Loading on E500
sv 964 @ 18.55 hours from WRI (was lucky to get 3531A
right after I alighted from 969)
WRI -- 21 (0/21)
... 3 pax on upper deck
WDL Ave 7 -- 20 (-3/2),
15 (-8/3), 16
(-3/4), 74 (-2/60) Admiralty
MRT.. 28 pax on upper deck... this means lower deck had 46 pax..
calculation accurate as alighting at Admiralty was only 2
pax
WDL Ave 6
-- 76 (-2/4), 61 (-17/2), 41 (-19/0)
WDL Ave 9 -- 19
(-22/0), 4 (-15/0)
WDL Loop -- 10 (-2/8),
24 (0/14), 42 (0/18), 52 (0/10)
WDL Link -- 61
(-2/11)
WDL Ave 9
-- 72 (0/11), 80 (0/8) please
note that the bus did WDL industrial sector after PM peak as it was
around 19.30 hours.. pax on upper deck 44, pax
on lower deck
36, 79 (-4/3), 77 (-5/2)
WDL Ave 6
-- 78 (-3/4), 78 (-4/4), 78 (-3/3)
WDL Ave 7 -- 19
(-67/8) Admiralty MRT, 19 (-2/2), 16 (-3/0), 15
(-2/1) 2 pax on upper deck
** I feel the above
routing analysis can give a good idea why 964 has got another DD.
As observed by TIB429E, he is absolutely
correct # pax on upper deck while leaving WRI and entering WRI were
03 and 02 respectively, BUT this is not where 964 prime loading
comes
** The bus I took was
at the edge of PM peak, more off-peak. Loading is poor between WRI
and Admiralty and depends completely on other buses along the
route. 964's loading is bi-directional and is from Admiralty to WDL
Loop.
** Peak loading = 76
pax in WDL Loop direction, Peak Loading = 80 pax in WRI direction
(but 60 pax boarded at Admiralty MRT and 67 alighted at Admiralty
MRT)
** I want to highlight
upper deck was quite well utilized between Admiralty and WDL Loop.
To add to it, loading in both directions exceeded 70 pax (inspite
of being not in prime peak).
** Now imagine the same
slot that was done by BSEP MAN.. of course would not be able to
accommodate all pax... Either LTA would have to add one more BSEP
MAN (like it keeps doing on 269 and 315) or upgrade to DD... They
did the smarter thing here... For 10 pax more... instead of adding
one more bus... upgrading to DD makes so much more sense
** Hope this analysis
is beneficial. Cheers!