Implementation of Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) Services

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Introduction

On 26th June 2006, the first Wheelchair-Accessible Bus Services (WAB) was launched on Service 21 after the consultation from the Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWOs) and the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The first 10 WAB-friendly double-decker buses, which is the Volvo B9TL (CDGE) buses were deployed on Service 21.

Service 21 was chosen as it serves the key medical facilities such as the Tan Tock Seng Hospital and Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWOs) such as the Handicaps Welfare Organisation, within vicinity.

Over the years, existing bus services had progressively launched Wheelchair-Accessible Bus Services, providing better public transport for the passengers-in-wheelchair (PIW) bound, with newer WAB-friendly buses that had rolled out as part of the fleet renewal exercise.

SMRT had launched its first batch of WAB services on 1st June 2009, with the roll out of its first WAB-friendly bus model, the Mercedes-Benz OC500LE (Gemilang) buses. The launch was also part of the "SMRT Go Green" event on 30th April 2008.

List of WAB services

SBS Transit

Implementation date Bus services
26 Jun 2006 21
30 Oct 2006 147
3 Dec 2006 12, 196, 198
22 May 2007 2, 51, 72, 76
20 Aug 2007 7, 80
17 Dec 2007 143
14 Jul 2008 14, 123, 174, 185
2 Dec 2008 64, 130, 183, 199, 232, 238
26 Oct 2009 3, 27, 34, 53, 142, 293, 358, 410
3 Dec 2009 13, 15, 36, 52, 54, 57, 291, 333
28 Feb 2010 29, 63, 113, 265, 334, 359
28 Jun 2010 45, 48, 59, 94, 240, 242
18 Oct 2010 43, 95, 181, 228, 235
2 Dec 2010 24, 86, 151, 225, 231, 335
7 Mar 2011 18, 22, 55, 60, 135, 136, 162/162M, 241, 261, 269
27 Jun 2011 5, 17, 38, 39, 99, 194, 354, 400, 402
26 Sep 2011 19, 100, 109, 133, 138, 154, 156, 315, 317
3 Dec 2011 16, 30, 87, 101, 131, 175, 272, 273, 275, 282, 284, 285, 292, 403
26 Mar 2012 10, 25, 58, 66, 69, 105, 165, 168
25 Jun 2012 33, 78, 79, 96, 97, 98/98M, 124, 125, 197, 243
30 Sep 2012 56, 128, 163/163M, 166, 186, 195, 229, 502, 506
3 Dec 2012 32, 70/70M, 73, 93, 111, 238, 325, 372, 518
31 Mar 2013 4, 50, 62, 82, 116, 119, 132, 158, 513
9 Jun 2013 85, 88, 112, 120, 145, 222
30 Sep 2013 20, 141, 157, 182/182M, 192
3 Dec 2013 6, 40, 90, 139
23 Mar 2014 26, 35, 49, 65, 161
29 Jun 2014 83, 121, 155, 371

SMRT Buses

Implementation date Bus services
1 Jun 2009 171, 172, 189, 307, 811, 851, 945
29 Nov 2010 858
3 Dec 2011 61, 855, 920, 922, 950
29 Apr 2012 187, 852, 857, 970
1 Jul 2012 75, 77, 177, 700/700A
15 Nov 2012 167, 859, 860, 966, 980, 985
21 Apr 2013 173, 882, 941, 981
7 Jul 2013 902, 965, 969
29 Sep 2013 178, 853, 904, 947
2 Mar 2014 803, 927, 961, 972