SBS Transit (railway company)
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Public Transport Operator |
Founded | Singapore (2001 | )
Headquarters | Singapore |
Area served | Singapore |
Key people | Gan Juay Kiat (CEO) Lim Jit Poh (Chairman) Kua Hong Pak (Deputy Chairman) |
Services | Railways |
Parent | ComfortDelGro |
Website | SBS Transit |
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. 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, C751C, C810 and C810A.
The colour scheme of the trains varies, with the NEL trains with purple and red striped livery, DTL trains with teal and dark 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 and 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.[1]
A malfunction in the platform screen doors at Botanic Gardens MRT Station resulted in trains bypassing the station and a seven-hour disruption on Wednesday (3 May 2017). Downtown Line operator SBS Transit said the doors malfunctioned at 5.45am due to a signalling-related fault, and could not open automatically. The fault was rectified at 12.54pm and the platform opened for passenger service.
Fleet details
Contract* | Image | Type | Maximum Speed (km/h) | Trains | Cars | Line(s) served | Built on | Debut on | |
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Design | Service | ||||||||
C751A | electric multiple unit | 100 | 90 | 25 | 150 | North East Line | 2000 – 2003 | 20 June 2003 | |
C751C | electric multiple unit | 100 | 90 | 18 | 108 | 2014 - 2015 | 1 October 2015 | ||
C951/C951A | File:Bombardier MOVIA C951.jpg | electric multiple unit | 90 | 80 | 92 | 276 | Downtown Line | 2012 – 2016 | 22 December 2013 |
C810 | electric multiple unit | 80 | 70 | 41 | 41 | Sengkang LRT Line Punggol LRT Line |
2001 – 2003 | 18 January 2003 | |
C810A | electric multiple unit | 80 | 70 | 16 | 16 | 2012 –2016 | 5 April 2016 |
The trains are classified as contracts unlike other countries which uses "class".*
References
- ^ "SBS Transit fined S$400,000 for March train disruption". Channel NewsAsia. 4 September 2012.