SBS Transit to Add 1,000 More Buses At A Cost of $433m -
Close to 90% of Fleet Will Be New By 2015
By 2015, nine out of every 10 buses in SBS Transit fleet buses
will be new.
The latest purchase of 1,000 new buses at a cost of $433 million
will bring SBS Transit's total fleet size to about 3,400 - its
largest to-date. Comprising 450 single-deck award-winning Mercedes
Citaro buses and 550 double-deck Volvo B9TL Wright buses, they are
scheduled for delivery from as early as January 2013. All buses are
powered by Euro 5-compliant engines and will have
wheelchair-friendly features.
The newest additions to the fleet are part of the Company's
fleet renewal programme which started in 2006. In all, close to
$1.29 billion has been spent to purchase 3,050 new buses.
Of the 1,000 new buses, 260 will be funded by the Government
under the Bus Services Enhancement Programme (BSEP), while SBS
Transit will fund the 740 buses under its growth and fleet
replacement plans.
Ms Katherine Ho, a 38-year-old Administration Officer who takes
SBS Transit Service 198 home everyday after work, is excited to
learn that more new buses will be added: "It takes me about half an
hour to get home from work. I'm so looking forward to spending that
downtime on newer and more comfortable buses."
Said Mr Gan Juay Kiat, Chief Executive Officer of SBS Transit:
"Our buses ferry more than 2.6 million commuters to work and school
everyday. With the new buses, we hope we can make those journeys
that little bit more comfortable for our commuters."
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