I am very much in favor of
27 - Hougang Interchange looping at Tampines Avenue 5 via
Tampines Avenue 4, Tampines Avenue 1 (Safra)
27 Express - Hougang Interchange looping at Changi
Airport
Stops: Hougang Interchange, Hougang Ave 10, Buangkok MRT,
Sengkang MRT, Compassalve Road, Punggol Road, Aft TPE, Tampines
Library (Ave 7), Tampines Ave 4 (Century Sq), PIE, Changi Airport
and back.
This way those who want to go to Airport Boulevard to transfer
buses can take the express service. Those from Tampines who wish to
go to Airport Boulevard / Changi can take 34 (27 will halt at stops
in Tampines where 34 doesn't ply like Tampines Library &
Century Square).
27 (7 min frequency) should be full fleet DDs, 27E (10 min
frequency) will be SD for obvious reasons. This will improve
QoS and the bunching of buses, too. Most people traveling can get a
seat on a long route from NE to Tampines and other way as now the
capacity is increased to 80 seats from 30 seats. This would be a
REAL service IMPROVEMENT than just adding 1 DD to route 5 and
calling it service improvement.
All those who have their influence high up there should bring it
to SBS notice. Are you hearing? :-))
Best is to like SMRT, introduce parallel service.
If SBS cannot do anything about 27, they still can introduce a new
service, similar to BPS1, but for SBST, it is named 27M [ Parallel
Service 27 ] to ply 27's route from Hougang -> Tampines Int
[LOOP] and back. While many Tampines crowd near Tampines
Interchange can take 27M, rather than take 27. This can relieve
about 50-70% of the Tampines Crowd. While those taking 27 further
away from Tampines Int, can still choose to take 27. And for those
heading to CGA, like what BA said, introduce 27E. Plies Hougang Int
> Buangkok MRT > Sengkang > Tampines > Changi Airport
Ter 3. It must ply some Tampines stop if not it should just be a
new service from Hougang straight to CGA. This should NOT loop
in Changi Airport. If not, the purpose of 27M is lost. Best is to
make SBST introduce 27M first.
