Bus Observations (2014)

last SG · 2014-01-03T19:53:28+00:00

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23ispolo SG

>>Today during noon time, there were FIVE 927s on duty. The sequence was 556X>546A>766G>734Z>764L. Fleet add for public holidays?

>>I dun know if i am slow or what, but 701T, 719T and 722H spotted with MAN aircon vent...

1. Crossovers on 927, I guess...

2. As for the DAFs, I don't get what you mean...

SMB42P SG

1. Crossovers on 927, I guess...

2. As for the DAFs, I don't get what you mean...

But i dun rmb 927 having crossovers during noon time leh.

Anyway, i left out one more...was onboard SMB320L with new livery on 969. It overtook SBS8220E on sv3 and the SBS BC was doing some hand gestures to the SMRT BC. He was pointing to the new livery and then a thumbs up!

23ispolo SG

RU3720L (Sentosa Beach Station > Siloso Point/Imbiah Lookout shuttle) - leather aircon ducts were covering some holes used formerly for aircon vents at the front...

TIB557T (KJDEP 67) - aircon damn powerful at 25'C, like TIB547Y, TIB549S and TIB586J! Got some spare Volgren O405 bottom seat covers...

TIB1101T (KJDEP 188) - just got new ad, so not getting refurbished soon... Middle 'DOOR CLOSING' sign and chime both spoilt... 3rd rear trailer seat between the rear exit door and rear (both) has a random stand under it, for support...

TIB1108A (KJDEP 190) - rear PIS very unstable... It randomly shows lines when the bus goes over bumps and would show 'WAKE-UP ELECTRONICS' when it is about to turn off or is already blank... The time and date are also outdated... Strangely, the black part to hide the wiring is finally placed tidily in the right position finally! 3rd rear trailer seat between the rear exit door and rear (both) has a stand under it, like TIB1101T... But, the stand is the same as the one as the seat in front, just that it's not screwed to the floor!

*TIB815Z interior aircon ducts no longer have the Fisherman's Friend ads anymore. However, TIB549S strangely still has them... I guess it's because the first bus got the Bushiroad ad, while the latter went adless...

23ispolo SG

The 3 DAFs now have the habit type of air con vent, rectangular one, that is adjustable, no longer the eyeball type...sorry..i realised its the habit type..MAN type is slightly different...

Forgot SMB320L got the new livery! Anyway, the DAFs got those adjustable vents (from the OCs, since they are the same as the Habits) since refurbishment... The Strider Scanias got them too, if I'm not wrong, the aircon ducts are actually new, just moulded from the original ducts... As for 927, I guess it's random crossovers or fleet adds (didn't you say that? ) made by the depot to cope with the load...

SMB42P SG

icic..haha ok..cos i didnt really realise until today when i wanted to adjust the air con coz too cold..haha! I really hoping the remaining DAF can get 2 yr extension like how 698, 700 get it. hmm 927 maybe bah..especially today cny day 2..556 and 546 were towards zoo and packed to the brim..haha!

TIB429E SG

Some SBST bus freq damn bad :x

@ WRI, 12:24PM :

> 168 :
Bus just departed the berth, next one is 16mins, which is sleeping inside bus park from 12:20pm.

> 161:
SBS3664R which arrived around 12:07pm was spotted departing @ 12:27pm. Only met next bus when 3664R is near Lentor Ave(Yishun side) [Thank god it's DD] There's 1-2 Strider spotted running full day...

But still, thank god and salute these Chinese drivers that are working on CNY..

TIB 585L SG

Some SBST bus freq damn bad :x

@ WRI, 12:24PM :

> 168 :
Bus just departed the berth, next one is 16mins, which is sleeping inside bus park from 12:20pm.

But still, thank god and salute these Chinese drivers that are working on CNY..

U do realize that if a bus is too early they have longer breaks. One 858 SL took 40 mins break coz he was too early when reaching WRI due to no crowd

TIB429E SG

U do realize that if a bus is too early they have longer breaks. One 858 SL took 40 mins break coz he was too early when reaching WRI due to no crowd

Yup, this one confirm uh .__." But the bus arrives on time base on iris leh, so what's your point actually? :/

TIB 585L SG

Yup, this one confirm uh .__." But the bus arrives on time base on iris leh, so what's your point actually? :/

Well bus are unpredictable really, even iris can make minor mistakes at time in terms of frequency of bus

TIB429E SG

Well bus are unpredictable really, even iris can make minor mistakes at time in terms of frequency of bus

But as far as I can see, 168 wise today is still the same pattern(1 bus parking inside bus park), but some buses are missing.

