Bus services to skip some stops on Aug 3 and 9 due to NDP preview, actual show
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The bus services will be diverted due to the National Day Parade Preview 2 and the actual show.
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SINGAPORE – A number of bus services plying routes that pass through the city will be diverted on Aug 3 and 9 due to the National Day Parade (NDP) Preview 2 and the actual show.
Services with stops along Beach Road, Bras Basah Road, North Bridge Road, Parliament Place, Raffles Avenue and Raffles Boulevard are among those affected.
SMRT services 61, 960, 960e, 961 and 961M will skip some bus stops at certain times of the day.
Services 961 and 961M will skip two stops – the one after Raffles Hotel and another one at the Supreme Court – for the entire day.
Service 961M, which operates only on Sundays and public holidays, will also skip the Promenade Station/Pan Pacific stop.
From 8am to 11.59pm, bus services will skip the following stops: Esplanade Station Exit F, Shaw Towers, Raffles Hotel, after Singapore Flyer, the Esplanade, The Float @ Marina Bay and Promenade Station/Pan Pacific.
Some stops will be skipped for only a few hours. The ones near City Hall MRT Station Exit B will be closed from 1pm to 8pm, while the bus stop opposite The Treasury will be closed from 1pm to 3pm and 6.30pm to 8pm.
Multiple SBS Transit services will skip some stops on Aug 3.
These are 10, 14, 16/16M, 32, 51, 56, 57, 63, 70/70M, 80, 100, 107/107M, 111, 124, 130, 131, 133, 145, 166, 174, 195, 196, 197, 502, 851 and 851e.
SBS Transit said the affected services will be diverted in phases to alternative routes.
Go-Ahead Singapore services 36 and 518 will skip some stops along Bayfront Avenue, Raffles Avenue, Temasek Avenue and Temasek Boulevard from 8am to 11.59pm on Aug 3 and 9.
Tower Transit services 77, 97, 106, 167 and 857 are also affected.
These services will skip some stops on Aug 3 along Bayfront Avenue, Bras Basah Road, Cecil Street, Central Boulevard, Collyer Quay, Esplanade Drive, Fullerton Road, Marina Boulevard, Raffles Avenue, Raffles Boulevard, Stamford Road, Temasek Avenue and Temasek Boulevard.
The timings of the diversions vary. For more information, passengers can check the websites or social media pages of the bus operators.
