ComfortDelGro was named winner for the Most Transparent Company Award in the Travel, Leisure & Automobiles & Parts category while its subsidiary, SBS Transit, was named runner up for the Singapore Corporate Award in the Mid Cap category at the Securities Investors Association (Singapore)’s 14th Investors’ Choice Awards 2013.
ComfortDelGro, has through its subsidiary, Jilin ComfortDelGro Taxi Co., Ltd, incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary Jilin ComfortDelGro Driver Training in Jilin City, China.
ComfortDelGro’s subsidiary in Sydney, ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, rolled out five double decks under its Hillsbus brand.
ComfortDelGro expanded its operations in Australia through the acquisition of Driver Group Pty Ltd in Melbourne, Victoria for approximately A$22.0 million (S$27.0 million). Established in 1931, the Driver Group is a family-owned transport and tourism company that operates metropolitan bus routes under a long-term contract with the Victorian Government in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
ComfortDelGro, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Metroline, acquired part of FirstGroup plcs London bus business, comprising 494 buses operating from five West London garages – Alperton, Greenford, Hayes, Uxbridge and Willesden Junction – for £57.5 million (S$111.1 million).
ComfortDelGro celebrated its 10th Anniversary and produced its 10th Anniversary Coffee Table Book, “Up Close With ComfortDelGro: The Untold Stories”.
Metroline, which runs 80 routes through an area that extends from North to West London, including Central London and the City, became the first bus operator to to be chosen by the Mayor to run Route 24 comprising only of the New Bus for London by mid-year.
