SMRT Bus Service 960

SMRT Bus Service 960 is a trunk route linking Woodlands Bus Interchange and Marina Centre Terminal, passing through Woodlands Road, Bukit Panjang, Bukit Timah, Rochor Canal, Victoria Street and Bras Basah.

• No boarding and alighting at Marina Centre Terminal.

Route Overview
Route	Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub ↔ Marina Centre Bus Terminal
Passes Through	Woodlands Ave 3, Woodlands Rd, Petir Rd, Dunearn Rd / Bukit Timah Rd, Victoria St
Route Length	Towards Marina Ctr: 27.4 km						Towards Woodlands: 27.3 km
Travelling Time	85 mins
Operator Information
BCM Route Package	Woodlands Bus Package
Current Operator	SMRT Buses Ltd
Current Depot	Woodlands Bus Depot (WLDEP)
Current Fleet	Single-deck & Double-deck buses
Operating Hours
Departure Times from Woodlands	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	05:30 – 23:30								05:45 – 23:30
Departure Times from Marina Centre	Weekdays & Saturdays								Sundays / Public Holidays
	06:30 – 23:30								06:45 – 23:30
Operating Frequency
	6:30am–8.30am			8.31am–4.59pm			5.00pm–7.00pm			After 7.00pm
From Woodlands	7 – 9 mins			9 – 12 mins			9 – 10 mins			10 – 15 mins
From Marina Centre	9 – 10 mins			8 – 12 mins			9 – 10 mins			8 – 14 mins
Fare Information
Fare	Charges regular distance fares

Service 960 is a inter-town route, serving between the housing estates of Woodlands and Bukit Panjang, and providing connections to the City areas of Newton, Rochor Canal, Bras Basah and Marina Centre. The route is frequented as a popular connection between Bukit Panjang and the City. During weekends, large numbers of foreign workers rely on the route between dormitories along Woodlands Road and Little India, in which the dormitories along Woodlands Road are not served by the Downtown Line.

The route incorporates an express sector between Bukit Panjang and Whitley Road along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) and Pan-Island Expressway (PIE), sharing the popular connection with full-day Service 972, but is otherwise non-duplicative from Newton to Marina Centre. It also shares long duplicating sectors with Service 961/M between Woodlands Int and Bukit Panjang, connecting the many industries located along Woodlands Road to Kranji MRT, Marsiling MRT and Woodlands MRT/Int.

No boarding and alighting is allowed at Marina Centre Ter. The last stop for Marina Centre-bound trips is 02089 – Raffles Boulevard (Promenade Stn/Pan Pacific), while the first stop for Woodlands-bound trips is 02101 Raffles Avenue (Aft S’pore Flyer).

With low branches along Bt Timah Rd pruned by NEA in January 2015, the single-deck fleet restriction was removed hence allowing double-deck buses to be deployed. High capacity Double deck buses were deployed since Feb 2015.

MRT / LRT Stations Served

• NS9TE2 Woodlands
• NS8 Marsiling
• NS7 Kranji
• DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang
• BP7 Petir
• BP8 Pending
• DT10TE11 Stevens
• NS21–DT11 Newton
• NE7DT12 Little India
• DT13 Rochor
• EW12DT14 Bugis
• EW13NS25 City Hall
• CC3 Esplanade
• CC4DT15 Promenade

Special Departures

• Bukit Panjang Rd (Bt Panjang Stn/Blk 604) → Marina Centre Ter
  Weekdays & Saturdays: 05:35 & 05:45
  Sundays / Public Holidays: 05:50

Route Variant

• Express 960e: Woodlands Int ↔ Marina Centre Ter
  Daily; Skips Woodlands Road & Bukit Panjang

Gallery

Poster Gallery

Operator History:

• 1996 – 2004: Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd
• 2004 – Present: SMRT Buses Ltd

The Bus Service Operating License (BSOL) for this route will be renewed in 2026 under the Woodlands Bus Package.

History:

• 1996 (12 Jul): Introduced between Woodlands Regional Int and Marina Centre Ter
• 1997: Serves new pair of bus stops outside KK Women & Child Hosp along Bt Timah Rd
• 1999 (26 Dec): Amended to ply Jelebu Rd, Petir Rd and Pending Rd under Bukit Panjang LRT Rationalisation
• 2000: Serves new bus stop before Goldhill Ave along Dunearn Rd
• 2016 (12 Mar): Amended to Woodlands Temp Int
• 2016 (03 Apr): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
• 2016 (11 Dec): Serves new bus stop opposite Blk 635A along Woodlands Rd
• 2017 (28 May): Skips abolished bus stop opposite Mandai Rd along Woodlands Rd
• 2017 (04 Sep): Serves the pair of bus stops outside and opposite Blk 180 along Jelebu Rd, skipping the pair of bus stops outside and opposite Bt Panjang Plaza
• 2018 (10 Jun): Serves new bus stop before Yew Tee Flyover along Woodlands Rd
• 2018 (28 Oct): Serves temporary co-sharing bus stop outside Newton FC along Bukit Timah Rd
• 2019 (24 Feb): Serves reinstated bus stop Bef Winstedt Rd along Bukit Timah Rd
• 2021 (24 Feb): Amended to the relocated Marina Ctr Ter
• 2021 (13 Jun): Amended to Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub

Past Routings

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