Editing SBS Transit (section)

==Bus==
===Routes===
SBS Transit had operated the majority of routes in almost all towns of Singapore with the notable exception of [[Tuas]], Joo Koon, [[Jurong West]], [[Jurong East]], [[Tengah]], [[Bukit Batok]], [[Choa Chu Kang]], [[Bukit Panjang]], [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]], [[Sembawang]], [[Yishun]], [[Punggol]] and [[Pasir Ris]], where most routes were under [[SMRT Buses]], [[Tower Transit Singapore|Tower Transit]] (Bulim Bus Package & Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package) and [[Go-Ahead Singapore|Go-Ahead]] (Loyang Bus Package). As of 2025, there are 222 wheelchair-accessible bus services that SBS Transit operates.

SBS Transit later became the first local operator to win a tender under the BCM in April 2017, and began operating the Seletar Bus Package on 18 March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=d4fd0825-966d-4796-817f-ae2907b2494f|title=LTA Awards Third Bus Package to SBS Transit Ltd|date=19 April 2017|publisher=Land Transport Authority|access-date=29 May 2017|archive-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420234454/https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=d4fd0825-966d-4796-817f-ae2907b2494f|url-status=live}}</ref> It was announced in 2018 by LTA that SBS Transit had won the subsequent package, the Bukit Merah Bus Package.<ref>[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sbs-transit-wins-bukit-merah-bus-package-for-s-472-million-9985310 SBS Transit wins Bukit Merah bus package for S$472 million] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223232231/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sbs-transit-wins-bukit-merah-bus-package-for-s-472-million-9985310|date=23 February 2018}} ''[[Channel NewsAsia]]'' 23 February 2018</ref>

In 2023, it was announced that SBS Transit retained the Bukit Merah Bus Package for its second term, but lost the bid for Jurong West Bus Package, which was awarded to [[SMRT Buses]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Nian Tjoe |date=2023-08-18 |title=SBS Transit retains Bukit Merah bus package, loses Jurong West package to SMRT |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sbs-transit-retains-bukit-merah-bus-package-loses-jurong-west-package-to-smrt |access-date=2024-03-28 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> In July 2024, it was announced that SBS Transit retained the Seletar Bus Package for its second term.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yufeng|first=Kok|date=2024-07-19|work=The Straits Times|title=SBS Transit to continue operating bus services from Seletar depot until at least 2030|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/sbs-transit-to-continue-operating-bus-services-from-seletar-depot-until-at-least-2030|access-date=2024-07-20}}</ref>

===Vehicle Fleet===
[[File:SBS Transit MAN A22 Euro V (Lion's City).jpg|thumb|right|A [[MAN NLxx3F|MAN A22]] bus that was transferred to SBS Transit from [[SMRT Buses]] in 2018 as part of the Seletar Bus Package]]
[[File:SBS Transit MAN A95 (SG5999Z) on Service 7.jpg|thumb|The three-door MAN A95 demonstrator, which was introduced in late 2015 and is currently operated by SBS Transit since 2018]]
As of December 2019, SBS Transit operated more than 3,500 buses.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/Uploads/Investor_Relations/Annual_Report/2019/02-07ChairmansStatement.pdf | title=NEL achieved an MKBF of 1.38 million train-km while the DTL clocked 1.14 million train-km | access-date=29 May 2020 | archive-date=18 November 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118070153/https://www.sbstransit.com.sg/Uploads/Investor_Relations/Annual_Report/2019/02-07ChairmansStatement.pdf | url-status=live}}</ref>

SBS Transit operates a mix of single decker, double decker and articulated buses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://landtransportguru.net/bus/bus-infrastructure/in-pictures-bus-models|title=In Pictures: Bus Models|publisher=Land Transport Guru|access-date=1 July 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816021338/http://landtransportguru.net/bus/bus-infrastructure/in-pictures-bus-models|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Single deckers'''
*[[BYD B series|BYD GTK6127BEVB (BC12A04)]] (Zhuhai Guangtong)
*[[BYD K series|BYD K9]] ([[Gemilang Coachworks]])
*Linkker LM312
*[[MAN NLxx3F|MAN NL323F]] Lion's City (A22) ([[Gemilang Coachworks]])
*[[Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro]] ([[EvoBus]])
*[[Scania K series|Scania K230UB]] ([[Gemilang Coachworks]])
*[[Volvo B5LH|Volvo B5L Hybrid]] ([[MCV Evora]])
*[[Zhongtong Bus|Zhongtong LCK6126EVG N12]] (Integral)

