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	Service	Category
Overall	New	Extension	Amendment	Improvement
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
26	25	N/A			14 Apr 2014	912P	Peak Period Short Service
27	26	N/A			22 Apr 2014	240P
28	27	N/A			29 Apr 2014	222P
29	28	N/A			6 May 2014	268P
30	29	N/A			18 May 2014	143M	Supplementary Bus Service
31	30	N/A			19 May 2014	658	City Direct Service
32	N/A	2	N/A		8 Jun 2014	11	Route Extension
33	31	N/A			9 Jun 2014	659	City Direct Service
34	32	N/A			10 Jun 2014	358P	Peak Period Short Service
35	33	N/A				359P
36	34	N/A			23 Jun 2014	660	City Direct Service
37	35	N/A			24 Jun 2014	291P	Peak Period Short Service
38	36	N/A				293P
39	37	N/A			30 Jun 2014	307P
40	N/A			1	13 Jul 2014	63M	Extension Of Operational Hours
41	38	N/A			17 Aug 2014	386	New Bus Service
42	N/A	3	N/A			859A	Supplementary Bus Service
43	39	N/A				859B
44	N/A	4	N/A		24 Aug 2014	123M	Route Extension
45	40	N/A			12 Sept 2014	324	New Bus Service
46	41	N/A				139M	Supplementary Bus Service
47	N/A			2	9 Nov 2014	49	Additional Bus Stop
48	42	N/A			15 Nov 2014	990	New Bus Service
49	N/A			3	16 Nov 2014	17A	Extension Of Operational Hours
50	43	N/A				43M	Supplementary Bus Service
51	44	N/A			23 Nov 2014	201	New Bus Service
52	45	N/A			14 Dec 2014	41
53	46	N/A				140
54	N/A	5	N/A		15 Dec 2014	35	Route Extension
55	47	N/A				35M	Supplementary Bus Service
56	48	N/A			30 Dec 2014	285P	Peak Period Short Service
57	49	N/A			6 Jan 2015	265P
58	50	N/A			13 Jan 2015	903P
59	51	N/A			20 Jan 2015	811P
60	52	N/A				812P
61	N/A	6	N/A		14 Feb 2015	386	Route Extension
62	53	N/A			15 Mar 2015	122	New Bus Service
63	54	N/A			20 Apr 2015	301
64	55	N/A				983
65	N/A	7	N/A		27 Apr 2015	982E	Route Extension
66	N/A	8	N/A		14 Jun 2015	103
67	N/A		1	N/A		972	Route Amendment
68	56	N/A			16 Aug 2015	53M	Supplementary Bus Service
69	N/A			4	17 Aug 2015	291P	Revised Operating Hours
70	N/A			5		293P
71	57	N/A			20 Sept 2015	102	New Bus Service
72	58	N/A			22 Sept 2015	661	City Direct Service
73	59	N/A				662
74	N/A		2	N/A	28 Sept 2015	850E	Route Amendment
75	60	N/A				663	City Direct Service
76	61	N/A			6 Oct 2015	664
77	N/A		3	N/A	12 Oct 2015	951E	Route Amendment
78	62	N/A				665	City Direct Service
79	63	N/A			21 Nov 2015	258	New Bus Service
80	N/A	9	N/A		22 Nov 2015	49	Route Extension
81	64	N/A			20 Dec 2015	47	New Bus Service
82	65	N/A				117
83	66	N/A				118
84	67	N/A			27 Dec 2015	979
85	N/A	10	N/A			983	Route Extension
86	N/A			6	3 Jan 2016	301	New Bus Stop
87	68	N/A				382G	New Bus Service
87	68	N/A				382W
88	69	N/A			14 Feb 2016	805
89	N/A			7	18 Feb 2016	222P	Revised Operating Hours
90	70	N/A			29 Feb 2016	666	City Direct Service
91	71	N/A			8 Mar 2016	667
92	72	N/A			15 Mar 2016	668
93	73	N/A			20 Mar 2016	134	New Bus Service
94	74	N/A				150
95	75	N/A			22 Mar 2016	669	City Direct Service
96	76	N/A			29 Mar 2016	670
97	N/A		4	N/A	24 Apr 2016	117	Route Amendment
98	N/A	11	N/A			386	Route Extension
99	77	N/A				979M	Supplementary Bus Service
100	78	N/A			15 May 2016	308	New Bus Service
101	79	N/A			12 Jun 2016	46
102	80	N/A			17 Oct 2016	671	City Direct Service
103	81	N/A			23 Oct 2016	883	New Bus Service
104	82	N/A			7 Nov 2016	672	City Direct Service
105	83	N/A			18 Dec 2016	127	New Bus Service
106	84	N/A				129
107	85	N/A			12 Mar 2017	374
108	86	N/A				381
109	87	N/A			18 Jun 2017	247
110	88	N/A				248
111	89	N/A			9 Jul 2017	329
112	90	N/A			27 Aug 2017	944
113	91	N/A			15 Oct 2017	807
114	92	N/A			21 Oct 2017	137
115	93	N/A				298
116	94	N/A			9 Dec 2017	71

See Also

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