i've mentioned this somewhere before but i'll just mention it
again.
There's 3 general types of schedules - 1 by the day of the week,
Holiday and Special. For Holiday and Special the day of the week
which it will be used is denoted by the day number behind i.e.
Holiday1 (for holiday schedule on weekdays), Special6 (for special
schedule on saturdays), Special7 (for special schedule on
sundays).
In essence these are the schedule types: Weekday, Mon-Thu,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Holiday1, Holiday1234 (cos on friday the
service runs Friday schedule), Holiday6, Holiday7, Special1,
Special6, Special7.
Holiday schedules are generally used when its a school holiday
for either MOE schools or universities. NTU services and their
xovers (179 199 241 242 243) run Holiday schedule when NTU is on
holiday. NUS services and their xovers (95 96 151 285) run Special1
schedule when its MOE school holidays during NUS term time, and run
Holiday1 when NUS is having holidays. Special1 was not used during
the Nov 09 MOE holiday period when NUS was in term.
As for MOE schools, it does not mean when a service plies past a
pri/sec/JC = having holiday1 schedule during holidays. Whether
a service gets a holiday schedule depends partly on the student
load during term time. For example, 26 uses Weekday though it
passes Cedar Girls at Kallang Bahru (now dunno what sch occupies
there). During weekday there are more students from this school on
the bus while during holidays i can easily find a seat in the bus.
Another factor that contributes to a service having holiday1 is the
traffic conditions which the service plies. If running time has
some difference, then that service may get Holiday1 schedule.
Polytechnics and ITEs having holidays are denoted by Special
schedules instead. TP services (less 518) run Special1 during TP
school holidays. Service 31 runs Special1 when ITE College East is
on holiday. S74 does not depend on NP unlike last time when 74A was
around. It follows the MOE calendar instead.
Special1/Special6/Special7 is also used for services for a
specific purpose (e.g. S402 during Kusu Pilgrimage in Oct/Nov each
year, S33 when S33B is in operation). For CNY, most services will
use Special6 for CNY Eve and Special7 for CNY PH. This year
Special7 was extended till CNY Day 3 due to the PH. As for next
year where CNY starts on Thur 3 Feb 11, it will only apply on the
first 2 days as 5 Feb is a Sat and not a holiday unless SBST do
another Special6 CNY schedule for that day. Holiday7 was used for
CNY Eve in 2009 because it was a sunday. Special7 wasnt used to
prevent conflict with the CNY PH.
The only service which does not run in sync anywhere else is the
100/158 combination. As S158 buses serve S100, the xover duties
which they supp on depends on the schedule type. Dunman High starts
later on Mondays so 158 and 100 runs a diff schedule (i think its
Special1) on that day. Hence, 158A timings for Mondays are slightly
later in the morning. Tues-Fri they run Weekday instead.
That's all i know so far, cant think of anything else to add on.
:)
I see. Thanks for your Information! I really learn alot!! ;)