161 wise is still the same, also some missing buses.

TIB 585L SG

But as far as I can see, 168 wise today is still the same pattern(1 bus parking inside bus park), but some buses are missing.

161 wise is still the same, also some missing buses.

By right when one bus departs, the next bus should be resting inside bus park, then when the next bus comes, that bus will depart if they follow schedule 100%. If one bus late or early then the frequency also jialat ah

ZK6126 SG

carbikebus SG

By right there should be a 168 bus still parking at Wri after the behind bus arrived.If mealbreaks there should be 2 buses cause AMDEP blocks mealbreaks at WRI.Last time 161 Amdep meal at WRI too

TIB429E SG

161 pattern for weekends/off peak weekdays would be "touch n go" style. Meaning that once bus B hits Ave2 to WRI, busA prepares to depart bus park.

168 pattern for any hours : There will be at least 1 bus inside WRI. So it means that every 168 bus arrive wri, the one inside bus park departs.

Which is why I find 168 much better than 161 tbh, and very often there's bunch up on 168(sometimes full, sometimes empty buses for both).

TIB783G SG

If they follow this way it would be great but most of the time it's a 10 minute gap so that means Woodlands interchange to 'close to the entrance of upp bukit timah' (for 960 961), In the middle of BKE (187 963 966) and WDL Centre Road for (178 856)

965 969 (Admiralty MRT/Gambas Avenue)

858 (WLDEP/Gambas Avenue)

Note these are rough estimates.

23ispolo SG

PA5456R (Beach Station > Siloso Point/Imbiah Lookout) - Aesys EDS controller has a paper with EDS codes beside it, including those for Red Line (1), Blue Line (2) and Yellow Line (3)!

SBS3018G (BBDEP 166) - rear axle makes a 'planking' sound when going over bumps...

SBS7671T (CGBP 10) - noisy engine grunt when leaving bus stops, aircon ducts need cleaning... However, the engine sound + ZF gearbox were a relaxing symphony!

SMB256P (WLDEP 167) - left front door flap spoilt...

SMB265M (WLBP 950) - both front door flaps removed by the depot, leaving huge gaps at the bottom of the doors...

SMB1376U (KJDEP SP) - has old retarder!

23ispolo SG

Sentosa Observations:

1. Bus 2 had 2 Woodlands Transport coaches added onto the service... These buses were used in the HarbourFront Int <> Beach Station shuttle yesterday.

2. Bus 3 was the same as yesterday. But, RU3721J was delayed by 5 mins and PC240T eventually met it at Sentosa Golf Club (RU3721J was turning out from Sentosa Resort/Spa) at 2.53p.m. As a result, PC240T was early by 8 mins, reaching Beach Station at 3.02p.m, just as RU3721J left again...

3. RU3719S and PA4139M bunched up at Merlion stop at 3.07p.m...

4. PA5279K (Bus 2) - both EDSes spolit

SMB42P SG

TIB1101T (KJ188): PM BC seem to be new to bendies. Was very careful when reversing slowly from Harbourfront Int, making sure the rear cabin was turning at the right angle and that the articulator is not överstretched". Even when crusing along Pasir Panjang Road, after Haw Par Villa, BC slowed down and negotiated the double turn slowly. The distance meter also not working between Blk 610 stop along AYE to Blk288E along Toh Guan, seem to be always one to two stops behind (Example: IMM supposed to be 13.4km but it showed 12.3km, which is before synergy stop). BC used chinese version of the console so keep popping out the message. As wordings are small, cant tell what the message was. BC tried restarting the console but didnt work so he just carried on as per normal. Everything went back to normal after Blk288E stop (14.5km).

TIB746P: On 307 today. Bus just came back from Teck Whye and had to continue for another trip since its on 307. BC forgot to change the rear desto from 307 to 307E while going to pick up pax from CCK berth. So BC stopped the bus before the berth and went to the back to change the rear desto, as well as changing the EDS to 307E. This new law is so troublesome!!

TIB586J (KJ188): AM BC very friendly, wishing pax happy cny one by one while his pax board.

23ispolo SG

TIB586J (KJ188): AM BC very friendly, wishing pax happy cny one by one while his pax board.

You took TIB586J to HarbourFront and TIB1101T back to C.C.K? LOL, I took TIB586J from HarbourFront back home (on duty 188PM06)

SMB42P SG

You took TIB586J to HarbourFront and TIB1101T back to C.C.K? LOL, I took TIB586J from HarbourFront back home (on duty 188PM06)

haha yea..i took was 188AM06..haha!

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