New Bus Services Announced by LTA/PTOs

last SG · 2014-10-14T00:04:39+00:00

Loyang district includes:- Loyang Industrial Estate- Old Tampines Road- Upper Changi North (not industrial estate though)- Flora* Considering this my guess i...

BusAnalayzer SG

got rumour say LTA juz suka suka plan routes juz to fulfill the yearly quota leh.. not sure if this is true. 41 shud better off be renamed 331

35 shud be getting 2-3 more additional buses for the extension of 8km, 16km in both directions. Considering that 35 has 5 buses for it's 17km route? 35 might get DDs considering the fact that most of the BSEP extension/routes has DD upgrades eg. 119

35 should get DDs considering if Alps shuttle is getting shut, then AM/PM peak, you can expect huge office crowd from Alps as well as Xillin Ave. This will warrant DDs.

Anyway, AM peak you can already spot sv 35 buses carrying 55-60 pax at Tanah Merah MRT.. This means current buses have only 10-15 pax capacity. Hence, will either need DDs or 3-4 SDs. I would prefer, it gets 2 DDs from BSEP.

dupdup77 SG

Oh LTA just introduces 2 new services (sbs 41, sbs 140) plus 1 extended route (sbs 35, 35M). Looking at the trend, all are short trunk routes. This should convince everybody that the so called mid-long haul trunk services are no longer introduced. They are only aiming to plug those roads and those current/ new estates without a link to the mrt station or a nearby town centre. They are providing more convenience to areas which have poor links to mode of transports. Looking at it on a broader sense, it seems a plausible choice. Cheers.

dupdup77 SG

I agree - should have merged 141 and 140 but then you know right... they have to also meet their # of services introduced quota. If you see, sv 35 is also counted as service under BSEP making it 36th service.

They need 4 more services to complete their quota of 40 services promised by 2014.

Hi mr busanalyser, normally they will not stick to the schedule exactly. Give them +2 months from end 2014 committed. Since 36 services are introduced already, the next 4 should be the ones from CCK, yishun, sengkang and Punggol which are already made known to public. Expected announcement should be in 1st week of January 2015 after Christmas/new year holidays. Normally they give out news about the next few upcoming areas earlier. Cheers.

TIB1112L SG

carbikebus SG

140 route a bit of jam prone areas..Wonder why LTA dun wanna utilise Sims Place?

lemon1974 SG

LTA already say before in their press release mah... i cut and paste for you..

Better connectivity with new bus services

lemon1974 SG

36 services introduce include 10 CDS and does not include those "M" or "A/B" service.

TIB868X SG

i feel they should introduce more trunk services in the mould of 50, its extremely popular and if the routes are well-planned they would be a massive hit just like 50. also no more express services to be introduced?

and if it is true that LTA suka suka plan route just to fulfil quotas then it is not only a serious misuse of taxpayers dollars but also limited resources. i can think of a few poorly planned routes off my head IMO such as 116 and even 990 that are usually running empty. even the effectiveness of 859A and 859B is questionable as most of the time i see them running empty, although off peak but even so 859 is still crowded. maybe BSEP should also include further small scale rationalization, not simply introducing more SWTs and routes that turn out to be duds.

azharjj SG

Comments on sv 41

I think it is a good route unique for Toh Tuck areas to connect to Jurong East. But the parallelism with 183 surprises me and doesn't as well.

I think 41 is introduced to relieve the load on sv 183 which is so crowded during peak hours and even 183B is not helping much to relieve the queues.

But what a waste it would be if sv 41 cannot accommodate DDs. I hope it does.

i think 41 will relieve 183 & 154(since it's somehow near NP)

the question is... is toh tuck rd DD friendly?

Guides anyone? SG

140 seems to be numbered at GL1 for the pure reason that 141 terminates there, hence the "14X" number range.

ButIAmAToilet SG

35's route length got doubled.... even though only 5 extra stops.

If planned properly, it could be an express varient of 9 (no one takes 9 from TM to CACC though)

wsy1234 SG

140 more like feeder bus service for people working and living at Kallang. Should renumber to a feeder service will be better like 239? and fix at feeder bus rate. a lot of old people will take the bus service.

dupdup77 SG

LTA already say before in their press release mah... i cut and paste for you..

Better connectivity with new bus services

Hi mr lemon1974, sorry I did not read the press release. I just write based on the routes introduced. Anyway there are still many others who have the thinking that LTA will continue to introduce those mid-haul long routes. Cheers.

dupdup77 SG

36 services introduce include 10 CDS and does not include those "M" or "A/B" service.

Hi mr lemon1974, I know of this. Cheers.

dupdup77 SG

Hi mr TIB868X, Sbs 116 got sufficient load for single deck for Hougang int to ave 4 and ave 9. Not redundant. Cheers.

sbst191 SG

Hi mr TIB868X, Sbs 116 got sufficient load for single deck for Hougang int to ave 4 and ave 9. Not redundant. Cheers.

Yes. But The remaining 4km is redundant. Liddat 116 should might as well be shortened to be like 324 and renamed to 323

sbst191 SG

Hi mr TIB868X, Sbs 116 got sufficient load for single deck for Hougang int to ave 4 and ave 9. Not redundant. Cheers.

Dont forget Sv 120 and Sv 119

dupdup77 SG

Dont forget Sv 120 and Sv 119

Hi mr sbst191, sbs 119 is an important service in Punggol and sengkang. At various roads, it is one of only few services plying there. At some roads, it is the only bus service. Why people think is not important or redundant is because the DDs make the bus look empty at times. However, there is sufficient loading for single deck. Furthermore, the frequency is 15 mins at times. Please note sbs 119 is not a completely new BSEP service. The BSEP for sbs 119 is only from sengkang int extended to Punggol int. Cheers.

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