Bus Service 131

Service 131
Route Information
Route	Saint Michael's Terminal ↔ Bukit Merah Interchange
Route Length	20.5 km (towards Bukit Merah) 20.1 km (towards Saint Michael’s)
Travelling Time	85 mins (1 h 25 mins)
Operator	(Bukit Merah Bus Package)

SBS Transit Bus Service 131 is an inter-town route linking residential areas of Novena, Kampong Java (Kallang subzone), and Bukit Merah to central areas of Rochor and Downtown Core.

This service serves Bukit Purmei Avenue in both directions (towards Bukit Merah Interchange and towards Saint Michael’s Terminal). Commuters are to check the Electronic Display Signage (EDS) or Destination Signage Plates on the bus before boarding.

131

(towards Bukit Merah Interchange)

131

(towards Saint Michael’s Terminal)

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 131/131A

Depot	Fleet Size		Fleet
	131	131A
Ulu Pandan Depot (UPDEP)	23	3	23 Single Deckers
			SBS6254X SBS6270Z SBS6652E SBS6721P Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro SBS5035T SBS5085Z SBS5122A SBS5131ZA SBS5160P SBS5186R SBS8114DA SBS8491P SBS8728H SBS8729E SBS8763EA SBS8768S SBS8773B SBS8778M SBS8817J SBS8822T SBS8947S Scania K230UB

Notes
2 missing buses. Weekdays: 15A-16P / 1E / 6S (23 buses) Saturdays: TBC (TBC buses) Sundays & Public Holidays: TBC (TBC buses) Special Weekdays: TBC (23 buses)

Service 131 duty allocation
Weekdays (15A-16P / 1E / 6S)
	A/P	SBS5122A, SBS5131Z, SBS5160P, SBS5186R, SBS6652E, SBS6721P, SBS8114D, SBS8491P, SBS8728H, SBS8729E, SBS8763E, SBS8778M, SBS8817J & SBS8822T
	P
	E	SBS5035T, SBS5085Z, SBS6254X, SBS6270Z, SBS8768S, SBS8773B & SBS8947S
	S

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 Bukit Merah	08 - 11 minutes	09 - 15 minutes	10 minutes	10 - 12 minutes
towards Saint Michael’s	09 - 10 minutes	09 - 14 minutes	09 - 12 minutes	14 - 15 minutes

Special Departures

50029 Opp United Sq Thomson Rd → 10009 Bt Merah Int Bt Merah Ctrl Departure Time
Weekdays	05:15 05:27 05:39 05:51 08:13 08:33
Saturdays	05:20 05:34 05:48
Sundays & Public Holidays	05:20 05:39

14389 Aft Radin Mas Pr Sch Bt Purmei Ave → 10009 Bt Merah Int Bt Merah Ctrl Departure Time
Daily	05:50

04111 Capitol Bldg Stamford Rd → 52499 St. Michael's Ter Whampoa Rd Departure Time
Weekdays	06:05 06:13
Saturdays	06:05

Short-Trip 131A

52499 St. Michael's Ter Whampoa Rd → 03217 Aft Straits Blvd Shenton Way Departure Time
Weekdays	06:50 (SBS8763E) 06:57 (SBS8114D) 07:14 (SBS5131Z)

Direction 1 (Saint Michael’s → Bukit Merah)

