Extension of Train and Chinatown Direct Bus Services for Lunar New Year Preparations

SBS Transit will be extending the operating hours of its train services as well as its Chinatown Direct bus services on three consecutive Saturdays leading up to the Lunar New Year - beginning with 19 January.

TRAIN SERVICES
On the North East Line, the last 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.

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 leave the Town Centre at 1.07am.

CHINATOWN DIRECT SERVICES
Chinatown Direct Service 28 (CT28), which serves Chinatown and Clementi, will be in operation from Saturday, 19 January to Saturday, 9 February. During the same period, the other two Chinatown Direct services - CT8 which serves Ang Mo Kio and CT18 which serves Bedok - that operate daily will have their operating hours extended.

On Saturdays - 19 and 26 January, and 2 February - the last bus of CT8, CT18 and CT28 heading to Chinatown will depart from their respective interchanges at 9.00pm instead of at their usual times at 8.00pm. The last bus back from Chinatown will depart at 12.30am from the bus stop after Hospital Drive (bus stop number 10017) along Eu Tong Sen Street.

From Mondays to Fridays between 20 January and 2 February, the three services to Chinatown will operate from 10.00am to 4.30pm while the return journey will be from 11.00am to 5.00pm. On Sundays, they will operate from 10.00am to 8.00pm in the direction of Chinatown, while the return journey will be from 11.00am to 10.00pm.

On Saturday, 19 January, the three services will be affected by road closures for the Chinatown Chinese New Year Opening and Light-Up Ceremony. As a result, they will skip the following four bus stops from 2.00pm to 11.00pm:

Please refer to poster for details.