TIBS Holdings

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TIBS Holdings Ltd.

Former type	Public limited company (Ltd.)
Industry	Public transport
Fate	Merged with SMRT Corporation
Founded	Singapore, May 31, 1982
Defunct	10 May 2004
Headquarters	Ang Mo Kio, Singapore
Employees	2,000 (2000)

An older upgraded TIBS Nissan Diesel on Route 921 in early December 2004. The logo in the background on the left side is that of SMRT Buses Limited.

A UMV-Dennis Lance (Duple Metsec bodied) on Route 852.

Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS) was formerly a public transport operator in Singapore, incorporated on 31 May 1982 by a firm of Singapore Shuttle Bus as a second full-day run bus service, following public transportation market liberalisation reform approved by parliament, which thereafter proposed the formation of another public bus service provider to establish a duopoly, which will compete with Singapore Bus Services (now SBS Transit) in 1981. TIBS Holdings' core businesses were subsumed by SMRT Corporation on 10 May 2004 following merger.

TIBS began its services on 3 April 1983 with 37 Hino RK176 buses plying on Services 160 and 167 which taken over from Singapore Bus Services, followed by the rest of the services in the northern areas, when the government gave the company exclusive operating rights in the northern towns of Sembawang, Woodlands and Yishun.

Its buses were coloured distinctly in pale beige with yellow and orange lines. In addition to its regular buses, it also operates the unique Bendy Buses - a fleet of Mercedes-Benz O405Gs.

On 12 March 1987, TIBS acquired Singapore Shuttle Bus Pte. Ltd., a bus operator with limited routes serving mainly the city area. The next day, on March 13, TIBS became a public listed company on SESDAQ.

On 2 May 1990, TIBS Taxis Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of TIBS, was formed to operate taxi services. It is the only company in Singapore to operate a fleet of entirely large capacity taxis. It also operates the world-famous London taxis.

Another subsidiary, TIBS Motors Pte. Ltd., was set up in 1990 to provide workshop services and carry out business as a distributor and agent for some motor vehicles.

In 1991, TIBS underwent a restructuring, bringing its subsidiaries under TIBS Holdings Ltd..

In 2001, it merged with Singapore MRT and became a subsidiary of the SMRT Corporation.

On 10 May 2004, in a S$2.5 million rebranding exercise the name "TIBS" was changed to SMRT Buses Limited (bus services) and SMRT Taxis (taxi services). The livery of all buses were subsequently painted to red from yellow.

Fleet at merger

• Mercedes-Benz O405 (Hispano Carrocera/Volgren)
• Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano Carrocera/Volgren)
• Dennis Lance (Duple Metsec)
• Hino HS3KRKK (Volgren CR221L)
• DAF SB220LT (Walter Alexander Setanta)
• Scania L113CRL (Walter Alexander Strider/Greek Hellenic Vehicle Industry)
• Nissan Diesel U31RCN (Fuji Heavy Industries)

Registration number

• (TIB1E to TIB42L) Hino RK176 (Hino)
• (TIB43J to TIB44G) Nissan Diesel U31F (Fuji Coach)
• (TIB45D to TIB84R) Hino RK176 (Hino)
• (TIB85M to TIB112T) Nissan Diesel U31F (Fuji Coach)
• (TIB113R to TIB120U) Hino RK176 (Hino)
• (TIB121S to TIB145Z) Nissan Diesel U31F (Fuji Coach)
• (TIB146X to TIB250C) Hino HT228KA (Hino)
• (TIB251A to TIB336P) Nissan Diesel U31SCN (Fuji Heavy Industries) (TIB279X and TIB280R are original air-conditioned and TIB311K to TIB317U are converted air-conditioned buses but was reverted into non air-conditioned buses)
• (TIB337L to TIB361R) Hino HT238 (Hino)
• (Old TIB362M to TIB379R) Hino BF177 (Hino) (former old CSS178K to CSS194M)
• (New TIB362M to TIB377X) Nissan U31RCN (Fuji Heavy Industries)
• (TIB380K to TIB389L) Hino HT238K (Hino)
• (TIB390G) Nissan Diesel U31SCN (Fuji Heavy Industries)
• (TIB391D to TIB424T) DAF SB220LT (Hispano)
• (TIB425R to TIB561E) Mercedes-Benz O405 (Hispano Carrocera)
• (TIB562C to TIB571B) Scania L113CRL (Walter Alexander Strider)
• (TIB572Z to TIB634D) Mercedes-Benz O405 (Hispano Carrocera)
• (TIB635B to TIB674M) Scania L113CRL (Walter Alexander Strider)
• (TIB675K to TIB724C) DAF SB220LT (Walter Alexander Setanta)
• (TIB725A to TIB832Z) Mercedes-Benz O405 (Hispano Carrocera) (TIB725A to TIB797S are converted-air-conditioned buses)
• (TIB833X to TIB837K) Scania L113CRL (Converted-air-conditioned, ELBO)
• (TIB838H) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano)
• (TIB839E to TIB848D) Scania L113CRL (Converted-air-conditioned, ELBO)
• (TIB849B to TIB904A) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano)
• (TIB905Y) Hino HS3KRK (Volgren CR221)
• (TIB906U to TIB946D) UMW-Dennis Lance 245 (Duple Metsec)
• (TIB947B to TIB957Y) Hino HS3KRK (Volgren CR221)
• (TIB958U to TIB972C) Mercedes-Benz O405 (Volgren CR221)
• (TIB973A to TIB1001Z) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano)
• (TIB1002X to TIB1016G) Dennis Lance 211 (Duple Metsec)
• (TIB1017D and TIB1018B) UMW-Dennis Lance 245 (Volgren CR221)
• (TIB1019Z to TIB1023K) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano Habit)
• (TIB1024H) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Volgren CR221)
• (TIB1025E to TIB1177A) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano Habit)
• (TIB1178Y to TIB1197S) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Volgren CR221)
• (TIB1198P to TIB1247G) Mercedes-Benz O405G (Hispano Habit)
• (TIB1248D to TIB1256E) Nissan Diesel U31RCN (Fuji Heavy Industries) (former CSS197E, CSS199A, CSS201B, CSS202Z, CSS206M, CSS208H, CSS209E, CSS210A, CSS211Y)
• (TIB1257C) UMW-Dennis Lance 245 (Duple Metsec) (former CSS310U)

See also

• SMRT Corporation

External links

• Archive copy at the Wayback Machine