gemilang coachworks articulated bus demonstrator smb388s at bukit panjang . slogan moving people enhancing lives parent smrt corporation founded 15 may 1975 as css 1 & 31 may 1982 as tibs 10 may 2004 rebranded after merger headquarters singapore service type bus service routes 102 2 stations 6 interchanges 3 terminals 4 depots fleet over 1400 buses 2015 2 daily ridership 1.0 million fy2015 2 chief executive desmond kuek president & ceo website smrt buses a mix of resprayed buses in red livery with some in older yellow tibs livery parked at bukit panjang bus interchange shortly after tibs s rebranding . smrt buses originally trans island bus services tibs is a public bus transport operator in singapore . before the bus contracting model was introduced 3 singapore had a duopoly transport system in which smrt s only competitor was sbs transit which also operates bus services in singapore . the company was incorporated as tibs on 31 may 1982 in a heavily regulated market to be a competitor to singapore bus service . in accordance with restructuring at parent company smrt corporation tibs was renamed smrt buses on 10 may 2004 along with the subsequent merger of city shuttle service . 4 contents 1 history 2 buses 3 bus models 2 3.1 double decker buses 3.2 articulated buses 3.3 single deck buses 4 bus routes 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1982 the company ran with a fleet of 37 buses and two services service 160 later renumbered service 980 and service 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 . in 1995 as part of the government s plan to make the local bus system more competitive 16 sbs transit services were handed over to tibs holdings 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 . 5 in 1996 tibs began operations at the now closed woodlands regional bus interchange singapore s first underground bus interchange . it was also the first bus interchange designed to accommodate articulated buses . tibs used articulated buses some of which were designed by world renowned designer pininfarina and was known as the habit articulated buses on a large scale in its fleet in contrast to the double deckers used by singapore bus service sbs . 6 7 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 . 8 eight bus services affected in the bus tender of sengkang and punggol were transferred to sbs transit respectively . 8 in return tibs was awarded to operate bus services in the north west corridor towns of choa chu kang and bukit batok where the handover was done in stages together with the opening of bukit panjang lrt . services 61 106 and 173 were the last services to be handed over mainly due to extra time involved . 8 tibs and smrt first held talks for merger in 1999 which turned out to be unsuccessful . 9 the second round in 2001 resulted in an agreement for smrt to buy tibs at 194 million . 10 in 2004 the merger 11 was completed and tibs adopted the name smrt buses to reflect their merger with smrt . presently all smrt buses are managed by smrt corporation headed by group president and ceo desmond kuek . on 26 november 2012 170 bus drivers all of whom are foreign nationals from china refused to leave their living quarters for work . this reduced bus services to 90 % of normal levels . the ministry of manpower considered it an illegal strike since the group failed to give a 14 days notice prior to disrupting an essential public service as is required by the local laws . as a result 5 of the strikers were jailed for instigating the strike and another 29 were deported . 12 13 on 23 april 2013 the land transport authority announced that a new bulim bus depot will be built by the authority itself . it will be located off jurong west avenue 2 . it will be the first depot that lta is developing and funding as part of the review of the enhanced structural assistance that government is providing the bus industry announced in committee of supply cos 2012 . the depot was intended for smrt buses ltd to accommodate the additional buses that it is bringing in over the next few years until the bus contracting model kicked in and tower transit took over its operations . smrt buses existing bus depots and bus park were reaching full capacity and the new facility was necessary to support the higher number of buses as the overall bus capacity was progressively increased under the bus service enhancement programme bsep . 14 buses edit smrt buses owns more than 1 400 buses 2 and operates more than 100 bus services in singapore . it has depots at ang mo kio kranji and woodlands and also partially occupies the loyang bus depot . it is currently the only operator of articulated buses in singapore and introduced double decker buses in 2014 . it is also the first operator to introduce electronic destination signage eds on its buses since 1990 which is now standard equipment . 15 some of these recently acquired buses are used for bus service enhancement programme bsep since 17 september 2012 . 16 three bus models currently form the majority of smrt buses fleet man nl323f a22 gemilang coachworks at 734 units wab . 