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Singapore Shuttle Bus Private Limited was a subsidiary of SMRT Corporation in Singapore that operated bus services under the name of City Shuttle Service (CSS) between 15 May 1975 and 28 April 2007. ==History== The City Shuttle Service (CSS) was an initiative introduced in 15 May 1975 by the Singapore Government, which was intended to be part of a Park and Ride scheme aimed at reducing traffic congestion in the city. It was originally hoped that car owners would park at designated car parks and transfer to CSS bus services to enter the Central Business District (CBD). 11 inaugural services commenced operations by NTUC Comfort & Singapore Shuttle Bus (SSB), which plys along the 16 fringe car parks, 7 city area terminus and 49 selected bus stops with around sixty 25-seater single door buses. However, the initial arrangement was not popular with car owners and the scheme was terminated, resulting in the company being allowed to operate regular services to extend towards the housing estates and had reduced to 9 services (6 services were from SSB and the 3 were from NTUC Comfort). As the purpose of the CSS scheme was to service working commuters, no services were operated on Sundays and public holidays. The list of bus services that extends towards the housing estates in 1976 include: *1: Extended from National Stadium Carpark E and Holland Road Fringe Carpark to Queensway and Marine Terrace. *2: Extended from Holland Road Fringe Carpark to Holland Drive. *3: Extended from Chancery Lane Fringe Carpark to St Michael's. *4: Diverted to terminate at Marine Terrace and extended to New Bridge Road. *5: Extended from Whitley Road Fringe Carpark to Sin Ming. *6: Extended from Serangoon Road Fringe Carpark and Outram Park to Bukit Merah and Circuit Road. *7: Extended from Kampong Java Fringe Carpark to St Michael's. *8: Extended from National Stadium Carpark E to Bedok South and Bedok. *9: Extended from Serangoon Road Fringe Carpark to Geylang Lorong 1. On 25 June 1988, NTUC Comfort, which ran the 3 CSS services from Marine Parade to the city, decided to withdraw 2 services partly due to the high maintenance cost of its buses and a decline in commuter demand due to the MRT's opening. Its buses then ran on its last sole service (CSS Service 6) until 1990, when the buses reached the end of their permitted lifespan. The initial fleet was replaced with larger DAF SB220 and Nissan Diesel buses. CSS was the first bus operator in Singapore to introduce senior concessionary fares, a scheme that was eventually extended to other bus operators. On 12 March 1987, Singapore Shuttle Bus was purchased by Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS), which therefore follows the company until it was merged into SMRT Buses in 2004. SSB provided public transport from the housing estates to the CBD areas. Services operated from interchanges and terminals like Bedok & Bt Merah Interchanges and Holland Dr, St. Michael's & Sin Ming Rd Terminals. The services used to operate from 6.30am to 7.30pm and does not operate on Sundays and Public Holidays. The bus services which is under CSS were renumbered into "6xx" in 1997 with the introduction of standardised numbering system. With the closure of Holland Dr Terminal in 1998, CSS 602 was re-routed to start from Shenton Way Terminal and loops at Holland Dr. SSB’s only bus depot was at Lorong 1 Geylang (GLDEP). The central workshop was at Ang Mo Kio Depot (AMDEP) which handled all the preventive maintenance, repair works and major component overhauls. On 9 July 2001, during the merger, the company was operating five routes and its depot was based at Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal. On November 2001, the first service, CSS 602 was withdrawn and all the non air-con buses retired. Some bus stops were once used only by CSS bus services. The Chancery Lane and Balmoral Rd bus stop were used by CSS 603, while the Armenian St (bef Stamford Rd) bus stop was used by CSS 605 and Havelock Road (Blk 29), Maxwell Rd and Marine Cres (Blk 15) bus stop, CSS 608. Prior to the withdrawal of CSS 608, it was the last of the Nissan Diesel U31RCN buses to pass by the old National Stadium, Maxwell Rd as well as the old Supreme Court Building. The bus fleet was downsized within the last 3 years of its service until its withdrawal on 28 April 2007. The last CSS service, CSS 608, was initially slated to be withdrawn on 30 March 2007. However, due to public appeals, the withdrawal date was pushed forward to 28 April 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「City Shuttle Service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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