Miscellaneous Topics on Buses

last SG · 2013-03-22T22:45:39+00:00

Good BIS will closed down forever,HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!yeah no more creepy clones ... *cough*

BusAnalayzer SG

Actually Svc 84 should be renumbered to 385..84 can reuse for new trunk svc

Yes.. can just make it 384... trunk status to it makes no sense.

BusAnalayzer SG

Sg really very crowded and land constraints once the rail lines and new residential units are ready..Dunno where else gov wanna reclaim land.

There are plans to reclaim huge chunks of land near Marina South I hear.. also near Jurong island..

carbikebus SG

Even better, add a '3' in front of the current number to form a new number - 384.

True indeed,save cost as just add no 3 at the bus stop plates..

carbikebus SG

There are plans to reclaim huge chunks of land near Marina South I hear.. also near Jurong island..

Sooner or later becoming more humids and hopefully no landslide..

carbikebus SG

Dunno if i shall post this..but a couple of Kjdep friends saw a white flying human like when they park their buses at Bldep yesterday..

carbikebus SG

So in 2016 LTA will owned all the buses and depots
Soon Lee:Tuas/Boon Lay/Taman Jurong
Bulim:Tengah/Jurong East/Clementi
Bukit Batok:Bt Batok/Choa Chu Kang
Kranji:Bt Panjang/Kranji
Woodlands Integrated:Woodlands Reg/Woodlands North/Sembawang
Woodlands depot/Bus park demolish.
New Ang Mo Kio:Yishun/Canberra
SMRT Ang Mo Kio depot will be demolish
Ang Mo Kio:Yio Chu Kang/Ang Mo Kio/Bishan
Woodleigh:Woodleigh/Serangoon Ctrl/Sims Pl
Braddell:Toa Payoh/St Michaels
Hougang:Buangkok/Hougang Ctrl/Sengkang/Punggol
Xilin integrated:Bedok/Upp East Coast/Marine Parade/Eunos
Bedok depot and Changi Bus Park demolish
Loyang Razz asir Ris/Tampines/Tampines North/Changi Village and Airport
2 new depot along One north corridors:Buona Vista/Kent Ridge/Bt Merah/Harbourfront/CBD

Think this is what LTA plans..Not surprise if there is 3 diff PTOs in a depot

SBS3688Y SG

Do u think our govt is too kiasi to up the speed of heavy vehicles to 70kmh? even if up to 70kmh; many normal roads still remain at 60kmh limit which is still reasonable. Due to the low speed limit, i notice many motorists got impatient and overtake or the faster heavy vehicles exceed the limit to travel at outer lanes causing chaos. also, i tried driving car at 60kmh at expressways and found myself to suffer higher fatigue than travel at 70kmh and above. so is it worse off? i think many metropolitan cities have higher speed limits for buses and trucks.

carbikebus SG

65-70kmh might be okay…for vans and light pick up 75-80 kmh but again our normal 90 maximum should be raised to 100 too.I drive cars 60-80 also feel sleepy,i tried riding big bikes 80-90 also feel sleepy…

BusAnalayzer SG

OT: Where is the Citaro fan who used to troll and bombard the forum... been MIA for long time... anyway... not saying I want him back... just remembered that loser!

SBS 9631X SG

What you said makes sense, but don't forget that even with the 60kmh speed limit, there's already alot of heavy vehicles that are breaking that speed limit daily. Even the public transport operators have vehicles breaking that too.

If you raise it to 70kmh, I think those heavy vehicles would try to make it to 80kmh already (which I think they're definitely capable of even with a full load of sand or other stuff after those mass influx of Continental brands - Iveco, Volvo, MB, Scania, MAN).

carbikebus SG

speaking of Iveco..saw a buggy bus chassis(looks like low floor) at the agent in the west..

