Bus Service 513

!	TRAVEL ADVISORY					!
	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. Train services will be extended on the eve of Good Friday, 17 April 2025 (Thursday), and on the eve of Labour Day, 30 April 2025 (Wednesday). Selected bus services will have their operating hours extended to coincide with the last train timing. Please refer to the following for more information: (Good Friday) (Good Friday) (Good Friday) From Sunday, 20 April 2025, following the opening of Woodleigh Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), bus service 146 will be amended to operate from Woodleigh ITH. With the route amendment, it will serve three additional bus stops along Bidadari Park Dr and one additional bus stop along Upper Serangoon Rd. bus service 148 will be introduced, operating from Woodleigh ITH and looping at Potong Pasir Ave 1, providing direct connections to the bus interchange and key amenities such as Woodleigh Mall, Woodleigh Village Hawker Centre, schools in Woodleigh and Potong Pasir and the upcoming Bidadari Polyclinic. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 27 April 2025, Pasir Ris Bus Interchange will be relocated to the new Pasir Ris Integrated Transport Hub (ITH), which will be accessible via Pasir Ris Mall, Level 1. There is no change to existing bus routes and stopping points. Please refer here for more information. From Sunday, 27 April 2025, feeder service 299 will be introduced, operating from Tampines North and looping at Tampines St 96. Please refer here for more information. From Monday, 28 April 2025, supplementary bus service 21X will be introduced, operating from Saint Michael's Terminal and looping at Thomson Road. It will only operate during Weekday peak hours. Please refer here for more information.

Service 513
Route Information
Route	Tampines West ↔ Central Business District
Route Length	25.1 km (towards Central Business District) 24.6 km (towards Tampines West)
Travelling Time	65 mins (1h 5 mins)
Operator	(Tampines Bus Package)

SBS Transit Express Service 513 provides residents of Tampines West subzone (Tampines), who rely on the rail network and feeder buses, with a direct travel alternative to the Central Business District (CBD). This service incorporates an express sector between Tampines Avenue 1 and Central Business District via Simei Avenue, Xilin Avenue, and East Coast Parkway (ECP).

This service is the 5^th bus service introduced under the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP), and the first peak-hour unidirectional express bus service to be introduced. This service was branded under the normal Express branding instead of the City Direct branding, as it was operated by a public transport operator rather than a private bus operator at the time of its launch.

Evening peak-hour departures will be brought forward to the afternoon on the eves of Christmas, New Year, and Lunar New Year. Revised timing will be announced closer to the respective dates by the operator.

Service Information

Bus Duty & Fleet

Service 513

Depot	Fleet Size	Fleet
Bedok North Depot (BNDEP)	3	1 Single Decker	2 Double Deckers
		SBS8328D Scania K230UB	SBS7592M SBS7628U Volvo B9TL

Notes
SBS7592M, SBS7628U & SBS8328D will perform crossover trips on Service 19 during Weekdays AM and PM Off-Peak. Weekdays: 3S (3 buses) Special Weekdays: 2A / 1S (3 buses)

Route Information

Departure Timings

From 75129 Darul Ghufran Mque Tampines Ave 5 Departure Time
Weekdays	07:20 (SBS7592M) 07:32 (SBS8328D) 07:45 (SBS7628U)

From 03222 Hub Synergy Pt Anson Rd Departure Time
Weekdays	18:15 (SBS7592M) 18:30 (SBS7628U)

Direction 1 (Tampines Avenue 5 → Shenton Way)

