Bus Service 56

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	From Sunday, 14 November 2024 to 31 October 2025, Train services on the Bukit Panjang LRT will end an hour earlier at 22:30 every Thursday to Sunday (except Public Holidays). This is to facilitate the upgrading of the BPLRT signalling system, as well as the testing of the new and retrofitted Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) on the BPLRT network. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 23 March 2025, supplementary bus service 258M will ply an extended route looping at Boon Lay Place to provide direct connection to amenities such as Boon Lay Shopping Centre. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 24 March 2025, supplementary bus service 979X will be introduced to provide a faster connection for residents in Yew Tee Village to and from Bukit Panjang MRT / Bus Interchange. Bus service 979X will supplement bus service 979 and serve selected bus stops along its route. It will operate on weekdays (excluding Public Holidays) during the morning and evening peak periods. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 24 March 2025, supplementary bus service 861M will be introduced to complement existing travel options to Wellington Primary School. It will operate from Canberra Way, terminating at Sembawang Bus Interchange. This service will operate two trips during the morning peak period on weekdays during school term only. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 24 March 2025, short-trip service 112B will be introduced starting from Hougang Central Bus Interchange and terminating at Hougang Avenue 7. This service will only operate on weekdays (excluding public holidays) during the evening peak period. Please refer here for more information.

Service 56
Route Information
Route	Bishan Interchange ↔ Marina Centre Terminal
Route Length	12.6 km (towards Marina Centre) 12.7 km (towards Bishan)
Travelling Time	70 mins (1 h 10 mins)
Operator	(Bishan – Toa Payoh Bus Package)

Bus Service 56 is a trunk route connecting the residential estates of Toa Payoh and Bishan with the city areas of Marina Centre, Middle Road, Little India and Novena. The large area of coverage between Bishan and Toa Payoh makes it a convenient inter-town route.

Both this service and Bus Service 57 are largely duplicative each other between Bishan and Bras Basah, exceptions being that this service plys along Bishan Street 13 and also takes a different route through Toa Payoh.

Service hours on Saturdays are longer to cater to late-night commuters in the city.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 56

Depot	Fleet Size	Fleet
Hougang Depot (HGDEP)	12	11 Single Deckers	1 Double Decker
		SBS6010H SBS6613T SBS6657S SBS6659L Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro SBS5111G SBS8383T SBS8401A SBS8428Z SBS8546R SBS8597T SBS8692B Scania K230UB	Volvo B9TL

Notes
1 missing DD. Full SD fleet on Sundays & Public Holidays. Weekdays: 8A-8P / 4S (12 buses) Saturdays: 10A-10P (10 buses) Sundays & Public Holidays: 7A-9P / 1S / 1T (11 buses) Special Weekdays: 7A-8P / 1E / 3S (12 buses)

Service 56 duty allocation
Weekdays (8A-8P / 4S)
	A/P	SBS8401A, SBS8428Z, SBS8597T & SBS8692B
	S	TBC

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 Marina Centre	11 - 14 minutes	11 - 17 minutes	14 - 16 minutes	12 - 25 minutes
towards Bishan	10 - 15 minutes	11 - 17 minutes	14 - 16 minutes	13 - 25 minutes

Special Departures

• 40011

  Little India Stn Exit A
  Bt Timah Rd
  NE7DT12Little India →
  53009

  Bishan Int
  Bishan St 13
  NS17CC15Bishan
  • Weekdays: 05:50 (SD) & 06:04 (SD)
• 52189

  Toa Payoh Stn
  Lor 2 Toa Payoh
  NS19Toa Payoh
  HDB Hub →
  02099

  Marina Ctr Ter
  Raffles Blvd
  • Weekdays: 05:30 (SD)

Direction 1 (Bishan → Marina Centre)

