Tower Transit Singapore is a contracted bus operator operating in Singapore. It commenced operations on 29 May 2016 and it is a subsidiary of

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History

In October 2014, the

Land Transport Authority The Land Transport Authority (LTA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Transport of the Government of Singapore. History Incorporation of Land Transport Authority Land Transport Authority (LTA) was established on 1 September 1995, f ...

called for tenders to operate 26 routes out of

Bulim Bus Depot Bulim Bus Depot is the first bus depot to be built by the Land Transport Authority in Singapore. It houses the buses of 30 bus services under the Bulim Bus Package. It is located along Bulim Avenue in Jurong West. Since 31 July 2015, the Bulim Bu ...

Jurong West Jurong West is a planning area and residential town located in the West Region of Singapore. Jurong West shares boundaries with Tengah in the north, Jurong East in the east, Boon Lay and Pioneer in the south, and Western Water Catchment in ...

based from

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, Clementi and

Jurong East Jurong East is a planning area and residential town situated in the West Region of Singapore. It borders Jurong West and Boon Lay to the west, Clementi to the east, Tengah and Bukit Batok to the north and Selat Jurong to the south. First ...

bus interchanges as part of its new

Bus Contracting Model The Bus Contracting Model (BCM), formerly known as the Government Contracting Model, is a contracting model introduced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in 2014 for public buses in Singapore, implemented in 2016. The BCM is based on the Tra ...

. In May 2015, the Land Transport Authority awarded Tower Transit Singapore the contract with operations to commence in May 2016, with services based at the Bulim Bus Depot. On 31 July 2015, the Land Transport Authority handed over Bulim Bus Depot to Tower Transit Singapore, allowing preparations such as fitting works on the depot and training of its staff to be carried out earlier. On 6 December 2015, the Bulim Bus Depot was officially opened by MP for Hong Kah North, Amy Khor and the then-CEO of Tower Transit, Adam Leishman. A Bulim Carnival Day was also held on the same day to allow the public to tour the depot and also learn more about Tower Transit. Tower Transit Singapore commenced operations on 29 May 2016. On 10 December 2016, Tower Transit Singapore became the first bus operator in Singapore to award an employee with a leisure trip. Mr Kumaran joined Tower Transit Singapore in May after 16 years with SMRT Buses, and received a pair of return tickets to London and five nights’ accommodation worth S$4,500 for excellent service. On 13 February 2017, Tower Transit Singapore became the first bus operator in Singapore to celebrate

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. Tower Transit buses all had Happy Valentines Day programmed onto their buses' Electronic Destination Signages (EDS) and ran an article in

The New Paper ''The New Paper'' is a Singaporean newspaper in tabloid form. It was originally published as a "noon paper", but since 2016 has been published daily as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards. History First launched on 26 July 1988, ...

regarding the couples working in Tower Transit. On 1 March 2017, Tower Transit Singapore rolled out its signature scent on 100 buses operating on routes 66, 97 and 106. Tower Transit is the first bus operator in Singapore to have such an initiative. On 8 March 2017, Tower Transit Singapore became the first bus operator to celebrate

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. On 13 March 2017, Tower Transit Singapore started operating Singapore's first 3-door double-decker bus for a six-month trial period. On 30 September 2020, the Land Transport Authority awarded the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package to Tower Transit Singapore, along with the second 5-year term of the Bulim Bus Package. Operations for the Bulim and Sembawang-Yishun packages commenced in May and September 2021 respectively, with Mandai Bus Depot handed over to Tower Transit Singapore for the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package.

Bus routes

Tower Transit Singapore currently operates 55 bus services under the Bulim and Sembawang-Yishun Bus Packages, consisting of 30 Bulim bus services and 25 Sembawang-Yishun bus services. They are operated mainly from

Yishun Yishun, formerly known as Nee Soon, is a residential town located in the northeastern corner of the North Region of Singapore, bordering Simpang and Sembawang to the north, Mandai to the west, the Central Water Catchment to its southwest, ...

bus interchange, Sembawang Bus Interchange and with a handful of routes operating from Clementi Bus Interchange and Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub, under

and Mandai Bus Depot. Tower Transit is operating the Bulim bus package for another term on 29 May 2021 as continuous to commemorate its 5th anniversary of operations in Singapore, with bus services 653, 657 and 944 handed over to Tower Transit from SMRT Buses. In doing so, it gave up operations of services 665 and 974 to SMRT Buses and SBS Transit respectively. Between September and October 2021, bus services were handed over from SMRT Buses in three tranches as part of the Sembawang-Yishun Package. City Direct service 663, which was under the bus package, was already operated by Tower Transit. The bus package was based at Mandai Bus Depot: * 5 September 2021: 171, 670, 853, 853M, 854, 854e, 855, 856, 857 * 19 September 2021: 169, 858, 963, 963e, 965, 966, 969 * 3 October 2021: 167, 656, 825, 859, 882, 883, 883M, 980, 981 * 23 January 2022: 801

Bus fleet

Double-decker buses

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MMC *Alexander Dennis Enviro500 (3-Door) *MAN ND323F Lion's City (A95) ( Gemilang Coachworks) *MAN ND323F Lion's City (A95) ( Gemilang Coachworks) (3-Door) * Volvo B9TL ( Wright Eclipse Gemini 2) *Yutong E12DD

Single-decker buses

* BYD C6 ( Gemilang Coachworks) * MAN NL323F Lion's City (A22) ( Gemilang Coachworks) * Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaro ( EvoBus) * Mercedes-Benz OC500LE ( Gemilang Coachworks) * Volvo B5LH (MCV eVoRa) *Yutong E12

Articulated buses

*MAN NG363F Lion's City (A24) ( Gemilang Coachworks)

References

External links

* {{Transit Systems Singaporean companies established in 2016 Bus companies of Singapore Transport companies established in 2016 Transport operators of Singapore 2016 establishments in Singapore Singaporean brands