I find that few folks do SMRT timesheet, of course service_238
does SBST ones...
I kind of interested in doing SMRT ones... Hehx, still lots to
learn...
Just wanna ask you ah.. How they integrate the duty 5x with the
normal A/P or split shifts and how will their block number
reflect?
Since you have said about SMRT, I shall talk about SBST.. This
way if anyone else wants to ask regarding duty codes just refer to
our 2 posts.
Dual Depot Duty
Code Arrangement
SBS Transit
Duty Codes
For SBST, each duty code is unique in such a way that in a
service, whether single or dual depot, you would not find the same
duty number or same block number within the service.
A/P: Basically AM shift and PM Shift. By which A shift takes
precedence over P shift in terms of the duty number.
E.g. 1A S238, take out the other timesheet that's with the
driver (238 timesheets are double sided) is 6P. There are 5 full
day buses that park at
the depot (238 has overnight parking)
Some services have more P shift than A shift (and vice versa but
that's rare). Henceforth, the duty no for the additional P shift
will be after all the buses and duties that are A/P.
E.g. 7P S238 Sat/Sun schedule meaning there are 3 full day buses
that run A/P park at the depot, while 7P runs P shift only.
S: Split shift equivalant to SMRT's S1 duties. Duty numbers will
take after all the A/P shift of the same depot. (dual depot cases
refer to the above URL in my post). If u know all the S shifts of
the service, you would notice that they are arranged in a certain
pattern (same for A shifts when they start in the morning)
E.g. 29S 30S S174 Wkday 1st trip starts in the direction towards
boon lay (29S start at Ch of St Mary, 30S at NBR - of which 29S is
in front of 30S by bus order). 31S-32S 1st trip starts in the
direction towards NBR (31S at Conoration Pl, 32S at Boon Lay - of
which 31S is in front of 32S by bus order)
E: Extended shift - another type of split shift (equivalant to
SMRT's S2 duties). Duty numbers will take after the S shifts. Since
there are far few E shifts than S shifts esp for wkdays, the way in
which they label the duty number is not significant enough to see a
pattern. There is a pattern for services with alot of E shifts.
E.g. There is only 1 E shift for S3, S90, S131 for weekdays, not
enough to see a pattern. However there are more than 1 E shift
for S157, S153, S155
T: Three-quarter shift, and no it doesnt mean work 6 hours out
of 8 hours. It basically means a day shift that exceeds the change
shift time of an A shift. Duty numbers take after the E
shifts. If there are many T shifts (especially weekends), there's a
pattern as to which range of duties start from one terminating
point and which range starts from the other terminating point.
Timing Reference
Notes
