Very clear LTA wants to ensure that new services avoid
heavily duplicating existing services especially between MP &
Paya Lebar. LTA also trying to wean off long-haul duplicitous
services (like 43 & 76) so that existing resources can be
re-deployed to fill in gaps. Between 43 & 76, 76 is a better
candidate to be truncated. This is the big problem in the East -
too many sama-sama long-distance routes, and many short-haul gaps
that need to be filled.
With this in mind, there is an opportunity to re-deploy
76 to serve East Coast Rd or Geylang Rd. But knowing LTA, I suspect
they're trying to hit their KPIs by cutting 76s' fleet. The BSEP
window is closing as 2017 is coming up, so they will be very
conservative I suspect over the next year.
Also suspect the next service on the chopping board
will be 13. And a new Eunos-Joo Chiat - Marine Terrace service
might be introduced.
I would like to see 76 continue its route to marine terr but the
Amber Rd and marine parade road (blk 72) bus stops skipped to amend
it to ply east coast road and follow 47 back to marine parade (chij
Katong pri), loop at marine terr and back to east coast road.
It will replace the long forgotten Css 608 that used to stop at
marine parade road (blk 57) and went to east coast rd (church of
holy family), there were considerable amount of pax using that
route to alight at east coast road from marine parade blk 57.
East coast road could do with
another bus service from marine parade to east coast rd in both
directions just like Css608.
Sv134 can replace sv76 route to marine terr as per normal.
But most likely this case it would not happen because sv76 would
highly likely serve the eunos area as per mentioned but maybe in
the future sv 43/135 may be routed to end at marine terrace
maybe?