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Bus and train operator SBS Transit will be enhancing its services to cater to the expected increase in ridership during the Singapore Grand Prix from Sept 21 to 26.

For trains, some 200 trips will be added. From Sept 23 to 25, operating hours for the North East Line (NEL) will be extended.

Commuters can expect shorter waiting times (five minutes) from after the evening peak hour to midnight on Friday and from noon to midnight on Saturday and Sunday. After midnight, trains will run at a frequency of six minutes on all the three evenings.

The last LRT train at Punggol and Sengkang will only depart after the last NEL train arrives at their respective stations.

Affected bus services

Before the full closure for the F1 race- Sept 19 to 20 - Service 130 will skip the bus stop along Coleman Street, opposite The Adelphi due to the construction of a pedestrian overhead bridge for the race. It will instead travel via St Andrew's Road, turning into Stamford Road before resuming its route along Victoria Street.
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From Sept 21 to 26 , 28 bus services - 10, 10e, 14, 14e, 16, 36, 56, 57, 70, 70M, 97, 97e, 100, 107, 107M, 111, 128, 130, 131, 133, 133M, 162, 162M, 195, 196, 196e, 502, 518 - will be temporarily diverted to travel on alternative routes due to road closures in the Marina Centre area.

Three services - 10, 70 and 196 - will however continue to operate their normal routes towards Shenton Way via Esplanade Drive during the following timings: Sept 21 to 24, 5am to 10am and; Sept 26, 6am to 10am.