Singapore Buses route 961

Service 961 is a trunk route between Woodlands Interchange and Lorong 1 Geylang Terminal, passing through Woodlands Road, (Upper) Bukit Timah, Bukit Merah, Chinatown, City Hall, Beach Road and Kallang Bahru. On Sundays and Public Holidays, it plies an alternative route serving Marina Centre in both directions and is denoted as Service 961# or 961C.

Service 961 is a lenghty inter-town route connecting the housing estates of Woodlands, Bukit Panjang, Farrer and Bukit Merah, with the suburban areas of Upper Bukit Timah, Bukit Timah and Bendemeer, and with the City areas of Chinatown, Clarke Quay, City Hall and Beach Road. Much of its demand comes from shuttling commuters between various points of its long route, and is a notably popular connection between the Bukit Merah and Bukit Timah areas. The route encounters moderate demand throughout the day and high demand during peak hours, and high capacity double-deck buses were added to the fleet since June 2015.

On Sundays and Public Holidays, Service 961 will operate an alternative route serving Marina Centre in both directions. Usually denoted as Service 961C or 961#, the weekend route continues to be numbered 961 but serves Raffles Boulevard and Raffles Avenue. Because buses serve the same bus stops in different directions, passengers should check the destination signage before they board the bus.

Formerly a Singapore Bus Service (SBS) route since the 1970s, it was then known as Service 181. The route was transferred to Trans-Island Bus Service (TIBS) in 1983 and renumbered to Service 961 in 1998. It has been operated by SMRT ever since.