Bus Service 31

Service 31
Route Information
Route	Tampines Interchange ↔ Toa Payoh Interchange
Route Length	23.1 km (towards Toa Payoh) 23.2 km (towards Tampines)
Travelling Time	95 mins (1 h 35 mins)
Operator	(Tampines Bus Package)

SBS Transit Bus Service 31 is a inter-town trunk route between Tampines and Toa Payoh, passing through Simei Avenue, Bedok, Marine Parade, Tanjong Katong, Old Airport, Kallang and Boon Keng. Notable sectors of high demand include: Between Tampines Interchange and Tanah Merah station (serving students of ITE College East), and between Bedok station and Marine Parade. Double-deck buses make up the majority of the fleet owing to high demand throughout the day. With Services 8 and 28, it is one of three services between these two interchanges.

SBS Transit Short-Trip Service 31A operates during Weekday Morning Peak hours and supplements the high demand for Service 31 from Tampines Interchange/MRT to ITE College East. In addition, Service 31A buses will perform special departures of Service 31 from New Upp Changi Road (Tanah Merah Stn Exit B) back to Tampines Interchange to supplement high demand from ITE College East.

On operating afternoons & evenings, special Service 31 departures from Tanah Merah to Tampines Interchange are operated in the reverse direction of 31A, supplementing high demand from ITE College East to Tampines Interchange/MRT. As such, this arrangement only operates during ITE School Term.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 31/31A

Depot	Fleet Size		Fleet
	31	31A
Bedok North Depot (BNDEP)	25	5	5 Single Deckers	20 Double Deckers
			SBS6603Y Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro SBS5168T SBS8290C SBS8840R SBS8884P Scania K230UB	SG5748G MAN ND323F SBS3006R SBS3607G SBS3652A SBS3661Z SBS3732CA SBS3735UA SBS3754PA SBS3815Y SBS3879M SBS3901G SBS3928EA SG5319L SG5332Y SG5335P SG5351S SG5375Z SG5432S Volvo B9TL
Hougang Depot (HGDEP)	5	N/A	1 Single Decker	4 Double Deckers
			SBS8421S Scania K230UB	SG6064P MAN ND323F SBS3029A SG5592M SG5609A Volvo B9TL

Notes

2 missing BNDEP DDs. 1 BNDEP DD will perform crossover trips on Service 168 during Weekdays AM Peak. SBS8290C will operate on Service 20 on Weekends & Public Holidays. All HGDEP buses practise overnight parking at Braddell Bus Park (BRBP). Weekdays: Bedok North 10A-10P / 10S / 4E / 1 TBC; Hougang 4A-4P / 1S (30 buses) Weekdays Sch Hols: Bedok North 10A-10P / 6S / 2E; Hougang 4A-4P / 1S (23 buses) Saturdays: Bedok North 11A-11P / 1E ; Hougang 5A-5P (17 buses) Sundays & Public Holidays: Bedok North TBC; Hougang 5A-5P (TBC buses) Special Weekdays: Bedok North 17A-14P / 2E / 5S; Hougang 4A-4P / 1S (29 buses)

Service 31 duty allocation
Bedok North
Weekdays (10A-10P / 10S / 4E / 1 TBC)	10A/16P	11A/17P	12A/18P	13A/19P	14A/20P	15A/21P	22S	23S
	SBS8884P	SBS3006R	SBS3237R	TBC		SBS8290C	TBC
	24S	25S	26S	27S	28S	29S	30S	31S
	TBC
	32E	33E	34E	35E	81A/85P	82A/86P	83A/87P	84A/88P
	TBC			SBS6603Y	SBS3928E	SBS5168T	SBS3661Z	SBS8840R
Hougang
Weekdays (4A-4P / 1S)	1A/5P	2A/6P	3A/7P	4A/8P	9S	—
	SG6064P	SG5592M	SG5609A	SBS3029A	SBS8421S

Route Information

Frequency

Period	AM Peak (First Bus - 08:30)	AM Off Peak (08:31 - 16:59)	PM Peak (17:00 - 19:00)	PM Off Peak (19:01 - Last Bus)
towards Toa Payoh	07 - 12 minutes	08 - 16 minutes	09 - 14 minutes	09 - 15 minutes
towards Tampines	08 - 12 minutes	08 - 15 minutes	08 - 13 minutes	09 - 16 minutes

