Took SV858 on its second day of route amendment from Jln Kayu to
Sembawang Stn @ 1631hrs @ Jln Kayu and second time from
Woodlands Regional Int to Yishun Ave 2 @ 1840 @ WRI
My overall observation is that Sembawang Residents is still not
quite sure of the route amendment as spotted residents chatting
over the SV858 route amendment. Demand for SV858 increases @ Yishun
Stn towards SBW but still not many ppl alighted in SBW Area.
Furthermore, for the trip towards CGA frm WRI, the demand usually
come frm W'land area and not much frm SBW area. Boarding and
alighting activity at SBW is almost zero. However, load at Yishun
Ctrl 2 is average. But for a packed SV858 is almost difficut to
carry the load at Yishun Ctrl 2.
With regards to the headway, (Based on Duty 858PM09) The trip
took 2 hours and 40 min for off peak timing,
i.e: 1442 (WRI) > 1609 (CGA T2) > 1631 (Jln Kayu) > 1722
(WRI)
And of cos the frequency departing from WRI is excellent. So
overall SMRT did quite a good job in improving the frequency. But
hopefully they would do something to PM Off Peak Freq which is arnd
11-19 min per bus.
Not to forget, theres a special pair of
new bus stops along Sembawang Way, no shelters, no concrete path,
just grass patch like people waiting for taxis, waiting for 858.
Not sure if there are bus stop poles for that 2 bus stops or the
svc plates are just placed onto the lamp-posts.