Daimler delivers largest Asian Citaro order to date (Part 2)

last SG · 2011-10-25T22:05:40+00:00

Please don't. Don't waste such good buses under this kind of company. Rather let other operators who can maintain well buy them. For the sake of goodwill of...

SBS2601D SG

This kind of Technical Diffulties ?

TIB770T SG

This kind of Technical Diffulties ?

Whoops typo :X, let's just say that there may be a problem with SMB173U.

SBS 9631X SG

6138Z might be perm 109 to replace the 4 outgoing Striders. For past 5 weekdays, it has been on 109. Didn't spot it today yet, but 109 usually runs excess Citaros on weekends anyway. Not sure what the other 3 possible Citaros are, cause 109 everyday has different SP Citaros to replace the 4 Striders' timings.

SBS7557R SG

SBS850P still perm 109?

Lsk138 SG

SBS850P still perm 109?

Not sure also ! but seldom see this bus on sv 109 anymore ! and the 4 striders were not on sv 109 this wk and replace by different sp citaro ,3 strider were all running on svc 112 this wk and saw 2671 running on 159 on Friday with super shiny rims !

lemon1974 SG

think still SP buses for the time being, before the Citaros are being deployed to others services..

lemon1974 SG

SMRT Buses Mercedes-Benz O530 (Evobus)

Quantity (Batch 1): 11 / 11
Quantity (Batch 2): 39 / 40

Bus Services (Across all batches)
61, 67, 75, 77, 106, 167, 169, 171, 172, 176, 178, 180, 184, 188, 189, 190, 300, 302, 307, 530, 531, 700, 800, 804, 806, 811, 812, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 857, 858, 868, 911, 920, 922, 925, 927, 941, 945, 960, 961, 962, 963, 966, 969, 970, 971E, 975, 980, 985, RWS8

Batch 1 Buses

AMDEP
> SMB136C (AMDEP/YIBP 855)
> SMB144D (AMDEP 851)
> SMB145B (AMDEP 851)
> SMB146Z (AMDEP 852)
> SMB147X (AMDEP 852)
> SMB148T (AMDEP 852)

WLDEP
> SMB139U (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB140P (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB141L (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB142J (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB143G (WLDEP/BPBP 75)

Batch 2 Buses

AMDEP
> SMB152E (AMDEP 857)
> SMB153C (AMDEP 857)
> SMB158P (AMDEP RWS8)
> SMB160G (AMDEP 857)
> SMB161D (AMDEP 857)
> SMB162B (AMDEP SP)
> SMB163Z (AMDEP 969)
> SMB164X (AMDEP SP)
> SMB165T (AMDEP SP)
> SMB166R (AMDEP SP)
> SMB175P (AMDEP SP)
> SMB176L (AMDEP SP)
> SMB179D (AMDEP SP)
> SMB180Z (AMDEP SP)
> SMB181X (AMDEP SP)

KJDEP
> SMB149R (KJDEP 868/SP)
> SMB150K (KJDEP/CCBP 302)
> SMB151H (KJDEP/CCBP 300)
> SMB154A (KJDEP 188)
> SMB155Y (KJDEP/CCBP 307)
> SMB156U (KJDEP 700)
> SMB169H (KJDEP SP)
> SMB177J (KJDEP 188)
> SMB182T (KJDEP SP)
> SMB183R (KJDEP/BBBP 945)
> SMB184M (KJDEP SP)
> SMB186H (KJDEP SP)
> SMB187E (KJDEP SP)

WLDEP
> SMB157S (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB159L (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB167M (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB168K (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB170C (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB171A (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB172Y (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB174S (WLDEP/BPBP 75)
> SMB178G (WLDEP/BPBP 75)

Undeployed
> SMB185K
> SMB188C

think below might be the deployment after 2nd dec
anyway this is my guess only.....

Batch 2 Buses

AMDEP
> SMB152E (AMDEP 61)
> SMB153C (AMDEP 61)
> SMB158P (AMDEP 61)
> SMB160G (AMDEP 857)
> SMB161D (AMDEP 857)
> SMB162B (AMDEP 61)
> SMB163Z (AMDEP 61)
> SMB164X (AMDEP 61)
> SMB165T (AMDEP 61)
> SMB166R (AMDEP 855)
> SMB175P (AMDEP 855)
> SMB176L (AMDEP 855)
> SMB179D (AMDEP 855)
> SMB180Z (AMDEP 855)
> SMB181X (AMDEP 855)

KJDEP
> SMB149R (KJDEP 868/SP)
> SMB150K (KJDEP/CCBP 302)
> SMB151H (KJDEP/CCBP 300)
> SMB154A (KJDEP 188)
> SMB155Y (KJDEP/CCBP 307)
> SMB156U (KJDEP 700)
> SMB169H (KJDEP 61)
> SMB177J (KJDEP 188)
> SMB182T (KJDEP 61)
> SMB183R (KJDEP/BBBP 945)
> SMB184M (KJDEP 61)
> SMB186H (KJDEP 61)
> SMB187E (KJDEP 61)

SBS 9631X SG

think still SP buses for the time being, before the Citaros are being deployed to others services..

