Train services to start earlier for Standard Chartered Marathon

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Train services for the North-East Line (NEL), Downtown Line and Sengkang and Punggol LRT will begin earlier on Sunday (Dec 7) in order to facilitate the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) 2014, said SBS Transit on Wednesday.

Services on the Punggol and Sengkang LRT systems will start at 2.40am, while the first NEL train towards Harbourfront will leave Punggol station at 3am and the first NEL train towards Punggol will leave Harbourfront station at 3.15am, the operator said in its press release.

One the Downtown Line, the first train towards Bugis will leave Chinatown Station at 3.15am while the first train towards Chinatown will leave Bugis Station at 3.18am. The trains will operate at 15-minute intervals, and will resume their regular Sunday morning schedules from 6.23am.

BUS SERVICES AFFECTED BY SCMS

As a result of the marathon, 36 bus services will be affected by lane and road closures, with bus stops skipped along the affected roads.

The affected bus services are: 2; 10; 11; 14; 16; 30; 32; 36; 48; 51; 56; 57; 63; 64; 70M; 80; 97; 100; 111; 124; 130; 131; 133; 145; 158; 162M; 166; 174; 186; 195; 196; 197; 400; 402; 502; and 518.

Additionally, services 11, 400 and 402 will commence their first trips at 10am due to the road closures.