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SBS Transit Wright Eclipse Gemini 2-bodied Volvo B9TL on Service 145 in May 2024. This is a list of the 397 public bus routes (excluding short-trip services) & 25 private-operated bus routes in Singapore, the four main public bus operators being SBS Transit, SMRT Buses, Tower Transit Singapore and Go-Ahead Singapore.
SBS Transit Ltd (abbreviation: SBS or SBST) is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services. With a majority of its shares owned by Singaporean multinational transport conglomerate ComfortDelGro Corporation at 75%, it was formerly known as Singapore Bus Services before rebranding to SBS Transit on 1 November 2001.
EZ-Link contactless smart cards were first introduced in 2002 Toa Payoh Bus Interchange was the first air-conditioned bus interchange in Singapore when it opened in 2002. By 1996, SBS had expanded far beyond public bus operations to include tourist transport (SBS Leisure), taxis (Citycab) and engineering works (SBS Engineering) to name a few.
The TBI only serves public bus routes operated by all of the four local bus operators — SBS Transit Ltd, SMRT Buses Ltd, Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd and Go-Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd. It is a high-frequency interchange, with buses on each route departing every 5 to 15 mins depending on the demand.
Later SBS started public bus services to Jurong Island. In 2002, two Jurong Island services were notable for being the first routes to use CNG powered buses in Singapore. [40] However, SBS later stopped operating these services. [41] Since then transportation to the island has been provided by private companies.
Plans for the bus interchange were first announced in March 1979, as part of the Singapore Bus Service's (SBS) efforts to rationalise the Singapore bus system. Constructed by the Housing and Development Board (HDB), the bus park of the interchange was completed in 1979. [1]
Hougang Bus Depot is an SBS Transit West District bus depot located in Hougang, Singapore. As of today, it is the oldest bus depot in Singapore with about fleet of 650 buses operating out of the depot. Hougang Bus Depot started operations in 1984 when the north-east which is Hougang and Serangoon was developed and previously, all operations had ...
In 1999, SBS Transit was awarded both bus and train services in the entire north-east corridor with the North East line, Sengkang LRT and Punggol LRT by the Land Transport Authority, both based in Sengkang. [17] Eight bus routes affected in the bus tender of Sengkang and Punggol were transferred to SBS Transit.