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First batch of new electric buses to be on roads from Dec
The Straits Times
|October 24, 2024
10 BYD buses will be first to use charging infrastructure at new Sengkang West depot
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.
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