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Bus Stops	Nearby Attraction	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
		First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
53009 Bishan Int(Berth B5) Bishan St 13	NS17CC15Bishan	NS17CC15Bishan	05:30	23:30	05:30	23:30	05:30	23:30
53279 Kuo Chuan Presby Sch Bishan St 13		05:32	23:32	05:32	23:32	05:32	23:32
53289 Zion Bible Presby Ch Bishan St 13		05:33	23:34	05:33	23:33	05:34	23:33
53251 Blk 125 Bishan St 11			05:35	23:35	05:35	23:35	05:35	23:35
53221 Blk 115 Bishan St 11			05:36	23:37	05:36	23:36	05:37	23:36
53211 Opp Raffles Instn Bishan Rd	Raffles Institution		05:37	23:38	05:37	23:37	05:38	23:37
52021 Opp Blk 1004 Braddell Rd			05:38	23:39	05:38	23:38	05:39	23:37
52031 Opp Blk 998 Braddell Rd			05:39	23:40	05:39	23:39	05:40	23:38
52361 Blk 1 Lor 6 Toa Payoh			05:41	23:42	05:42	23:42	05:42	23:40
52279 Blk 56 Lor 4 Toa Payoh			05:43	23:44	05:44	23:44	05:44	23:42
52239 Blk 177 Toa Payoh Ctrl			05:44	23:45	05:45	23:45	05:45	23:43
52189 Toa Payoh Stn Lor 2 Toa Payoh	NS19Toa Payoh HDB Hub	NS19Toa Payoh	05:30	23:46	05:46	23:46	05:46	23:44
52079 Opp Trellis Twrs Jln Toa Payoh			05:33	23:49	05:49	23:49	05:49	23:47
50059 Opp Thomson Med Ctr Thomson Rd			05:35	23:51	05:52	23:51	05:51	23:49
50049 Opp Novena Lodge Thomson Rd			05:36	23:52	05:53	23:52	05:52	23:50
50038 Novena Stn Thomson Rd	NS20Novena Velocity @ Novena Square Tan Tock Seng Hospital	NS20Novena	05:37	23:53	05:54	23:53	05:53	23:51
50029 Opp United Sq Thomson Rd			05:38	23:54	05:55	23:54	05:54	23:52
50019 Parish of Christ Ch Keng Lee Rd			05:39	23:55	05:57	23:55	05:55	23:53
40109 Opp KK Women & Child Hosp Kg Java Rd	KK Women's and Children's Hospital		05:40	23:56	05:58	23:56	05:56	23:54
40019 Little India Stn Bt Timah Rd	NE7DT12Little India	NE7DT12Little India	05:41	23:57	05:59	23:57	05:57	23:55
07539 Bef Rochor Stn Exit B Sungei Rd	DT13Rochor Tekka Place	DT13Rochor	05:43	23:59	06:01	00:00	05:59	23:57
07518 Opp NAFA Campus 3 Bencoolen St	Fortune Centre Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Sunshine Plaza The Bencoolen		05:46	00:03	06:05	00:04	06:03	00:01
07569 Aft Waterloo St Middle Rd	Bugis+ Fortune Centre National Design Centre		05:48	00:04	06:06	00:05	06:04	00:02
01639 Bef Beach Rd Middle Rd	Bugis Junction National Library Building		05:50	00:06	06:08	00:08	06:06	00:04
01619 Esplanade Stn Exit F Beach Rd	CC3Esplanade	CC3Esplanade	05:52	00:09	06:11	00:10	06:09	00:07
02089 Promenade Stn/Pan Pacific Raffles Blvd	CC4DT15Promenade Marina Square Millenia Walk	CC4DT15Promenade	05:54	00:12	06:14	00:14	06:12	00:10
02099 Marina Ctr Ter Raffles Blvd	1		05:55	00:13	06:15	00:15	06:13	00:11

Notes:

• ¹: No boarding and alighting at this stop.

Direction 2 (Marina Centre → Bishan)