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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
52499 St. Michael's Ter(Berth 4) Whampoa Rd	131A		05:45	23:30	05:45	23:30	05:45	23:30
52451 Blk 114 Whampoa Rd	131A		05:46	23:31	05:46	23:31	05:46	23:31
52129 Blk 29 Jln Bahagia 1 131(towards Bt Merah Int)	131A		05:47	23:32	05:47	23:32	05:47	23:32
52109 Bet Blks 33/34 Jln Bahagia 1 131(towards Bt Merah Int)	131A		05:49	23:33	05:49	23:33	05:48	23:33
52099 Opp NKF Kim Keat Rd	131A		05:51	23:34	05:51	23:34	05:50	23:35
50159 Bef Kim Keat Lane Kim Keat Rd	131A		05:52	23:35	05:52	23:35	05:51	23:36
50209 Aft Pegu Rd Balestier Rd	131A		05:53	23:36	05:53	23:36	05:52	23:37
50199 Opp Shaw Plaza Balestier Rd	131A	Shaw Plaza	05:53	23:36	05:53	23:36	05:52	23:37
50189 Opp Public Mansion Balestier Rd	131A		05:54	23:37	05:54	23:37	05:53	23:38
50179 Opp Zhongshan Mall Balestier Rd	131A	Zhongshan Mall	05:55	23:37	05:55	23:38	05:54	23:39
50169 Aft Irrawaddy Rd Balestier Rd	131A		05:56	23:38	05:56	23:39	05:55	23:40
50059 Opp Thomson Med Ctr Thomson Rd	131A		05:57	23:39	05:58	23:41	05:56	23:41
50049 Opp Novena Lodge Thomson Rd	131A		05:57	23:40	05:58	23:41	05:56	23:41
50038 Novena Stn Thomson Rd	131A	NS20 Novena Velocity @ Novena Square Tan Tock Seng Hospital	05:59	23:41	06:00	23:43	05:58	23:43
50029 Opp United Sq Thomson Rd	131A		05:15	23:43	05:20	23:46	05:20	23:44
50079 Opp Carlisle Rd Norfolk Rd	131A		05:17	23:44	05:21	23:47	05:21	23:45
50089 Blk 51/Opp Pek Kio Mkt Owen Rd	131A		05:18	23:46	05:23	23:49	05:23	23:47
50321 Aft Gloucester Rd Dorset Rd	131A		05:20	23:47	05:24	23:50	05:24	23:48
50351 Farrer Pk Tennis Ctr Dorset Rd	131A		05:21	23:48	05:25	23:51	05:25	23:49
40109 Opp KK Women & Child Hosp Kg Java Rd	131A	KK Women's and Children's Hospital	05:22	23:49	05:26	23:52	05:26	23:50
40019 Little India Stn Bt Timah Rd	131A	NE7 DT12 Little India	05:24	23:51	05:28	23:54	05:28	23:52
07539 Bef Rochor Stn Exit B Sungei Rd	131A	DT13 Rochor Tekka Place	05:25	23:52	05:30	23:56	05:29	23:53
07518 Opp NAFA Campus 3 Bencoolen St	131A	Fortune Centre Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Sunshine Plaza The Bencoolen	05:28	23:55	05:32	23:58	05:32	23:56
04019 Opp Bencoolen Stn Exit B Bencoolen St	131A	DT21 Bencoolen CC2 Bras Basah SMU	05:29	23:56	05:34	24:00	05:33	23:57
04179 Aft Bras Basah Stn Exit A Bras Basah Rd	131A	CC2 Bras Basah NTUC Trade Union House	05:30	23:57	05:35	00:01	05:35	23:58
