Bus Service Enhancement Programme

The Bus Service Enhancement Programme, or BSEP for short, was a programme from 2012 to 2017 that was launched on 7 March 2012 by the Land Transport Authority. Under this 7-year programme, the LTA set aside $1.1 billion for the overall cost of the scheme, and worked together with Public Transport Operators (PTOs) - SBS Transit and SMRT Buses - to purchase 1000 new buses, introduce 80 new bus routes and improve the frequency and reliability of many bus routes. This was conducted in two seperate phases, with the first phase from 2012 to 2014 and the second from 2015 to 2017, before the restructuring of Singapore's bus industry to the Bus Contracting Model (BCM).

The main initiatives of the programme included:

• Bus Service Improvements: In response to changing travel patterns, bus services were improved by introducing new services, extending existing routes, upgrading routes' capacites and improving frequencies. These included the introduction of City Direct Services (CDS) and Peak Period Short Services (PPSS), which were operated by Private Operators then.
• Purchase Of New Buses: With the two phases of the BSEP, a grand total of 1000 new public buses were introduced under the programme, expanding Singapore's public bus fleet by an immense amount. Bus models that were purchased included the Mercedes-Benz Citaro, MAN NL323F, Volvo B9TL WEG2 and Alexander Dennis Enviro500.
• Peak-Hour Bus Frequency Improvements: Under the BSEP, 95% of feeder bus services had their frequencies improved to operate at no more than 10-minute intervals during the morning and evening peak periods, which were adjusted to last 2 hours each. In addition, all regular bus services were required to operate within 20-minute scheduled intervals, of which 80% had to be within 10-minute intervals and another 10% within 12-minute intervals.