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Bus Stops	Point of Interest	Weekdays
		First bus	Last bus
75129 Darul Ghufran Mque Tampines Ave 5	Our Tampines Hub	07:20	07:45
75139 Blk 863 Tampines Ave 5		07:22	07:47
75161 Blk 855 Tampines St 83		07:25	07:50
75201 Blk 835 Tampines St 83		07:27	07:52
75109 Blk 888 Tampines Ave 3		07:29	07:54
75039 Springfield Sec Sch Tampines Ave 8		07:30	07:55
75241 Opp Temasek Poly West G Tampines Ave 1	Temasek Polytechnic	07:32	07:57
75231 Opp Temasek Poly Tampines Ave 1	Temasek Polytechnic	07:34	07:59
75221 Opp Temasek Poly East G Tampines Ave 1	Temasek Polytechnic	07:36	08:01
75051 Tampines West Stn Exit B Tampines Ave 1	DT31 Tampines West SAFRA Tampines	07:38	08:03
Non-Stop Simei Ave		Non-stop
Non-Stop Xilin Ave		Non-stop
Express ECP		Non-stop
03539 Marina Bay Stn Ctrl Blvd	NS27 CE2 TE20 Marina Bay	08:20	08:45
03529 Downtown Stn Exit E Ctrl Blvd	DT17 Downtown Marina Bay Financial Centre	08:21	08:46
03129 UIC Bldg Shenton Way	TE19 Shenton Way	08:22	08:47
03218 Opp MAS Bldg Shenton Way	EW15 Tanjong Pagar	08:23	08:48

Direction 2 (Anson Road → Tampines Avenue 5)

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Bus Stops	Point of Interest	Weekdays
		First bus	Last bus
03222 Hub Synergy Pt Anson Rd	EW15 Tanjong Pagar	18:15	18:30
03111 Aft Capital Twr Robinson Rd	EW15 Tanjong Pagar	18:20	18:36
03071 80 Robinson Rd Robinson Rd		18:23	18:38
03381 The Sail Marina Blvd		18:27	18:43
03391 Marina Bay Financial Ctr Marina Blvd	NS27 CE2 TE20 Marina Bay	18:29	18:45
Express ECP		Non-stop
Non-Stop Xilin Ave		Non-stop
Non-Stop Simei Ave		Non-stop
75059 Bef Tampines West Stn Tampines Ave 1	DT31 Tampines West SAFRA Tampines	19:10	19:27
75229 Temasek Poly East G Tampines Ave 1	Temasek Polytechnic	19:11	19:28
75239 Temasek Poly Tampines Ave 1	Temasek Polytechnic	19:12	19:29
75249 Temasek Poly West G Tampines Ave 1	Temasek Polytechnic	19:13	19:30
75031 Opp Springfield Sec Sch Tampines Ave 8		19:14	19:31
75101 Blk 880 Tampines Ave 3		19:15	19:32
75209 Blk 882A Tampines St 83		19:16	19:33
75169 Opp Blk 853 Tampines St 83		19:16	19:33
75131 Bet Blks 701/702 Tampines Ave 5		19:17	19:34
75121 Opp Darul Ghufran Mque Tampines Ave 5	Our Tampines Hub	19:18	19:35

Historical Information

Operator	Route	Year	Date	Service changes
(Current)	AMTampines Ave 5 → Shenton Way PMAnson Rd → Tampines Ave 5	2012	17 December	Introduced between Tampines Ave 5 (Darul Ghufran Mque) and Shenton Way (Opp MAS Bldg) during morning peak hours and between Anson Rd (Hub Synergy Pt) and Tampines Ave 5 (Opp Darul Ghufran Mque) during evening peak hours, operating 2 trips in each direction as a peak hour one-directional service on weekdays under the LTA's Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP).
		2013	31 March	Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB).
			1 December	Serves new bus stop outside Downtown Stn along Central Blvd.
			30 December	Amended to ply Sheares Ave towards Shenton Way with the partial closure of ECP.
		2015	12 January	3rd AM peak trip added at 0738 hrs.
	N/A	2020	8 April	Temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 Circuit Breaker measures.
	AMTampines Ave 5 → Shenton Way PMAnson Rd → Tampines Ave 5		2 June	Resumed normal operations.

External Links

• Bus Service Information for Service 513 (SBS Transit)
• SimplyGo eGuide
• Bus Service Route Map