Bus Memory Lane.. The 70s, 80s, 90s & 2000s

The purpose of this entry is to remind you of the unpleasant rides on the old rickety buses of the past & to revitalize the collection of buses that were used over the years. Some which is already vintage. Do you still remember the bus fare we used to pay during those days? I remembered paying only $0.15 when taking buses in the past. How about you?

Single & Double Deck Bus introduced in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s & 2000s

The Albion Viking EVK41L
This was one of the buses that plied on Service 93 in the early 1970s.
Length: 31 ft 6 in
Width: 8 ft





The Ashok Leyland ALCOP3/1
One of the buses that were used to ply on Service 124 in the early 1970s.
Length: 9.4 m
Width: 7 ft 6 in





The Mercedes-Benz OF1413
This bus was used to ply on Service 181 in the late 1970s. Did you see the old SBS logo on the side of the bus?
Length: 11.3 m
Width: 2.5 m


The Volvo B57
A relatively long bus with its 11.9 m in length in the 1980s.
Length: 11.9 m
Width: 2.5 m


The Leyland Atlantean AN68
This double-deck bus was one of the first few introduced in the 1980s.
Length: 33 ft
Width: 8 ft ½ in





The Mercedes-Benz O.305
This double-deck bus ran on Service 26 from Toa Payoh to Bedok in the 1980s.
Length: 10.6 m
Width: 2.5 m





The Scania N113CRB
By the early 1990s, buses were progressively fitted with air-condition, a major improvement from the buses you saw in the 1970s and 1980s.
Length: 11.9 m
Width: 2.5 m



The Mercedes-Benz O.405
This bus was one of the buses that were retrofitted with air-condition.
Length: 11.6 m
Width: 2.5 m



Volvo B10MA-60 Articulated
SBS Transit only had two articulated buses and this was one of them and with its length, it was Asia’s longest bus. Due to the difficulty in maneuvering such buses and the fact it took up more road space, SBS Transit has ceased the use of such buses.
Length: 19 m
Width: 2.5 m


The Volvo Olympian
Some of these double-deck buses can still be seen on the road now as they have yet pass their statutory lives.
Length: 10.5 m
Width: 2.4 m






The Leyland Olympian 12 “SuperBus”
This bus was not call “SuperBus” for nothing. It is 12 m long and was the first double-deck bus to be fully air-conditioned.
Length: 12 m
Width: 2.4 m




The Volvo B10BLE (CNG)
This bus was one of the 12 Compressed Natural Gas fuelled buses SBS Transit introduced in 2002. Apart from being a CNG bus, it is also a low floor bus.
Length: 11.9 m
Width: 2.4 m




The Dennis Trident III
This batch of double-deck buses was all installed with Transit Media LED-type electronic destination screens with orange display.
Length: 12 m
Width: 2.5 m




The Volvo B10TL “Super Olympian”
Singapore’s first low-floor Superbus.
Length: 12 m
Width: 2.5 m





The Wheel-Chair Accessible bus Volvo B9TL
A prototype of this low-floor step-free double-deck bus equipped with a wheel-chair ramp and other physically accessible friendly features was unveiled on 15 February 2006.
Length: 12 m
Width: 2.5 m