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Deepavali Eve 2026: which buses run later on Saturday 7 November

Deepavali Eve falls on Saturday 7 November 2026. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced that selected bus services will run later that night, and that train operating hours will also be extended. This post lists the last bus times in the LTA notice, by the location where each bus leaves, and what to check before you go. Our post on Little India at Deepavali covers the lights and the crowds.

The last bus times

Each time below is the last extended bus after midnight at the location shown, from the LTA notice. A service that is not listed has no extension in the notice. The notice says 53 services, but both its list and its table show 54, so we count 54.

• The latest buses are in the west and north. Jurong East is latest at 1:50am, then Bukit Batok at 1:45am, Choa Chu Kang at 1:40am and Yishun at 1:35am.
• The earliest are 12:55am. That is Eunos and Toa Payoh.
• Bukit Batok has the most extended services. It has 6, followed by Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands with 5 each.

What about trains?

The LTA notice says the bus extension complements an extension of train operating hours on Deepavali Eve, but it names no lines and gives no train times. The train operators publish those. For reference, last year SBS Transit extended the North East Line, Downtown Line and Sengkang Punggol LRT by about half an hour on the eve of Deepavali. Do not assume this year matches, and check SBS Transit and SMRT before you travel.

Check your service in the app

• Save your stop in Bus arrivals. Live arrivals show whether a bus is still coming, which matters more than a timetable late at night.
• The first and last bus times in the app are the normal times by day type, so they may not show the Deepavali Eve extension. Use the LTA notice for that night.
• Use the Trip Planner to compare routes, and the platform crowd view to see how busy your station is before you leave.
• Look at Public Alerts for train faults that can push crowds up.

If you are heading to Little India

The Festival Village on Campbell Lane runs to 8 November, so it is open on Deepavali Eve. In our station crowd records, Little India was Low through the evening on both Saturdays we recorded, 17 and 24 October, and busier on Sunday evenings. Deepavali Eve is not a normal Saturday, so check the live crowd view before you head home. Our look at when and where MRT stations get busy has more.

Common questions

When is Deepavali Eve in 2026?

Deepavali Eve is Saturday 7 November 2026. Deepavali itself is Sunday 8 November.

How many bus services have extended hours on Deepavali Eve 2026?

The Land Transport Authority notice lists 54 bus services, although its text says 53. The 54 are listed by the location where each bus leaves, with a later last bus time for each.

What time is the last bus on Deepavali Eve?

It depends on the location. In the LTA notice the last extended buses leave between 12:55am at Eunos and Toa Payoh and 1:50am at Jurong East.

Do MRT and LRT trains run later on Deepavali Eve?

The LTA notice says train operating hours are extended too, but it gives no lines or times. Check SBS Transit and SMRT for their train timings before you travel.

Sources: LTA, Extension of Operating Hours for Eve of Deepavali 2026, and the LTA announcements page, read on 27 October 2026; SBS Transit, 2025 notice, for the earlier extension. The notice points to go.gov.sg/deepavalieve-ophrextension2026 for more. Timings can change, so check the operators before you travel.

See also: Three long weekends coming up, Deepavali weekend in Little India, Check MRT and LRT crowds before you leave, Bus arrivals guide, Trip Planner guide, Public Alerts guide.