Singapore Buses route CNY5

Service CNY5 is a Chinese New Year service that runs from Jurong West Block 514 all the way to Tse Tho Aum Temple, passing through Jurong East, Clementi, Buona Vista, Jalan Bukit Merah, Chinatown, Clarke Quay, Somerset, Orchard, Novena, Bishan.

This service runs parallel to the East West Line between Lakeside and Buona Vista, North East Line between Outram Park and Dhoby Ghaut, and the North South Line between Dhoby Ghaut and Novena.
 * Duty 106PM51 (Rigid) and 106PM52 (Rigid) will perform one crossover trip to service CNY5 during Chinese New Year, Qing Ming and Seventh Month.
 * Duty 106HH53 (Bendy), 106HH54 (Bendy) and 106HH55 (Bendy) will perform one crossover trip to service CNY5 during Chinese New Year 1st day.

History

 * 26 May 2000: Introduced as a unidirectional night service from Scotts Road to Jurong East Street 13
 * 18 Dec 2000: Converted into bidirectional service from St. Michael’s Ter and looping at Jurong East Street 13
 * 1 Jul 2003: Merged with Night Service SN30 to provide additional unidirectional weeknight departures from Tse Tho Aum Temple to Jurong East St 13. Services on Fridays/Saturdays/eves of PHs remained bidirectional, but were extended to Tse Tho Aum Temple. During the weeknight services, Bus-Plus buses were used instead of the normal SMRT buses.
 * 23 May 2004: Weeknight services withdrawn due to low demand.
 * 18 May 2006: Extended from Jurong East Blk 117 to Jurong West Blk 514