Rollout

No.				Date	Bus Service	Category
Overall	New Service	Route Extension	Route Amendment
1	1	N/A		21 Oct 2012	860	New Bus Service
2	N/A	1	N/A		119	Route Extension
3	2	N/A		18 Nov 2012	116	New Bus Service
4	3	N/A		16 Dec 2012	50
5	4	N/A		17 Dec 2012	513
6	5	N/A		18 Feb 2013	850E
7	6	N/A		17 Mar 2013	4
8	7	N/A		18 Mar 2013	982E
9	8	N/A		21 Apr 2013	120
10	9	N/A		9 Jun 2013	20
11	10	N/A			141
12	11	N/A		17 Jun 2013	951E
13	12	N/A		18 Aug 2013	904
14	13	N/A		2 Sep 2013	651	City Direct Service
15	14	N/A		15 Nov 2013	972	New Bus Service
16	15	N/A		14 Dec 2013	49
17	16	N/A		06 Jan 2014	652	City Direct Service
18	17	N/A		13 Jan 2014	653
19	18	N/A		19 Jan 2014	371	New Bus Service
20	19	N/A		20 Jan 2014	654	City Direct Service
21	20	N/A		16 Feb 2014	803	New Bus Service
22	21	N/A		17 Feb 2014	655	City Direct Service
23	22	N/A			656
24	23	N/A		24 Feb 2014	657
25	24	N/A		16 Mar 2014	121	New Bus Service
N/A	25	N/A		14 Apr 2014	912P	Peak Period Short Service
N/A	26	N/A		22 Apr 2014	240P
N/A	27	N/A		29 Apr 2014	222P
N/A	28	N/A		6 May 2014	268P
N/A	29	N/A		18 May 2014	143M	Supplementary Bus Service
26	30	N/A		19 May 2014	658	City Direct Service
27	N/A	2	N/A	8 Jun 2014	11	Route Extension
28	31	N/A		9 Jun 2014	659	City Direct Service
N/A	32	N/A		10 Jun 2014	358P	Peak Period Short Service
N/A	33	N/A			359P
29	34	N/A		23 Jun 2014	660	City Direct Service
N/A	35	N/A		24 Jun 2014	291P	Peak Period Short Service
N/A	36	N/A			293P
N/A	37	N/A		30 Jun 2014	307P
N/A				13 Jul 2014	63M	Extension Of Operational Hours
30	38	N/A		17 Aug 2014	386	New Bus Service
N/A		3	N/A		859A	Supplementary Bus Service
N/A	39	N/A			859B
N/A		4	N/A	24 Aug 2014	123M	Route Extension
31	40	N/A		12 Sept 2014	324	New Bus Service
N/A	41	N/A			139M	Supplementary Bus Service
32	42	N/A		15 Nov 2014	990	New Bus Service
N/A				16 Nov 2014	17A	Extension Of Operational Hours
N/A	43	N/A			43M	Supplementary Bus Service
33	44	N/A		23 Nov 2014	201	New Bus Service
34	45	N/A		14 Dec 2014	41
35	46	N/A			140
36	N/A	5	N/A	15 Dec 2014	35	Route Extension
N/A	47	N/A		30 Dec 2014	285P	Peak Period Short Service
N/A	48	N/A		6 Jan 2015	265P
N/A	49	N/A		13 Jan 2015	903P
N/A	50	N/A		20 Jan 2015	811P
N/A	51	N/A			812P
37	N/A	6	N/A	14 Feb 2015	386	Route Extension
38	52	N/A		15 Mar 2015	122	New Bus Service
39	53	N/A		20 Apr 2015	301
40	54	N/A			983
N/A		7	N/A	27 Apr 2015	982E	Route Extension
41	N/A	8	N/A	14 Jun 2015	103
N/A	55	N/A		16 Aug 2015	53M	Supplementary Bus Service
42	56	N/A		20 Sept 2015	102	New Bus Service
43	57	N/A		22 Sept 2015	661	City Direct Service
44	58	N/A			662
N/A			1	28 Sept 2015	850E	Route Amendment
45	59	N/A			663	City Direct Service
46	60	N/A		6 Oct 2015	664
N/A			2	12 Oct 2015	951E	Route Amendment
47	61	N/A			665	City Direct Service
48	62	N/A		21 Nov 2015	258	New Bus Service
49	N/A	9	N/A	22 Nov 2015	49	Route Extension
50	63	N/A		20 Dec 2015	47	New Bus Service
51	64	N/A			117
52	65	N/A			118
53	66	N/A		27 Dec 2015	979
54	N/A	10	N/A		983	Route Extension
55	67	N/A		3 Jan 2016	382G	New Bus Service
55	67	N/A			382W
56	68	N/A		14 Feb 2016	805
57	69	N/A		29 Feb 2016	666	City Direct Service
58	70	N/A		8 Mar 2016	667
59	71	N/A		15 Mar 2016	668
60	72	N/A		20 Mar 2016	134	New Bus Service
61	73	N/A			150
62	74	N/A		22 Mar 2016	669	City Direct Service
63	75	N/A		29 Mar 2016	670
N/A			3	24 Apr 2016	117	Route Amendment
N/A		11	N/A		386	Route Extension
N/A	76	N/A			979M	Supplementary Route
64	77	N/A		15 May 2016	308	New Bus Service
65	78	N/A		12 Jun 2016	46
66	79	N/A		17 Oct 2016	671	City Direct Service
67	80	N/A		23 Oct 2016	883	New Bus Service
68	81	N/A		7 Nov 2016	672	City Direct Service
69	82	N/A		18 Dec 2016	127	New Bus Service
70	83	N/A			129
71	84	N/A		12 Mar 2017	374
72	85	N/A			381
73	86	N/A		18 Jun 2017	247
74	87	N/A			248
75	88	N/A		9 Jul 2017	329
76	89	N/A		27 Aug 2017	944
77	90	N/A		15 Oct 2017	807
78	91	N/A		21 Oct 2017	137
79	92	N/A			298
80	93	N/A		9 Dec 2017	71

See Also

• Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme (BCEP)
• Bus Service Enhancement Programme Posters