Government Contracting Model

There have a total of 3 bus packages announced till date and all will be operated by other operators meaning new entrants. We welcomed TT (Tower Transit) and will be welcoming Go Ahead soon. Let's have a quick look at the bus services depots and interchanges and terminals affected.

Bulim Package:

Depot Affected: Bulim Bus Depot

Interchanges: Jurong East and Bukit Batok Bus interchanges

Clementi bus services affected are 96 and its feeder service

Bus services

Feeder services:282, 284, 285, 333, 334, 335, 941, 945, 947

City Bound Services: 77 97 97e 106 143

Town linking services:41, 49, 66, 77, 78, 79, 96,, 98/98M, 173, 177, 183, 189, 990

Loyang Package

Depot Affected: Loyang Bus Depot

Interchange and Terminals: Pasir Ris and Punggol Interchange Changi Village and Changi Airport PTB2 Terminals

Feeder services: 354, 358, 359, 382, 386,

City Bound Services: 36 518

Town linking services:2 3 6 12 15 17 34 36 43 62 82 83 85 118 119 136 403

Sungei Seletar Package

Depot Affected: Sungei Seletar Depot(SBST AMDEP and SMRT AMDEP merger?)

Interchange and Terminals: Yio Chu Kang  Ang Mo Kio Yishun Temp Int Bus Interchanges

Feeder services: 261, 262, 265, 268, 269, 800, 803, 804, 805, 806, 811, 812,

City Bound Services: 70 130 133 850E

Town linking services:24 76 162 860

Total services LOST: 75 bus services

SBST: 59

SMRT: 16

SBST LOST 7 interchanges and Terminals :

1. Pasir Ris Bus Interchange

2. Punggol Temp Int 

3. Jurong East Temp Int 

4. Changi Village Terminal

5. Changi Airport PTB2 Terminal 

6. Yio Chu Kang Bus Interchange

7. Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

SMRT lost 2 

1. Bukit Batok Bus Interchange

2. Yishun Temporary Bus Interchange

So by 2018 we will have 5 operators running the services. They are

1. SBST (Incumbent)
2. SMRT (Incumbent)
3. Tower Transit
4. Go Ahead
5. Coming soon

What are the buses ?

Same as what TT debuted with. Volvo B9TL Mercedes Benz Citaro

Alexander Dennis Enviro 500 and MAN A22

But this is yet to be seen

EX SMRT and SBST BSEP buses are also being transferred to the new operators and the new SBST buses from SBS 1 Z to 23 K will also transfer over . Perhaps the concept buses which will be finalised will also debut.

It is also sad to see bendies being removed early and being reshuffled again. The MAN A24 might as well transfer to other town services.

So let's hope for the best for the bus industries. The new DDUs installed helps to have consistent headways prevents bunching and constant frequencies. However many complain that the TT buses are slow and crawling. But this is for safety comfort and better bus services. Perhaps there should be a dedicated bus lanes everywhere. Lets hope for the best