Implementation of Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) Services

Introduction

On 26th June 2006, the first Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) service 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 Volvo B9TL (CDGE) double-decker buses were deployed on Service 21.

Service 21 was chosen because 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 its vicinity.

Over the past 9 years, existing bus services had progressively launched Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) services, providing better public transport for the passengers-in-wheelchair (PIW) bound, with newer WAB-friendly buses that are currently being 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 134 units of WAB-friendly Mercedes-Benz OC500LE (Gemilang) single-decker buses.

There are currently 199 WAB services operated by SBS Transit and 57 WAB services operated by SMRT Buses.

List of WAB services

SBS Transit

Implementation date	Bus services
26 June 2006	21
30 October 2006	147
3 December 2006	12, 196, 198
22 May 2007	2, 51, 72, 76
20 August 2007	7, 80
17 December 2007	143
14 July 2008	14, 123, 174, 185
2 December 2008	64, 130, 183, 199, 232, 238
26 October 2009	3, 27, 34, 53, 142, 293, 358, 410
3 December 2009	13, 15, 36, 52, 54, 57, 291, 333
28 February 2010	29, 63, 113, 265, 334, 359
28 June 2010	45, 48, 59, 94, 240, 242
18 October 2010	43, 95, 181, 228, 235
2 December 2010	24, 86, 151, 225, 231, 335
7 March 2011	18, 22, 55, 60, 135, 136, 162/162M, 241, 261, 269
27 June 2011	5, 17, 38, 39, 99, 194, 354, 400, 402
26 September 2011	19, 100, 109, 133, 138, 154, 156, 315, 317
3 December 2011	16, 30, 87, 101, 131, 175, 272, 273, 275, 282, 284, 285, 292, 403
26 March 2012	10, 25, 58, 66, 69, 105, 165, 168
25 June 2012	33, 78, 79, 96, 97, 98/98M, 124, 125, 197, 243
30 September 2012	56, 128, 163/163M, 166, 186, 195, 229, 502, 506
3 December 2012	32, 70/70M, 73, 93, 111, 238, 325, 372, 518
31 March 2013	4, 50, 62, 82, 116, 119, 132, 158, 513
9 June 2013	85, 88, 112, 120, 145, 222
30 September 2013	20, 141, 157, 182/182M, 192
3 December 2013	6, 40, 90, 139
23 March 2014	26, 35, 49, 65, 161
29 June 2014	83, 121, 155, 371
29 September 2014	11, 42, 74, 92, 386
3 December 2014	9, 91, 103, 115, CT8, CT18
30 March 2015	41, 140, 159, 201, 324, 405
22 June 2015	31, 89, 122, 200
20 September 2015	102
28 September 2015	28, 153, 74e, 97e, 174e
21 November 2015	258
3 December 2015	107/107M, 179, 14e, 89e, 151e SMRT Buses Implementation date Bus services 1 June 2009 171, 172, 189, 307, 811, 851, 945 29 November 2010 858 3 December 2011 61, 855, 920, 922, 950 29 April 2012 187, 852, 857, 970 1 July 2012 75, 77, 177, 700/700A 15 November 2012 167, 859, 860, 966, 980, 985 21 April 2013 173, 882, 941, 981 7 July 2013 902, 965, 969 29 September 2013 178, 853, 904, 947 2 March 2014 803, 927, 961, 972 22 March 2015 176, 188, 990 14 June 2015 106, 190, 301, 804, 911, 963, 983 11 October 2015 67, 169, 854, 901, 925