Some observations...
Now onboard 3487K on 258... not bad. Only 3 ppl take from joo
koon.
Abt 2-3 ppl take from pioneer mrt bus stop
And majority of loading from blk 844A CP bus stop onwards(like
obviously)
Then nxt 2 bus stop(one bus stop b4 gek poh) some ppl including
2 NSFs still waiting for 243W though, didnt knw 258 can go boon lay
haha. In the end, they take SD bus of 243W
As for 99, abt 4-5 pax board at joo koon. I think it will take
time for ppl to get use to it
Bus Service 258 is new. Many people still do not know that there
is this bus service. Give it a few weeks, months or years (up to
three years). As more people know about this bus service and the
new bus connections that it provides, the loading will
increase.
This reminds me of bus service 185 (Soon Lee - Buona Vista).
When bus service 185 was launched in (late-) December 2006, only a
few people knew about it. Although bus service 185 complements bus
service 99 and connects to Westwood, many people at that time
continued to take bus service 99, or make transfers at Boon Lay Bus
Interchange. It is only after a while when more people became aware
of bus service 185 and began taking bus service 185, that bus
service 185 became a heavily-utilised bus service it is now.
I am sure the new bus service 258 will be well-received and
well-utilised. It is only because not many people know about it
yet, that is why the loading on new bus service 258 is still so
low.
When bus services 182 and 182M are amended to terminate at Joo
Koon Bus Interchange, the people at the affected sector of Upper
Jurong Road will have to use bus service 258 for bus connection to
the MRT (at Pioneer Station) or Boon Lay Bus Interchange. This is
partly why there is bus service 258.
The other purpose of bus service 258 is to relieve the extremely
high loading on bus services 243G and 243W during peak hours. These
bus services had been enhanced regularly since around year 2010
when bus services were reviewed quarterly. Hopefully, with the
introduction of bus service 258, there is no longer the need to
enhance bus services 243G and 243W again.
The bus connection between Pioneer MRT Station and Jurong West
Street 81 is only one of the reasons why bus service 258 was
created.
