Bus Memories from the past

Gus.chong SG

Before boon lay interchange was opened, sbs transit at that time extended sbs 196, 197 and 198 to boon lay. After a while, sbs 196 was shortened to terminate at buona vista and sbs 197 was shortened to jurong east. Sbs 198 remained at boon lay. After complaints from dover residents who lost sbs 196 from north buona vista road onwards to boon lay, sbs transit gave in slightly and extended svs 196 via dover and AYE to clementi. Until today, this portion still remains. Anybody still remembers this? Those were the days!

Somehow the timeline is a bit mixed up...

1990: 196, 197 and 198 were extended to Boon Lay.
1991: 198 shortened to Jurong East.
1992 (June): 196 shortened to Buona Vista.
1992 (November): 196 extended to Clementi, 197 shortened to Jurong East, 198 extended back to Boon Lay.

But it is made clear to me that somehow the information is mixed up...I thought the last time 197 and 198 swapped ending points at Boon Lay & Jurong East is in June?

dupdup77 SG

You still have 198 between boon lay and dover so don't see a reason why dover residents needed to complain. Their routes are also parallel until Bukit Merah. But you did need 196 for dover avenue right. The west side only has sv 33 if not for 196.

I see 196 value that it is the only service that connects dover and clementi aye to clementi mrt. Here is where 196 is important. Else it could still.

Hi mr busanalyser, sbs 198 did not go dover road. It went straight onto AYE after north buona vista road. At that time, a loss of bus service 196 along dover road is deemed as very crucial as it is only 1 service connecting to buona vista mrt from the deep end of dover. It is the so called door-step bus service for dover. Protests were up and eventually sbs transit did recognise the premature cutting back of sbs 196 at buona vista and extend it to clementi.

dupdup77 SG

Somehow the timeline is a bit mixed up...

But it is made clear to me that somehow the information is mixed up...I thought the last time 197 and 198 swapped ending points at Boon Lay & Jurong East is in June?

Hi mr Gus chong, your timeline is correct. What i am saying is just in general after the changes. Thanks for illustrating the timeline. I stayed and grew up in buona vista. But i cannot remember clearly the time. Thanks.

SMB128B SG

I still miss my svc 371

Jeek SG

For some funny reason I really miss the Scania N113CRB CACs. Used to ride them on service 28. Also miss the Volvo B10M Mark IIs I've ridden once in awhile on Hougang services.

I also remember a VO3X B2 on service 28 with full seating at the bottom deck, and I remember 9484D and 9452X had the frame-like thinggy on the exterior for quite a long time.

Back then I dreaded riding VO2X on service 93. Now I kinda miss them. The most recent time I've ridden one was on service 193 in Jurong, while I was still in my first few months of NS after BMT.

To be honest I don't miss the Leyland Olympians. Didn't really like them at all. Used to take 143 and always hoped to get an O405 instead.

And also remember Mercedes-Benz O305s on 152 and later on 28.

All fairly recent I guess. I'm only 24. Still a little boy. Not a lot of memories...

carbikebus SG

Waiting for MB Citaro DD..

Acx1688 SG

When Jurong Interchange was closed and moved to Boon Lay.

Route rationalisations begin...

sv10 > Clementi
sv30 > Boon Lay via Corporation
sv154 > Boon Lay via Corporation/Chinese Garden area
sv157 > Boon Lay
sv174 > extended from NTI to Boon Lay
sv196 > shortened to Buona Vista
sv197 > shortened to Jurong East
sv198 > Start from Bukit Merah to Boon Lay and via Jurong East/West Ave 1

i tink i still have the brochure, must go dig...

Jurong Bus interchange was a classic where the bus park was just next to the interchange...

When the interchange closed, the bus park was still in operation...

Acx1688 SG

MBO305 ran on a lot of services...

Last few were on Eunos feeder, sv147,154...

BusAnalayzer SG

I still miss my svc 371

You do have Sv 163M right? How is it different from old 371?

Acx1688 SG

You do have Sv 163M right? How is it different from old 371?

Erratic schedule...

SMB128B SG

You do have Sv 163M right? How is it different from old 371?

It's nostalgia bro.

163M is different in quite some ways.

It is not a real feeder svc, does not ply where 371 ply, and most important of them all is 163M has only one bus that differs everyday.

ah-soh SG

Anyone still remembered in the mid 1990s' there is a special 'device' at the exit of every 199 perm buses? Till now I am still wondering what is the purposes of that 'device'.

SGCar SG

For some funny reason I really miss the Scania N113CRB CACs. Used to ride them on service 28. Also miss the Volvo B10M Mark IIs I've ridden once in awhile on Hougang services.

I also remember a VO3X B2 on service 28 with full seating at the bottom deck, and I remember 9484D and 9452X had the frame-like thinggy on the exterior for quite a long time.

Back then I dreaded riding VO2X on service 93. Now I kinda miss them. The most recent time I've ridden one was on service 193 in Jurong, while I was still in my first few months of NS after BMT.

To be honest I don't miss the Leyland Olympians. Didn't really like them at all. Used to take 143 and always hoped to get an O405 instead.

And also remember Mercedes-Benz O305s on 152 and later on 28.

All fairly recent I guess. I'm only 24. Still a little boy. Not a lot of memories...

152 & 28 got O305 before? I remember only LA and LO2X.

Cheers.

Jeek SG

Actually yeah, might be LA or LO2X instead. Got confused with the bodywork... I didn't really take note of the NAC DDs back then, was focused mainly on the VO3X.

*Just checked on sgwiki. Looks like only one LA permed on 28 and the rest were LO2X. No O305s at all. Only know for sure there was once I rode on a different-sounding NAC DD on 28, might be the LA. The rest all sounded the same so probably all LO2X. Sorry for the confusion.

wsy1234 SG

152 & 28 got O305 before? I remember only LA and LO2X.

Cheers.

in toa payoh only 143 sometimes 157 had 0305 dd on service. I think 0305 come from jurong depot 26 from hougang/defu depot. but almost DDs bus that service toa payoh were leyland buses even SD bus also leyland

BusAnalayzer SG

I remember when i was working at MBFC for projects, I used to take 133M often. I just went there yesterday and suddenly missed 133M. I never understood then why the Scania DD was deployed on this service. One day it had a dd, and then no down grade to Sd nothing.. Just withdrawn.

wsy1234 SG

after the mrt has direct link to the basement of the casino entrance then the service withdraw no enough passegers to support it and it a repeat of 133 do.

BusAnalayzer SG

Does anyone remember the tam pines services that went to st 91 inside of ITE and Tampines industrial estate..?

SBS8676Z SG

I dun think 143 and 157 had 0305s before.

For 157, it used to be under dual BBDEP if I am not wrong and there were LAs and Volvo MK3s deployed. It was later in Oct 1993 that 157 went under JRBP and the LAs changed to LO2x and Volvo MK3s totally withdrawn from this service.

26 was all the while under HGDEP in the past and hence 0305s and Volvo MK3 were deployed even though it plies to Toa Payoh. There were also MK4 deployed on 26 before for a short while. Can't remember when 26 moved to TPDEP/BRBP controlled?

SBS8676Z SG

Add on 165 amended from Jurong to Clementi.

And I think all the 24x 25x series were amended to Boon Lay except for 241 which amended to Jurong East instead (eventually renumbered to 331 and later withdrawn after Teban Gardens terminal shut down).

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