Optima Transit Bus Fleet

## History

In Nov 2013, Optima Transport was founded as 5th public bus operator in Singapore to operate bus depots at Gali Batu & Rochor with the opening of Downtown MRT Line (DTL) in Dec 2013.

In Sep 2014, Optima Transport had purchased 127 buses which comprises of 56 units of Iveco Metro single-deck buses & 71 units of Scania K320UD double deck buses.

In May 2015, Optima Transport had started to operate 11 bus services at Saint Michael’s Bus Terminal, Sims Place Bus Terminal & Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal with opening of the bus Depot at Rochor. Due to insufficient of buses, Optima Transport had acquired existing 105 buses which comprised of 79 units of Scania K230UB (Euro 4) & 26 units of Volvo B9TL (Euro III) from SBS Transit which later transferred to Optima Transport for continue operation.

In Dec 2015, Optima Transport were took over 11 bus services at Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange with opening of Downtown MRT Line at phrase 2 & the bus depot at Gali Batu. Optima Transport had also acquired existing 66 units of Mercedes-Benz OC500LE from SMRT buses due to insufficient of buses.

In Jul 2021, Optima Transport had tender 225 units of zero emission buses which comprises of 202 units of fully electric buses from BYD, CRRC, Yutong & 23 units of hydrogen buses from Toyota. These buses are meant to replace existing 2nd hand of Scania K230UB (Euro 4) & Volvo B9TL (Euro III) from SBS Transit, Mercedes-Benz OC500LE from SMRT as well as fleet expansion for opening of Beauty World & Bidadari Integrated Transport Hub.

In Apr 2022, Optima Transport were took over 19 bus services at Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange from SMRT Buses & 6 bus services at Eunos Bus Interchange from SBS Transit when SMRT lose the bus operation.

In Apr 2023, Optima Transport had tender 100 units of 2-axle electric double deck buses which comprises 50 units of Yutong U11DD for Bukit Panjang & Choa Chu Kang feeders while another 50 units of BYD B11D for Bishan & Toa Payoh feeders. All units were entering service starting from 2024.

In Nov 2023, Optima Transport were took over Bishan Bus Interchange from SBS Transit in exchangeable with Eunos Interchange, Lorong 1 Geylang & Sims Place Bus Terminal which the Rochor Depot were relocate to Kim Chuan Bus Depot when the Hougang & Serangoon Bus Interchange were relocate at Serangoon Bus Depot which operate by Primelink.

In Dec 2023, Optima Transport was renamed as Optima Transit with lower case letter **t** instead of upper case **T** to celebrate the 10th year of anniversary.

## Bus fleet

### Retired vehicles

#### New in Optima Transit vehicles

* Returned to BYD (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Re-Registered as PC9921C.

#### Ex-SBS Transit vehicles

 SBS8132B - SBS8137M, SBS8139H - SBS8212D & SBS8433H - SBS8477G
* All buses have been fully retired in Apr 2023 & replaced by BYD BYD6123LGEV1 & Zhongtong LCK6126EVG.

### Ex-SMRT Buses vehicles

* All buses have been fully retired in Aug 2023 & replaced by Yutong ZK6126BEVG1.

## Facilities

### Bus Interchange

* Beauty World Bus Interchange
* Bidadari Bus Interchange
* Bishan Bus Interchange
* Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
* Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange
* Toa Payoh Bus Interchange

### Bus Terminal

* Gali Batu Bus Terminal
* St Michaels's Bus Terminal

### Bus Depot

* Gali Batu Bus Depot
* Kim Chuan Bus Depot