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Bus Stops	Nearby Attraction	Weekdays		Saturdays		Suns / PHs
		First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus	First bus	Last bus
02099 Marina Ctr Ter Raffles Blvd	1		06:00	23:45	06:00	00:15	06:00	23:45
02101 Aft S'pore Flyer Raffles Ave	Singapore Flyer		06:01	23:46	06:01	00:16	06:01	23:46
02051 The Float @ Marina Bay Raffles Ave			06:03	23:48	06:03	00:18	06:02	23:48
02061 The Esplanade Raffles Ave	Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay		06:04	23:50	06:04	00:19	06:03	23:49
01611 Aft Raffles Hotel Beach Rd	Raffles City South Beach Tower		06:08	23:54	06:07	00:23	06:06	23:53
01631 Aft Beach Rd Middle Rd	National Library Building		06:09	23:55	06:08	00:25	06:07	23:54
07561 Bef Waterloo St Middle Rd	Fortune Centre National Design Centre		06:11	23:58	06:10	00:27	06:09	23:56
07571 Sunshine Plaza Middle Rd	Sunshine Plaza Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts		06:13	00:00	06:12	00:29	06:10	23:58
07021 Selegie Ctr Selegie Rd			06:14	00:02	06:13	00:31	06:12	00:00
40011 Little India Stn Exit A Bt Timah Rd	NE7DT12Little India	NE7DT12Little India	05:50	00:04	06:15	00:33	06:13	00:02
40101 KK Women & Children Hosp Kg Java Rd	KK Women's and Children's Hospital		05:52	00:06	06:17	00:35	06:15	00:04
50011 Opp Parish of Christ Ch Kg Java Rd			05:52	00:06	06:17	00:35	06:15	00:04
50021 United Sq/Bef Novena Stn Thomson Rd	NS20Novena	NS20Novena	05:54	00:08	06:19	00:37	06:17	00:06
50031 Opp Novena Ch Thomson Rd	NS20Novena		05:56	00:10	06:21	00:39	06:19	00:08
50041 Novena Lodge Thomson Rd			05:57	00:11	06:22	00:40	06:20	00:09
50051 Thomson Med Ctr Thomson Rd			05:58	00:11	06:22	00:41	06:20	00:09
51011 Opp Tan Tong Meng Twr Thomson Rd			05:58	00:12	06:23	00:41	06:21	00:10
52071 Trellis Twrs Jln Toa Payoh			06:01	00:14	06:25	00:44	06:23	00:12
52181 Opp Toa Payoh Stn Lor 2 Toa Payoh	NS19Toa Payoh HDB Hub	NS19Toa Payoh	06:03	00:16	06:27	00:46	06:25	00:14
52231 Blk 79C Toa Payoh Ctrl			06:04	00:16	06:28	00:47	06:26	00:14
52271 Jackson Sq Lor 4 Toa Payoh			06:06	00:18	06:30	00:49	06:28	00:16
52369 Blk 237 Lor 6 Toa Payoh			06:07	00:20	06:32	00:51	06:30	00:18
52039 Aft Muhajirin Mque Braddell Rd	Muhajirin Mosque		06:10	00:22	06:34	00:53	06:32	00:20
53219 Raffles Instn Bishan Rd	Raffles Institution		06:13	00:25	06:37	00:56	06:35	00:23
53229 Blk 501 Bishan St 11			06:16	00:27	06:39	00:58	06:37	00:25
53259 Opp Blk 125 Bishan St 11		06:17	00:28	06:40	00:59	06:39	00:27
53281 Blk 169 Bishan St 13		06:16	00:29	06:41	01:00	06:40	00:28
53271 Opp Kuo Chuan Presby Sch Bishan St 13		06:17	00:30	06:42	01:01	06:41	00:29
53009 Bishan Int(Alighting) Bishan St 13	NS17CC15Bishan	NS17CC15Bishan	06:19	00:32	06:44	01:03	06:43	00:31

Notes:

• ¹: No boarding and alighting at this stop.

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
(Current) Known as prior to 1 November 2001	Bishan St 11 ↺ Toa Payoh	1985	22 December	Introduced between Bishan St 11 and Toa Payoh Int (Loop).
	Bishan ↺ Toa Payoh	1986	28 December	Amended to Bishan Ter.
		1987	16 March	First bus from Bishan Ter brought forward to 0545 hrs daily.
		1989	30 April	Amended to Bishan Int.
	Bishan ↔ Marina Ctr	1990	2 September	Integrated with Services 58 and 150 and extended to Marina Ctr Ter.
		2000	TBC	Last bus from Marina Ctr Ter extended to 0015 hrs on Saturdays.
		2001	18 February	Serves new staggered bus stop outside Novena Stn along Thomson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Novena Ch.
		2005	TBC	Skips removed bus stop outside Muhajirin Mque along Braddell Rd.
		2012	30 September	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		2021	27 February	Amended to the relocated Marina Ctr Ter.