More public bus users will be able to enjoy quieter, emission-free rides, as the first batch of 360 electric buses purchased by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in 2023 are on track to enter service from December.
To be deployed on bus services 86, 107 and 159, which ply routes in north-east and central Singapore, this batch of 10 battery-powered, three-door, single-decker buses have been registered and leased to bus operator SBS Transit (SBST).
This takes the total number of electric buses plying public routes here to 70.
LTA said on Oct 23 that the 10 new buses, made by Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD, will be the first to use charging infrastructure at the newly constructed Sengkang West bus depot.
The five-storey depot in Seletar West Road 1, which can accommodate up to 500 electric and conventional buses, was handed over to SBST in August, and preparations are under way for it to start operations in early 2025.
Built at a total cost of at least $400 million, according to the Ministry of Transport's 2019 budget book, the depot was supposed to open in 2023. But this was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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