Implementation of Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) Services

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
29 Sep 2014	11, 42, 74, 92, 386

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