Special Departures

• 

  84039

  Bedok Stn Exit A
  New Upp Changi Rd
  →
  

  52009

  Toa Payoh Int
  Lor 6 Toa Payoh
  • Weekdays: 05:30 (BNDEP DD) & 05:42 (BNDEP DD)
  • Saturdays: 05:30 & 05:40

• 

  81171

  Blk 39
  Old Airport Rd
  →
  

  75009

  Tampines Int
  Tampines Ctrl 1
  • Weekdays: 05:30 (SBS8884P) & 05:45 (SG6064P)
  • Saturdays: 05:40
  • Sundays & Public Holidays: 05:40 & 05:47

• 

  85091

  Tanah Merah Stn Exit B
  New Upp Changi Rd
  →
  

  75009

  Tampines Int
  Tampines Ctrl 1
  • Weekdays (except Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College East vacations)

Service 31A

• 

  75009

  Tampines Int
  Tampines Ctrl 1
  →
  

  85099

  Tanah Merah Stn Exit A
  New Upp Changi Rd
  • Weekdays (ITE School Term): 06:44 (DD - Duty 22S), 06:51 (DD - Duty 32E), 06:59 (DD - Duty 24S), 07:11 (DD - Duty 26S), 07:21 (DD - Duty 33E), 07:31 (DD - Duty 22S), 07:43 (DD - Duty 32E), 07:52 (DD - Duty 24S), 08:02 (DD - Duty 26S), 08:12 (DD - Duty 33E), 08:22 (DD - Duty 22S), 08:40 (DD - Duty 32E), 08:50 (DD - Duty 24S), 08:59 (DD - Duty 26S), 09:09 (DD - Duty 33E), 09:19 (DD - Duty 22S), 09:41 (DD - Duty 24S), 09:53 (DD - Duty 26S), 10:14 (DD - Duty 22S), 10:43 (DD - Duty 24S), 10:55 (DD - Duty 26S) & 11:20 (DD - Duty 24S)

Direction 1 (Tampines → Toa Payoh)

