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Bus 53M

Kovan Hub ⟲ Blk 206

22 stops (loop)

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First and last bus

From Kovan Hub (loop)

First bus, Mon to Fri05:55
Last bus, Mon to Fri23:00
Last bus, Saturday23:00
Last bus, Sunday and PH23:00

Times at the first stop of each direction. Later stops are a few minutes behind. Source: LTA DataMall BusRoutes (live pull 2026-10-06). Saturday and Sunday first-bus times are not in the data we hold.

Route and stops

Direction 1: Kovan Hub (loop)

22 stops

  1. 1Kovan Hub63221 · Hougang St 21 · Mon to Fri 05:55 to 23:00
  2. 2Bet Blks 210/21163231 · Hougang St 21 · Mon to Fri 05:57 to 23:01
  3. 3Opp Blk 23263261 · Hougang Ave 1 · Mon to Fri 05:58 to 23:02
  4. 4Blk 23963271 · Hougang Ave 1 · Mon to Fri 06:00 to 23:03
  5. 5Blk 105 Mkt/FC63281 · Hougang Ave 1 · Mon to Fri 06:01 to 23:04
  6. 6Opp Blk 11563291 · Lor Ah Soo · Mon to Fri 06:03 to 23:06
  7. 7Paya Lebar Meth Girls' Sch63301 · Lor Ah Soo · Mon to Fri 06:04 to 23:07
  8. 8Opp The Minton62221 · Lor Ah Soo · Mon to Fri 06:05 to 23:08
  9. 9Aft Jln Chermat62051 · Upp Paya Lebar Rd · Mon to Fri 06:07 to 23:10
  10. 10Blk 20963141 · Boundary Rd · Mon to Fri 06:09 to 23:11
  11. 11Blk 20666379 · S'goon Ctrl · Mon to Fri 06:11 to 23:13
  12. 12S'goon Stn Exit C/Blk 20166359 · S'goon Ctrl · Mon to Fri 06:13 to 23:15
  13. 13Opp Blk 162141 · Upp S'goon Rd · Mon to Fri 06:14 to 23:16
  14. 14Blk 16162059 · Upp Paya Lebar Rd · Mon to Fri 06:16 to 23:18
  15. 15The Minton62229 · Lor Ah Soo · Mon to Fri 06:18 to 23:19
  16. 16Blk 12663309 · Lor Ah Soo · Mon to Fri 06:20 to 23:21
  17. 17Blk 11563299 · Lor Ah Soo · Mon to Fri 06:21 to 23:22
  18. 18Aljunied CC63289 · Hougang Ave 1 · Mon to Fri 06:22 to 23:23
  19. 19Opp Yuying Sec Sch63279 · Hougang Ave 1 · Mon to Fri 06:23 to 23:24
  20. 20Blk 23263269 · Hougang Ave 1 · Mon to Fri 06:24 to 23:25
  21. 21Opp Blk 21163239 · Hougang St 21 · Mon to Fri 06:25 to 23:26
  22. 22Kovan Hub63221 · Hougang St 21 · Mon to Fri 06:28 to 23:28

Stop activity along the route

Stop activity, all buses. LTA counts people tapping in and out at each bus stop across every service that calls there, not just bus 53M. Counts are monthly totals for September 2026.

Showing 08:00 to 08:59, weekdays. Bars are relative to the busiest stop on this route at that hour. In = tap-ins, Out = tap-outs.

Direction 1: Kovan Hub (loop)

  1. Kovan Hub63221
    In2,282
    Out2,799
  2. Bet Blks 210/21163231
    In634
    Out361
  3. Opp Blk 23263261
    In693
    Out496
  4. Blk 23963271
    In1,319
    Out652
  5. Blk 105 Mkt/FC63281
    In3,814
    Out3,893
  6. Opp Blk 11563291
    In8,458
    Out1,349
  7. Paya Lebar Meth Girls' Sch63301
    In4,647
    Out1,541
  8. Opp The Minton62221
    In5,582
    Out707
  9. Aft Jln Chermat62051
    In4,540
    Out1,196
  10. Blk 20963141
    In602
    Out408
  11. Blk 20666379
    In3,108
    Out3,519
  12. S'goon Stn Exit C/Blk 20166359
    In8,607
    Out48,013
  13. Opp Blk 162141
    In1,992
    Out1,036
  14. Blk 16162059
    In5,830
    Out2,833
  15. The Minton62229
    In1,287
    Out769
  16. Blk 12663309
    In1,245
    Out2,804
  17. Blk 11563299
    In2,237
    Out1,318
  18. Aljunied CC63289
    In1,547
    Out2,056
  19. Opp Yuying Sec Sch63279
    In813
    Out387
  20. Blk 23263269
    In448
    Out349
  21. Opp Blk 21163239
    In602
    Out645
  22. Kovan Hub63221
    In2,282
    Out2,799

Source: LTA DataMall, passenger volume by bus stop, September 2026.