'''Double deckers'''
*[[Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC]] (3-door variant)
*[[MAN NDxx3F|MAN ND323F]] Lion's City (A95) ([[Gemilang Coachworks]])
*[[Scania K series|Scania K310UD]] ([[Gemilang Coachworks]]) demonstrator – ''used for driver training purposes''
*[[Volvo B9TL]] ([[Gemilang Coachworks]]) demonstrator  – ''used for driver training purposes''
*[[Volvo B9TL]] ([[Wright Eclipse Gemini|Wright Eclipse Gemini 2]])<ref name=":0">[https://cbwmagazine.com/more-sbs-transit-volvo-b9tls More SBS Transit Volvo B9TLs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072147/https://cbwmagazine.com/more-sbs-transit-volvo-b9tls|date=29 August 2018}} ''[[Coach & Bus Week]]'' 11 July 2014</ref>

'''Articulated buses'''
*[[MAN Lion's City#Chassis variants (for external bodywork)|MAN NG363F]] Lion's City (A24) ([[Gemilang Coachworks]])

===Former Vehicle Fleet===

*[[BYD B series|BYD B12A03]] (integral) LTA trial specifications demonstrator
*[[Mercedes-Benz Citaro|Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro C2 Hybrid]] demonstrator
*[[Volvo B8L]] ([[Wright Eclipse Gemini]] 3) demonstrator 
*[[Volvo B9TL]] ComfortDelGro Engineering (CDGE)
*[[Volvo Super Olympian|Volvo B10TL Super Olympian]]
*[[Volvo Olympian]]
*[[Leyland Olympian]]
*[[Mercedes-Benz O405]] (including one demonstrator Volgren CR221-bodied O405G articulated vehicle)
*[[Volvo B10BLE]]
*[[Scania N113|Scania N113CRB]]
*[[Volvo B10M]], it some two Volvo B10M Mark IV demonstrator vehicles
*Sunlong SLK6121UF14 Hybrid ([[Gemilang Coachworks]]) demonstrator
*MAN 18.240 HOCL-NL (A69) ([[Gemilang Coachworks]]) demonstrator
*[[Dennis Dart]]
*[[Dennis Trident 3]] ([[Duple Metsec]] 5000)
*[[Volvo B7RLE]] (Soon Chow Workshop) demonstrator 
*[[Mercedes-Benz 811D]]


[[File:ScaniaN113-SBS.JPG|thumb|right|A 1989 [[Scania N113|Scania N113CRB]] still bearing the original SBS livery at [[Bedok Bus Interchange]].]]
[[File:Volvo B10BLE CNG (Volgren).jpg|thumb|right|SBS Transit purchased 12 [[Volgren]]-bodied [[compressed natural gas|CNG]] [[Volvo B10BLE]] buses.]]
When SBS was first formed in 1973, it inherited a wide variety of buses of various makes from its Chinese predecessors. Examples of such buses included the [[Albion Viking]], [[Mercedes-Benz buses|Mercedes-Benz]] LP1113 and OF1413 and [[UD Trucks|Nissan Diesel]] RX102K3 with small numbers of [[Ford R-Series|Ford R192 and 226]], [[Seddon Atkinson|Seddon]], [[Fargo Trucks|Fargo-Kew]], [[Bedford Vehicles|Bedford]] and [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]].<ref name=fwy>{{cite book|last1=York|first1=FW|last2=Davis|first2=Mike|last3=Phillips|first3=Ron|title=Singapore Buses Volume 1 Singapore Bus Service Part 1: Early Single-Deck Buses and the First Double-Deckers|year=2005|publisher=DTS Publishing|publication-date=2005|isbn=9781900515757}}</ref> Most of these buses were bodied by local coachbuilder Soon Chow although some were bodied by other companies such as Supreme Star and Strachan.<ref>{{cite book|last1=ILee|first1=Imm Yew|last2=Lee|first2=Hong Meng|last3=Lim|first3=Joseph PK|last4=Poon|first4=Ngai Seng|title=The Soon Chow Story: 80 Years of Bus and Coach|year=2007|publication-date=2007|isbn=9789810589721}}</ref> Subsequent models that were purchased by SBS included [[Berliet]] and [[Leyland Victory Mark 2|Guy Victory]] in the 1970s and the [[Volvo B57]] and Mercedes-Benz OF1417 in the 1980s, the latter which were bodied by foreign coachbuilders like [[Coachwork International|New Zealand Motor Bodies]] and [[Hawke Coachwork]].<ref name=fwy/>

