City Shuttle Service
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A CSS Nissan Diesel bus on the last operating route 608, taken in November 2005.
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| Founded | Singapore, May 15, 1975 |
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| Defunct | April 28, 2007 |
| Parent | SMRT Corporation |
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.
The City Shuttle Service (CSS) was an initiative introduced on 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:
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.
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