How did the actual routes of 74, 154, 7 and 30 came about?
74 -
74 is a generation 2 route. it was one the promised cross island
routes of the 1980s. tranquilice has epxlained the service
rigins.
Svc 154 is a gen 1 route - Introduced when Toa
payoh new Town was opened. service 154 was the only service
designated among the 15x services to "pass by" toa payoh townc
entre. the service ran from macpherson Est to jurong. Somewhere in
Sixth Lokyang rd 9when the days they had not much feeder services
in the brand enw ind est).
it is of note that Service 154 was the only service to ply the
entire stretch of North Bouna Vista rd in 1971, . the only service
running (entire) North Bouna Vista rd then was a STC svc 24 which
ran to town. No the generation1 , svc 154 did not run
Clementi Rd. that was a later amendment.
Svc 7 -
Service 7 was orginally introduced as a generation 2 limited
stop express route. This set of generation1 limited stop routes
consisted of 6 , 7 and 8. In line with the requirement that bus
services run from a new town to Chinatown, Orchard rd and Shenton
Way, the services 6, 7, 8 run to these palces respecitvely in that
order. This was for the new town bedok in 1975?
the express sector choosen was ebtween moutnbatten rd and
capitol using Nicholl HW as express. Nicholl HW was a new spanking
highway.
Svc 7 ran orginally from CMPB Dempsey - Bedok.
Svc 30
Classification type - Western gen 0. Overall gen 1
In the days when the Chiense Bus Companies run only in their
terriory, cross terrirotiral services were seldom mentioend of. The
original service 30 in 1969 when introduced took in KEPPEL BUS
SERVICES ROUTE 1 ( Keppel Rd - West Coast rd - tebna agrdens
village area)
As for the eastern region, it was a integration of the many
Changi or paya lebar Bus Services route providing a better bus
route from Siglap Area to town. namely Shenton Way.
As with any Jurong ind est ending service, there was again no
Jurong Int yet when the poor new gen 1 service was introduced.
so it go past the bus termins at Corporation Rd Blk 61 then ended
its working at International Rd.
classification system
By generations
gen 0 - Chiense Bus company orgins, between 1930s to 1968. 15
bus companies. incldues the STC (the english bus co)
gen 1 - introduced during the ABS ABC UBC formation
gen 0 conversion - converted to ABC ABS or UBC service (this is
not mentioned, just mention conversion of service thru the
1969 to 1971 era)
gen 2 - this is when Clementi, bedok new towns were being built.
ie between 1973 to 1984 Most gen 2 services are cross sialnd
services.
after 1985 its pretty much my memeories so i will use memories and
nsotalgias. le.