In 1976, SBS purchased its first 20 [[Leyland Atlantean#AN68|Leyland Atlantean AN68]] buses to evaluate the suitability of [[double-decker bus]] operation, with the buses first entering service on route 86 on 13 June 1977.<ref name=fwy/> Following the success of the trial, SBS ordered another 500 Leyland Atlantean AN68 buses from 1978 to 1984, all of which were either bodied by [[Duple Metsec|Metal Sections]] or [[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders]]; SBS also conducted comparative trials of double-decker buses of other makes, namely the [[Leyland Olympian]], [[Volvo Ailsa B55]], [[Scania N112#BR112DH|Scania BR112DH]], [[Dennis Dominator]], [[Dennis Trident 3]], [[Mercedes-Benz O305]] and [[Volvo B10M#Citybus (B10MD/D10M)|Volvo B10MD Citybus]].<ref name=fwy2>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Mike|last2=Phillips|first2=Ron|title=Singapore Buses Volume 1 Singapore Bus Service Part 2: Double and Single-Deck Buses from the 1980s to 2005|year=2005|publisher=DTS Publishing|publication-date=2006|isbn=9781900515269}}</ref> In 1984, SBS purchased another 200 Leyland Olympian and 200 Mercedes-Benz O305 double-decker buses.<ref name=fwy2/> SBS also conducted an evaluation of air conditioned buses (namely the ex-Singapore Airport Bus Services Mercedes-Benz OF1413 coaches) that year and conducted similar trials with other bus models like the Nissan Diesel U31S and [[Renault PR100]] (SBS30P) before its first bulk order for 50 Scania N113CRB buses in 1989.<ref name=fwy/><ref name=fwy2/>

In the 1990s, some bus models on the roads included the [[Volvo B10M]], [[Scania N113|Scania N113CRB]], [[Mercedes-Benz O405]], [[Leyland Olympian|Leyland]] and [[Volvo Olympian]] and [[Dennis Dart]].<ref name=sgbuses>{{cite web|url=https://www.sgbuses.com/index.php?/category/sbst|title=SBS Transit|publisher=SGBuses.com|access-date=1 March 2022|archive-date=25 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225223814/https://www.sgbuses.com/index.php?%2Fcategory%2Fsbst|url-status=live}}</ref> SBS also conducted trials of high capacity single decker buses, namely a superlong Volvo B10M Mark IV (SBS997A), an articulated Volvo B10MA (SBS998Y) and an articulated Mercedes-Benz O405G (SBS999U), in 1996 although the trial did not succeed.<ref name=fwy2/> The first [[low-floor bus]], a [[Volgren]]-bodied [[Volvo B10TL]] demonstrator (SBS9888Y) was brought to SBS by [[Volvo Buses]] for trial purposes in 1999. After its successful trial, 51 Volvo B10TL chassis were further brought in by SBS Transit. 50 buses are bodied by Volgren between 2002 and 2003 while 1 remaining chassis is being reserved for a ComfortDelGro Engineering bodywork, which entered revenue service by 2005. The first wheelchair-accessible bus was also brought into service in 2006. SBS Transit [[compressed natural gas|CNG]] [[Volvo B10BLE|buses]] began service in 2002. Hybrid and electric buses came into foray since 2019, although small-scale trials began in 2010.

In 2020 to 2021, a unit of Mercedes-Benz Citaro C2 Hybrid, SG4004B, was brought in for trial purposes and was loaned from Daimler South East Asia under a Special Purpose License. The bus was on revenue service from 9 March 2020 to 8 March 2021 on routes 93 & 272 with SBS Transit based at the Ulu Pandan Depot.

All single-decker Volvo B10BLE CNG buses were retired in 2019 except for the first two units which had been preserved, after that, both Volvo B10TLs and Volvo B9TL CDGEs were retired early and scrapped. Only 20 Volvo B9TL CDGE buses remained in operation until late September 2023 when they reached the end of their lifespan, with the last day of service being 22 September.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2023-09-21|title=Farewell. Volvo B9TL (CDGE) Buses|url=https://landtransportguru.net/farewell-volvo-b9tl-cdge-buses|access-date=2023-10-02|website=Land Transport Guru|language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2024, several units of the Scania K230UB (Euro IV and V) buses were transferred to SMRT Buses from SBS Transit for some testings at Woodlands Depot before the Jurong West Bus Package begins operations in September that year.