They don't want to. Almost all services have got service
improvement. why not 113? Think about it...
They have added 3 BSEP DD adds to sv 45 and 2 BSEP + 2 SBST
buses on sv 53 in the last one year.
They want to promote people along HG Ave 1 and Lor Ah Soo to use
Serangoon as transfer point and not Kovan. People who are smart
will move to Serangoon to take 53 rather than wait for 113 as
waiting time is only 07-08 mins opp NEX. Even 45 waiting time is
now only 10 mins. Plus you are guaranteed to get a place to enter
the bus.
I think you should go to kovan MRT b/s and shout at all the
people waiting for 113, YOU GUYS ARE DUMB!~