LTA to build a new bus depot for SMRT in Wenya by 2015

last SG · 2013-04-24T19:14:13+00:00

I will also provide the images of the progress of depot since I bypass the area almost everyday.

azharjj SG

so near to my home... 10 min walk

SBS 9631X SG

I would have no qualms over the provision of depots if the G really moves toward the London model and if required, show the incumbents (esp. SMRT) the door when they fail to perform. The problem is, is the G willing to 大義滅親?

This piece of news was announced so matter-of-factly as if it is natural and this is what is the most unnerving.

I think i've similar sentiments as you when I first saw that news. It came across to me that "woah, SMRT not enough money to build a depot, need Govt sponsor uh?" Something along that line.

SBS2601D SG

This piece of news was announced so matter-of-factly as if it is natural and this is what is the most unnerving.

Its a valid concern. I too am worried it will be just another case of wayang.

We are very unlikely to emulate the London bus model fully for this simple reason:

These EU countries' basic aim is to minimise subsidy to bus services (thus implying that running at losses is to be expected and help should be rendered to PTOs).

SG's basic aim has been to ensure profitability (which was why public kpkb while many other countries subsidise public transport assets on a regular basis).

But one still can't help but get the feeling that the govt is clearly going to reign in the PTOs slowly but surely. Rail side contract has also been slashed from 30-40 years to just 15 years. LTA is definitely flexing its muscles to show who's boss, though to what end, we'll see. The CCL woes and the COI in recent years have made it even clearer that the contract with SMRT for rail provision have loopholes and oversight. It is likely that LTA will be reviewing the contractual terms and wielding the stick even more.

Actually these really should not be surprising news. And I blame the media for it....

Same thing as the Bukit Brown hoo-ha....it was announced that the exhumation would take place in the early 1990s, 20 years ago....but the public seems to have the idea that this was planned only recently.

carbikebus SG

Beside this Wenya or Jurong West Depot,There should be Ayer Rajah replacement bus park and another SBST bus park near Sengkang/Punggol too in future

apizmelts SG

Why is it a distance from SMRT area? :/

carbikebus SG

If u drive or ride try the route from Jurong West Ave 2 using PIE or Jurong Rd towards Bukit Batok and compare from Kranji Rd to BBT and check which is further.

SMB66X SG

Finaly SMRT depots are extending out further to the current clustered location.

carbikebus SG

Funny leh wenya might as well just name it Jurong West Depot

BusAnalayzer SG

Funny leh wenya might as well just name it Jurong West Depot

I think they don't want to confuse as Jurong West is SBST Territory so they have given it a Wenya name as it is on that avenue. Lol.

chifan SG

That sub-precinct is known as Wenya...when it was a chinese cemetry years ago....I don't think it is funny. That area is earmarked to be developed into an industrial estate known as Wenya industrial estate

I don't know why so many non-chinese on facebook took offence of the name without finding out the history of the place.

It is not like a 2013 thing...Wenya has been used many times to describe that particular area. But because people find it too chinese-sounding, they find fault with it. Some people are just so against the Chinese.

Search for Wenya in 2008 URA masterplan

http://www.ych.com/press_release_121207.html

http://sghousing.wikia.com/wiki/Wenya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gek_Poh_Ville

http://msn.iproperty.com.sg/news/taggedArticles.aspx?tagid=3152

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gek_Poh_Ville

http://www.jtc.gov.sg/Publications/Newsletter/Periscope/2012_06/three.html

http://www.kwe.com/news/2012/0711.html

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4694665

http://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/publications_and_papers/population_and_population_structure/population2012-map1.pdf

http://www.edbsingapore.jp/etc/medialib/downloads/pdf_documents_for0.Par.38289.File.tmp/Speech%20by%20Mr%20David%20Tan,%20Assistant%20Chief%20Executive%20Officer%20%28Technical%20and%20Professional%20Services%20Group%29,%20JTC%20Corporation.pdf

http://www.hdb.gov.sg/aa15/aa15001p.nsf/%28PLDContentLand%29/EA?opendocument

http://www.juronghdb.com.sg/2011/06/

Simply.90 SG

I don't know why so many non-chinese on facebook took offence of the name without finding out the history of the place.

Search for Wenya in 2008 URA masterplan

http://www.ych.com/press_release_121207.html

http://sghousing.wikia.com/wiki/Wenya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gek_Poh_Ville

http://msn.iproperty.com.sg/news/taggedArticles.aspx?tagid=3152

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gek_Poh_Ville

http://www.jtc.gov.sg/Publications/Newsletter/Periscope/2012_06/three.html

http://www.kwe.com/news/2012/0711.html

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4694665

http://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/publications_and_papers/population_and_population_structure/population2012-map1.pdf

http://www.hdb.gov.sg/aa15/aa15001p.nsf/%28PLDContentLand%29/EA?opendocument

http://www.juronghdb.com.sg/2011/06/

The undesired effect of using hanyupinyin romanised names. If a dialect translation was used instead this could have been avoided. But then the G doesn't encourage the use of dialect...(anyway the dialect version would sound rather awful i think) Laughing

SMB388S SG

Ok just to make things more sensible here

Fact - replacement WAB bendy buses will probably appear when the MK I retires, and MK I perms 67. 388S is likely going to be successful anyway.

Info from BIS~

samtlk SG

New Bus Depot to Support Bus Fleet Expansion Under BSEP

iveco SG

Is this to complement KJDEP or replace it?

iveco SG

Beside this Wenya or Jurong West Depot,There should be Ayer Rajah replacement bus park and another SBST bus park near Sengkang/Punggol too in future

ARBP getting relocated? SKDEP next to NEL one?

carbikebus SG

I think it's compliment but again Kj lease expire next year and the new depot can easily handle 500 buses.

carbikebus SG

I don't know why so many non-chinese on facebook took offence of the name without finding out the history of the place.

Search for Wenya in 2008 URA masterplan

http://www.ych.com/press_release_121207.html

http://sghousing.wikia.com/wiki/Wenya

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gek_Poh_Ville

http://msn.iproperty.com.sg/news/taggedArticles.aspx?tagid=3152

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gek_Poh_Ville

http://www.jtc.gov.sg/Publications/Newsletter/Periscope/2012_06/three.html

http://www.kwe.com/news/2012/0711.html

http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4694665

http://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/publications_and_papers/population_and_population_structure/population2012-map1.pdf

http://www.hdb.gov.sg/aa15/aa15001p.nsf/%28PLDContentLand%29/EA?opendocument

http://www.juronghdb.com.sg/2011/06/

Relax it's not against we just wanna know how the name came out of sudden..Even Malay road name at Geylang is extinct although our grandparents vividly remember them.

azharjj SG

The road leading to future wenya depot is u/c right now. i thought that road is for the industrial complex. i didnt expect also that it's for the future depot too

coz according to URA plan, that area suppose to be for HDB housing. got jurong west st 3x plus in the future. hmm, plan cancelled?

the u/c road suppose to be jurong west ave 3, now wenya ave lol

that area is also develop for industrial use. saw that white description thingy

it stated "warehouse complex". got 2 areas

iveco SG

Relax it's not against we just wanna know how the name came out of sudden..Even Malay road name at Geylang is extinct although our grandparents vividly remember them.

SHould call that place Hong Kah Depot since it is located in Hong Kah constituency.

sbst275 SG

Actual Hong Kah is where Track 22 is…

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