Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme
The Bus Connectivity Enhancement Programme, or BCEP for short, is a programme that was launched on 30 July 2024 by the Land Transport Authority. Under this 8-year scheme, an additional $900 million will be allocated from 2024 to 2032, to fund and support bus fleet expansion and the introduction of new bus services.
The main initiatives of the programme include:
- Bus Service Improvements: In response to changing travel patterns, bus services will be improved by introducing new services, modifying routes and improving frequencies.
- Peak-Hour Express Bus Services: These services (which include City Direct services) will be introduced to relieve busy MRT lines, connecting residential estates to the CBD.
- New Bus Services In New Estates: With growing demand in new residential estates, the introduction of new bus services will be sped up to serve residents' needs better.
- Express Feeder Bus Services: This new category of services will reduce residents' travel time to major transport nodes by skipping certain intermediate bus stops along routes.
Rollout
| No. | Date | Bus Service | Category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | New Service | Route Extension | |||
| 1 | 1 | N/A | 15 Sep 2024 | New Bus Service | |
| 2 | 2 | N/A | 14 Oct 2024 | City Direct Service | |
| 3 | N/A | 1 | 11 Nov 2024 | Route Extension | |
| 4 | 3 | N/A | Supplementary Bus Service | ||
| 5 | N/A | 2 | Route Extension | ||
| 6 | N/A | 3 | |||
| 7 | N/A | 4 | 25 Nov 2024 | ||
| 8 | 4 | N/A | City Direct Service | ||
| 9 | 5 | N/A | 9 Dec 2024 | Supplementary Bus Service | |
| 10 | 6 | N/A | 2 Jan 2025 | City Direct Service | |
| 11 | 7 | N/A | |||
| 12 | 8 | N/A | |||
| 13 | 9 | N/A | |||
| 14 | 10 | N/A | 12 Jan 2025 | New Bus Service | |
| 15 | N/A | 5 | 26 Jan 2025 | Route Extension | |
| N/A | 10 Feb 2025 | Service Improvement | |||
| N/A | |||||
| 16 | 11 | N/A | 24 Mar 2025 | Supplementary Bus Service | |
| 17 | 12 | N/A | 20 Apr 2025 | New Bus Service | |
| 18 | 13 | N/A | 27 Apr 2025 | ||
| 19 | 14 | N/A | 28 Apr 2025 | Supplementary Bus Service | |
| N/A | 26 May 2025 | Service Improvement | |||
| 20 | 15 | N/A | 8 Jun 2025 | Supplementary Bus Service | |
| 21 | 16 | N/A | 10 Aug 2025 | New Bus Service | |