SMRT to get 573 new buses
03 Apr 2014|4,478 views
SMRT will bring in 573 buses - its biggest order yet - over the next two years, in a bid to ramp up services to deal with the transport crunch, reported The Straits Times. Of the 573 buses, 218 will be funded by the Government's Bus Service Enhancement Programme.
The public transport operator will be getting 332 regular 12m buses, 40 'bendy' buses and, in a first for SMRT, 201 double-deckers.
SMRT Buses Vice President Tan Kian Heong had previously said that double-deckers would ply longer, heavily used routes into the city to ease crowding. But SMRT said yesterday that it has not finalised which services it will deploy the double-deckers on.
The first batch of about 30 buses will be delivered in June. They are expected to be on the roads in July, after tests are done. The operator will bring in the rest of the buses in phases till end 2016. It is still determining the exact number of older buses to phase out.
SMRT will bring in 573 buses - its biggest order yet - over the next two years, in a bid to ramp up services to deal with the transport crunch, reported The Straits Times. Of the 573 buses, 218 will be funded by the Government's Bus Service Enhancement Programme.
The public transport operator will be getting 332 regular 12m buses, 40 'bendy' buses and, in a first for SMRT, 201 double-deckers.
SMRT Buses Vice President Tan Kian Heong had previously said that double-deckers would ply longer, heavily used routes into the city to ease crowding. But SMRT said yesterday that it has not finalised which services it will deploy the double-deckers on.
The first batch of about 30 buses will be delivered in June. They are expected to be on the roads in July, after tests are done. The operator will bring in the rest of the buses in phases till end 2016. It is still determining the exact number of older buses to phase out.
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