02049 Raffles Hotel Bras Basah Rd	131A	NS25 EW13 City Hall CC3 Esplanade Raffles City South Beach Tower	05:31	23:58	05:36	00:02	05:36	23:59
02029 Aft Esplanade Stn Exit D Esplanade Dr	131A	CC3 Esplanade Asian Civilisations Museum Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay Victoria Concert Hall	05:33	24:00	05:38	00:04	05:38	00:01
03019 OUE Bayfront Collyer Quay	131A	NS26 EW14 Raffles Place CIMB Plaza	05:36	00:03	05:41	00:07	05:41	00:03
03059 One Raffles Quay Raffles Quay	131A		05:37	00:04	05:42	00:08	05:42	00:04
03129 UIC Bldg Shenton Way	131A	TE19 Shenton Way	05:39	00:05	05:43	00:10	05:44	00:06
03217 Aft Straits Blvd Shenton Way	131A	EW15 Tanjong Pagar	05:39	00:06	05:45	00:11	05:45	00:07
05649 Opp Customs Port Br HQ Keppel Rd			05:41	00:08	05:47	00:13	05:47	00:09
14061 Opp Former Railway Stn Keppel Rd			05:42	00:09	05:48	00:14	05:48	00:10
14071 Keppel Workshop Keppel Rd			05:43	00:10	05:49	00:15	05:49	00:11
14081 Tg Pagar DP Blk F5 Keppel Rd			05:44	00:11	05:50	00:16	05:50	00:12
14101 Opp Keppel DP Blk 517 Keppel Rd			05:45	00:11	05:50	00:17	05:50	00:12
14141 HarbourFront Stn/VivoCity Telok Blangah Rd		NE1 CC29 HarbourFront S1 VivoCity VivoCity	05:48	00:13	05:52	00:19	05:52	00:14
14121 Opp HarbourFront Int Telok Blangah Rd		NE1 CC29 HarbourFront HarbourFront Centre Singapore Cruise Centre	05:49	00:14	05:53	00:20	05:53	00:15
14131 Caribbean at Keppel Bay Telok Blangah Rd			05:50	00:15	05:54	00:21	05:54	00:16
14151 Opp Chr Community Chapel Telok Blangah Rd		Community Chapel Church	05:52	00:16	05:55	00:23	05:55	00:17
14041 Blk 54 Henderson Rd			05:54	00:18	05:57	00:25	05:58	00:19
14051 Aft Telok Blangah Hts Henderson Rd			05:56	00:19	05:59	00:27	06:00	00:21
14279 Blk 25 Telok Blangah Way			05:58	00:22	06:01	00:29	06:02	00:23
14299 Opp Blk 27 Telok Blangah Way			05:59	00:23	06:02	00:30	06:03	00:24
14389 Aft Radin Mas Pr Sch Bt Purmei Ave 1 131(towards Bt Merah Int)			05:50	00:24	05:50	00:32	05:50	00:26
14381 Blk 109 Bt Purmei Ave 1 131(towards Bt Merah Int)			05:51	00:25	05:51	00:33	05:51	00:27
14031 St. Theresa's Convent Lower Delta Rd			05:53	00:26	05:53	00:35	05:52	00:28
10361 Cendex Ctr Lower Delta Rd			05:55	00:28	05:54	00:37	05:53	00:29
10081 Opp Blk 120 Jln Bt Merah			05:57	00:29	05:55	00:38	05:54	00:30
10009 Bt Merah Int(Alighting) Bt Merah Ctrl			05:59	00:31	05:58	00:41	05:56	00:32

