There's always a reason why there's Townlink feeder
services.
As for Townlink 293's case, it links people from st41, 42, 43
,45 people to the west area and vice-versa. Street 81 the coffee
shops there the food damn nice, which include the mee pok from the
Jurong Cafe and etc etc :D So I am actually one of those people who
benefit to this luhs. I use it also for my tution bus last time at
Tampines West CC. Students from Springfield Sec and St' Hildas and
etc etc uses this function too. Don't tell me if you don't use this
when taking Townlink services.
One of the disadvantages when service gets split up is
that you get the fare a
bit expensive. I live with service 293, so I get
things experienced luhs. I do guide people around sometimes when a
particular BC on 293 is driving the bus :D
What I could suggest is to add a bus to standby to cater to
crowds during peak hours. When the queue gets out of line(which 291
gets it often) the bus will come out and help with the first
bus.
Reply to the statement in BOLD:
Hopefully
throughfare will be implemented, this problem can be eliminated.
That's of course by splitting. I agree that direct links will be
cut but the good part will be service reliability increased and its
frequency stablised. The aim of throughfare is actually to cut
duplicates where necessary and to encourage people to transfer.
However, this is a balance that LTA needs to work out.
