Original by SGPaper Bus Hub,modified by TIB1096A
In mid-November 2013, several SMRT Buses were spotted with a new corporate livery. Doing away with the traditional red and white livery in use since 2004, the new livery applies red, yellow and black patterns on a silver base color.
The new color scheme has a yellow feel and is reminiscent of the Trans-Island Bus Services era, while featuring fancy patterns over the wheel arch. The launch of the new livery is expected to be in full swing in 2014, the tenth anniversary of SMRT’s merger with TIBS.
It is worth noting that the sequential yellow, red and black lines is an inverted color arrangement of the German flag. Coincidentally, almost all of SMRT’s fleet comprises of German buses, from the Mercedes-Benz O405 and O405G buses inherited from TIBS, to the more recent Mercedes Benz OC500LE, Citaro and MAN NL323F buses.
2014 Debut:
On Sunday, 12th January 2014, SMRT’s first fleet of 31 repainted buses entered revenue service. Comprising of 29 MAN NL323F , one Mercedes Benz OC500LE and one Mercedes Benz Citaro, they were deployed to Services 190, 700A and 960.
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