Editing SBS Transit (section)

===Singapore Bus Services (1973{{nbnd}}2001)===
Singapore Bus Services Limited was established on 1 July 1973 when the regional bus companies Amalgamated Bus Company, Associated Bus Services and United Bus Company (which were in turn results of amalgamations of privately run Chinese bus companies of the 1960s in 1971) agreed to merge their operations with each taking shareholdings of 53%, 19% and 28% respectively in the new company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Merger plan by the 3 bus firms|work=[[The Straits Times]]|location=Singapore|date=14 April 1973|page=15|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730414-1.2.98}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Bus firms agree to a big merger|work=New Nation|location=Singapore|date=26 May 1973|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Better deal for bus commuters|work=The Straits Times|location=Singapore|date=1 July 1973|page=1|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730701-1.2.2}}</ref> The government-sanctioned merger was undertaken to improve service standards of the [[Bus transport in Singapore|bus transport]] system. The company was replaced by the Singapore Bus Service (1978) Limited on 17 February 1978, which was then listed on the [[Singapore Exchange|Stock Exchange of Singapore]] (SES) on 26 June the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/064-1978-03-20_moc.pdf|title=Conversion of SBS into a public company|publisher=Singapore Government - The Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Finance|date=20 March 1978|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118192838/https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/064-1978-03-20_moc.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Active Trading in SBS Shares|work=The Straits Times|location=Singapore|date=27 June 1978|page=1|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19780627-1.2.9}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://ir.zaobao.com.sg/comfortdelgro/news/comfort211102.pdf|title=Proposed merger of Comfort Group Ltd and DelGro Corporation Limited|website=Zaobao|publisher=Comfort Group Limited and DelGro Corporation Limited|date=21 November 2002|access-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307213053/http://ir.zaobao.com.sg/comfortdelgro/news/comfort211102.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2022|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1992, SBS were reorganised under a new subsidiary SBS Bus Services Pte Ltd.<ref name=":1" /> On 12 November 1997, Singapore Bus Services (1978) Limited was renamed DelGro Corporation, with SBS Bus Services Pte Ltd listed separately as Singapore Bus Services Limited on 10 December that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=SBS Limited changes its name to DelGro|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19971113-1.2.51.12|website=The Straits Times|access-date=25 September 2019|date=13 November 1997|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925134557/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19971113-1.2.51.12|url-status=live}}</ref>

SBS also operated taxis as SBS Taxis. SBS Taxis merged with Singapore Commuter and Singapore Airport Bus Services on 1 July 1995 to form CityCab, which remained part of DelGro Corporation.<ref>{{cite news|title=New cab fleet|work=[[The New Paper]]|location=Singapore|date=19 May 1995|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=SBS, ST Automotive sign deal to merge taxi arms|work=The Straits Times|location=Singapore|date=19 May 1995|page=19|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19950519-1.2.48.2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Milestones|url=https://www.cdgtaxi.com.sg/web/corp/about/milestones#3|publisher=ComfortDelgro Taxi|access-date=28 July 2019|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206205031/https://www.cdgtaxi.com.sg/web/corp/about/milestones#3|url-status=dead}}</ref>

SBS also operated Airbus in the past from 1995 to 1997 and Premium Bus Services, Sentosa Services and Jurong Island Services called "SBS Leisure" in 1995 to 2003. SBS had transferred Sentosa and Jurong Island Services in 2003, and Premium Bus Services (555 and 556) in December 2003 to private bus operators. 555 was a bus service from Watten Estate to Spottiswoode Park and 556 was a bus service from Sunset Way to Shenton Way, but it was totally withdrawn on 31 October 2004.