| Introduced into service way back in 1989 by the then Singapore Bus Services, the Scania N113CRBs were touted to be one of the quietest buses on the roads; the noise level kept at 74 dB. A total of 200 units, one-quarter of them being the Original Air-con (OAC) and the remaining being the Non Air-con (NAC) buses, were purchased.
The fleet underwent major changes in the 1990s and continued into the new millenium. The gearbox was changed to that of a Voith from the original Scania and a big number of NACs were converted to become Converted Air-con (CAC) buses. Only 63 units of the NACs were not converted and continued their service. These buses now come under control of SBS Transit's Bedok North Depot (BNDEP) and can be found serving on several Bedok, Tampines and Pasir Ris services, especially feeder Services 225, 228, 229, 292 and 354. As these buses have served their 20 years of service on the roads, they are to be progressively withdrawn, with the last batch of these buses to be decommissioned by 6 May 2009. NOTE: The last batch of Scania N113CRB NAC buses will be deregistered and withdrawn on 8 Dec 2008. These buses will also be the last ever single-deck NAC buses by public bus companies existing in Singapore. SBS 0073R is one of the most notable buses in the fleet. It's interior underwent refurbishing sometime in 2005 to 2006 and was fitted with new seat covers (green and yellow). The bus in addition has a new ticket dispenser with a specialised holder. It formerly serves Service 3, but was taken off and became a spare bus after the Scania K230UBs came into the same service. The bus has since then resettled onto Service 32 (Bedok to Buona Vista). This bus will be deregistered on 1 Apr 2009. Engine: Scania DSC1104 Displacement: 11,021 cc Gearbox: Scania GAV680/GAV781; later retrofitted with Voith DIWA 384.3 Seating Capacity: 51 Standing Capacity: 35 Year of registration: 1989 to 1990 Registrations: Originally Air-Conditioned: SBS 0031L to SBS 0080U Non Air-Conditioned: SBS 3573U to SBS 3638S Converted Air-Conditioned: SBS 3581X, SBS 3628X, SBS 3639P to SBS 3722G |
SBS 0036Z - Service 33 (Deregistered) 0036Z_033_DSCN5913.jpeg 2007-10-10 15:36:13 |
SBS 0043C - Service 33 (Deregistered) 0043C_033_IMG_1077.JPG 2008-07-13 16:49:20 |
SBS 0049L - Service 29 (Deregistered) 0049L_029_IMG_2751.JPG 2008-05-26 14:45:09 |
SBS 0053Z - Service 29 0053Z_029_IMG_1673.jpg 2008-04-06 16:26:39 |
SBS 0058K - Service 229 0058K_229_IMG_0203E.JPG 2008-01-20 09:19:34 |
SBS 0069D - Service 225G 0069D_225G_IMG_0586.JPG 2008-02-16 12:45:38 |
SBS 0072T - Service 225G (Deregistered) 0072T_225G_IMG_0588.JPG 2008-02-16 12:57:40 |
SBS 0073R - Service 3 0073R_003_DSCN4017.jpg 2007-06-14 14:48:50 |
SBS 0073R - Service 3 0073R_003_DSCN5395.jpg 2007-09-07 16:56:29 |
SBS 0074M - Service 68 (Service Withdrawn) 0074M_068_IMG_1788.JPG 2008-08-08 17:23:59 |
SBS 3574S - Service 32 (Deregistered) 3574S_032_IMG_2074.jpg 2008-05-09 11:35:29 |
SBS 3581X - Service 17 (Deregistered) 3581X_017_IMG_0292.JPG 2008-01-27 10:21:12 |
SBS 3588C - Service 354 (Deregistered) 3588C_354_IMG_1891.JPG 2008-08-11 14:28:23 |
SBS 3619Y - Townlink 291 (Deregistered) 3619Y_291_IMG_2195.jpg 2008-05-13 15:23:34 |
SBS 3635A - Service 6 (Deregistered) 3635A_006_IMG_2983.jpg 2008-11-25 15:53:09 |
SBS 3639P - Townlink 358 3639P_358_IMG_1164.JPG 2008-07-22 18:59:00 |
SBS 3646T - Service 3 (Deregistered) 3646T_003_DSCN3652.jpg 2007-05-30 15:01:41 |
SBS 3647R - Service 38 3647R_038_DSCN5653CE.JPG.jpg 2007-10-05 15:22:02 |
SBS 3647R - Service 38 3647R_038_IMG_2782.JPG 2008-05-26 15:15:35 |
SBS 3652A - Service 39 (Lay-Up) 3652A_039_DSCN3625.jpg 2007-05-30 14:48:38 |
SBS 3653Y - Service 18 3653Y_018_DSCN3716.jpg 2007-05-30 16:40:32 |
SBS 3656P - Service 39 3656P_039_IMG_1726.jpg 2008-04-06 17:13:58 |
SBS 3659G - Townlink 293 3659G_293_IMG_1770.jpg 2008-08-08 12:13:00 |
SBS 3660B - Townlink 222 3660B_222_DSCN4775.jpg 2007-07-02 16:09:49 |
