The loading on 85 also does not seem to be too high. May be
that's why the frequency is kept at 15 min. Once the areas around
Anchorvale, Fernvale develop, I am sure 85 will get good frequency
and also a few DDs.
With 85 you know that it is one of the services, that does not
have a good frequency. With 965 you anticipate the bus to come in
time, but ends up making you wait longer.
Yeah... ikr the 965 freq has been very unstable, like all other
SMRT svc. Coz there are some chiongsters out there who just speed
and come close to the bus before them, leaving the normal speed bus
behind them to pick up the loads, and thus causing all that freq
issues.
But still, the number of ppl boarding 965 at Sengkang Ctrl to
Yishun is still much higher than 85. Why? Coz 965 skips Sengkang
West and Jln Kayu. It gets onto the expressway before 85. And freq
no matter how unstable it is, 965 is still sure to win. I asked a
number of my neighbours around who works or shops at Yishun, they
all would take 965. Some don't even know there is a svc 85 to
Yishun. Nevertheless, who knows if 85 can be better than 965 in the
near future in Sengkang Ctrl, as you have said so, due to the
developments coming up like the hospital etc...