Eunos int will not have a new svc till the demolision of the ind
parks and new flats and roads are built..A lot of svc passing by
the Int and its so well connected..For now may be a new svc to Alps
Ave using 13 routes all the way to Loyang might be a good idea.
Well, my idea is that perhaps we can divert some services from
Bedok Bus Interchange and Tampines Bus Interchange to Eunos Bus
Interchange, so some parking lots at Bedok and Tampines can be
emptied for new services at the respective two interchanges.
Alternatively, we can have a bus park somewhere between Bedok
Bus Interchange and Tampines Bus Interchange, to park buses for
some services at the respective bus interchanges.
It would be ideal if the routes of such services are those that
pass by the bus park, so buses can be injected directly into
service from the bus park, just like how the MRT trains are
injected into the Circle, East West and North South Lines.
When there are parking lots at the bus park to park buses for
the bus services, the bus services that have the buses park at the
bus park no longer have to park their buses at the bus interchange,
thus the parking lots they are using at the bus interchange would
be empited. The
emptied parking lots at the bus interchange can then be used to
park buses for new services at the bus interchange.
The bus services that have their buses park at the bus park
would continue to run using the same routes and go their respective
bus interchange for passengers to alight and board.
Unlike the feeder bus services at Woodlands and Yishun, the
buses on such bus services would only stop at the bus interchange
for passengers to alight and board, and more on thereafter; the
buses will not stop there for the bus driver to alight and take a
short rest before going back to drive the bus.
The bus drivers of such bus services will not rest at the bus
interchange, instead, the bus drivers of such bus services will
rest at the bus park.
Similar to MRT, in the style
of a "marathon", another driver will wait outside the bus park for
the bus to arrive outside the bus park. When the bus is outside the bus park, the bus
will stop, the bus driver will alight and go to the bus park to
rest, while the next driver will board the bus and drive the bus
from there. I would suggest having a bus stop outside the bus park,
so that while this change of bus drivers take place, passengers can
also board and alight the bus.
I understand that machines cannot keep running, otherwise the
engine will overhead and be damaged. Hence, I would suggest a new
plastic signboard that says "terminates at Bedok Bus
Interchange"/"terminates at Tampines Bus Interchange" which the bus
driver would place in the windscreen of the bus. For instance, when
the bus is running the route for the second consecutive time, the
bus driver can place the plastic signboard at the windscreen of the
bus to indicate that all passengers have to alight at the bus
interchange. After all passengers have alighted at the bus
interchange, the bus will go on off-service mode to the bus park to
rest, while a fresh bus from the bus park drives into the bus
interchange to pick up passengers.
^that's for bus services that only use either Bedok or Tampines
bus interchange, or ply between the two bus interchanges. For bus
services that originate from another bus interchange, besides
Bedok/Tampines bus interchange, the bus will continue to park at
the other bus interchange, while whatever I suggested would apply
when the bus is at Bedok/Tampines bus interchange. For such
services, there will be no plastic signboard, since the buses would
be resting at the other bus interchange.