The Internal Shuttle Bus is a network of
bus routes that operate within the
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...
Kent Ridge campus and between the Kent Ridge and Bukit Timah campuses.
The system is operated by
ComfortDelGro and is entirely free of charge. Route information and live bus tracking is available with the NextBus app. The services are known for being extremely busy at peak times.
The buses used are
Volvo B9Ls, Zhongtong N12s and BYD B12s.
History
The NUS NextBus app was introduced in 2012.
A driverless bus, dubbed the ''NUSmart Shuttle'', was introduced as a trial in 2019. It carried passengers until April 2020 when the service was suspended due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. It continued operating without passengers until January 2021.
In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the routes were altered to allow students at
Kent Ridge MRT station to reach different areas of campus without mixing with each other.
In July 2021, bus routes were changed. One major change was to services A1 and A2 which now terminate at
Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces the ...
instead of Prince George's Park residences. In November 2021, it was announced that the contract with ComfortDelGro Bus had been renewed and that the entire fleet would be replaced with
electric buses. The first electric buses are expected to be introduced in the third quarter of 2022.
Routes
There are several internal shuttle bus routes that run throughout NUS and link to both
Kent Ridge MRT station and
Botanic Gardens MRT station. There is also a bus route which links the Kent Ridge and Bukit Timah campuses and the Botanic Gardens MRT station.
References
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Bus transport in Singapore
National University of Singapore
University and college bus systems
Year of establishment missing