IMHO, i think HG is taking alittle too long to finalise where to deploy their Citaros. I mean, it has been months since 6124M and gang has come out and cameoed around on almost all the HG services. But most of them still have no perm service. Then for the 4 HG 109 Striders, taken them so long to finally decide where to kick them out to. At least they are pretty decent buses. I'm not exactly for more Citaros (unlike others), and now with 6138Z and those newer ones released, i'm thinking that HG is actually using these Citaros as pure spare buses (instead of pure WAB services) like how they would deploy their SP Mk3 & Mk4s anywhere and thus Citaros can appear from 27, 64 to 34 & 163.

Then again, if they put in all the Citaros into some perms straightway, HG would only be left with 14 spare Mk3/4s to deploy on their SD HG services. Probably this is the view that HG took in keeping their 15 Citaros as pure spares for now.

SBS 9631X SG

SBS850P still perm 109?

The last time i checked before the 6138z gang came out, the perm stix was still on the coinbox. Not sure now because i haven't had the chance to board it recently, although i did see it last week on 109 still. 109 is running excess Citaros everyday currently. But all the KUBs from both BN & HG side are still perm for now, although the EEVs tend to go cameo again nowadays a few days each week because of the excess Citaros.

lemon1974 SG

think they are still trying to train more BCs to drive the Citaros? sooner or later, all these ctiaros will be seen on Sv159/85/112/325/372/119 etc etc.... those mk 4 should be still perm Sv109 lah even though nowadays citaros are mostly deployed on Sv109. just like the case of 7589/7597/7606/7608/7610 on sv22. basically stuck on Sv22 for almost 3 months before deployed to Sv154/168... ppl already tot they are perm Sv22 already..

lemon1974 SG

i see at least 3 citaros on 851. within 1 hr.

851 have added in new citaros?

SMB180 on Sv851 today.. think just using those SP citaros for the time being.

SBS7557R SG

This applies to SLBP which had been rotating SBS6074Z - SBS6076T, SBS6080E, SBS6086P, SBS6099C - SBS6100G around services and BBDEP which had not deployed SBS6046E, SBS6048A, SBS6050S - SBS6051P, SBS6106R, SBS6110C - SBS6114S, SBS6118G - SBS6121X to services.

buses[IN]gapore! SG

defintely training more BCs to drive Citaros. 300 buses , and more than 300 bus captains have to be familiarised with driving the Citaro.

nfshp253 SG

I hope SBST gets the new Citaro with 3 doors in the future. 3 doors make sense in Singapore as it will encourage standees to move to the rear.

SBS 9631X SG

Yeaps that i agree. BB is like trying to figure out where to deploy their SP Mk3s and then deploy their Citaros. Kinda confusing for the starter i guess.

I think BN side is the most clear-cut. Whichever Citaros you see as SP, if you go by logic in rego sequence, it will be perm somewhere with missing buses. 6116L 2nd day out on roads stuck to 109 and never left since. 6117J first day out went on 518, and never left again. Then during this time, 28 was missing 2 buses. 6094R was weirdly SP when its 2 latter siblings were perm somewhere, then logically it had to go in 28. And then 9 has 1 missing slot, which left 6126H the only SP left then with no choice but to go to 9.

SBS 9631X SG

No uhs. user 'AEW5001' posted before in one of the threads here (can't recall which one) that the 4 Striders are already out from 109. 3 of them went a week on 112, then the other one (can't recall which, either 2658R or 2671B) also a week on 159.

But its true if you say so too, since the new Citaros need time to run in, and i guess other than the other HG services such as 83 and 101, 109 is the current best service to stretch their engines properly with the trip through the neighbourhoods and a proper long stretch on the TPE.

TIB1105H SG

Hey pepole, remeber someone posted a Citaro with black rims from another bus? I think i know whr it went to. Ytd i went to City Square mall, saw PA 2058B with shiny silver rear wheel rims on both left and right sides so i guess they swopped these 2 with that Citaro.. Oh man... Old bus getting new bus rim while new bus becoming ugly..

SBS 9631X SG

That's really kinda weird.

TIB1105H SG

That's really kinda weird.

It is isnt it? A Dennis Lance getting a Citaro rims while the Citaro is geting vice-versa.. haiis

buses[IN]gapore! SG

i thought they repaintd the city shuttle lance's rear left rim at first. XD i saw it but it was moving.

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