A mix of resprayed buses in red livery with some in older, yellow Tibs livery parked at Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange

SMRT Buses (originally Trans Island Bus Services (TIBS) ) is a public bus transport operator in Singapore. Currently, the only other competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SBS Transit, which also operates bus services in Singapore. The company was incorporated as TIBS on May 31, 1982 to be a competitor to Singapore Bus Service then, in a heavily regulated market. In accordance with restructuring at parent company SMRT Corporation, TIBS was renamed to become SMRT Buses in 2004. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2054 KB) Lineup of SMRT Buses at Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange, in TIBS and SMRT liveries. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2054 KB) Lineup of SMRT Buses at Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange, in TIBS and SMRT liveries. ... Bukit Panjang (Chinese: 武吉班让, Mandarin Pronunciation: Wujibanrang) is suburban area situated in the Central North-Western part of Singapore. ... The Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange (Chinese: 武吉班让巴士转换站) is a bus interchange serving Bukit Panjang New Town, Singapore. ... Autobus redirects here. ... A true duopoly is a specific type of oligopoly where only two producers exist in one market. ... SBS Transit Limited (simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: , SGX: S61) is a public transport operator in Singapore. ... is the 151st day of the year (152nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Singapore Bus Service (SBS) was a public bus operator in Singapore formed in 1973 with the merger of three private bus companies, namely the Amalgamated Bus Company Limited, the Associated Bus Services (Private) Limited and the United Bus Limited. ... SMRT Corporation SGX: S53 is a public transport operator incorporated on 6 March 2000 as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal transport operators. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As of 2007, SMRT Buses is the only company in Singapore to operate an all air-conditioned fleet. Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...

History

In 1982, the company ran with a fleet of 37 buses and two services, 160 and 167. Later, more services were handed over to them by the government along with the tender to operate services in the northern region, mainly Yishun and the developing Woodlands New Town. Yishun, or Nee Soon as it was initially named, is a suburban town in the northern part of Singapore, encompassing the Yishun Planning Area, in the North Region, which includes Yishun New Town and the Nee Soon private residential estate. ... ...

In 1995, as part of the government's plan to make the local bus system more competitive, 16 SBS services were handed over to Tibs along with the tender to operate bus services in the North-East corridor, mainly the developing towns Sengkang and Punggol as well as Bukit Panjang. Sengkang New Town Sengkang is a sub-urban area in the north-eastern part of Singapore. ... Punggol New Town The Punggol West LRT is located in relatively undeveloped surroundings. ... Bukit Panjang (Chinese: 武吉班让, Mandarin Pronunciation: Wujibanrang) is suburban area situated in the Central North-Western part of Singapore. ...

In 1996, Tibs began operations at Woodlands Regional Interchange, Singapore's 1st underground bus interchange. It was also the first bus interchange designed to accommodate articulated, or bendy buses. Tibs used articulated buses, some of which were designed by world-renowned designer Pininfarina and known as the Habit bendy buses, on a large scale in its fleet, as compared to the double deckers used by SBS Transit. Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange (Chinese: 兀兰区域巴士转换站) was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. ... A Mercedes-Benz (Citaro G type) articulated bus in use by London Buses Articulated buses, also known as bendy buses, accordion buses or jointed buses, have an increased passenger capacity. ... Pininfarina logo. ...

Things changed in 1999 when SBS won the tender to operate the North East Line and bus services in the North-East Corridor. In order to allow better coordination and synergy between rail and buses, SBS was allowed to take back control of bus services in the northeastern corridor. In return, Tibs and SMRT agreed to merge, and Tibs was to operate bus services in the North-West corridor towns of Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok. Circle Line NE1, CC29 HarbourFront East West Line NE3, EW16 Outram Park East West Line Downtown Line NE4, DT1 Chinatown Downtown Line NE5 Clarke Quay North South Line NE6, NS24, CC1 Dhoby Ghaut North South Line Circle Line Downtown Line NE7 Little India Downtown Line NE8 Farrer Park NE9 Boon... SMRT Corporation SGX: S53 is a public transport operator incorporated on 6 March 2000 as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal transport operators. ... Choa Chu Kang or Chua Chu Kang is a suburban area in the West Region of Singapore. ... Top view of Bukit Batok West. ...

The handover was done in stages. 8 Tibs services in the northeastern corridor were handed over to SBS in 1999. In 2004, the merger was officially complete, and TIBS officially adopted the name SMRT Buses to reflect their merger with SMRT.

Bus fleet

A Nissan Diesel U31RCN Phrase-out by SMRT Buses.

Interior of a Mercedes-Benz 0405G

SMRT Buses currently has a fleet of 800 buses plying 74 routes, and is the second-largest bus transit company in Singapore after SBS Transit. It is the only bus operator to have an all air-conditioned fleet. The current bus fleet includes: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 914 KB) Picture of the interior of a SMRT Buses bus. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1280x960, 914 KB) Picture of the interior of a SMRT Buses bus. ... SBS Transit Limited (simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: , SGX: S61) is a public transport operator in Singapore. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...

• Mercedes-Benz O405G
• Mercedes-Benz O405
• Dennis Lance
• Hino HS3KRK
• DAF SB220LT
• Scania N113CRB
• Scania L94UB (CAC)
• Mercedes-Benz OC500LE

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Bus routes

SMRT Buses operates many different types of bus routes and bus services, taking up the majority of the pie of Singapore's duopoly bus system in almost all areas of Singapore especially the North and Northwest areas.

• Trunk: Routes that ply between towns. These are the basic forms of SMRT bus services. Fares are distance-related and differential up to 8 fare bands.
• Short working Trips (SWT): Routes that operate short haul trips between origin-destination pairs with high demand, such as the area near an MRT station. It operated a subset of the parent route and there can be more than one SWT per trunk route.
• Feeder: Services that operate within a neighbourhood, connecting outlying areas to the town centre or bus interchange. (Loops around from an interchange, around one or more neighbourhoods or towns and then terminates at the starting interchange). As a name suggest, it is to feed the commuters to the trunk services or MRT services at the terminal/interchange. A flat fare, equivalent to the first fare band is charged per entry.
• Intra-town: Routes that consist of combined feeder services to provide links and improve connectivity between neighborhoods within the same town. (Somewhat identical to a feeder service except that, other than when stopping a 'session', the service will not terminate at the interchange but will re-run it's route immediately after letting passengers alight, in essence, a true loop)
• Express: Routes that stop at several nominated and sparsely located stops and generally run on expressways for faster travel between several towns. This is a basic-plus service charging higher fares.
• Premium: A single trip from the designated neighborhoods during the morning peak hours on weekdays to the CBD. Fees are flat rated ($3 depending on the distance traveled) and standing is prohibited on Premium Services. The scheduled arrival time at individual bus stops are provided.
• NightRider: After-hour services on Friday, Weekends and Eve of Public Holidays.
• SMRT Link: Free shuttle to Dhoby Ghaut, Chinatown and Little India.

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External links

• SMRT Corporation

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