Luckily at least for 43, you have 76 and 135 in common from
Marine Parade, 70, 76 in parallel on Paya Laber / YCK, and 109
covers many of its stops on YCK / Buangkok Green / Sengkang.
Having said that 43 loading has increased a lot, especially the
rush at Serangoon NEX seems to be increasing for both 43 and 70. I
have spotted in the evening peak, fresh buses start from NEX on
both 43 and 70, and both were DDs. The one on 70 is with the pink
ad. I think it makes a full round from Shenton Way to YCK and then
comes back off service and does one more trip from Serangoon to
YCK.
The bus that started at NEX took around 80 pax in it, and the 70
that followed within a minute, still got some 10 pax.
43 still is very important for those living at Hougang
North-Western bound, like where I am.
109 at the stretch of road there has already turned into Ave 9, so
everyone turned to 43. Plus with 325 being such a slow service,
many preferred 43 as a ''short cut'' to NEL and as an alternative
to CBD. 88's load, from what I saw at Blk 969 bus stop at a couple
of mornings, have been cut by almost 30% ever since 43A's
introduction. This also shows that many people preferred NEL >
NSL. SBST got more budget this round - stealing SMRT
customers 