Transport

SBS Transit shared in an announcement on Wednesday that free Wi-Fi will be made available on board 300 buses which serve the 18 bus services that are part of the Bukit Merah Bus Package starting from February 2019. The 18 SBS Transit bus Services under the Bukit Merah Bus Package are 5, 16, 57, 93, 120, 121, 122, 123/123M, 131/131M, 145, 160, …

Train services along the North South Line were disrupted this morning (14 Nov) since around 5am and passengers still experienced delay after 8am. While this disruption was occurring, the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) also broke down about 7:20am. The BPLRT train delay also affected commuters after 8am. And at about 11:30 am, information was also posted on social media platforms …

A train disruption occurred on Sunday (11 Nov) afternoon along the Circle Line (CCL). This time, while there were not many passengers because it was not a work day, SMRT was quick to inform about the incident, SMRT informed in a tweet that there was no train service between Marina Bay/Dhoby Ghaut to Paya Lebar due to signal fault at …

Five SBS Transit bus services – 70M, 111, 133, 162M and 502 – serving the Suntec area will be affected by road closures for the 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, announced SBS Transit in a press release on Monday (12 November). The authority stated that these buses will skip these three bus stops from 12 to 16 November: The …

Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates will be reduced by $1.00 per Passenger Car Unit (PCU), and by $0.50 where the current ERP rate is $0.50 per PCU. This was announced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in a press release on Monday (12 November) as it has completed its review of the rates for the December 2018 school holidays. The authority …

A new Range-based Parking Provision Standards (RPPS) will be introduced  from 1 February 2019, to replace the existing Car Parking Standards (CPS) and Range-based Car Parking Standards (RCPS) in line with Singapore’s move towards a car-lite society. This was announced by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Friday (9 November), stating that the revised parking standards will accord developers greater flexibility in managing parking …

A new link road connecting Punggol Central to KPE and TPE(PIE) will open almost a year ahead of schedule, on 25 November 2018, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Thursday (8 November). LTA said that the new link road, which is part of a two-phase expansion of the KPE/TPE interchange will provide motorists with an alternative route between Punggol …

Late train commuters along the Bukit Panjang LRT (BPLRT) experienced delays on Wednesday (7 Nov) evening due to a power failure at Bukit Panjang Station. At first there was no official information from SMRT concerning the power failure and passengers took to social media platforms to inform and to comment as usual. A passenger posted the information on Tata SMRT …

According to the latest annual report of SBS Transit, it's profit had been climbing exponentially in the last few years: Its operating profit last year was $59.3 million, more than 2 times of that in 2015. Profit attributable to shareholders hit nearly 3 times of that in 2015 at $47.1 million last year. In the first half of this year …

A six-month trial for enhanced security screening at selected MRT stations across all rail lines will be commenced from 12 November 2018, announced the Land Transport Authority (LTA). In a press release on Monday (5 November), LTA stated that some commuters may be required to use a walk-through metal detector and pass their belongings through X-ray scanners, before entering the …