It is a good route, I would just like to edit it to make it more
unique.
Sembawang Interchange
Sembawang Dr (opp Sun Plaza)
Sembawang Way (opp Sembawang MRT)
Canberra Link (Blk 589D)
Yishun Ave 2 (Opp Yishun Sapphire, Mosque)
Yishun Ring Road (all stops until it hits Yishun ave 2
again)
Yishun Ave 2 (Khatib MRT, express)
Lentor Ave (express)
SLE / BKE (express)
Mandai Road (express)
Woodlands Road
CCK North 5 (1 new stop bef st 52)
CCK Way
CCK Ave 3
Brickland Road (1 new stop, express)
Bukit Batok Road (1 stop)
Bukit Batok West Ave 7 (1 new stop opp blk 406, opp blk 336)
BBT St 32 (2 new stops)
BBT st 31 (1 new stop)
BBT West Ave 5 (BGK MRT)
BBT East Ave 5 (Stadium, new stop, Regent Hills, new stop blk
243)
BBT East Ave 4 (express)
BBT East Ave 3 (Blk 229)
Bukit Batok Interchange (last stop)
* There is more need now with MRT lines coming up to provide
trunk services to inner roads that do not have it. Yishun ring road
has so many new and existing HDB Hubs. There should be at least 2-3
trunk services that should ply this road. Provides connections to
both Sembawang & Khatib as well as beyond.
* Trunk has been missing in Yew Tee for years. Hence, proposing
this one will travel through North 5 and come down via CCK Way
instead of CCK Dr. It will turn right on CCK ave 3 to provide
direct link to Bukit Batok. New stop along Brickland Road
* New stops along st 32,31 providing direct connectivity to
Bukit Gombak and BBT MRT
* Purposely, this route does not terminate at JE as it becomes
too long.
While we can suggest long inter-town routes for all we want, under
LTA's hub-and-spoke model it is unlikely that such new routes will
be feasible unless they offer significant time savings or
convenience over the MRT. From Sembawang to CCK/BBT, MRT would be
faster than this proposed route unless you're taking this service
direct without any transfers, which is unlikely since it mostly
connects residential areas.
Between Yishun and Yew Tee/CCK/BBT, most ppl would be heading
towards industrial estates, schs like ITE College West or the army
camps along Sembawang Rd (Khatib Camp, Chong pang camp etc) or at
Yew Tee (Kranji Camp II/III, Mowbray camp). Currently, 171 provides
a North-Northwest connection between Yishun and Bt Panjang, serving
Sembawang Rd and allowing for transfer to other svcs at Bt Panjang.
When DTL is opened, 171 section from BPJ to Orchard/Marina Ctr can
be removed, and the route extended to CCK and/or Yew Tee/Bt Batok,
providing more inter-town connections. At the moment, I don't think
a separate North-Northwest bus route is needed, especially since
the general link is already provided by MRT.
As for short, regional connections e.g. Yishun-Sembawang or Yew
Tee-Bt Batok, these can be better served by short routes within the
housing estates themselves or between adjacent estates. I agree
with BusAnalyzer that Yishun Ring Rd can have more bus svcs. Maybe
850E can be operated full day to Marina Centre or looping at
Suntec, with a peak hour variant to Shenton Way. 860 may be
extended to serve the new flats coming up at Canberra in future and
terminating at Sembawang, providing another link between Yishun and
Sembawang. 103 can be extended from Seletar to Yishun, though may
not go via Yishun Ring Rd since it's a bit longer. Most direct
route would be via Yishun Ave 11 and Yishun Central.