SBS3004X SG

Services I have taken Volvo B10M Mk IV:

DM on:

9: SBS906M

43: SBS895K, SBS905R, SBS918D, SBS925H

82: SBS973T

83: SBS892T (now gone)

84: SBS950J

105: SBS959K

113: SBS921T

Striders on:

43: SBS1995Z, SBS2630U, SBS2660H (now gone)

62: SBS2632P

83: SBS1957J, SBS1994B

89: SBS1899T

107: SBS1980R

119: SBS2602B

DM3500 on:

43: SBS2719Z, SBS2773R

74: SBS2797Y, SBS2801T

82: SBS2694K, SBS2752B, SBS2759H

105: SBS2711U

23ispolo SG

UPDATED:

Services I have taken Volvo B9TLs on (Batch 1, ZF):

5: SBS7615G

10: SBS7658H, SBS7661Y, SBS7671T, SBS7676E, SBS7679Y, SBS7680S

30: SBS7519B, SBS7520X, SBS7521T, SBS7523M, SBS7531P, SBS7590T, SBS7595E, SBS7596C, SBS7652Z, SBS7657K

51: SBS7528A, SBS7619X

65: SBS7552D

74: SBS7626A

97: SBS7502Z, SBS7557R, SBS7592M

143: SBS7530S, SBS7532L, SBS7537Z, SBS7622K, SBS7623H, SBS7627Y, SBS7629S (all perms)

168: SBS7597A

197: SBS7567L

array88 SG

Spotted new bus stops under construction along Penjuru Rd. One is opposite the existing bus stop for sv 30 (BS20241), and another one in the same direction after Teban Gardens Cres. New service?

23ispolo SG

Spotted new bus stops under construction along Penjuru Rd. One is opposite the existing bus stop for sv 30 (BS20241), and another one in the same direction after Teban Gardens Cres. New service?

I think so... Anyway, there are also new bus stops along Kay Siang Road (from Tanglin Road to Margeret Drive) too.

BusAnalayzer SG

Spotted new bus stops under construction along Penjuru Rd. One is opposite the existing bus stop for sv 30 (BS20241), and another one in the same direction after Teban Gardens Cres. New service?

Maybe Sv 30 becomes bi-directional on Penjuru... After taking u-turn under flyover instead of turning right on J Townhall road.

Alternately, instead of 143M, service like 144 would have made more sense. JE interchange, J Townhall, Teban Crescent, Penjuru road, WC road, Teban Gardens, J Townhall, JE interchange.

Scrap 143M and introduce proposed 144. Will do much better and beneficial to workers along Teban Crescent, Penjuru plus new HdB hub along Penjuru. Yet will cover Teban (143M)

BusAnalayzer SG

I think so... Anyway, there are also new bus stops along Kay Siang Road (from Tanglin Road to Margeret Drive) too.

Margaret Dr will have new service next year when Dawson estate HdB completes in mid 2015

23ispolo SG

Came across this website for the Vogelstize seats we see on buses nowadays (System 750/3, found on Scania KUB, MB OC, MAN A22/A24 and Volvo B9TL Wrights):

http://www.vogelindustries.com.my/usr/product.aspx?pgid=70

^Note that the link above will show the blue seats of the MAN A22/A24.

Seems like they still make Vogelstize design seats under licence of Vogel industries, although the original maker no longer manufactures these seat models anymore... This should explain how Gemilang got the seats without being exported... I guess that these locally assembled seats are therefore so common on buses nowadays, since our operators prefer to use local brands (cheaper than exported) to adorn their buses.

Gus.chong SG

Came across this website for the Vogelstize seats we see on buses nowadays (System 750/3, found on Scania KUB, MB OC, MAN A22/A24 and Volvo B9TL Wrights):

http://www.vogelindustries.com.my/usr/product.aspx?pgid=70

^Note that the link above will show the blue seats of the MAN A22/A24.

It's been 13 years since the first bus getting these new seats (TIB1147L) was out from lay up (due to its chassis not yet built when registered) in 2001...We never expected that the public transport buses in Singapore are still using them after this long while...

23ispolo SG

But I find it interesting that the Vogelstize seats are produced locally (well in Malaysia)... I always thought that the seats were imported from overseas. I guess they also did do the System 750 seats for the Batch 2/3 Habits/Sentosa Volvo B7RLEs and are now still doing the System 750/3 (with a softer and curvy cushion instead of rectangular on the 750) seats for today's buses since the introduction of the KUBs...

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