Bus Service Enhancement Programme

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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 Bus Service Category
Overall New Service Route Extension Route Amendment
1 1 N/A 21 Oct 2012 New Bus Service
2 N/A 1 N/A 119 Route Extension
3 2 N/A 18 Nov 2012 New Bus Service
4 3 N/A 16 Dec 2012
5 4 N/A 17 Dec 2012
6 5 N/A 18 Feb 2013
7 6 N/A 17 Mar 2013
8 7 N/A 18 Mar 2013
9 8 N/A 21 Apr 2013
10 9 N/A 9 Jun 2013
11 10 N/A
12 11 N/A 17 Jun 2013
13 12 N/A 18 Aug 2013
14 13 N/A 2 Sep 2013 City Direct Service
15 14 N/A 15 Nov 2013 New Bus Service
16 15 N/A 14 Dec 2013
17 16 N/A 06 Jan 2014 City Direct Service
18 17 N/A 13 Jan 2014
19 18 N/A 19 Jan 2014 New Bus Service
20 19 N/A 20 Jan 2014 City Direct Service
21 20 N/A 16 Feb 2014 New Bus Service
22 21 N/A 17 Feb 2014 City Direct Service
23 22 N/A
24 23 N/A 24 Feb 2014
25 24 N/A 16 Mar 2014 New Bus Service
N/A 25 N/A 14 Apr 2014 912P Peak Period Short Service
N/A 26 N/A 22 Apr 2014 240P
N/A 27 N/A 29 Apr 2014 222P
N/A 28 N/A 6 May 2014 268P
N/A 29 N/A 18 May 2014 Supplementary Bus Service
26 30 N/A 19 May 2014 City Direct Service
27 N/A 2 N/A 8 Jun 2014 Route Extension
28 31 N/A 9 Jun 2014 City Direct Service
N/A 32 N/A 10 Jun 2014 358P Peak Period Short Service
N/A 33 N/A 359P
29 34 N/A 23 Jun 2014 City Direct Service
N/A 35 N/A 24 Jun 2014 291P Peak Period Short Service
N/A 36 N/A 293P
N/A 37 N/A 30 Jun 2014 307P
N/A 13 Jul 2014 Extension Of Operational Hours
30 38 N/A 17 Aug 2014 New Bus Service
N/A 3 N/A Supplementary Bus Service
N/A 39 N/A
N/A 4 N/A 24 Aug 2014 Route Extension
31 40 N/A 12 Sept 2014 New Bus Service
N/A 41 N/A 139M Supplementary Bus Service
32 42 N/A 15 Nov 2014 New Bus Service
N/A 16 Nov 2014 Extension Of Operational Hours
N/A 43 N/A Supplementary Bus Service
33 44 N/A 23 Nov 2014 New Bus Service
34 45 N/A 14 Dec 2014
35 46 N/A
36 N/A 5 N/A 15 Dec 2014 Route Extension
N/A 47 N/A 30 Dec 2014 285P Peak Period Short Service
N/A 48 N/A 6 Jan 2015 265P
N/A 49 N/A 13 Jan 2015 903P
N/A 50 N/A 20 Jan 2015 811P
N/A 51 N/A 812P
37 N/A 6 N/A 14 Feb 2015 Route Extension
38 52 N/A 15 Mar 2015 New Bus Service
39 53 N/A 20 Apr 2015
40 54 N/A
N/A 7 N/A 27 Apr 2015 Route Extension
41 N/A 8 N/A 14 Jun 2015 103}]
N/A 55 N/A 16 Aug 2015 Supplementary Bus Service
42 56 N/A 20 Sept 2015 New Bus Service
43 57 N/A 22 Sept 2015 City Direct Service
44 58 N/A
N/A 1 28 Sept 2015 Route Amendment
45 59 N/A City Direct Service
46 60 N/A 6 Oct 2015
N/A 2 12 Oct 2015 Route Amendment
47 61 N/A City Direct Service
48 62 N/A 21 Nov 2015 New Bus Service
49 N/A 9 N/A 22 Nov 2015 Route Extension
50 63 N/A 20 Dec 2015 New Bus Service
51 64 N/A 117
52 65 N/A
53 66 N/A 27 Dec 2015
54 N/A 10 N/A Route Extension
55 67 N/A 3 Jan 2016 New Bus Service
55 67 N/A
56 68 N/A 14 Feb 2016
57 69 N/A 29 Feb 2016 City Direct Service
58 70 N/A 8 Mar 2016
59 71 N/A 15 Mar 2016
60 72 N/A 20 Mar 2016 New Bus Service
61 73 N/A
62 74 N/A 22 Mar 2016 City Direct Service
63 75 N/A 29 Mar 2016
N/A 3 24 Apr 2016 117 Route Amendment
N/A 11 N/A Route Extension
N/A 76 N/A Supplementary Route
64 77 N/A 15 May 2016 New Bus Service
65 78 N/A 12 Jun 2016
66 79 N/A 17 Oct 2016 City Direct Service
67 80 N/A 23 Oct 2016 New Bus Service
68 81 N/A 7 Nov 2016 City Direct Service
69 82 N/A 18 Dec 2016 127 New Bus Service
70 83 N/A
71 84 N/A 12 Mar 2017
72 85 N/A
73 86 N/A 18 Jun 2017
74 87 N/A 248
75 88 N/A 9 Jul 2017
76 89 N/A 27 Aug 2017 944
77 90 N/A 15 Oct 2017
78 91 N/A 21 Oct 2017 137
79 92 N/A
80 93 N/A 9 Dec 2017

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