SMRT bendy bus burnt down at Circuit Road

last SG · 2011-05-16T21:11:01+00:00

Instead of "watch your head", the 0405Gs should have "watch your rear for fire" for the last row of seats if any signage were to be considered.

nuub SG

A SMRT bendy bus burnt down at Circuit Road last night. The rear was destroyed by the fire. The damage is the same as TIB1105H which caught fire a few years ago.

SMRT really never take care of their buses. Just last month a Scania bus burnt down at BKE.

sbst275 SG

another bus out of action

Tighter fleet to come

nuub SG

SMRT maintenance of their buses is really jialat. will they spend 2 years to repair the bus just like TIB1105H?

TIB1234T SG

Better not repair. It'll cost even more to rebuild than TIB1105H which already cost a bomb to SMRT...

I rather SMRT now concentrate on their buses even more instead of just trains...

laurence82 SG

is this the reason why i was standing at serangoon north road this morning at 4am and saw a truck pulling a charred SMRT bendy bus?

TIB1234T SG

is this the reason why i was standing at serangoon north road this morning at 4am and saw a truck pulling a charred SMRT bendy bus?

4am? wow! Think they are checking and letting the heat cool down which takes hours before towing, like TIB566S.

azharjj SG

i think SMRT shld look back at all its bendy, especially the hispano ones

3 bendys burnt already & no action has taken ?

iveco SG

One more bus taken out of route 61? That is terrible.

vicamour SG

Better not repair. It'll cost even more to rebuild than TIB1105H which already cost a bomb to SMRT...

I rather SMRT now concentrate on their buses even more instead of just trains...

Their operations are all in a mess, as usual. Better scrap than waste money rebuilding. They can use the Citaros from Woodlands, because most of them are under utilised.It is time to make full use of them. And they still have lots have problems to clear in the train operations, especially the recent breakdowns just last 2 months.

eX.A.K.R. SG

At this rate SMRT's entire bus fleet will be gone in 5 years.

SBS 1000U SG

At this rate SMRT's entire bus fleet will be gone in 5 years.

Btw, read in STOMP that there is another SBST bus caught fire around the same area as well. What bus was that??? Is it as serious as this???

sbst275 SG

ppl these days cannot differentiate SBS & SMRT bus

SBS 1000U SG

ppl these days cannot differentiate SBS & SMRT bus

So that means only 1 bus was burnt last night???

Not surprising actually, most people still call TIBS bus.

zero gravity SG

ppl these days cannot differentiate SBS & SMRT bus

That's because they can't see logo at the side when it's on fire. :D

If I'm not wrong this bus was cameoing.

TIB770T SG

That's because they can't see logo at the side when it's on fire. :D

If I'm not wrong this bus was cameoing.

Nope, it's TIB1074M, a 61 permer.

TIB 781 L SG

If TIB1074M is going home from last on either side or the last 4 on any other day, I'm not surprised. With that kind of timing plus anytime on sunday might do 67, It's no surprise it got overheat severely.

TIB 781 L SG

SMRT maintenance of their buses is really jialat. will they spend 2 years to repair the bus just like TIB1105H?

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fireice rox SG

Huh? Don't think it caught fire because it is driven on the roads for long hours. May be due to other technical problems or electrical faults. Buses and even cars are able to withstand long hours of driving. What about the long distance coaches in other countries where they are driven almost for 24 hours?

TIB 781 L SG

Huh? Don't think it caught fire because it is driven on the roads for long hours. May be due to other technical problems or electrical faults. Buses and even cars are able to withstand long hours of driving. What about the long distance coaches in other countries where they are driven almost for 24 hours?

I don't think these x-country buses do that often do they? Even if I were to drive straight from Singapore to thailand I'll definitely need to find somewhere to stay, let alone vehicles.

I hardly believe in electrical faults. It's always the engine that's the main culprit.

SMB116K SG

I think it is due to petrol leakage as u look carefully at the video. It shows petrol leaking onto the opposite lane. But SBS7557R aka SBS8930P says it is due to the EDS...