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The 17 bus routes (including cross border services 160 and 170/170X) will be supported by the new Ulu Pandan Bus Depot which was completed in the first quarter of 2018 and is able to accommodate about 480 buses. [24] Go-Ahead Singapore, a Jiaoyun Group / Travel GSH joint venture, SBS Transit, Shenzhen Bus Group, SMRT Buses and Tower Transit ...
A school building at Aljunied, being constructed under PRIME. Programme for Rebuilding and IMproving Existing schools ( PRIME ) is a programme initiated by the Ministry of Education in 1999 to upgrade and rebuild school buildings in Singapore .
ComfortDelGro Bus, as a private-bus charter subsidiary, is the largest private land-transport company in Singapore, which offers a wide range of bus charter services, including employee and school bus services. It also offers overland bus services to West Malaysia, and operates premium bus services, complementing those offered by SBS Transit.
A study by London consulting firm Credo further highlights the cost-efficiency of Singapore's public transport networks, [2] with integrated multi-modal (bus and train) single-journey regular trunk adult card-based fares ranging from S$0.99 to S$2.26. The Monthly Travel Pass, offering unlimited bus and train rides, is set at S$128 per month.
The formula takes into account the main factors affecting the cost of operating the public transport system, including the MRT and public buses. [12] Fare increases have caused public concern, but fares have been reduced in 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Its remaining service (route 6) ran until 1990, when the buses used reached the end of their permitted lifespans. The initial fleet was replaced with larger DAF SB220 and Nissan Diesel buses. CSS was the first bus operator in Singapore to introduce senior concessionary fares, a scheme that was eventually extended to other bus operators.
Stevens MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown (DTL) and Thomson–East Coast (TEL) lines. Situated at the junction of Stevens Road and Bukit Timah Road, it serves the nearby Singapore Chinese Girls' School and St. Joseph's Institution, as well as the Raffles Town Club and the surrounding private estates.
After the Second World War, Singapore experienced a significant influx of immigrants, many of whom settled in urban kampongs at the edge of the Central Area.Consisting of wooden houses built over empty plots, swamps and old cemeteries, these kampongs expanded rapidly through the 1950s, housing a quarter of Singapore's urban population by the early 1960s. [8]