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Revision as of 18:20, 25 August 2021
Introduction
The second public transport operator (PTO) in Singapore, Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS), was formed on 31 May 1982. Its primary focus was to cover the bus routes serving the outlying areas of Sembawang, Admiralty and the then developing new towns of Woodlands and Yishun.
The first handover of SBS bus services to TIBS, began on 3rd April 1983, starting with Services 160 and 167, with an initial fleet of 37 buses and 2 bus services. During that same year, the remaining SBS bus services plying those areas were progressively handed over to TIBS.
On 25th August 1994, the Singapore Government had announced that the Bukit Panjang, Jalan Kayu and Punggol bus services under SBS, will be taken over by TIBS, in order to expand its bus service coverage boundary in the north-western and north-eastern parts of Singapore. These bus services were handed over to TIBS in 1995 in six phases. However, on 20th May 1999, the contract for the operation of the North-East Line (NEL), Sengkang and Punggol LRT lines were awarded to SBS. In contrast of the contract, SBS and TIBS had made a one-on-one exchange with the bus services serving Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok, Jalan Kayu, Sengkang and Punggol, whereby Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok services which were formerly operated by SBS were given to TIBS and Jalan Kayu, Sengkang and Punggol, which were formerly operated under TIBS were given to SBS. The Choa Chu Kang - Jalan Kayu, Sengkang and Punggol swaps were carried out between July and December 1999 while the Bukit Batok services were handed over to TIBS in three phases between June and December 2000. This has made TIBS responsible for operating bus services in the North and North West regions of Singapore.
With the implementation of the Bus Contracting Model (BCM) announced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in 2014, the routes were handed over to the 2 new BCM public transport operators (PTOs), namely Tower Transit Singapore (TT) and Go-Ahead Singapore (GA) in May and September 2016 respectively, based on the bidding result of the Bulim and Loyang bus packages respectively. For Yishun bus services under the Seletar Bus Package, these bus services operating under SMRT Buses were handed over in two phases to SBS Transit in March 2018.
Tower Transit, which won both the Bulim (2nd term) and Sembawang-Yishun bus packages in September 2020, has already commenced its second term of the Bulim Bus Package in May 2021 and will also be taking over 26 bus services in three phases from incumbent operator SMRT Buses in September 2021, as part of the Sembawang-Yishun Bus Package. It has also given up services 665 and 974 to SMRT Buses and SBS Transit respectively as both are not part of the Bulim Bus Package.
Timeline of Handover
SBS & TIBS
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| Year | Handover date | Operator change | Services |
| 1983 | 3 April | SBS to TIBS | 160, 167 |
| 8 May | 161, 164 | ||
| 5 June | 169 | ||
| 10 July | 178, 204, 208 | ||
| 7 August | 180, 182 | ||
| 4 September | 181 | ||
| 9 October | 372 | ||
| 1995 | 2 July | 177, 179, 184 | |
| 6 August | 75, 343, 344 | ||
| 17 September | 5, 187 | ||
| 1 October | 176 | ||
| 5 November | 171 | ||
| 17 December | 59, 82, 103, 163, 214E, 214W | ||
| 1999 | 25 July | SBS to TIBS | 190 |
| TIBS to SBS | 864, 865, 866 | ||
| 29 August | SBS to TIBS | 185, 300, 302, 307 | |
| TIBS to SBS | 82 | ||
| 26 December | SBS to TIBS | 67, 172, 175, 188 | |
| TIBS to SBS | 103, 163, 820, 821 | ||
| 2000 | 18 June | SBS to TIBS | 77, 189, 361, 365, 367 |
| 3 September | 61 | ||
| 24 December | 106, 173 | ||
BCM
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| Year | Handover date | Operator change | Services |
| 2016 | 29 May | SMRT to TT | 77, 106, 173, 177, 189, 941, 945, 947, 990 |
| 12 June | SBST to TT | 66, 78, 79, 97, 97e, 143, 143M | |
| 26 June | 41, 49, 96, 98, 98M, 183, 282, 284, 285, 333, 334, 335 | ||
| 4 September | SBST to GA | 3, 34, 43, 43M, 62, 82, 83, 84, 85, 118, 119, 136, 382G, 382W, 386 | |
| 18 September | 2, 6, 12, 15, 17, 17A, 36, 354, 358, 359, 403, 518, 518A | ||
| 2018 | 18 March | SMRT to SBST | 800, 804, 805, 807, 811, 860 |
| 25 March | 803, 806, 812, 850E, 851, 852 | ||
| 2021 | 29 May | SMRT to TT | 944 |
| TT to SBST | 974 | ||
| 31 May | SMRT to TT | 653, 657 | |
| TT to SMRT | 665 | ||
| 5 September | SMRT to TT | 171, 853, 853M, 854, 854e, 855, 856, 857 | |
| 6 September | SMRT to SBST | 652 | |
| SMRT to TT | 670 | ||
| 19 September | 169, 858, 963, 963e, 963R, 965, 966, 969 | ||
| 3 October | 167, 859, 882, 883, 883M, 980, 981, N1, N2 | ||
| 4 October | 656, 825 | ||