Notes:

• ¹: This service calls at this stop in both directions (towards Bukit Merah and towards Saint Michael’s). Commuters are to check the bus destination signage before boarding.
• 06:00: Underlined times indicate that the first bus is a down-route rather than one starting from the first stop.

Direction 2 (Bukit Merah → Saint Michael’s)

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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
10009 Bt Merah Int(Berth B5) Bt Merah Ctrl		05:45	00:00	05:45	00:00	05:45	00:00
10089 Blk 119 Jln Bt Merah		05:48	00:02	05:48	00:03	05:48	00:02
10369 Opp Cendex Ctr Lower Delta Rd		05:50	00:04	05:50	00:05	05:50	00:04
14039 Opp St. Theresa's Convent Lower Delta Rd		05:51	00:05	05:51	00:06	05:51	00:06
14389 Aft Radin Mas Pr Sch Bt Purmei Ave 1 131(towards St. Michael’s Ter)		05:53	00:06	05:53	00:08	05:53	00:07
14381 Blk 109 Bt Purmei Ave 1 131(towards St. Michael’s Ter)		05:54	00:07	05:54	00:09	05:54	00:08
14291 Blk 27 Telok Blangah Way		05:56	00:09	05:57	00:11	05:56	00:10
14271 Al-Amin Mque Telok Blangah Way		05:57	00:09	05:58	00:12	05:57	00:11
14281 SAFRA Mt Faber Telok Blangah Way	SAFRA Mount Faber	05:58	00:10	05:59	00:13	05:58	00:12
14059 Bef Telok Blangah Hts Henderson Rd		06:00	00:11	06:01	00:14	06:00	00:14
14049 Opp Blk 55 Henderson Rd		06:01	00:12	06:02	00:15	06:01	00:15
14159 Bef Chr Community Chapel Telok Blangah Rd		06:03	00:14	06:03	00:17	06:02	00:16
14139 Bef Seah Im Rd Telok Blangah Rd		06:04	00:15	06:04	00:18	06:03	00:17
14129 HarbourFront Stn Exit A Telok Blangah Rd	NE1 CC29 HarbourFront	06:06	00:16	06:06	00:19	06:05	00:19
14119 Opp VivoCity Telok Blangah Rd	NE1 CC29 HarbourFront S1 VivoCity VivoCity	06:07	00:17	06:07	00:20	06:06	00:20
14109 Keppel DP Blk 517 Keppel Rd		06:08	00:18	06:08	00:21	06:07	00:21
14089 Opp Tg Pagar DP Blk F5 Keppel Rd		06:09	00:19	06:09	00:22	06:08	00:22
14069 Former Railway Stn Keppel Rd		06:12	00:21	06:11	00:24	06:10	00:24
05641 Bef Cantonment Rd Keppel Rd		06:13	00:22	06:12	00:25	06:11	00:25
03223 Tanjong Pagar Stn Exit C Anson Rd	EW15 Tanjong Pagar	06:15	00:24	06:14	00:27	06:13	00:27
03151 Opp GB Bldg Cecil St		06:16	00:25	06:15	00:28	06:14	00:28
03021 Prudential Twr Cecil St	DT18 Telok Ayer	06:18	00:27	06:16	00:29	06:15	00:29
03011 Fullerton Sq Fullerton Rd	NS26 EW14 Raffles Place Asian Civilisations Museum CIMB Plaza Victoria Concert Hall	06:20	00:29	06:18	00:31	06:17	00:31
02111 Esplanade Bridge Esplanade Dr	CC3 Esplanade	06:21	00:30	06:20	00:33	06:19	00:33
04111 Capitol Bldg Stamford Rd	NS25 EW13 City Hall Capitol Singapore Raffles City	06:05	00:32	06:05	00:34	06:20	00:34
04121 SMU Stamford Rd	CC2 Bras Basah SMU National Museum of Singapore	06:06	00:33	06:06	00:36	06:21	00:36
08079 Sch of The Arts Prinsep St	School of the Arts GR.iD	06:08	00:35	06:08	00:37	06:23	00:37
07011 Bef Sophia Rd Selegie Rd	GR.iD Sunshine Plaza	06:09	00:36	06:09	00:38	06:24	00:38
07021 Selegie Ctr Selegie Rd		06:10	00:37	06:10	00:40	06:25	00:40
07031 Tekka Ctr S'goon Rd	NE7 DT12 Little India Tekka Centre Tekka Place	06:11	00:38	06:12	00:41	06:26	00:41
07111 Broadway Hotel S'goon Rd	Angullia Mosque Mustafa Centre Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple	06:13	00:39	06:13	00:42	06:27	00:43
50251 Farrer Pk Stn Exit A Rangoon Rd	NE8 Farrer Park	06:15	00:41	06:15	00:44	06:29	00:45
50261 Kentish Lodge Rangoon Rd		06:16	00:42	06:16	00:45	06:30	00:46
50301 Kentish Green Kent Rd		06:17	00:43	06:17	00:46	06:31	00:47
50081 Pek Kio Mkt Owen Rd		06:18	00:44	06:17	00:47	06:32	00:48
50071 Bef Carlisle Rd Norfolk Rd		06:20	00:45	06:19	00:49	06:33	00:49
50021 United Sq/Bef Novena Stn Thomson Rd	NS20 Novena	06:22	00:47	06:21	00:51	06:35	00:51
50031 Opp Novena Ch Thomson Rd	NS20 Novena	06:23	00:49	06:23	00:53	06:37	00:53
50041 Novena Lodge Thomson Rd		06:24	00:50	06:24	00:54	06:38	00:54
50161 Bef Jln Dusun Balestier Rd		06:26	00:52	06:26	00:55	06:39	00:55
50171 Zhongshan Mall Balestier Rd	Zhongshan Mall	06:27	00:53	06:27	00:56	06:40	00:56
50191 Bef Balestier Plaza Balestier Rd		06:29	00:54	06:28	00:57	06:41	00:57
50201 Shaw Plaza Balestier Rd	Shaw Plaza	06:29	00:54	06:28	00:58	06:42	00:57
50211 Opp Balestier Pt Balestier Rd		06:30	00:55	06:29	00:59	06:43	00:58
50991 Blk 82 Whampoa Dr		06:32	00:57	06:31	01:00	06:44	00:59
52129 Blk 29 Jln Bahagia 1 131(towards St. Michael’s Ter)		06:34	00:59	06:33	01:02	06:46	01:01
52109 Bet Blks 33/34 Jln Bahagia 1 131(towards St. Michael’s Ter)		06:35	01:00	06:34	01:03	06:47	01:02
52499 St. Michael's Ter(Berth 4) Whampoa Rd		06:38	01:02	06:36	01:05	06:49	01:04

Notes:

• ¹: This service calls at this stop in both directions (towards Bukit Merah and towards Saint Michael’s). Commuters are to check the bus destination signage before boarding.
• 06:00: Underlined times indicate that the first bus is a down-route rather than one starting from the first stop.

