to Ang Mo Kio, CT18 to Bedok and CT28 to Clementi.
Train services on the North East Line (NEL) and Downtown Line (DTL) will also be extended by half an hour on 31 January 2015.
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 12.26am, Chinatown Station at 12.30am and Outram Park Station at 12.32am. The last train towards Punggol will leave 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 12.51am.
Services on the Punggol and Sengkang LRT systems will also be extended to coincide with the last train arrivals on the North East Line. The last train on the Sengkang LRT will depart the Town Centre Station at 1.05am while the last train on the 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 12.23am and Promenade Station at 12.25am. The last train towards Chinatown will leave Bugis Station at 12.22am, Promenade Station at 12.24am and Bayfront Station at 12.26am.
Please refer to the attached posters for more details.