Tower Transit Singapore is a contracted bus operator operating in Singapore. It commenced operations on 29 May 2016 as a subsidiary of Tower Transit in the United Kingdom, and later a subsidiary of Australian-based Kelsian Group.
History
In October 2014, the Land Transport Authority called for bus operators to bid for a contract to operate 26 routes out of Bulim Bus Depot in Jurong West based from Bukit Batok, Clementi and Jurong East bus interchanges, as part of its new Bus Contracting Model announced in May that year.[1] Tower Transit Singapore Pte. Ltd. was incorporated as a subsidiary of Tower Transit Group on 3 July 2014 to bid for the contract.[2] Tower Transit Group was a bus company based in the United Kingdom and was a subsidiary of Transit Systems in Australia.
In May 2015, the Land Transport Authority awarded Tower Transit Singapore the contract with operations to commence in May 2016, with services based at the Bulim Bus Depot.[3]