Bus interchange expansions for Tampines & Sengkang

carbikebus SG

Can also start from end or industrial estate..

BusAnalayzer SG

Can also start from end or industrial estate..

carbikebus SG

I say instead of starting/ending at Int why not building a terminal near ind estate?

By the way rather than extend Tampines Int why not they build another one near Ave 9?

BusAnalayzer SG

I say instead of starting/ending at Int why not building a terminal near ind estate?

By the way rather than extend Tampines Int why not they build another one near Ave 9?

I believe there are plans to build an interchange in Tampines North. The extension is to add more services to Tampines interchange. Given the space crunch, the extension is quite far off though.

I am interested to see how they manage this. If it were for me, I would shift few trunk services there, strictly no feeders.

p228 SG

LTA press release mentions of major new services coming to Sengkang, Punggol, Yishun and CCK.

Sengkang will have an interchange extension. so OKAY.

I have concerns about other 3.

How about Punggol. Does it have space? Maybe 1-2 services more? But you have Northshore, Matilda and Waterway complexes coming. Apart from feeders, existing trunks will not do the job.

Yishun - is the temp interchange going to be bigger? We have to take into account new BTOs coming along Yishun ave 1, bet ave 6 & ave 8 and along ring road. More services needed.

CCK - where is the space to accommodate Keat Hong services? From Q1 2016 you will have to launch feeders and trunks for Keat Hong.

Agreed. CCK has NO MORE space for another service.

wsy1234 SG

the best for LTA is to build a mult-stories transport interchange. level one for feeder service level two for trunk services level 3 for car parking and have MRT system at b2 and b1 for bicycles. for those who park and ride at transport interchange will have 30 percent discount for the next new car.

Guides anyone? SG

the best for LTA is to build a mult-stories transport interchange. level one for feeder service level two for trunk services ...b2 and b1 for bicycles. for those who park and ride at transport interchange will have 30 percent discount for the next new car.

The transport int is a feasible idea, but the bus section wise, I dont think it's a very good idea to split the bus int into 2 levels..

BusAnalayzer SG

The transport int is a feasible idea, but the bus section wise, I dont think it's a very good idea to split the bus int into 2 levels..

I agree you cannot separate bus interchange on two levels - one for feeder, other for trunks. A lot of trunk services behave like feeder within town before heading out.

If we take Tampines as example: 293 on one level and 28 on another would not be a good idea. Bcoz many take 28 as a feeder within Tampines East town.

Guides anyone? SG

I agree you cannot separate bus interchange on two levels - one for feeder, other for trunks. A lot of trunk services behave like feeder within town before heading out.

If we take Tampines as example: 293 on one level and 28 on another would not be a good idea. Bcoz many take 28 as a feeder within Tampines East town.

Another problem will be the buses entering the different levels as well, as different entrances and exits have to be built for them, and it might take a longer time to clear the traffic.

Boon Lay also has examples of Trunk Services serving as "part-time" feeders, liike 30,154 etc

SMB145B SG

saves space.

it is best that LTA has to split feeders and trunks duties well if not why are there feeders when trunks do part time feeder services. 143M could be better as 336G/W where one serves Pandan Gardens first while the other serves Teban Gardens first.

BusAnalayzer SG

saves space.

Not possible. In every town, people use trunk services as feeder to get home, even if there is a dedicated feeder.

For instance, if someone wants to travel to Bedok Reservoir Rd (west of North Ave 3) from Bedok MRT, they have an option of taking sv 66 (trunk) or sv 228 (feeder). They will take whichever comes first. if you isolate one from the other, you will have to add more buses to sv 228 to manage the load. This is not practical.

Same goes for many other services like 28, 29, 293 etc.

carbikebus SG

Problem is not about that..its because too many svc originate from Interchanges..ITH already too cramp yet introduce new svc from Int..Feeders should be from Int..Several trunk svc can start from Depot/Industrial park that can have 2-3 lots of parking/Housing estate end areas..Tampines Ind park(Opp Ikea) can have 2-3 trunk svc starts/end from there

wsy1234 SG

i think of another way is to remove feeder service and make trunk service go around the HDB town. since now the feeder service fare is no different compare to short trunk service. if you look at the bus service in the 70s and early 80s before mrt system and interchange builded the trunk service actually going around the hdb town. with proper bus route planing i think should be no problem. one way is to cut down number of buses government buy and another way also might help to prevent the mrt from overcrowded. with trunk bus service direct from door step to what ever place you want to go why border to change to MRT at the interchange? trunk services can come direct from bus depot instead.

BusAnalayzer SG

I encourage trunk services to ply inner roads and not just bigger avenues. I love sv 28 route. It provides direct connectivity to ave 9, st 45, 32, 31 residents to Bedok and beyond, who otherwise would have to take feeder and then change.

But not having feeders is not a solution given that trunk services can get delayed on their way and people wanting to get to MRT might get stranded with longer waiting time. Given this, SWT will have to be started and that would be similar to feeder.

BusAnalayzer SG

I still don't understand why they don't use depots. HGDEP is in a good location to have trunks start from there. Just like SLBP, BNDEP, AMDEP have a few, I don't see a reason why BBDEP and HGDEP should not have services starting from there.

For HGDEP, service like 115 can already initiate from HGDEP and loop @ Kovan MRT. Some services like 116 can be extended via Defu Ave to terminate at HGDEP. This will also free up space at interchanges. Ever see BCs waiting at HG interchange for a bus to leave so that it can park bus and go for rest. Waste good 3-4 mins in this.

carbikebus SG

LTA more buses but smaller ITHs build,then drivers everytime near miss or accidents..For now the only bigger Int left is Bukit Merah,Tampines,Woodlands..the most pathetic for now is Punggol during peak hours,Drivers wasted their break time just to find parking lots,Same case for Hougang..Worse if its raining..Hope Yishun ITH wont share the same fate as any newer ITHs..Now awaiting for Bukit Panjang

BusAnalayzer SG

Punggol and Hougang... both got so much space to build a big interchange... even lot of space for temp interchange.

SBS7557R SG

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201911 SG

Punggol current int should be 'temporary' in that it's not aircon like many new bus ints nowadays. (fyi first aircon int at TPY opened 2002, punggol opened 03) Got alot of empty land around the MRT station, new aircon int may be built some time in future together with some big development on top. Problem is that Punggol int is almost at max capacity now and new svcs will keep being added, while the new int may not come so soon.

BusAnalayzer SG

But they can expand. I am surprised Sengkang got an extension but Punggol did not. Punggol will also soon need an extension interchange for additional trunk service, feeder service for Matilda, Sumang west in future.

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