SBS Transit
Press Release
Update On Temporary Bus
Services Diversion Due To The Closure Of Nicoll
Highway
Based on the information gathered from the authorities, it is
expected that the affected stretch of road along Nicoll Highway
will be closed for an extended period for reconstruction.
As a result of this road closure, five SBS Transit bus services
originally plying along Nicoll Highway and in the vicinity of
affected area namely, Services 10, 14, 16, 70 and 196, will
continue to be diverted to ply along amended routes that were
earlier announced until further notice.
In addition to these five SBS Transit Services, Service 401, which
operates on weekends and Public Holidays, will also, starting this
Saturday, be diverted to ply along the same diverted route with the
five services, namely Mountbatten Road, Geylang Road, Kallang Road,
Jalan Sultan, Beach Road and Stamford Road before resuming the
original route towards the city. In the return direction, the
service will be diverted to ply Bras Basah Road, Beach Road, Jalan
Sultan, Sims Avenue, Geylang Lor 1 and Mountbatten Road.
For routing within National Stadium area used by Services 11, 16
and 401, there will be slight detour to the routing although all
existing bus stops will continue to be served and will call in the
same sequence.
For all diverted services, there will be no change in fares arising
from the longer road diversion.
Bus Captains of affected services are being reminded of these
changes. During this period, we have deployed Traffic Inspectors
and patrol cars at the diverted road junctions to assist the Bus
Captains. Notices have been put up at bus interchanges and at bus
stops along the affected roads. Similar notices are also displayed
on the bus windscreen of the above services to inform commuters.
Commuters travelling to and from the affected road can board and
alight at the bus stops along the diverted routes.
During this period of diversion, commuters may experience some
service irregularities as we expect higher traffic volumes along
the diverted routes as well as changes in the travelling pattern of
our commuters. To cater to these changes, nine more buses have been
added to the affected services to improve the headway and capacity.
We wish to seek the understanding from commuters for any
inconvenience caused.
Source: http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/whatsnew_21april2004.asp
