Here Are the Bus & Train Timing Extensions on National Day Eve

Last Updated on 2023-07-31 , 9:34 am

The nation will celebrate her birthday yet again in a couple of weeks.

If you are joining the festivities and planning to hang out till late, don’t break the bank by missing the last bus or train.

Public transport services in Singapore will be extended on the eve of National Day, so do take note of the change in timings.

Here is what you need to know.

Operational Hours for Trains Are Extended on National Day Eve

If you are still in Singapore instead of enjoying your time overseas this National Day public holiday, you may want to forget the heat by catching live fireworks in town.

As many partygoers are expected to hit the streets on 8 August 2023, the operational hours of selected buses and trains have been extended.

Let’s start with the train services in Singapore.

SBS Transit announced that the North East Line (NEL), aka the purple line, the Downtown Line (DTL), aka the blue line and the Sengkang and Punggol LRT systems will be extended by about 30 minutes on 8 August 2023.

Likewise, SMRT announced that its train services on the North-South Line (NSL), aka red line, East-West Line (EWL) aka green line, Circle Line (CCL), aka yellow line, and Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), aka brown line, will be extended.

Refer to the table below for the last train departure timings for the NSL, EWL, CCL and TEL.

Train line	Departing from	Terminating at	Last train departure on the Eve of National Day
North-South Line	City Hall	Marina South Pier	12.30 am
		Jurong East
East-West Line		Pasir Ris
		Tuas Link
Circle Line	Dhoby Ghaut	HarbourFront	11.55 pm
	HarbourFront	Dhoby Ghaut	11.30 pm
Thomson-East Coast Line	Gardens by the Bay	Woodlands North	12.25 am
	Woodlands North	Gardens by the Bay	12.02 am

Do note that there will not be any extension in operating hours for the Bukit Panjang LRT service and the Changi Airport service.

Bus Operational Hours Are Also Extended on National Day Eve

For buses, SBS Transit will extend the operational hours for 22 selected bus services:

• 60A
• 63M
• 114A
• 181
• 222
• 225G
• 228
• 229
• 232
• 238
• 240
• 241
• 243G
• 291
• 292
• 293
• 315
• 325
• 410W
• 804
• 812
• 974A.

You can refer to the poster below for more details.

Based on the schedule below, SMRT will also extend its bus services on National Day Eve.

Interchange	SMRT bus services	Extended last bus timing (after midnight)
Choa Chu Kang	300, 301, 302, 307, 983A	1.40 am
Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub	901, 911, 912A, 912B, 913	1.25 am
Bukit Panjang	920, 922, 973A	1.25 am

 

Tower Transit also announced its extension of bus operating hours in line with the details below:

On a related note, if you want to check the bus diversions, visit the Go-Ahead Singapore site here.