i don't even dare to have a conclusion about the deployments if
WL buses. they are simply in a mess. i'd rather the 961 fleet to
stay as it was during 2007/2008. those times were better. although
i can't really remember the fleet then, i can remember some that
used to be good performers, but now is simply trash. one very good
example is TIB542K. it used to have some power, not a lot, but now,
it can even face pickup problems. worse still, it is currently
being put on AM/PM02, which can have one of the worst loads in the
morning. the buses that went to AMDEP, i don't have much worries
about them. Kudos to AMDEP in trying to maintain these buses,
except for TIB1015J, which came in exchange for an O405 which i
don't remember is which one. WLDEP, i can say that this depot is a
disaster. a lot of SLs are already complaining about not having
their perm buses.
on side note, SMB134H is at Blk 183 towards Boon Lay as at
1538hrs, and i am onboard TIB540R while typing this whole lot of
words out.
For what I know about WLDEP 961, all Scania permers were
depleted, spread to 178, 187 and 852 when some of UDs and ELBOs
went lay-up. The only spare bus is TIB568L.
Last year: Some of mercz perms were replaced by OCs.
This year: 2 OCs were replaced by Volgren SDs, Merczs from 960
replaced the Scanias
And SMB134H has probably replaced by SMB133K for now.