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Bus Stops		Point of Interest	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
			First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
75009 Tampines Int(Berth B5) Tampines Ctrl 1	31A	EW2 DT32 Tampines Century Square Tampines 1 Tampines Mall	05:30	23:30	05:30	23:30	05:30	23:30
76059 Opp Our Tampines Hub Tampines Ave 5	31A		05:32	23:32	05:32	23:32	05:32	23:32
76069 Blk 147 Tampines Ave 5	31A		05:34	23:34	05:34	23:34	05:34	23:34
96289 Changi General Hosp Simei Ave	31A	Changi General Hospital	05:39	23:38	05:92	23:38	05:38	23:38
96109 Opp Blk 3012 Simei Ave	31A		05:40	23:39	05:40	23:39	05:39	23:39
96119 ITE Coll East Adm Blk Simei Ave	31A	ITE College East	05:42	23:41	05:42	23:41	05:41	23:41
96019 Aft Simei Ave Upp Changi Rd East	31A		05:44	23:42	05:43	23:42	05:42	23:42
85109 Bef Bedok Rd Upp Changi Rd East	31A		05:45	23:44	05:45	23:43	05:44	23:44
85099 Tanah Merah Stn Exit A New Upp Changi Rd	31A	EW4 CG Tanah Merah	05:48	23:46	05:47	23:45	05:46	23:46
84069 Blk 55 New Upp Changi Rd			05:50	23:48	05:49	23:47	05:48	23:47
84059 Blk 65 New Upp Changi Rd			05:50	23:48	05:50	23:48	05:49	23:48
84049 Blk 27 New Upp Changi Rd			05:52	23:50	05:52	23:50	05:51	23:49
84039 Bedok Stn Exit A New Upp Changi Rd		EW5 Bedok Bedok Mall	05:30	23:52	05:30	23:52	05:53	23:51
84139 Panasonic Bedok Sth Rd			05:31	23:53	05:31	23:53	05:54	23:52
84129 Fujitec S'pore Ltd Bedok Sth Rd			05:32	23:55	05:33	23:54	05:55	23:54
84151 Casafina Bedok Sth Ave 1			05:33	23:57	05:35	23:55	05:56	23:55
93131 Opp Eastern Lagoon II Bedok Sth Ave 1			05:35	23:58	05:35	23:56	05:57	23:56
93049 Lagoon View Marine Parade Rd			05:36	23:59	05:36	23:57	05:58	23:57
93039 Siglap Stn/Laguna Park Marine Parade Rd		TE28 Siglap	05:37	00:00	05:37	23:58	05:59	23:58
93201 Victoria Sch Marine Parade Rd		TE28 Siglap Victoria School	05:37	00:00	05:38	23:59	06:00	23:59
93029 Mandarin Gdns Marine Parade Rd			05:38	00:01	05:39	00:00	06:01	00:00
93019 Neptune Ct Marine Parade Rd			05:39	00:02	05:40	00:01	06:02	00:01
92089 Marine Terr Stn/Katong Convent Marine Parade Rd		TE27 Marine Terrace	05:40	00:03	05:41	00:02	06:03	00:02
92079 Marine Terr Stn Exit 1 Marine Parade Rd		TE27 Marine Terrace	05:41	00:04	05:41	00:03	06:04	00:03
92069 Tao Nan Sch Marine Parade Rd			05:44	00:06	05:42	00:05	06:06	00:05
92059 Marine Pde Stn Exit 6 Marine Parade Rd		TE26 Marine Parade	05:46	00:08	05:43	00:06	06:07	00:07
92049 Marine Pde Stn/Parkway Pde Marine Parade Rd		TE26 Marine Parade Parkway Parade	05:47	00:09	05:45	00:07	06:08	00:08
92241 Amber Gdns Amber Rd			05:51	00:11	05:49	00:09	06:10	00:10
92161 Aft Katong PO Tg Katong Rd			05:52	00:13	05:50	00:10	06:11	00:12
82071 Opp Tg Katong Girls' Sch Tg Katong Rd			05:53	00:14	05:51	00:11	06:12	00:13
81199 Bef Old Airport Rd Dunman Rd			05:55	00:16	05:54	00:14	06:14	00:15
81189 Dakota Stn Exit B/Blk 60 Old Airport Rd		CC8 Dakota	05:56	00:17	05:54	00:14	06:15	00:16
81179 Blk 22 Old Airport Rd		CC7 Mountbatten	05:57	00:18	05:55	00:16	06:16	00:17
80141 Opp S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Rd			05:39	00:20	05:57	00:18	06:18	00:19
80111 Bef Geylang Rd Sims Way			06:02	00:23	05:59	00:21	06:20	00:21
80049 Aft Sims Way Geylang Rd			06:03	00:24	06:01	00:22	06:21	00:23
80101 Kallang Stn/Opp Blk 2C Lor 1 Geylang		EW10 Kallang	06:04	00:26	06:02	00:24	06:22	00:24
60051 Opp Kallang Pl Boon Keng Rd			06:07	00:29	06:05	00:27	06:25	00:27
60191 Blk 7 Boon Keng Rd			06:09	00:31	06:07	00:29	06:28	00:29
60121 Boon Keng Stn/Blk 102 S'goon Rd		NE9 Boon Keng	06:12	00:33	06:09	00:31	06:30	00:31
60141 Opp Bendemeer Pr Sch S'goon Rd			06:13	00:34	06:10	00:32	06:31	00:32
60161 St. Michael's Pl S'goon Rd			06:14	00:35	06:11	00:33	06:32	00:33
60181 Aft Moonstone Lane S'goon Rd			06:15	00:36	06:12	00:33	06:33	00:33
60089 Opp St. Andrew's Village Jln Toa Payoh			06:17	00:37	06:13	00:34	06:34	00:34
52089 Opp Blk 195 Jln Toa Payoh			06:19	00:39	06:15	00:36	06:36	00:36
52321 Aft SAFRA Toa Payoh Lor 6 Toa Payoh		SAFRA Toa Payoh	06:24	00:42	06:18	00:38	06:40	00:40
52501 Toa Payoh Swim Cplx Lor 6 Toa Payoh		HDB Hub	06:25	00:43	06:19	00:39	06:41	00:41
52009 Toa Payoh Int(Berth A5) Lor 6 Toa Payoh		NS19 Toa Payoh HDB Hub	06:25	00:44	06:20	00:40	06:42	00:42

Direction 2 (Toa Payoh → Tampines)