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
Singapore Traction Company	Balestier Rd ↔ Tg Pagar Rd	1971	11 April	Introduced between Balestier Rd Ter and Tg Pagar Ter under 1971 Bus Reorganisation.
Associated Bus Services			6 December	Operations transferred to Associated Bus Services.
(Current) Known as prior to 1 November 2001		1973	1 July	Operations transferred to Singapore Bus Services.
		1974	8 December	Amended to ply Cecil St, skipping Robinson Rd.
		1975	19 July	Amended to ply Coleman St and Armenian St, skipping Stamford Rd.
	Tg Pagar Rd ↺ Balestier Rd	1978	2 December	Amended to ply Balestier Rd, Jln Dusun and Jln Datoh due to the partial closure of Ah Hood Rd for redevelopment.
		1979	11 February	Amended to ply the extended Shenton Way, Rambau St and Trafalgar St towards Tg Pagar Ter, skipping Parsi Rd.
	Anson Rd ↺ Balestier Rd		1 August	Amended to Anson Rd Ter.
	Anson Rd ↺ Rangoon Rd	1983	2 January	Amended to loop at Norfolk Rd from Anson Rd Ter.
			3 July	Amended to ply Kent Rd and Owen Rd with the partial closure of Rangoon Rd to facilitate the construction of CTE.
	Prince Edward ↺ Rangoon Rd	1985	27 January	Amended to Prince Edward Ter with the closure of Anson Rd Ter.
		1987	7 June	Amended to ply Owen Rd, Dorset Rd, Kg Java Rd, Bt Timah Rd and Sungei Rd, skipping Race Course Rd, Kerbau Rd, Kg Kapor Rd, Upp Weld Rd and Jln Besar.
	Shenton Way ↺ Rangoon Rd		28 June	Amended to Shenton Way Ter.
	Shenton Way ↔ St. Michael’s	1992	3 May	Extended to St. Michael’s Ter under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 7.
	Bukit Merah ↔ St. Michael’s	1993	4 April	Extended to Bt Merah Int under TransitLink Network Integration Exercise Phase 12.
			11 April	Amended to ply Stamford Rd, skipping Coleman St and Armenian St.
		1999	TBC	Skips a pair of removed bus stops outside and opposite Wishart Rd along Telok Blangah Rd.
			TBC	Serves new bus stop outside Farrer Pk Tennis Ctr along Dorset Rd.
		2001	18 February	Serves new staggered bus stop outside Novena Stn along Thomson Rd, skipping the bus stop outside Novena Ch.
	131Bukit Merah ↔ St. Michael’s 131ASt. Michael’s → Shenton Way	2002	TBC	131AIntroduced from St. Michael’s Ter to Shenton Way (Opp Temasek Twr) during morning peak hours on weekdays.
		2005	19 June	Amended to ply Bt Purmei Ave in both directions.
	131Bukit Merah ↔ St. Michael’s 131ASt. Michael’s → Shenton Way 131BSerangoon Rd → Norfolk Rd	2006	23 January	131BIntroduced as a short-trip service from Serangoon Rd (Tekka Ctr) to Norfolk Rd (Bef Carlisle Rd) during evening peak hours on weekdays.
	131Bukit Merah ↔ St. Michael’s 131ASt. Michael’s → Shenton Way		1 June	131BDiscontinued.
			29 October	Serves new bus stop outside VivoCity along Telok Blangah Rd.
		2007	28 April	Serves additional bus stop outside Victoria Concert Hall along Fullerton Rd.
		2008	7 December	Skips removed bus stop opposite Temenggong D Mque along Telok Blangah Rd.
		2011	16 October	Amended to ply Middle Rd, Selegie Rd, Prinsep St and Bras Basah Rd with the partial closure of Bencoolen St to facilitate the construction of DT21 Bencoolen station on the Downtown Line.
			3 December	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
		2014	25 August	Last bus from Bt Merah Int extended to 2400 hrs daily.
		2016	1 May	Amended to ply Esplanade Dr towards St. Michael’s Ter with the partial closure of Fullerton Rd.
			11 December	Amended to ply the reinstated Bencoolen St, skipping Middle Rd, Selegie Rd, Prinsep St and Bras Basah Rd.
		2021	26 December	Amended to ply Esplanade Dr towards Bt Merah Int with the closure of Connaught Dr.

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