Where are the Dennis Darts?

last SG · 2010-01-02T11:59:02+00:00

how about middle of the year? hahahaha..... well, see how fast LTA is carrying out the works.

AEW5001 SG

Just checked out one motoring that 4 Dennis Darts from BBDEP are being laid-up...

SBS8010U Non-User Lay-Up Status till 07 Nov 2010
SBS8011S Non-User Lay-Up Status till 10 Dec 2010
SBS8014J Non-User Lay-Up Status till 17 Nov 2010
SBS8017B Non-User Lay-Up Status till 24 Dec 2010

Passed by BBDEP yesterday and saw some Dennis Darts inside with engine cover removed.

Hopefully this will answer the TS' question. Perhaps the mods can rename this thread to "Lay-up and redeployment of SBST Dennis Darts"

very ungodly timing

was waiting on 30/12 to take a pic of sv92 dart, but there was none!

all mk3s n mk4s!

sbst275 SG

sobs

end of midi bus. Actually if they are really going to push public tpt for e long run, they're needed

SMB32T SG

very ungodly timing

was waiting on 30/12 to take a pic of sv92 dart, but there was none!

all mk3s n mk4s!

Well, still got one and only SBS8013L. Catch it while u can...

AEW5001 SG

Well, still got one and only SBS8013L. Catch it while u can...

i desperately need a pic of e dart on 92

do u know if this bus has a particular shift r not?

SMB32T SG

sobs

end of midi bus. Actually if they are really going to push public tpt for e long run, they're needed

Yeah...

Service M1 was introduced somewhere in 1989 with Merc OF1413s (supreme star body I think). In 1990 SBS launched the 1st AC minibuses with the introduction of new Nissan civilians and were deployeed to service M1 replacing all the NAC fleets. Think this also applies to service M2 as well.

SBS also bought 5 fleets of Merc 811Ds and were deployed on the newly introduced service 20 somewhere in 1994. In 2000, service 20 was integrated with service 125, the Merc 811Ds were taken out. If I am not mistaken, the Merc 811Ds went over to SLBP and were deployed to service 183 (Tuas - Tuas South Dr).

Dennis Darts were bought in 1994 to replace the Nissan civilians and were deployed to services M1 and M2.

If I am not wrong I did ever came across Dennis Darts and Merc 811Ds on service 182 after the integration of services 182 and 183 in May 2002.

SMB32T SG

i desperately need a pic of e dart on 92

do u know if this bus has a particular shift r not?

Hmm... not very sure leh. But u can go an try out, best on weekday peak hours...

AEW5001 SG

i prolly will go back to Ghim Moh this Mon or Tue

hopefully it is running when i come..

sbst275 SG

of all midi buses SBS ever had, Dennis Darts are really e best

sort of able to cater for medium - high load

.SBS9888Y. SG

What happened to the Dennis Darts? Spend several hours finding and failed to find even one...

Sv 42.

Sv92 left with SBS8013L. the rest mia quite long le.

SGCar SG

The 10 fleets of Dennis Darts came into service in 1994 specially deployed to services M1 and M2 (now services 92 and 42 respectively) to replace the Nissan civilians. If I am not wrong they are only 15 years then put to lay-up already. Volvo MK3s in fact are the older buses that have reached 17 years of lifepan.

Another case of buses that gets laid-up early other than the SMRT's ELBO CAC Scanias

IIRC, Dennis Dart is younger than LO3X, but sad to see that it's going off earlier than expected.

Cheers.

.SBS9888Y. SG

IIRC, Dennis Dart is younger than LO3X, but sad to see that it's going off earlier than expected.

Cheers.

You can still catch it on Sv 42. i feel they should just lay up 8009 8012 8015 also. those 3 are also quite inactive. maybe they keep one of them just in case 8016 8018 cant come into svc.

SGCar SG

You can still catch it on Sv 42. i feel they should just lay up 8009 8012 8015 also. those 3 are also quite inactive. maybe they keep one of them just in case 8016 8018 cant come into svc.

Yes saw most of it on 42 when I was at Kembangan MRT 2 weeks ago. Sad to know that all these midi buses would be part of history soon, as SBST does not have the intention to buy some more of this buses to replace the current one. I still remember that when Dennis Dart 1st introduce, the bell poles were all luminous green.

Cheers.

jayh272416 SG

Stage SG

sadded. darts no refurbishment and extension.

SMB92U SG

SBS8013L on Service 92 Sad to see the darts go so early. they were sooo damn CUTE!

kelvintwt SG

guess i was a late to catch their pics then...

kelvintwt SG

i prolly will go back to Ghim Moh this Mon or Tue

hopefully it is running when i come..

will be there too. camping. :)

SBS9622Y SG

Will get my pictures soon too...

SGCar SG

Quite surprise to see an early withdrawal by SBST. Hope to catch one soon.

Cheers.

JaSoNhSu92 SG

these buses can drive smoothly in small roads unlike 11m buses.

i wonder sv 42 route can fit with those 11m buses?

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