Past bus routes and deployment

last SG · 2009-08-18T22:50:31+00:00

Are there any bus ply Hu Ching Rd in the past?Thought saw a SBS bus pass by Jurong Town Pri Sch when i was a kid

SMB32T SG

Sv 169 note (a fact that some might not have know it):
It was the first bus service to get the new Nissan U31F (TIB43J and TIB44G) beside the pioneer batch of Hino RK176 when Sv 169 became TIBS on 5th June 1983.

I remember TIB91U TIB93P TIB94L TIB97D TIB98B also did service 169 from AMDEP too, until 169 was converted to PAC in 1995. I dun think 169 had any perm Hino RK176s before, it did have Hino HT228KA (TIB146X to TIB250C batch) from what I can remember.

Service 160 and 167 were the services that used to have Hino RK176 fleets all those while back in 1990s and they were the 1st 2 services to be taken over by Tibs in Apr 1983. However service 167 switched to Nissan Diesel U31SCN fleet after the withdrawal of services 161 and 850 in late 1992.

Gus.chong SG

If I remember correctly, old service 101 was an OMO flat fare service from Serangoon to loop at New Bridge Road. Correct me if I am wrong.

Service 100 in the past terminate at WTC, extended to Ghim Moh from its current route somewhere in 1990.

101 was from Serangoon to New Bridge Road and it was withdrawn in Dec 1990.

100 was amended to WTC from Prince Edward Road in 1985 together with 167, but I don't know when was it amended once again.

The_Bus_Guide SG

If I remember correctly, old service 101 was an OMO flat fare service from Serangoon to loop at New Bridge Road. Correct me if I am wrong.

Service 100 in the past terminate at WTC, extended to Ghim Moh from its current route somewhere in 1990.

Sv. 100 was extended to Ghim Moh when sv. 20 was withdrawn. At the same time, sv. 111 was made to end at Ghim Moh from Buona Vista when sv. 13 was amended to Yio Chu Kang. Two of my early childhood SBS services gone in one sweep.

SMB32T SG

Add on service 191 which terminated at Ghim Moh when newly introduced. 191 was later amended to terminate at Buona Vista instead.

Service 13 was amended to Yio Chu Kang instead of Ghim Moh and on the same day it was upgraded to full aircon service.

Question:
Which aircon bus model did services 13 and 76 had before the OAC Merc 0405s rolled into service in 1990?

SBS8533C SG

Question:
Which aircon bus model did services 13 and 76 had before the OAC Merc 0405s rolled into service in 1990?

13 uses the SBS UDs from HGDEP and for 76, the ex-SABS A/C buses.

SBS8533C SG

The ex-CSS buses (CSS178K to CSS194M - 1st Gen) rego-ed from TIB362M to TIB379R were then deployed over to 161 until its withdrawal. Once 161 was withdrawn, its buses were also withdrawn.

SMB32T SG

13 uses the SBS UDs from HGDEP and for 76, the ex-SABS A/C buses.

Service 13 used to be under full HGDEP right? I remember service 13 went under partial AMDEP controlled only in Dec 1995 during the Tibs takeover at Jln Kayu that time.

The SABS buses are they referring to those Merc buses which the old service 168 used last time?

TIB 781 L SG

The ex-CSS buses (CSS178K to CSS194M - 1st Gen) rego-ed from TIB362M to TIB379R were then deployed over to 161 until its withdrawal. Once 161 was withdrawn, its buses were also withdrawn.

When was TIB 379R de registered and how come it wasn't reflected in the ROVs as de-registered or something like that?

SBS7382C SG

13 uses the SBS UDs from HGDEP and for 76, the ex-SABS A/C buses.

what are SABS buses?

vicamour SG

The ex-CSS buses (CSS178K to CSS194M - 1st Gen) rego-ed from TIB362M to TIB379R were then deployed over to 161 until its withdrawal. Once 161 was withdrawn, its buses were also withdrawn.

I would like to know that did TIBS bought extra new Hinos and Nissans for the CSS services in the early 1990s or were they all old TIBS buses converted to CSS buses all the while? And what was the criteria of TIBS to convert their old TIBS bus to CSS bus, like age, etc?

And many years back, a few CSS UDs shown up in Yishun bus interchange. What happened?

If I remember correctly, old service 101 was an OMO flat fare service from Serangoon to loop at New Bridge Road. Correct me if I am wrong.

Service 100 in the past terminate at WTC, extended to Ghim Moh from its current route somewhere in 1990.

Ok, you are right. Saw the 1989 Bus Guide. 101 goes to New Bridge Road.

13 uses the SBS UDs from HGDEP and for 76, the ex-SABS A/C buses.

3 also used UDs, 76 also used the Soon Chow bodied Leyland Victories buses, as well as the MAN demo for a short while. Not sure if it used the Volvo B10M demo, SBS 9C.

