Implementation of Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) Services

Introduction

On 26th June 2006, the first Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) service was launched on SBS Transit 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 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 its vicinity.

Over the past 10 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.

List of WAB services

SBS Transit

Year	Date	Bus services
2006	26 June	21
	30 October	147
	3 December	12G, 196, 198
2007	22 May	2G, 51, 72, 76
	20 August	7, 80
	17 December	143T
2008	14 July	14, 123, 174, 185
	2 December	64, 130, 183T, 199, 232, 238
2009	26 October	3G, 27, 34G, 53, 142, 293, 358G, 410
	3 December	13, 15G, 36G, 52, 54, 57, 291, 333T
2010	28 February	29, 63, 113, 265, 334T, 359G
	28 June	45, 48, 59, 94, 240, 242
	18 October	43G, 95, 181, 228, 235
	2 December	24, 86, 151, 225, 231, 335T
2011	7 March	18, 22, 55, 60, 135, 136G, 162/162M, 241, 261, 269
	27 June	5, 17G, 38, 39, 99, 194, 354G, 400, 402
	26 September	19, 100, 109, 133, 138, 154, 156, 315, 317
	3 December	16, 30, 87, 101, 131, 175, 272, 273, 275, 282T, 284T, 285T, 292, 403G
2012	26 March	10, 25, 58, 66T, 69, 105, 165, 168
	25 June	33, 78T, 79T, 96T, 97T, 98/98MT, 124, 125, 197, 243
	30 September	56, 128, 163/163M, 166, 186, 195, 229, 502, 506
	3 December	32, 70/70M, 73, 93, 111, 238, 325, 372, 518G
2013	31 March	4, 50, 62G, 82G, 116, 119G, 132, 158, 513
	9 June	85G, 88, 112, 120, 145, 222
	30 September	20, 141, 157, 182/182M, 192
	3 December	6G, 40, 90, 139
2014	23 March	26, 35, 49T, 65, 161
	29 June	83G, 121, 155, 371
	29 September	11, 42, 74, 92, 386G
	3 December	9, 91, 103, 115, CT8, CT18
2015	30 March	41T, 140, 159, 201, 324, 405
	22 June	31, 89, 122, 200
	20 September	102N
	28 September	28, 153, 74e, 97eT, 174e
	21 November	258N
	3 December	107/107M, 179, 14e, 89e, 151e
	20 December	47N, 117N, 118GN
2016	3 January	382GN
	25 January	30e, 196e, 246, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257
	20 March	134N, 150N
	28 March	408, 552, 553, 554, 565, 585, CT28, 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N
	27 June	10e, 37, 533, 534, 535, 536, 538, 539, 544, 545, 549, 555, 560, 561, 563, 564
	18 December	127N, 129N
	26 December	262
2017	13 February	193
	12 March	374N
	18 June	247N, 248N
	9 July	329N

SMRT Buses

Year	Date	Bus services
2009	1 June	171, 172, 189T, 307, 811, 851, 945T
2010	29 November	858
2011	3 December	61, 855, 920, 922, 950
2012	29 April	187, 852, 857, 970
	1 July	75, 77T, 177T, 700/700A
	15 November	167, 859, 860, 966, 980, 985
2013	21 April	173T, 882, 941T, 981
	7 July	902, 965, 969
	29 September	178, 853, 904, 947T
2014	2 March	803, 927, 961, 972
2015	22 March	176, 188, 990T
	14 June	106T, 190, 301, 804, 911, 963, 983
	11 October	67, 169, 854, 901, 925
	27 December	979N
2016	14 February	805N
	3 April	302, 800, 812, 903, 912, 913, 960, 962
	24 April	979MN
	15 May	308N
	23 October	883N
2017	26 February	973N

Go-Ahead

Year	Date	Bus services
2017	12 March	381N

Other information

Legend

N	Services that was given a WAB status on its first day of introduction.
T	Services that was transferred over to Tower Transit as part of the LTA's Bus Contracting Model (BCM).
G	Services that was transferred over to Go-Ahead as part of the LTA's Bus Contracting Model (BCM).