Actually i find there's something wrong with the timings for
SBS9669M.
The other time I took this bus from Sengkang
Interchange.
The bus came just less than 2 mins after the previous single
deck 163 left the interchange.
Ended up, this bus caught up with the single deck 163 at
Fernvale Ave.
After which, this 9669 began to drive damn damn damn slow such
the distance between both buses became further and
further.
Not to mention, the whole double deck bus is almost empty,
because most of the passengers boarded the single deck 163 just
right in front.
I thought this was just a 1 time incident so I didnt really take
it to heart.
The other day, I was waiting for a bus at a bus stop at Yio Chu
Kang Road.
I saw a single deck 163 at the opposite bus stop passing by
less than 2 mins again, this same double deck came to the same
bus stop.
This time, this double deck is empty. (from what i see lah)
So this gives rise to qns what's the objective of putting a
double deck in 163 when the frequency is so short between this bus
and the before in front and it does not really pick up any
passengers?
Hopefully the 2 incidents only happened once in a
while.
Same problem as 151.
I also have no idea why the morning DD leaves right after the
previous K230UB....and then with the downroute at Bukit Timah, the
bus stays virtually empty the entire trip.
Both services also have their DDs deployed during non-peak hour
although my guess was that it was to "ferry" the DD back to the
depot, or to hit peak hour traffic from the destination. That was
observed on 151....but the only times I have seen DDs on 163 is at
night or weekends. Granted, I was working, so these were the only
times I saw the DDs. But to see them anyway was quite 
.
Crudely speaking regarding DD deployments on 163 and 151, DD gam
pui?
Here's a pic of 151's DD from on board at 8AM leaving HG
Int.
What a joke.
