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| name = Singapore Bus Services (1978) Limited |
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| logo = Singapore bus services logo.png |
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| type = Public transport company |
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| fate = |
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| foundation = 1973 |
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| location = Singapore |
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| defunct = |
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| industry = Public transport |
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}} |
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'''Singapore Bus Services''' (Singapore Bus Service was a public bus operator in [[Singapore]] formed in 1973 from the merger of three private bus companies; the Amalgamated Bus Company, Associated Bus Services and United Bus. The government-sanctioned merger was undertaken to improve service standards of the bus transport system, which formed the backbone of public transport then. The fledgling company was listed on the [[Stock Exchange of Singapore]] in 1978 under the name of '''Singapore Bus Service (1978) Limited'''.<ref name="SBS">{{cite web | url=http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/about/corpprofile.aspx | title=Corporate Profile | work=SBS Transit | accessdate=9 December 2013}}</ref> |
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With the impending shakeup in the public transport sector, and the shift towards the creation of multi-modal transport companies, Singapore Bus Services (1978) Limited changed its name to DelGro Corporation, and later [[ComfortDelGro|ComfortDelGro Corporation]], in November 1997. Bus operations and assets continued to be listed on the Singapore Stock Market under the name, Singapore Bus Services Limited, and was regrouped as a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro.{{R|SBS}} |
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Between 1995 and 2000, a series of route handovers took place between SBS and [[TIBS Holdings|TIBS]]. SBS gave up its Bukit Panjang (1995), Choa Chu Kang (1999) and Bukit Batok (2000) routes to TIBS, in exchange for the Sengkang and Punggol (1999) routes from TIBS. This was done as part of SBS's upcoming operation of the [[North East MRT Line|North East Line]] in the north east. The Sengkang and Punggol routes were previously owned by TIBS until they were given up to SBS in 1995. |
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In November 2001, Singapore Bus Services Limited was renamed as [[SBS Transit]] when the company formally became a multi-modal transport operator after winning the contract for the rights to operate the [[North East Line]] (NEL).{{R|SBS}} |
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==Fleet== |
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Prior to the renaming to [[SBS Transit]] in November 2001, the bus fleet had operated with [[Scania N113]]CRBs, [[Scania L94UB]], [[Volvo B10BLE]], [[Mercedes-Benz O405]]s, [[Volvo B10M]]s, [[Leyland Olympian]]s, [[Volvo Super Olympian|Volvo B10TL]]s and [[Volvo Olympian]]s. [[Dennis Trident 3|Dennis Tridents]] (20) are the last to be ordered by Singapore Bus Services. |
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==SBS Taxi== |
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SBS also operated taxis as SBS Taxi, which had the same livery as SBS buses. SBS Taxi merged with a few other taxi companies in 1995 to form CityCab, which remained part of Delgro Corporation Limited.<ref>[http://remembersingapore.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/the-evolution-of-singapore-taxis/ Taxi! Taxi! The Evolution of Singapore’s Taxi-Cabs], ''Remember Singapore'', Retrieved 3 November 2014</ref> It is now part of the [[ComfortDelGro]] group. |
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==Gallery== |
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<gallery> |
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File:B10M-MK2.JPG|[[Volvo B10M]] Mk II (WA), in old Singapore Bus Service livery. |
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File:VolvoB10M MK2DM Sv82 1830r.jpg|[[Volvo B10M]] Mk II (DM) on Service 82 with the old livery. |
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File:ScaniaN113-SBS.JPG|A [[Scania N113]]CRB (WA) on Service 35 with the old livery. The other buses in the background all have been repainted into the new SBS Transit livery. |
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File:ScaniaN113-SBS2.jpg|3 SBS [[Scania N113]]CRB (WA) buses. The bus in the middle is in the old livery, while the other 2 beside it have all been repainted into the new SBS Transit livery. |
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</gallery> |
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==See also== |
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* [[SBS Transit]] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/ |date=* |title=http://www.sbs.com.sg/ }} |
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{{Commons|SBS Transit}} |
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[[Category:ComfortDelGro companies]] |
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[[Category:Bus companies of Singapore]] |
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[[Category:Defunct companies of Singapore]] |
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[[Category:1973 establishments in Singapore]] |
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[[Category:2001 disestablishments in Singapore]] |
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