18 Facts About SBS Transit

SBS Transit Ltd is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services.

On 26 June 1978, SBS Transit was listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore as Singapore Bus Service Limited.

SBS Transit gave up its Bukit Panjang, Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok routes to TIBS, in exchange for the Sengkang and Punggol routes from TIBS.

On 12 November 1997, Singapore Bus Services Limited was renamed DelGro Corporation, with SBS Transit restructured as a subsidiary of DelGro Corporation and listed separately on the SES.

SBS Transit Taxis merged with Singapore Commuter and Singapore Airport Bus Services on 1 July 1995 to form CityCab, which remained part of DelGro Corporation.

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On 1 November 2001, Singapore Bus Services was rebranded as SBS Transit to reflect it becoming a multi-modal transport operator with the impending opening of the Sengkang LRT line and North East MRT line.

On 20 June 2003, SBS Transit commenced operating the North East MRT line, followed by the Downtown MRT line on 22 December 2013.

Until the introduction of the Bus Contracting Model, SBS Transit operated the majority of routes in almost all areas of Singapore, with the notable exception of the North and Northwest areas, where bus services were mainly run by SMRT Buses.

SBS Transit later became the first local operator to win a tender under the BCM in April 2017, and began operating the Seletar Bus Package on 18 March 2018.

SBS Transit operates a mix of single decker, double decker and articulated buses.

When SBS Transit was first formed in 1973, it inherited a wide variety of buses of various makes from its Chinese predecessors.

Subsequent models that were purchased by SBS Transit included Berliet and Guy Victory in the 1970s and the Volvo B57 and Mercedes-Benz OF1417 in the 1980s, the latter which were bodied by foreign coachbuilders like New Zealand Motor Bodies and Hawke Coachwork.

In 1976, SBS Transit purchased its first 20 Leyland Atlantean AN68 buses to evaluate the suitability of double-decker bus operation, with the buses first entering service on 13 June 1977.

In 1984, SBS Transit purchased another 200 Leyland Olympian and 200 Mercedes-Benz O305 double-decker buses.

SBS Transit conducted an evaluation of air conditioned buses that year and conducted similar trials with other bus models like the Nissan Diesel U31S and Renault PR100 before its first bulk order for 50 Scania N113CRB buses in 1989.

SBS Transit conducted trials of high capacity single decker buses, namely a superlong Volvo B10M Mark IV, an articulated Volvo B10MA and an articulated Mercedes-Benz O405G, in 1996 although the trial did not succeed.

SBS Transit operates Ang Mo Kio, Bedok North, Bukit Batok, Hougang, Seletar, Soon Lee and Ulu Pandan bus depots.

SBS Transit manages two of Singapore's six MRT lines in the network, the North East Line since its opening on 20 June 2003 and the Downtown Line since its opening on 22 December 2013.