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In 1965, the transport system only consisted of public buses and car transportation.  The public buses were very slow and old. It was also facing lots of frequent problems such as poor management and substandard services and quality. It always felt very humid inside the buses due to poor air conditioning and the main company was Singapore Traction Company (STC)

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On 11 April 1971, the bus system was refurbished. Most of the small bus companies amalgamated into 3 big companies, named the amalgamated Bus Company, Associated Bus Services and the United Bus Company. Despite these huge changes, the STC had suffered great losses within period of 1971 and sadly closed their bus operations on 1 December 1971, including the revocation of the omnibus license.

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In 1 November 1973, the three bus companies were merged into a one single organisation, called Singapore Bus Service (the predecessor of SBS Transit), which came into operation in 1 November 1973. It was hoped that this would create economies of scale and ultimately improve bus services. Bus lanes were introduced in 1974 and Scheme B bus transport were introduced together.

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The transformation of SBS was so successful that the government decided to list it on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1978 as Singapore Bus Service Limited. By the end of 1979, the government decided that SBS was in good hands and withdrew its team of 38 officers (of whom 19 chose to remain) seconded to the company. In 2001, SBS was renamed SBS Transit Limited to reflect its new status as a bus and rail operator.

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Now in Singapore, most of the buses have very good air conditioning and it is very efficient as it drops by at many stops, especially near to the mrts. Bus now also have double deckers and ae much more convenient to most neighbourhoods

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After the MRT planning in 1960s, Singapore finally had its first MRT line, North South Line (NSL Red Line), opening stations from Yio Chu Kang to Toa Payoh. At the time, it was the largest infrastructure project undertaken by the country during its early days of independence, and when completed was the first such metro system in Southeast Asia.

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On 20 June 2003, the North East Line was open from Harbourfront to Punggol except for Woodleigh and Buangkok as there was no developments over there at that time.

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The circle line was open in 2009 and only stage 3 was open and stage 1,2 was open in 2010 and 4 and 5 was open in 2011. this line has been used very frequently as it connects to many key places of Singapore

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In 2023, the Thomson east coast line was open and before that the downtown line was open few years ago. these lines make Singapore MRT system very efficient and convenient for all residents in Singapore