117
I like the route. It has low loading now, but high potential in
future.
Sembawang - future loading will
increase to Canberra Estate (2017)
Canberra - loading will increase
as only service from Canberra Estate to Khatib, SAP and Seletar
Circus Interchange. The new service that will be introduced is a
short trunk from Canberra to Yishun/Sembawang. The only other
service is 169 which has a very different route.
Yishun - expect loading to
increase to Yishun Ave 1 in future (2017) even if 805 is there as
both ply along Yishun Ave 2. In the direction of Yishun Ave
1-Yishun MRT, not so much as bus stops are in opp.
direction
Khatib - expect loading to
increase to Yishun Ave 1 and SAP (2017)
Yishun Ave 1 - loading will
increase (2017) towards Seletar Circus Interchange to transfer to
39, 86, 102, 168, 858
Seletar Aerospace - loading
will increase as still major development in on-going (2H 2016,
2017)
Seletar Circus - major interchange
point for SAP, Sengkang West, Punggol West and Yishun Ave 1
residents
Punggol West - still Punggol
Matilda under development (2017). Loading will increase further in
2017 towards Seletar Interchange & Yishun
Punggol Interchange - loading here
may not increase much expect for Punggol intra-town
transfer.
Overall, my estimate is in 2017 the 117 DDs will be housefull.
The service was introduced way before and should have been
introduced full fleet SDs and eventually upgraded to DDs as
required in 2H 2016 and 2017.
Because too many DDs and they dont know how to deploy
either..