Bus Service Enhancement Programme

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Introduction[edit]

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[edit]

No. Date Bus Service Category
1 21 Oct 2012 Bus Service 860 New Bus Service
2 Bus Service 119 Route Extension
3 18 Nov 2012 Bus Service 116 New Bus Service
4 16 Dec 2012 Bus Service 50
5 17 Dec 2012 Bus Service 513
6 18 Feb 2013 Bus Service 850E
7 17 Mar 2013 Bus Service 4
8 18 Mar 2013 Bus Service 982E
9 21 Apr 2013 Bus Service 120
10 9 Jun 2013 Bus Service 20
11 Bus Service 141
12 17 Jun 2013 Bus Service 951E
13 18 Aug 2013 Bus Service 904
14 2 Sep 2013 Bus Service 651 City Direct Service
15 15 Nov 2013 Bus Service 972 New Bus Service
16 14 Dec 2013 Bus Service 49
17 06 Jan 2014 Bus Service 652 City Direct Service
18 13 Jan 2014 Bus Service 653
19 19 Jan 2014 Bus Service 371 New Bus Service
20 20 Jan 2014 Bus Service 654 City Direct Service
21 16 Feb 2014 Bus Service 803 New Bus Service
22 17 Feb 2014 Bus Service 655 City Direct Service
23 Bus Service 656
24 24 Feb 2014 Bus Service 657
25 16 Mar 2014 Bus Service 121 New Bus Service
- 14 Apr 2014 Bus Service 912P Peak Period Short Service
22 Apr 2014 Bus Service 240P
29 Apr 2014 Bus Service 222P
6 May 2014 Bus Service 268P
18 May 2014 Bus Service 143M Supplementary Bus Service
26 19 May 2014 Bus Service 658 City Direct Service
27 8 Jun 2014 Bus Service 11 Route Extension
28 9 Jun 2014 Bus Service 659 City Direct Service
- 10 Jun 2014 Bus Service 358P Peak Period Short Service
Bus Service 359P
29 23 Jun 2014 Bus Service 660 City Direct Service
- 24 Jun 2014 Bus Service 291P Peak Period Short Service
Bus Service 293P
30 Jun 2014 Bus Service 307P
13 Jul 2014 Bus Service 63M Extension Of Operational Hours
30 17 Aug 2014 Bus Service 386 New Bus Service
- Bus Service 859A Supplementary Bus Service
Bus Service 859B
24 Aug 2014 Bus Service 123M Route Extension
31 12 Sep 2014 Bus Service 324 New Bus Service
- Bus Service 139M Supplementary Bus Service
32 15 Nov 2014 Bus Service 990 New Bus Service
- 16 Nov 2014 Bus Service 17A Extension Of Operational Hours
Bus Service 43M Supplementary Bus Service
33 23 Nov 2014 Bus Service 201 New Bus Service
34 14 Dec 2014 Bus Service 41
35 Bus Service 140
36 15 Dec 2014 Bus Service 35 Route Extension
- 30 Dec 2014 Bus Service 285P Peak Period Short Service
6 Jan 2015 Bus Service 265P
13 Jan 2015 Bus Service 903P
20 Jan 2015 Bus Service 811P
Bus Service 812P
37 14 Feb 2015 Bus Service 386 Route Extension
38 15 Mar 2015 Bus Service 122 New Bus Service
39 20 Apr 2015 Bus Service 301
40 Bus Service 983
- 27 Apr 2015 Bus Service 982E Route Extension
41 14 Jun 2015 Bus Service 103 Route Extension
- 16 Aug 2015 Bus Service 53M Supplementary Bus Service
42 20 Sep 2015 Bus Service 102 New Bus Service
43 22 Sep 2015 Bus Service 661 City Direct Service
44 Bus Service 662
- 28 Sep 2015 Bus Service 850E Route Amendment
45 Bus Service 663 City Direct Service
46 6 Oct 2015 Bus Service 664
- 12 Oct 2015 Bus Service 951E Route Amendment
47 Bus Service 665 City Direct Service
48 21 Nov 2015 Bus Service 258 New Bus Service
49 22 Nov 2015 Bus Service 49 Route Extension
50 20 Dec 2015 Bus Service 47 New Bus Service
51 Bus Service 117
52 Bus Service 118
53 27 Dec 2015 Bus Service 979
54 Bus Service 983 Route Extension
55 3 Jan 2016 Bus Service 382G New Bus Service
Bus Service 382W
56 14 Feb 2016 Bus Service 805
57 29 Feb 2016 Bus Service 666 City Direct Service
58 8 Mar 2016 Bus Service 667
59 15 Mar 2016 Bus Service 668
60 20 Mar 2016 Bus Service 134 New Bus Service
61 Bus Service 150
62 22 Mar 2016 Bus Service 669 City Direct Service
63 29 Mar 2016 Bus Service 670
- 24 Apr 2016 Bus Service 117 Route Amendment
Bus Service 386 Route Extension
Bus Service 979M Supplementary Route
64 15 May 2016 Bus Service 308 New Bus Service
65 12 Jun 2016 Bus Service 46
66 17 Oct 2016 Bus Service 671 City Direct Service
67 23 Oct 2016 Bus Service 883 New Bus Service
68 7 Nov 2016 Bus Service 672 City Direct Service
69 18 Dec 2016 Bus Service 127 New Bus Service
70 Bus Service 129
71 12 Mar 2017 Bus Service 374
72 Bus Service 381
73 18 Jun 2017 Bus Service 247
74 Bus Service 248
75 9 Jul 2017 Bus Service 329
76 27 Aug 2017 Bus Service 944
77 15 Oct 2017 Bus Service 807
78 21 Oct 2017 Bus Service 137
79 Bus Service 298
80 9 Dec 2017 Bus Service 71

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