the problem with woodlands interchange is that there are too
many bus services with bendies while Sembawang and Bt Panjang Int
is under-utilized
and a lot of routes towards Woodlands are actually parallel,
which you may wonder if it's really neccessary since the
distance-based fare computation is already in place
eg.
From Bt Panjang to Woodlands Interchange via Woodlands Road, Ave
3, we have 960 and 961 parallel, one of them could be truncated to
terminate at Bt Panjang Int instead, preferably 960 since it got
bendies
From Bt Panjang to Woodlands Interchange via BKE, Wdls Ave 3, we
have 187, 963 and 966 exactly parallel. Two of the three could be
truncated to terminate at Bt Panjang Int instead.
From Gambas Ave to Woodlands Interchange via Ave 7, we have 965
and 969 parallel, one of them could be amended to terminate at
Sembawang Interchange instead, preferably 969
Woodlands Interchange is the only one in Singapore where the
most number of bendies buses congregate during peak hours!! Out of
all 6 interchanges under SMRT purview, woodlands is heavily
congested with 25 services all the others are under-utilized
Woodlands - 25 bus services (15 are bendy services)
161, 168, 169, 178, 187, 856, 858, 900, 901, 902, 903, 911, 912, 913, 925, 926,
950,960,
961, 962, 963, 964, 965,
966, 969
Yishun - 16 bus services (9 are bendy services)
39, 85, 171, 800, 804, 806, 811, 812, 851, 852,
853, 854,
855, 856, 857, 859
Choa Chu Kang - 10 bus services (6 are bendy)
67, 172, 188, 190, 300, 302, 307, 925, 927, 985
Bt Panjang Int - 11 bus services (5 are bendy)
75, 176,
177, 180, 184, 700, 920, 922,
970, 971E,
975
Bt Batok Int - 10 bus services (2 are bendy)
61, 77, 106, 173,
177, 189,
852, 941, 945, 947
Sembawang Int - (5 services)
167, 859, 882, 980, 981
We should reduce the services available at Woodlands Interchange
to reduce the congestion caused by bendies
161 - duplicates 168 from TPE (Seletar) to woodlands, in my
opinion, this service should be truncated to start from Hougang
Central and loop at jalan kayu bus stop instead, don't need to go
all the way to Woodlands
168 - frequency should be further increased
169 - need not touch
178 - need not touch
187 - should be truncated to terminate at Bt Panjang Int
856 - in my opinion, this service should not terminate at
Woodlands Interchange, should just do a loop at Marsiling station,
eg. Woodlands centre road, Ave 3, St 11, St 13, centre road
858 - need not touch
900, 901, 902, 903, 911, 912, 913 - need not touch
925 - in my opinion, 925 doesn't need to go to Woodlands, from
Sungei Kadut, it can just do a loop at Kranji MRT and U-turn
back to CCK
926 - need not touch
950 - need not touch
960 - duplicates 961 from Bt Panjang to Woodlands. In my opinion
it can just be truncated to terminate at Bt Panjang Int, doesn't
need to go to Woodlands
961 - need not touch
962 - need not touch
963 - need not touch
964 - Should start from Sembawang Int and plies Woodlands
Loop
965 - Should start from Sembawang Int since we already have 969
from Woodlands to Gambas Ave
966 - should be truncated to terminate at Bt Panjang
Int
969 - need not touch
By making the above amendments, we can reduce 8 bus services at
woodlands interchange to alleviate congestion at the
interchange
We don't need so many buses in Woodlands as there are already 3
MRT stations serving