17 18 mercedes benz o405g all variants at 315 units . alexander dennis enviro500 mmc at 201 units wab . 18 in addition smrt corporation has a minibus subsidiary bus plus services which provides some premium free shuttle chartered and peak hour peak period bus services throughout singapore . 19 20 bus models 2 edit double decker buses edit alexander dennis enviro500 mmc man nd323f lion s city a95 gemilang coachworks volvo b9tl wright eclipse gemini ii articulated buses edit man ng363f lion s city a24 gemilang coachworks mercedes benz o405g hispano mk ii mercedes benz o405g hispano habit mercedes benz o405g volgren single deck buses edit daf sb220lt walter alexander man nl323f lion s city a22 gemilang coachworks mercedes benz o405 volgren mercedes benz o530 citaro evobus mercedes benz oc500le gemilang thonburi bus routes edit see also list of bus routes in singapore smrt buses operates many different types of bus routes and bus services taking up the smaller part of the pie of singapore s duopoly bus system in almost all areas of singapore especially the north and northwest areas . however with the current bus contracting model selected number of existing services run by smrt will be handed over to the newer operators namely tower transit singapore . 21 references edit city shuttle service css company was set up to provide shuttle services from the fringe car parks into the restricted city zone . implement 1975 . lta singapore . retrieved 25 december 2015 . a b c d e smrt bus fleet . smrt corporation . retrieved 27 november 2015 . transition to a government contracting model for the public bus industry . release date 21 may 2014 . . lta singapore . retrieved 25 december 2015 . remembering the orange buses . smrt corporation . retrieved 25 december 2015 . tibs to take over in bt panjang jalan kayu . straits times . factiva . 26 june 1995 . access date requires url help designer look for bendy buses . . straits times . factiva . 13 june 2000 . access date requires url help boey david 18 august 1997 . tibs buys 56 articulated buses sbs says no to extra long buses . . straits times . factiva . access date requires url help a b c kuar karamjit 21 may 1999 . sbs to run north east line tibs to merge with smrt . . straits times . factiva . access date requires url help leslie koh and philip allen 11 july 2001 . who gains in mrt bus merger . straits times . factiva . access date requires url help tan christoper 10 july 2001 . does smrt really need to buy tibs . business times singapore . factiva . access date requires url help tibs merger . smrt corporation . retrieved 11 december 2015 . no show by smrt s bus drivers an illegal strike tan chuan jin . channel newsasia . retrieved 27 november 2012 . smrt strike situation explained to chinese embassy tan chuan jin . asiaone news . retrieved 1 december 2012 . new bus depot to support bus fleet expansion under bsep . land transport authority . retrieved 23 april 2013 . peralta claudette 21 november 1994 . electronic signs on tibs buses a hit with s poreans . straits times . factiva . access date requires url help improvements to more than 50 bus services better connectivity with five new bus services by end 2012 . publictransport sg . 13 september 2012 . man delivers 200 chassis to singapore . man se . 22 april 2013 . retrieved 17 may 2013 . a b smrt buses enhances strategy for fleet growth and renewal double deckers among confirmed delivery of over 570 buses . smrt buses . 2 april 2014 . yeo ghim lay 8 december 2008 . premium bus services riding high . straits times . factiva . access date requires url help tan christoper 16 december 2014 . five more bus services during peaks in four towns . straits times . retrieved 8 april 2015 . bukit batok bus interchange . land transport guru . 23 april 2013 . retrieved 7 september 2016 . external links edit smrt bus guide wikimedia commons has media related to smrt corporation bus . v t e bus transport in singapore operators causeway link go ahead sbs transit smrt buses tower transit interchanges ang mo kio bedok bishan boon lay bukit batok bukit merah bukit panjang choa chu kang clementi eunos harbourfront hougang central joo koon jurong east pasir ris punggol sembawang sengkang serangoon tampines toa payoh woodlands yio chu kang yishun terminals buona vista changi airport changi business park changi village ghim moh jurong island kent ridge lim chu kang lorong 1 geylang marina centre new bridge road queen street resorts world sentosa saint michael s shenton way sims place tuas upper east coast depots ang mo kio sbs transit ang mo kio smrt buses bedok north bukit batok bulim hougang kranji loyang sungei seletar woodlands bus parks ayer rajah braddell changi woodlands soon lee former bus stations in singapore retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smrt buses & oldid 742716014 categories bus companies of singaporesmrt corporationcompanies established in 2004hidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable 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