Air con buses in the 1980s before the Scania N113CRBs came in:

- Mercedes Benz O303 (10 bought from SATS)

- Volvo B10M demo, SBS 9C, bodied by Vanhool

- Leyland Victories, body reworked from Soon Chow and fitted air con units. (Some non air con Victories were used for this conversion, but unsure of how many were there,)

- Nissan UD.

what are SABS buses?

They were Mercedes Benz O303 air con coaches used by Changi Airport in the 1980s. SBS bought them from SABS and converted them for public bus operations, in order to trial the possibility of using air con buses in future.

And a nice video showing Singapore in the 1980s. Can see the good old SBS buses and TIBS buses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ47rBdhWNQ&feature=share

SBS8533C SG

what are SABS buses?

Singapore Airport Bus Services. It was later abolished just 1 year later after Changi Airport was opened.

In fact, the 15 SABS buses still continue to ply from the SABS Terminal at Newton to the hotels in Orchard Rd before it was withdrawn and put up for sale.

SBS8533C SG

what are SABS buses?

SBS8533C SG

When was TIB 379R de registered and how come it wasn't reflected in the ROVs as de-registered or something like that?

In 1992. Not all of its already de-registered buses over 15+ years are in ROV records.

SBS8533C SG

Service 13 used to be under full HGDEP right? I remember service 13 went under partial AMDEP controlled only in Dec 1995 during the Tibs takeover at Jln Kayu that time.

The SABS buses are they referring to those Merc buses which the old service 168 used last time?

Yes. Only 8 of the 15 SABS buses were handed to SBS, the rest were handed to private bus companies.

When 13 was introduced, it was full HGDEP before it became HG/AM.

SBS8533C SG

And many years back, a few CSS UDs shown up in Yishun bus interchange. What happened?

SMB32T SG

Yes. Only 8 of the 15 SABS buses were handed to SBS, the rest were handed to private bus companies.

When 13 was introduced, it was full HGDEP before it became HG/AM.

Service 13 had Volvo B57 and SC Albion Viking fleets in the 1980s when serving its old route from Eunos to Ghim Moh. In 1989 the route was changed to terminate at YCK and converted to FAC service. I believed that the Nissan U31SCNs were deployed from the withdrawn service 118.

I remembered service 13 used to have full Volvo MK3 fleet in the early 90s. Before that there were also Merc 0405s from HGDEP I think.

In 17 Dec 1995 when 6 services (59, 82, 103, 163, 214E and 214W) were handed over to Tibs, service 13 was made partial AMDEP controlled, that was when Merc 0405s made a comeback. HGDEP also deployed newly registered Volvo MK4s to service 13.

In1997/98, service 13 was extended from Eunos to terminate at Marine Parade.

Somewhere in 2001 when Marine Parade was closed down, service 13 was made full AMDEP and it became a full Merc 0405 fleet.

SMB32T SG

And a nice video showing Singapore in the 1980s. Can see the good old SBS buses and TIBS buses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ47rBdhWNQ&feature=share

My childhood days

The old Orchard MRT facade...

And Scotts Shopping Centre too... Plus Sentosa ferry terminal and taking ferries into Sentosa island...

As well as the old Lucky Plaza's golden coloured bubble lift before refurbishment took place in 2005...

iveco SG

I saw a red & white LO2x in the video. So nostalgic.

SMB32T SG

Yes. Only 8 of the 15 SABS buses were handed to SBS, the rest were handed to private bus companies.

I remembered taking one of the ex SABS buses used as a school bus in 1991. It was under Johnson Transport Pte Ltd, rego was CB4127X (dereg already).

Gus.chong SG

24X was not even Boon Lay Svs to begin with, they're Jurong Int Svs. There was no Boon Lay Int or Jurong West New Town at all . Tat time PIE still u/c . Jurong Rd stretched from Jln Bahar to Upp Bt Timah Rd . 174 served Nanyang University .

240: Jurong Int > Taman Jurong > Boon Lay Gardens. With shift to Boon Lay Int w/ MRT commencement on 6 Jul 1990, became Boon Lay Int > Boon Lay Gardens > Taman Jurong & loop at Jln Ahmad Ibrahim

241: Jurong Int - Teban Gardens. Became Jurong East > Teban Gardens on 6 Jul 1990 (shift together with Sv 78/ 245) and renumbered to 331 in 1999. Rationalised in 2002 - 2003 w/ 51 & 143 taking over parts of the route.

242: Jurong Int > Taman Jurong: Likely to have been a peak hour service. Withdrawn and reintroduced initially as stop gap sv as MRT commencement (The MRT reached Lakeside by late 1989). Lakeside MRT > Jurong West N9.

Later became Boon Lay Int > Jurong West N9.

The MRT reached Lakeside on 5th November 1988.

All right, let SBS8533C put in the history of Boon Lay & Jurong Bus Services, as the posts on page 14 & 28 are only rationalisation of Jurong Services, and about 188...

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