At Suntec stop for 857
17.21 - MAN A22, 17.28 - MAN A22, 17.33 - MANA22, 17.41 - E500
(3585U)... finally DD came and I boarded
Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City -- 18 (0/17) 1 pax already on
board, 26 (0/6), 28 (0/2)
Esplanade -- 32 (0/4), 36 (-1/5)
Stamford St -- 37 (-3/4), 36 (-5/4)
Princep St -- 40 (-3/7)
Selgie -- 55 (-2/17), 58 (-1/4)
Serangoon Rd -- 65 (-9/16), 64 (-5/4), 71
(-5/12) Farrer Park, 74 (-3/6),
75 (-2/3), 77 (-16/18) Boon
Keng MRT, 76 (-4/2), 73
(-6/3), 75 (-4/6)
Bef PIE/CTE -- 79 (-11/15)
YCK Road -- 72 (-10/3), 69
(-5/2), 74 (-1/6), 85 (0/11),
85 (-7/7) I alighted here before Lentor
Ave.
>> All bold shows bus having > 70
pax (max SD capacity)
>> Interval/Frequency of 5 buses observed (07 min, 05 min,
08 min, 07 min, 06 min) as observed through waiting at stop, and
checking next bus after boarding on bus app
>> Wonder how people were surviving with just SDs on long
distance service with so many pax. Clearly people had to miss few
buses to get in
>> No wonder SMRT prioritized to give 857 that had 0 high
capacity buses with 8-9 High capacity buses in very first
deployment of Yishun services
The trend is like this,you put high freq SDs ppl will take but
find other alternatives,but when you deploy DDs ppl will changed
their mind and take it instead because the boarding percentage is
still high,I ever try a fully packed 190 DD and manage to board it
despite a bit squeezy