I was at Boon Lay Bus Interchange last Saturday evening, wanting
to take 243W. The queue was quite long (the waiting line
outside the metal structure seems to extend all the way to 243G
berth area), yet it was a Scania K230UB Single Deck bus being
deployed to collect passengers. The moment I saw that, I left the
queue and went to take other bus services (eg. 179, 181, 192,
193, etc.) that have less people queuing for, and alighted
halfway (eg. at Gek Poh bus stop, at Ave 4 bus stop, etc.)
to transfer to 243W/G, which by then the loading would have been
reduced. I did this because I know the Single Decker bus is not
able to accommodate people beyond a certain section of the waiting
line outside the metal structure. True enough, while I was about to
board bus service 181, I saw quite a number (not only a
handful) of passengers at 243W waiting line being “left
behind” as the Single Decker bus left the berth.
Yesterday, I experienced the same thing again. I could have
taken 179 at Pioneer MRT Station, but I decided to take 243W at
Boon Lay Bus Interchange to go home because it was raining quite
heavily and I know how the shelter is like over at Pioneer MRT
Station. Again, I saw a long waiting line for 243W and yet it was a
Single Decker bus collecting passengers. So I went to take 179
(well, at least I would not get wet at Boon Lay Bus
Interchange), alighted at the Pioneer Road North bus stop and
transferred to bus 243W. In the end, I was still wet, although not
as wet as if I were to take 179 from Pioneer MRT Station.
I would like to suggest a swop of (at least) one Single Decker
bus with one Double Decker bus on Feeder bus service 243W during
evening peak hours, even on weekends.
where are you alighting? Because 257 is duplicating 243W for
some part of the route which have the high demand.