Press Release on NDP
[email protected]
3 August 2005 The [email protected] will be held at Marina South
Park from 6 August to 14 August 2005 as part of the 40th National
Day 2005 celebrations. To cater to the crowd heading to Marina
South for the event, SBS Transit will make some temporary
amendments to Service 400, which currently plies between Shenton
Way and Marina South. Also, to tie-in with the countdown party to
be held at the [email protected] on 8 August 2005, SBS Transit will
extend its train service as well as operate special services to
serve residents in the major housing estates.
I. [email protected]
Temporary Extension of
Service 400 (Extended route)
In anticipation of the huge turnout of visitors and to make it
convenient for them to get to the carnival site, the existing
Service 400 will be temporarily extended to operate from New Bridge
Road Terminal to Marina South during the [email protected] period on
weekends, National Day and eve of National Day, ie. 6, 7, 8, 9, 13
and 14 August 2005.
The extended service will call at Outram Park, Chinatown, Raffles
Place and Marina Bay Stations and selected bus stops enroute. Its
forward journey will be via Upper Pickering Street, Church Street
and Shenton Way while its return journey will be via Robinson Road,
Chulia Street and South Canal Road. It will serve a number of major
carparks enroute, such as Market Street, Golden Shoe, OCBC Centre,
Robina House, Shenton House, DBS Building Tower 2 and UIC Building,
and call at a temporary bus stop outside OCBC Centre along South
Canal Road for alighting on its return journey. This will
facilitate an easy travel to the carnival site for motorists who
park and ride in the vicinity.
The extended service will operate from 9.30am to 11.30pm on the
above mentioned dates, except for 8 August, on which will operate
from 6.30pm to 1.30am the following day.
Temporary Amendment of
Service 400 (Normal route)
To facilitate the smooth and safe conduct of activities at the
carnival site, buses on Service 400 will be temporarily amended to
operate between Shenton Way Terminal and Marina Mall (loop) during
the carnival period on weekdays. Only specific bus stops will be
used for boarding and alighting activities in the Marina
South.
The amended route of Service 400 will operate from 9am to 6.30pm on
8 August and from 9am to 11.30pm on 10, 11 and 12 August
2005.
Short Trips of Service
400 (Service 400A)
To cater to the crowd, Service 400A, short trips of Service 400,
will also operate between Marina Bay Station and Marina Mall (loop)
from 9am to 11.30pm on all days during the carnival period, except
for 8 August which will operate till 1.30am the following
day.
Flat fare of 64 cents for ez-link card and 90 cents for cash
payment will be charged for the above-mentioned types of services
for this carnival. Transfer rebate and concessionary travel will be
applicable.
II. Countdown Party at [email protected]
To tie-in with the Carnival Countdown Party at Marina South and
enable the revellers to get home after midnight, SBS Transit will
extend the operating hours of rail service and operate special bus
services on mid-night of 8 August 2005, the eve of National
Day.
SBS Transit Special Bus
Services
SBS Transit will be operating 8 special services to complement the
last train arriving at the respective train stations from the
countdown party at [email protected] The special services will
charge feeder fare and the service numbering will tie-in with the
station served, such as NE13 for Kovan Station and NE14 for Hougang
Station.
The new towns to be served by these special services are Bedok,
Boon Lay, Clementi, Hougang, Jurong East, Pasir Ris and
Tampines.
(Please see attached notice for operating details.)
SBS Transit Rail
Services
North East Line (NEL) Train
Service
The last train of NEL will depart at the interchange stations at
the following timings:
- Dhoby Ghaut Station at 2.00 and 1.55am, 9 August 2005, for
directions towards Punggol and HarbourFront respectively.
- Outram Park Station at 1.55 and 2.00am, 9 August 2005, for
directions towards Punggol and HarbourFront respectively.
Sengkang LRT
The last train will leave the Sengkang Town Centre Station at 2.25
am, 9 August 2005.
Punggol LRT
The last train will leave the Punggol Town Centre Station at 2.28
am, 9 August 2005.
See attached poster on URL below for more info.
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/whatsnew_03August2005.asp
