SBS Transit

SBS Transit Limited (SGX: S61) is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services.

The company (organisation) was formed as a separately listed subsidiary in November 1997 under the name of Singapore Bus Service, 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. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro.

History

Singapore Bus Service (SBS) was initially formed in 1973 with the merger of three private bus companies. The government-sanctioned merger was undertaken to improve service standards of the bus transport system.

With the shift towards the creation of multi-modal transport companies, Singapore Bus Service changed its name to ComfortDelGro in November 1997. Bus operations were hived-off to a fully owned subsidiary called Singapore Bus Services Limited, which was separately listed on the Singapore Exchange.

SBS Transit (Trains)

SBS Transit Limited (Chinese: 新捷运有限公司) is a public transport operator in Singapore and a wholly owned subsidiary of ComfortDelGro. (This article is only talking about the trains under SBS Transit. For more details of SBS Transit, click here.) Founded as SBS Transit after merging company with Super Bus Service under ComfortDelGro, SBS Transit currently operates on the North East Line, Downtown Line, Sengkang LRT Line and Punggol LRT Line. The rolling stocks are C951, C751A and C810 with future rolling stock C751C.

The colour scheme of the trains varies, with the NEL trains with purple and red striped livery, DTL trains with lighter and darker blue striped livery and SKLRT and PGLRT with indigo colour trains.

Major Disruptions

A major breakdown occurred on 15 March 2012 affected 90,000 commuters due to a power supply problem in the tunnel at Outram Park station. This caused train services to be disrupted, between 0630 to 1635, on NEL between Harbourfront and Dhoby Ghaut stations. Subsequently, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) intends to impose financial penalties amounting to S$400,000 (approximately US$315,000) on SBS Transit for the disruption.