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Bus Stops	Point of Interest	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
		First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
52009 Toa Payoh Int(Berth A5) Lor 6 Toa Payoh	NS19 Toa Payoh HDB Hub	05:30	23:35	05:30	23:30	05:30	23:30
52509 Aft HDB Hub Lor 6 Toa Payoh	NS19 Toa Payoh HDB Hub	05:32	23:37	05:32	23:32	05:32	23:32
52329 Aft Lor 4 Toa Payoh Lor 6 Toa Payoh	SAFRA Toa Payoh	05:33	23:37	05:32	23:32	05:32	23:32
52081 Aft Blk 195 Jln Toa Payoh		05:37	23:41	05:36	23:36	05:36	23:36
60081 St. Andrew's Village Jln Toa Payoh		05:40	23:43	05:38	23:38	05:38	23:38
60179 MOM Svcs Ctr Bendemeer Rd		05:42	23:45	05:41	23:40	05:40	23:40
60159 Blk 54 Bendemeer Rd		05:43	23:46	05:41	23:41	05:41	23:41
60139 Blk 44 Bendemeer Rd		05:44	23:47	05:42	23:42	05:42	23:42
60119 Opp Boon Keng Stn Bendemeer Rd	NE9 Boon Keng	05:46	23:48	05:44	23:43	05:43	23:43
60059 Bef Kallang Pl Boon Keng Rd		05:48	23:50	05:46	23:45	05:45	23:45
80109 Opp Kallang Stn/Blk 2C Lor 1 Geylang	EW10 Kallang	05:51	23:53	05:49	23:48	05:48	23:48
80051 Aft Lor 1 Geylang Sims Ave		05:52	23:54	05:50	23:49	05:49	23:49
80119 Aft Geylang Rd Sims Way		05:54	23:56	05:52	23:51	05:51	23:51
80149 S.A. Deaf Mountbatten Rd		05:56	23:58	05:54	23:53	05:53	23:53
81171 Blk 39 Old Airport Rd	CC7 Mountbatten	05:30	00:00	05:40	23:55	05:40	23:55
81181 Dakota Stn Exit A/Blk 99 Old Airport Rd	CC8 Dakota	05:31	00:01	05:41	23:56	05:42	23:56
81191 Aft Old Airport Rd Dunman Rd		05:32	00:03	05:42	23:58	05:43	23:58
82079 Tg Katong Girls' Sch Tg Katong Rd		05:34	00:04	05:43	23:59	05:43	23:59
92169 Bef Katong PO Tg Katong Rd		05:35	00:05	05:44	00:01	05:45	00:00
92249 Opp Amber Gdns Amber Rd		05:37	00:07	05:46	00:03	05:48	00:02
92041 Marine Pde Stn Exit 2(Front Berth) Marine Parade Rd	TE26 Marine Parade Grand Mercure Roxy Parkway Parade	05:39	00:09	05:47	00:05	05:48	00:04
92051 Marine Pde Stn Exit 4 Marine Parade Rd	TE26 Marine Parade	05:43	00:10	05:48	00:06	05:49	00:05
92061 CHIJ Katong Convent (Pr) Marine Parade Rd		05:44	00:11	05:49	00:07	05:50	00:06
92071 Marine Terr Stn Exit 4 Marine Parade Rd	TE27 Marine Terrace	05:45	00:13	05:51	00:09	05:51	00:08
92081 St. Patrick's Sch Marine Parade Rd	TE27 Marine Terrace	05:48	00:14	05:52	00:10	05:52	00:09
93011 Opp Neptune Ct Marine Parade Rd		05:49	00:15	05:54	00:11	05:53	00:11
93021 Opp Mandarin Gdns Marine Parade Rd		05:50	00:16	05:55	00:12	05:54	00:12
93031 Siglap Stn/Opp Victoria Sch Marine Parade Rd	TE28 Siglap Victoria School	05:51	00:17	05:56	00:13	05:56	00:13
93041 Hua Xin Ct Marine Parade Rd		05:55	00:19	05:58	00:15	05:58	00:15
93139 Eastern Lagoon II Bedok Sth Ave 1		05:56	00:19	05:59	00:15	05:59	00:15
84159 Opp Casafina/Temasek JC Bedok Sth Ave 1		05:57	00:20	06:00	00:16	06:00	00:16
84121 Aft Bedok Sth Ave 1 Bedok Sth Rd		05:58	00:21	06:01	00:17	06:01	00:17
84131 Opp Panasonic Bedok Sth Rd		06:00	00:23	06:02	00:19	06:02	00:19
84031 Bedok Stn Exit B New Upp Changi Rd	EW5 Bedok Bedok Mall	06:02	00:24	06:05	00:20	06:04	00:20
84041 Blk 221A New Upp Changi Rd		06:04	00:26	06:07	00:22	06:06	00:21
84051 Bedok Sports Cplx New Upp Changi Rd	Bedok Stadium	06:07	00:27	06:08	00:24	06:07	00:23
84061 The Tanamera Condo New Upp Changi Rd		06:09	00:28	06:09	00:25	06:08	00:24
85091 Tanah Merah Stn Exit B New Upp Changi Rd	EW4 CG Tanah Merah	06:09	00:30	06:12	00:27	06:09	00:25
85101 Aft Bedok Rd Upp Changi Rd East		06:11	00:31	06:14	00:28	06:11	00:26
96011 Bef Simei Ave Upp Changi Rd East		06:13	00:32	06:16	00:29	06:12	00:27
96111 Opp ITE Coll East Adm Blk Simei Ave	ITE College East		06:12	00:33	06:16	00:30	06:13	00:28
96101 Blk 3012 Simei Ave		06:14	00:34	06:17	00:31	06:14	00:29
96281 Opp Changi General Hosp Simei Ave	Changi General Hospital	06:15	00:35	06:19	00:32	06:16	00:30
76061 Blk 938 Tampines Ave 5		06:20	00:38	06:23	00:35	06:20	00:33
76051 Our Tampines Hub Tampines Ave 5		06:23	00:40	06:25	00:37	06:22	00:34
75009 Tampines Int(Alighting) Tampines Ctrl 1	EW2 DT32 Tampines Century Square Tampines 1 Tampines Mall	06:23	00:41	06:25	00:38	06:23	00:35

