High loading bus routes (Top 5)

last SG · 2012-06-10T22:07:24+00:00

Swiss Cottage can use ADD??? If like this, 66 ought to have used ADD long ago..

SBS2656X SG

I rmb 966 duties start shift at Marine Parade.Does that count?

Not sure.

SBS2656X SG

I rmb 966 duties start shift at Marine Parade.Does that count?

Downroutes is normally start halfway without like 27A or anything else.

TIB1218R SG

Now,

SMRT :

WLDEP : 858

KJDEP : 180, 189, 190, 307, Premium 590

You forgot to put 969...

sbst275 SG

BBDEP has 170 as well

vicamour SG

And I think 74 BCs must have huan dio someone on top.

Back in 2001, when 165, a then fellow high-loading service threw out its VO2X and 0305s, I thought 74 would do the same.

We knew what happened after that don't we?

74 became the last cross-country VO2X service.

165 should transfer some of its double deckers, 2 to 3 to 74 instead.

74 really needs more double deckers than 165 now.

Does 74 still do downroute from Ngee Ann Poly nowadays?

carbikebus SG

Now,

SBST :

HGDEP : 27, 51, 74

BBDEP : 74

SLBP : 51

AMDEP : 70

BRBP : 88

SMRT :

WLDEP : 858, 969

AMDEP : 856, 969, 985

KJDEP : 180, 189, 190, 307, Premium 590, 700/700A, 985

Friend,856 is Wldep.It used to be Amdep.

carbikebus SG

Marine Parade soon will have bus hubs..Hope there's a small toilet too for the drivers.

SBS2601D SG

165 should transfer some of its double deckers, 2 to 3 to 74 instead.

74 really needs more double deckers than 165 now.

Does 74 still do downroute from Ngee Ann Poly nowadays?

As of a few months ago as I have seen, yes.

74's need for full DD can't be emphasised more....I believe as far as trunk service is concerned, its off-peak loading matches most service's peak loading.

And its peak loading demands nothing less than 7 min frequency, which explains frequent bunching due to all the traffic jams.

SBST's insistence on mantaining a few B10Ms on that service is perplexing because everytime that happens, half the time, some unlucky bloke cannot board the bus.

BusAnalayzer SG

As of a few months ago as I have seen, yes.

74's need for full DD can't be emphasised more....I believe as far as trunk service is concerned, its off-peak loading matches most service's peak loading.

And its peak loading demands nothing less than 7 min frequency, which explains frequent bunching due to all the traffic jams.

SBST's insistence on mantaining a few B10Ms on that service is perplexing because everytime that happens, half the time, some unlucky bloke cannot board the bus.

74's loading on the opposite side is not high. If SBST wants to continue with a few B10Ms, it should plan in a way that in mornings, SDs ply during peak hours between BNV - HG and in the evening from HG-BNV. During non-peak hours, I am indifferent.

165s loading is very high between AMK - HG, otherwise not much.

I feel even the loading on 132 and 153 has really reduced over the months. So many DDs not needed. Shift some to 2, 100, 135, 163.

BusAnalayzer SG

Svc 8 loads are almost the same as 65 along Ubi industrial estate.

65 is another high loading one, since the 80s. 30 years on still almost full DD fleet.

Svc 8 has some parts of its route parallel to 65 but Toa Payoh - Macpherson and again Tampines Ave 1 are all high loading areas.

I still did not understand why SBST introduced DDs on 90. It has parallel route with 8 until Airport road junction - rather deploy more DDs on 8.

BusAnalayzer SG

Marine Parade soon will have bus hubs..Hope there's a small toilet too for the drivers.

Which routes do u think will call at Marine Parade bus hub? 76, 966?

SBS2601D SG

165s loading is very high between AMK - HG, otherwise not much.

I feel even the loading on 132 and 153 has really reduced over the months. So many DDs not needed. Shift some to 2, 100, 135, 163.

Are you sure?

Please think before you post.

74's non-peak hour being insignificant to you? Don't you realise that its a large student crowd we are talking about here? Like 147, which also has a nearly full DD fleet, the crowd doesn't appear even after 10pm!

And if 74's loading swings directionally the whole day with crowds on both side in the afternoon, you might as well be employed specifically to direct oh which DD goes where?

Loading on 132 and 153 are still high. 153's crowd disappears at Toa Payoh doesn't mean that the load won't spike again near Serangoon.

How are you gonna be taken seriously if you just type without thinking??

BusAnalayzer SG

Are you sure?

Please think before you post.

And if 74's loading swings directionally the whole day with crowds on both side in the afternoon, you might as well be employed specifically to direct oh which DD goes where?

Loading on 132 and 153 are still high. 153's crowd disappears at Toa Payoh doesn't mean that the load won't spike again near Serangoon.

How are you gonna be taken seriously if you just type without thinking??

I am typing what I observe - no need to get emotional about it my friend. It is all about perspective and our opinions can differ.

I agree 74 has high loading but whenevr I have taken a fully packed DD (120 pax) and I see the DDs on the opposite side of the road. They are hardly with people. Hence I feel it is uni-directional load.

132 - Let me point out the high loading part. Have you taken this bus ever to Hougang? I have. Huge crowd between Henderson to Redhill (80-90 pax), Redhill - Orchard (50 pax), beyond Orchard till AMK (30 pax), AMK (+90 pax). But then any bus at AMK station during peak hour is filled to the brim.

153 - Load strictly uni-directional. Bus does not see more than 50 pax on 90% of its route. This has happened so many times when I have taken it to HG. and I count the pax (so I know what I am talking).

sbst275 SG

74's scheduling and run time makes B10M slotting pretty tricky from e way I see it.

Might as well go fully ADD..

sbst275 SG

Svc 8 has some parts of its route parallel to 65 but Toa Payoh - Macpherson and again Tampines Ave 1 are all high loading areas.

I still did not understand why SBST introduced DDs on 90. It has parallel route with 8 until Airport road junction - rather deploy more DDs on 8.

The 85% QoS.

In any case, 153's demand can be pretty at high times

SBS2601D SG

Your opinion pisses me off.

And all of us who have to endure seeing a fully-packed 74 refusing to stop during non-peak hours.

SMB128B SG

most packed to least: 179 74 170 27 36

TIB1218R SG

I remember taking Trident on this service during evening, full to the brim from Whitley Road untill Serangoon..

Maybe you took at the wrong time.

SBS 1000U SG

Marine Parade soon will have bus hubs..Hope there's a small toilet too for the drivers.

Is a bus hub necessary???

Or should LTA build a bus interchange in Marine Parade Central instead??? Since there will be a MRT station there in future...

service_238 SG

though not a 74 regular (but more of a 151 154 one), I would find that putting the B10Ms on permenent split shift is better than putting it on regular shift, of which most of them are. problem is putting them on the right timeslot.. direction doesnt matter, its timing.

132, for many years, only have seen higher loads are the 2 ends of the route. the whitley-orchard sector has only about 55-70 pax on average during peak.

153 loads has dropped a lot since NEL opened, where those days when 153 had 4-6min frequency towards bt merah during AM Peak.. now its mostly catered to the school crowd. most of the time the bus gets packed due to the school children.

as to why 90 needs DDs... imagine you are at macpherson rd going to toa payoh. the sv 8 DD comes.. packed... the next 8 DD comes.. packed.. the 90 scania comes.. also packed... what can you do? the 1825hrs and 1845hrs arrival at toa payoh are justified for its loads, as well as 0650 and 0710 trips from toa payoh in the morning.

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