Bus Service 56

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)

SBS Transit 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 complement each other between Bishan and Rochor, exceptions being that this service plies 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 SBS5086X SBS5111G SBS8401A SBS8428Z SBS8546R SBS8597T SBS8692B Scania K230UB	Volvo B9TL

Notes
1 missing DD. Full SD fleet on Weekends & 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	SBS5086X, SBS5111G, SBS6613T, SBS8401A, SBS8428Z, SBS8597T & SBS8692B
	S	SBS6010H, SBS6657S, SBS6659L & SBS8546R

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

52189 Toa Payoh Stn Lor 2 Toa Payoh → 02099 Marina Ctr Ter Raffles Blvd Departure Time
Weekdays	05:30 (SD)

Template:BS40011 → 53009 Bishan Int Bishan St 13 Departure Time
Weekdays	05:50 (SD) 06:04 (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	Template:Code/STemplate:Code/S Bishan Junction 8	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	Template:Code/S Toa Payoh HDB Hub	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
Template:BS50059	05:35	23:51	05:52	23:51	05:51	23:49
Template:BS50049	05:36	23:52	05:53	23:52	05:52	23:50
Template:BS50038	05:37	23:53	05:54	23:53	05:53	23:51
Template:BS50029	05:38	23:54	05:55	23:54	05:54	23:52
Template:BS50019	05:39	23:55	05:57	23:55	05:55	23:53
Template:BS40109	05:40	23:56	05:58	23:56	05:56	23:54
Template:BS40019	05:41	23:57	05:59	23:57	05:57	23:55
Template:BS07539	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	Template:Code/S Esplanade	05:52	00:09	06:11	00:10	06:09	00:07
02089 Promenade Stn/Pan Pacific Raffles Blvd	Template:Code/STemplate:Code/S Promenade Marina Square Millenia Walk	05:54	00:12	06:14	00:14	06:12	00:10
02099 Marina Ctr Ter Raffles Blvd 1		N/A

Notes:

• ¹: No boarding and alighting at this stop.
• 06:00: Underlined times indicate that the first bus is a down-route rather than one starting from the first 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
Template:BS40011	05:50	00:04	06:15	00:33	06:13	00:02
Template:BS40101	05:52	00:06	06:17	00:35	06:15	00:04
Template:BS50011	05:52	00:06	06:17	00:35	06:15	00:04
Template:BS50021	05:54	00:08	06:19	00:37	06:17	00:06
Template:BS50031	05:56	00:10	06:21	00:39	06:19	00:08
Template:BS50041	05:57	00:11	06:22	00:40	06:20	00:09
Template:BS50051	05:58	00:11	06:22	00:41	06:20	00:09
Template:BS51011	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	Template:Code/S Toa Payoh HDB Hub	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	Template:Code/STemplate:Code/S Bishan Junction 8	06:19	00:32	06:44	01:03	06:43	00:31

Notes:

• ¹: No boarding and alighting at this stop.
• 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
(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.

External Links

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