SBS Transit
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SBS Transit Limited (Simplified Chinese: 新捷运, SGX: [S61]
The company was formed as a separately-listed subsidiary in November 1997 under the name of Singapore Bus Services Limited, although it can trace its history back to the formation of Singapore Bus Service in 1973 with the merger of three bus companies. On 1 November 2001, the company's name was changed to SBS Transit Limited to reflect its status as a bus and rail operator.
Its parent company is ComfortDelGro Corporation, which was formerly known as DelGro Corporation Limited. The parent company has Singapore Bus Service as its direct predecessor.
In 2003, SBS Transit started operating the North East MRT Line of the Mass Rapid Transit system in addition to its existing bus systems.
As of 2005, TVMobile has been installed in most of SBS Transit's buses. SBS Transit is the only bus operator to have installed TVMobile in its buses. TVMobile is an outdoor digital television station, broadcasting live news & entertainment programmes throughout the bus's operation hours.
Operations
SBS Transit's primary business is providing public transport services in Singapore. Its more notable operations are the following.
- Bus operations comprising a fleet of about 2,700 buses, serving almost the entire island
- Rapid transit operations along the North East Line of the MRT network and its 16 stations
- Light Rail operations and manages the 28 stations along the Sengkang and Punggol LRT Lines of the Light Rapid Transit
Bus fleet
SBS Transit currently operates 75% of the scheduled bus market share in Singapore with 217 bus services and has a total fleet of more than 2,700 buses. 91% of the buses are are air-conditioned. The current bus fleet includes:
- Volvo B9TL (Wheelchair accessible)
- Volvo B10BLE (Diesel/CNG)
- Volvo B10TL Super Olympian
- Volvo B10M Mk IV, Mk III and Mk II
- Dennis Trident 3
- Volvo Olympian
- Leyland Olympian
- Scania L94UB and Scania N113CRB
- Dennis Dart
- Mercedes-Benz O405
Key operating statistics
Monthly Ridership for Bus and Rail
| Month | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus | Rail | Bus | Rail | Bus | Rail | |
| January | 71,225,011 | 173,786 | 64,324,473 | 6,004,948 | 64,885,728 | 6,834,446 |
| February | 60,357,864 | 176,260 | 62,548,766 | 5,295,081 | 56,837,060 | 6,057,296 |
| March | 66,842,727 | 205,468 | 66,351,036 | 5,746,222 | 64,890,223 | 6,732,828 |
| April | 57,407,730 | 179,940 | 63,487,500 | 5,435,070 | 62,479,980 | 6,426,390 |
| May | 64,069,312 | 230,950 | 64,064,538 | 5,826,574 | 62,302,994 | 6,740,609 |
| June | 61,078,440 | 5,754,480 | 58,792,110 | 5,786,490 | 59,278,140 | 6,729,450 |
| July | 66,929,000 | 4,896,605 | 66,508,609 | 6,105,977 | 64,967,196 | 7,107,649 |
| August | 66,998,998 | 5,209,860 | 65,082,175 | 6,010,931 | 65,473,116 | 7,075,905 |
| September | 64,138,650 | 5,070,510 | 62,920,620 | 5,908,380 | 62,254,350 | 6,956,040 |
| October | 65,437,838 | 5,327,040 | 63,445,158 | 6,039,513 | 63,613,023 | 7,232,610 |
| November | 60,143,490 | 5,176,680 | 58,936,800 | 6,008,850 | 59,570,430 | 7,016,160 |
| December | 60,760,868 | 5,871,276 | 60,215,888 | 6,575,844 | ||
| Total | 765,389,928 | 38,272,855 | 756,677,673 | 70,743,880 | ||
Notes - Rail ridership includes North East Line (NEL), Sengkang Light Rapid Transit (LRT) and Punggol Light Rapid Transit (LRT) rides. - Sengkang LRT and NEL commenced revenue service on 18 January 2003 and 20 June 2003 respectively. The Punggol LRT began service on 29 January 2005.
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