I waited 1 and a half year to wait for my 163 to finally do a
comeback... After 34 and 156 took two of its KUB away.
It takes a long time to recover lost buses u noe... I got into
flame wars when 8629K left 163 initially... but I did endure
afterwards and stopped whining... And after all these times it got
8767 and 8998 finally... and also brought in tridents and 3161A to
chase the horrible DMs away... I was seeing the moment of
glory!
It takes time, and if u wait and try not to think about it so
much you will find it coming your way... Like how all of us waited
for the first citaro to step into HGDEP...
163 should have gotten all these upgrades long time ago, when
HGDEP started to trade their VO3x to SLBP and got some K230UBs in
return, apart from taking in new batch of Citaros, and there seemed
to have hopes for 163 then.
Rather, the former SLBP K230UBs went to boost up on other WAB
services and 163 remained status quo. And when the 2 MK3s were
taken out from service, it was rather disappointing that 163 got
only 1907D and 938X from 82 and 158 respectively (which got
the Citaros instead). Things turn slightly better when 163 needed
more DDs and 938X direct exchanged with 9678L from 62.
8998U was initially meant to be a replacement bus for 788L on 43
earlier this year. It was the implementation of full day VO3x on 43
that sent 8998U (and 2652G) out to SP.
Now with a few more new buses added into 163's fleet, and
furthermore the sawtooth berth side at TPY int had been modified
with PIW facilities, might be a possibility that 163 is preparing
to go WAB at anytime soon.
