---
id: sgobs.transport.land-checkpoints.peak-day-aug-2026
kind: observation
title: "Peak single-day traveller volume at Woodlands and Tuas"
url: https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/observation/sgobs.transport.land-checkpoints.peak-day-aug-2026
language: en
evidence_status: final
collection_as_of: 2026-10-16
---

# Peak single-day traveller volume at Woodlands and Tuas

ICA also reported car-departure peak-period waits of up to three hours during that weekend. Neither figure is a present-day queue estimate or an individual traveller's expected wait.

## Record details

- **Value type:** observation
- **Unit:** travellers in one day
- **Value:** More than 593,000
- **Status:** final
- **Source revision:** ICA heavy-traffic advisory published 31 August 2026
- **Applies until:** 2026-08-07
- **Metric:** peak day aug 2026 (`sgmetric.transport.land-checkpoints.peak-day-aug-2026`)
- **Population:** Travellers clearing immigration through the Singapore land checkpoints
- **Applies from:** 2026-08-07
- **Denominator:** Peak day was 7 August 2026, within ICA's 7–10 August National Day weekend total; count is for Woodlands and Tuas combined.
- **Observed:** 2026-08-07
- **Geography:** [Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/geography/sg.geo.country.singapore)
- **Published:** 2026-08-31
- **Reference period:** 7 August 2026

## Sources

- [https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/heavy-traffic-expected-at-land-checkpoints-during-upcoming-september-school-holidays](https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/heavy-traffic-expected-at-land-checkpoints-during-upcoming-september-school-holidays) — Accessed 2026-10-14

## Explore connections

- Topics: [Land checkpoints and cross-border road travel](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/topic/sgtopic.transport.land-checkpoints)
- Places: [Singapore](https://ik.sg/en/knowledge/geography/sg.geo.country.singapore)

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