Implementation of Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) Services

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Introduction

On 26th June 2006, the first Wheelchair-Accessible Bus (WAB) service 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 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.

Currently, there are 229 SBS Transit bus services, 60 SMRT bus services and 14 Tower Transit bus services which are WAB certified.

List of WAB services

SBS Transit

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

SMRT Buses

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

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).