Downtown Line MRT Early Closure & Late Opening (Fri & Sat; Jul–Sep 2026)
2026-07-10 - 2026-09-06
Early Closures (on Fridays) & Late Openings (on Saturdays) along the entire Downtown Line (DTL) will take place across nine consecutive Fridays & Saturdays between 10 July 2026 and 5 September 2026 to provide longer engineering hours for systems integration testing across the entire DTL, in preparation for the opening of Downtown Line Stage 3 Extension (Expo – Sungei Bedok).

Early Closure at 11.30pm (all Fridays):
– 10 Jul 2026
– 17 Jul 2026
– 24 Jul 2026
– 31 Jul 2026
– 7 Aug 2026
– 14 Aug 2026
– 21 Aug 2026
– 28 Aug 2026
– 4 Sep 2026
Late Opening at 8.30am (all Saturdays):
– 11 Jul 2026
– 18 Jul 2026
– 25 Jul 2026
– 1 Aug 2026
– 8 Aug 2026
– 15 Aug 2026
– 22 Aug 2026
– 29 Aug 2026
– 5 Sep 2026

Shuttle buses are available during Late Opening (on Saturdays):

Shuttle 41: MacPherson – Expo
Shuttle 42: Bugis – MacPherson
Shuttle 43: Bukit Panjang – Bugis

More, including train service arrangements & shuttle bus services at:

Early Closure & Late Opening of Downtown Line (Jul–Sep 2026)

Affected MRT Stations

DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang
DT2 Cashew
DT3 Hillview
DT4 Hume
DT5 Beauty World
DT6 King Albert Park
DT7 Sixth Avenue
DT8 Tan Kah Kee
DT9CC19 Botanic Gardens
DT10TE11 Stevens
DT11–NS21 Newton
DT12NE7 Little India
DT13 Rochor
DT14EW12 Bugis
DT15CC4 Promenade
DT16CE1 Bayfront
DT17 Downtown
DT18 Telok Ayer
DT19NE4 Chinatown
DT20 Fort Canning
DT21 Bencoolen
DT22 Jalan Besar
DT23 Bendemeer
DT24 Geylang Bahru
DT25 Mattar
DT26CC10 MacPherson
DT27 Ubi
DT28 Kaki Bukit
DT29 Bedok North
DT30 Bedok Reservoir
DT31 Tampines West
DT32–EW2 Tampines
DT33 Tampines East
DT34 Upper Changi
DT35CG1 Expo

Opening of Circle Line Stage 6
2026-07-12 - 2026-07-13
Passenger service on the Circle Line (CCL) Stage 6 between HarbourFront and Marina Bay stations will commence on Sunday, 12 July 2026.

More at:

Circle Line Stage 6 to commence service on 12 Jul 2026

Tampines Bus Package Tranche 2 – Transfer to Go-Ahead Singapore
2026-07-19 - 2026-07-20
From Sunday, 19 July 2026 operations of 14 remaining bus services in the Tampines & Changi Business Park area will be transferred from SBS Transit to Go-Ahead Singapore under the Tampines Bus Package.
These services (and their short trip services) are:

Service
Route

4
Tampines ↺ Changi North Way

19

Tampines ↺ Airport Cargo Road

23
Tampines ↺ Rochor Canal Road

28
Tampines ↔ Toa Payoh

29
Tampines ↺ Changi Village

29A
Tampines → Tampines Avenue 7 (Blk 497D)

37
Tampines ↺ Changi North Crescent

38
Tampines ↔ Bedok

47

Changi Business Park ↺ Amber Road

69

Tampines ↺ Bedok

72

Yio Chu Kang ↔ Tampines

72A

Yio Chu Kang → Hougang Central (Opp Hougang Ctrl Int)

72B

Yio Chu Kang → Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 (ITE Coll Ctrl)

81

Tampines ↺ Serangoon Central

127

Tampines ↺ Tampines Industrial Avenue 5

127A

Tampines → Tampines North Drive 1 (Opp Blk 610C)

291

Tampines ↺ Tampines Street 81 / Tampines Street 32

291T

Tampines ↺ Tampines Street 81 / Tampines Street 32

296
Tampines ↺ Tampines North Drive 2

460
Tampines ↺ Tampines North Drive 2

Go-Ahead Singapore will also be the anchor operator at Changi Business Park Bus Terminal from 19 July 2026.

Go-Ahead Singapore – Transitioning to Tampines Bus Package

Operator Poster:

Go-Ahead Singapore Poster for Tampines Bus Package Tranche 1 [Later Removed]

Go-Ahead Singapore Poster for Tampines Bus Package Tranche 2 [Later Removed]
