The city-state’s spanking brand new bus service rolled out across the Bukit Batok district yesterday in the official launch of Singapore’s third public transport operator — Tower Transit.
Sporting green liveries, Tower Transit had 62 of their buses out on the roads yesterday going about on their routes from Bukit Batok bus interchange. Since taking on the Bulim bus package, the new transport operator on the block will be progressively plying their bus services, with six more routes set to launch June 12 and another 11 routes on June 26.
Though it may not seem like much, but the launch of the new green buses is just the beginning to a massive nationwide restructuring of the public transport industry. UK-based Tower Transit managed to score the first contract as part of the new Government Contracting model, which aims to make public bus services more responsive to changes in ridership and commuter needs, as well as inject more competition into the industry.
That’s a good thing of course — it’ll lead over time to the provision of better bus services in a cost-competitive manner, thereby benefitting commuters.
Now that Tower Transit’s launched, we can’t wait to see iconic London buses rolling out in Tampines, Bedok, Sengkang and Punggol as part of the Loyang Bus Package.
