Buses

LTA awards over S$300 million in contracts for 660 electric buses, including to BYD

This marks the authority’s first large-scale purchase of double-deck buses

Westpoint Transit second-generation boss Lionel Lee had not initially intended to join the family business.

Driving transformation: How Lionel Lee is steering Westpoint Transit as a second-gen boss

From wage hikes to digitalisation, he is retooling a family business to attract younger drivers and prepare for the future

BYD’s J6 bus, similar to the one that could be used in this trial, is currently used at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo.

BYD-linked consortium wins Singapore contract to trial autonomous buses in public

The vehicles will be piloted on services 400 and 191 for three years, starting in the second half of 2026

LTA says the existing quota of the reciprocal Cross Border Taxi Scheme, which allows a licensed fleet of up to 200 taxis from each side to ferry passengers across the Causeway, has not been fully utilised.

No plans to ‘fully liberalise’ cross-border ride-hailing services: LTA

Officials from Singapore and Malaysia have met to discuss such arrangements, though no decisions have been made

LTA’s plan is for the autonomous public buses to operate alongside existing manned buses for an initial three-year period.

China’s WeRide, Malaysia’s Causeway Link among firms bidding to run driverless public buses in S’pore

[SINGAPORE] The local offshoot of Chinese self-driving technology company WeRide and a consortium led by Malaysian bus operator Handal Indah, also known as Causeway Link, are among four companies that...

Punggol Coast Bus Interchange will open on Jun 29.

3,000 new jobs to come in public transport sector, including digital, electrification roles: Chee Hong Tat

New hires will be needed in data analytics and cybersecurity, and to support the electrification of Singapore’s bus fleet 

HI Mobility is the biggest cross-border bus operator in both Malaysia and Singapore.

Growing Singapore border demand boosts Malaysian bus firm’s IPO

HI Mobility raises RM116 million in a rare listing that values it at US$137 million  

LTA launched a tender seeking proposals for plans on operating autonomous public buses on Jan 27.

Self-driving buses to be tested from mid-2026 on public bus routes around Marina Bay, one-north

From mid-2026, six driverless buses will ply routes in Marina Bay and Shenton Way, as well as one-north in Buona Vista, as part of a pilot by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to test autonomous publ...

With the addition of the bus depot contract, the group has an order book of about S$899.7 million.

Koh Brothers Eco unit wins S$313.9 million LTA contract to build bus depot

The four-storey bus depot will have a minimum parking capacity of 550 buses

The bus infrastructure upgrades will cover about 5,800 public buses.

ST Engineering bags more than S$175 million in contracts to upgrade Singapore’s public bus fleet

Technology upgrades will include a new cloud-based bus fleet management system