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
(Current) Known as prior to 1 November 2001	Bedok ↺ Kallang Pk/Natl Stadium	1979	27 May	Introduced between Bedok Int and Stadium Wk (Loop).
		1980	23 July	Amended to ply Bedok Sth Rd, skipping Bedok Sth Ave 1.
			31 August	Amended to ply Marine Parade Rd and Amber Rd, skipping Karikal Rd and East Coast Rd.
	Tampines ↺ Kallang Pk/Natl Stadium	1985	7 April	Extended to Tampines Ter.
		1986	13 April	Amended to ply Stadium Rd, skipping Stadium Wk.
		1987	29 November	Amended to Tampines Int.
		1988	23 October	Skips a pair of bus stops outside and opposite Tampines Stadium along Tampines Ave 5.
	Tampines ↔ Toa Payoh	1993	5 December	Integrated with Service 149 and extended to Toa Payoh Int under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 14, skipping Stadium Rd.
		1994	5 March	Amended to ply Kim Keat Lk and Lor 6 Toa Payoh towards Toa Payoh Int.
			TBC	Skips the bus stop outside Kallang Stn along Sims Ave.
		1997	TBC	Serves additional pair of bus stops outside and opposite Tampines Stadium along Tampines Ave 5.
		1998	31 May	Amended to Toa Payoh Temp Int.
				Serves new pair of bus stops outside and opposite Toa Payoh Swim Cplx along Lor 6 Toa Payoh.
		1999	TBC	Last bus from Toa Payoh Temp Int extended to 2335 hrs on weekdays.
		2002	19 May	Amended to Toa Payoh Integrated Transport Hub.
		2004	27 April	Amended to ply Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd and Sims Ave towards Toa Payoh Int with the temporary conversion of Lor 1 Geylang to one-way traffic.
			6 December	Amended to ply the reinstated Lor 1 Geylang towards Toa Payoh Int, skipping Geylang Rd, Kallang Rd and Sims Ave.
	31Tampines ↔ Toa Payoh 31ATampines → New Upp Changi Rd	2005	10 January	31AIntroduced from Tampines Int to New Upp Changi Rd (Tanah Merah Stn) during morning peak hours on weekdays.
			5 June	Amended to ply Sims Ave and Sims Way with the partial closure of southbound Mountbatten Rd.
			26 June	Amended to ply Sims Way and Geylang Rd with the partial closure of northbound Mountbatten Rd.
		2006	19 March	Amended to ply Cassia Lk, Cassia Cres, Guillemard Rd and Guillemard Camp Rd with the partial closure of Old Airport Rd and Dunman Rd to facilitate the construction of CC8 Dakota station on the Circle Line.
			TBC	Serves additional bus stop outside Victoria Sch along Marine Parade Rd.
		2008	29 December	Amended to ply the reinstated Old Airport Rd and Dunman Rd, skipping Cassia Lk, Guillemard Rd and Guillemard Camp Rd.
		2015	22 June	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).

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