Hi mr carbikebus, the impact is going to be very severe if the
direct link from hougang/Buangkok mrt/certain parts of sengkang to
changi airport is going to be broken. By asking most people to
transfer to smrt 858 at the new TPE stop is not going to work
fully.
Smrt 858 is taking lots of crowd from
woodlands/admiralty/sembawang/yishun (basically the northern part
of Singapore) to changi airport already. By asking it to take all
the people from northeast (hougang/Buangkok/sengkang albeit a
transfer at TPE stop) to changi airport too is really too much of
an overkill. That is why I have always insisted that sbs 27 route
must remain and not trimmed down. You cannot expect the TPE stop to
facilitate transfers from everybody who wants to go airport to take
smrt 858 as what mr busanalyser has initially claimed in message at
7.39pm 5 October. Smrt 858 at its current frequency plus loading
simply cannot cope if sbs 27 is trimmed. In terms of timing, sbs 27
is 2nd fastest in reaching changi airport after smrt 858. It
basically plies tampines ave 9 and tampines ave 4 before embarking
on expressway again to airport.
So from this part of island, smrt 858 plus sbs 27 plus sbs 34
are currently just enough to meet the demand. No shortening of
these 3 routes until there is an alternative direct replacement.
Please do not deprive people in hougang/Buangkok/sengkang their sbs
27 to airport or the outcry will be huge. You simply cannot cut off
their service without providing them a direct alternative
especially if there is heavy demand. Cheers.
To be honest, 858 frequency damn suckish during peak hour, i
would still stick to 27 all the way to CGA rather than being late
for work while waiting for 1 858. Transfer also no point, i doubt
the bus can tank the load. 858 always crowded at almost all times
of the day off peak or peak from CGA or to CGA as it is filled with
different kinds of commuters ranging from tourist or
workers.
27 freq very high, 858 is not, i ever waited 1h for this and 4
858 appeared wich shows so much on 858