Those bendies will be solely for 858 and 902 like feeders,Others
can just use the 3 doors DD if LTA interested to buy more of the
concept E500s
Depends on how far LTA wants to go with the new Bendies (or A24s
in this case) for CGA svcs. Pretty sure Sv 858 wasn't on SMRT's
agenda when they bought those A24s initially.
And the fact that they managed to squeeze those 3 A24s now onto Sv
858 on a daily basis for CGA, means LTA definitely did pull quite
abit of strings here & there to make it work. Not to forget the
dk how many times of trials they did. If it's SMRT alone, can safely say that the
A24s would have never happened on Sv 858.
So yeah, depends on how far LTA wants to go with pushing for
Bendies for CGA svcs. If they can make Sv 858 get Bendies, i don't
see why wouldn't they buy additional A24s just for Sv 34 or 36 in
the future. Having more fleet adds isn't the way to go for Sv 34
& 36 after the switch to full-fleet Citaros, only creates more
issues.
Compare between completely building new proper open-air bus points
for each airport termina (or modifiying existing infrastructure
like what '6750E' mentioned), vs the costs for buying additional
Bendies just for CGA svcs. Depends on which way LTA think is more
feasible / cost-efficient.
Need to consider the security aspects too though.
