You waste resources if you specially assign one BC and one bus on
standby. The best way is to do an adhoc xover from another service
say 162 76 or 70.. if route is DD friendly just use the DD.
There was once 1971S broke down at the toa payoh stadium stop as
31. the BC koped the next available bus which was 9402R and did 535
thereafter. However, since it was very late, most people have taken
238 and transferred to the train. The next day, the Tampines Route
Master (cos its a bndep bus ma), and 1 SBST Staff were onboard,
giving out complimentary ride vouchers as a gesture of goodwill.
Since then 2819T kept doing 535 for a while until 1971S came back..
Think bndep went to do a thorough check of the bus.
i mean that there are alway standby BC in depots right? not
necessary standby a bus or bc lah. just use those SP bus at depots,
if they are available. SBST must have contingency plan for this
kind of situation. On tuesday, all YCK bus services were late, so i
think it is difficult for them to help in the crossover as well.
Maybe can take Sv 265 or Sv 268 buses in this case loh.. But for
other premium services, not sure how SBST is planning loh.
If you are the passenger and the bus is late, u really dunno
want to wait or not..
