SMRT Buses
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| Slogan | Moving People, Enhancing Lives |
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| Parent | SMRT Corporation |
| Founded | 15 May 1975 (as CSS) & 31 May 1982 (as TIBS) 10 May 2004 (rebranded after merger) |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Routes | 92 |
| Stations | 6 (Interchanges) 3 (Terminals) 4 (Depots) |
| Fleet | Over 1400 buses (2015) |
| Daily ridership | 1.0 million (FY2015) |
| Chief executive | Desmond Kuek (President & CEO) |
| Website | SMRT Buses |
SMRT Buses, originally Trans Island Bus Services (TIBS), is a public bus transport operator in Singapore. Before the Bus Contracting Model was introduced, Singapore had a duopoly transport system in which SMRT's only competitor was SBS Transit, which also operates bus services in Singapore. The company was incorporated as TIBS on 31 May 1982, in a heavily regulated market, to be a competitor to Singapore Bus Service. In accordance with restructuring at parent company SMRT Corporation, TIBS was renamed "SMRT Buses" on 10 May 2004 along with the subsequent merger of City Shuttle Service.
In 1982, the company ran with a fleet of 37 buses and two services, Service 160 (later renumbered Service 980) and Service 167. Later, more services were handed over to them by the government along with the tender to operate services in the northern region, mainly Yishun and the developing Woodlands.
In 1995, as part of the government's plan to make the local bus system more competitive, 16 SBS Transit services were handed over to TIBS Holdings (TIBS) along with the tender to operate bus services in the north-east corridor, mainly the developing towns Sengkang and Punggol as well as Bukit Panjang.
In 1996, TIBS began operations at the now closed Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange, Singapore's first underground bus interchange. It was also the first bus interchange designed to accommodate articulated buses. TIBS used articulated buses, some of which were designed by world-renowned designer, Pininfarina and was known as the Habit articulated buses, on a large scale in its fleet, in contrast to the double-deckers used by Singapore Bus Service (SBS).
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