New Premium Bus Services (Post It Here)

Junyang700 SG

Saw this poster at the bus stop along Bukit Panjang Road today.

Anybody saw any notice of other new premium services around?

phillipC SG

Whoa. Not sure how the demand like tmr. Is relatively cheaper compare with SBST Premium 555.

Junyang700 SG

But it runs only in the PM Peak from CBD to Bukit Panjang.

Premium 555 runs in the AM Peak from Bukit Panjang to CBD.

ahjack 77 SG

Premium 723

> Buangkok Green to Upp Cross St (Morning Peak)
> Raffles Quay to Buangkok Green (Evening Peak)

Direction 1 (AM Peak)

Via
Buangkok Green (Blk 565)
Hougang Ave 4/8/2
Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
CTE (Express)
Upp Pickering St
Church St
Shenton Way
Palmer Rd (Express)
Anson Rd
Cecil St
Cross St

Terminates at Upp Cross St (Opp Hong Lim Cplx)

Direction 2 (PM Peak)

Via
Raffles Quay
Shenton Way
Palmer Rd (Express)
Anson Rd
Cecil St
Cross St
Upp Cross St
CTE (Express)
Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
Hougang Ave 2/8/4

Terminates at Buangkok Green (Opp Blk 565)

Fare Details: Unknown

*Duplicating " Did you Know..?" post.

ahjack 77 SG

Premium 591

> Punggol Rd to Anson Rd (Morning Peak)
> Anson Rd to Punggol Rd (Evening Peak)

Direction 1 (AM Peak)

Via
Punggol Rd (Blk 604)
Punggol Field
Sengkang East Drive
KPE (Express)
Nicoll Highway
Collyer Quay
Shenton Way

Terminate at Anson Rd (Hub Synergy Pt)

Direction 2 (PM Peak)

Via
Anson Rd
Robinson Rd
Fullerton Rd
Esplanade Dr
Nicoll Highway
KPE (Express)
Sengkang East Dr
Punggol Field

Terminate at Punggol Road (Opp Punggol Port Rd)

Fare Details: $4.00

Junyang700 SG

The new routes by the private operators are what the commuters and mass public want, rather than those premium services that SBST and SMRT are trying to introduce, with the aim to make frequencies poorer and push commuters to board premium services with no comfort initiatives attempted to make our rides more pleasant.

ahjack 77 SG

Premium 592

> Sengkang West Ave to Anson Road (Morning Peak)
> Anson Road to Sengkang West Ave (Evening Peak)

Direction 1 (AM Peak)

Via
Sengkang West Ave (Aft Fernvale Lane)
Sengkang East Ave
Anchorvale Drive
Sengkang East Ave
Punggol Road
KPE (Express)
Nicoll Highway
Collyer Quay
Shenton Way

Terminate at Anson Rd (Hub Synergy Pt)

Direction 2 (PM Peak)

Via
Anson Rd
Robinson Rd
Fullerton Rd
Esplanade Dr
Nicoll Highway
KPE (Express)

Punggol Road
Sengkang East Ave
Anchorvale Drive
Sengkang East Ave

Terminating at Sengkang West Ave (Bef Fernvale Lane)

Fare: $4.00

^tamago^ SG

they don't make the frequency poorer, really. imagine, if a service arrives at a heartland interchange/terminal just before 8am, it won't help much to have it turn back towards town if the aim is to arrive before 9am. and that's when running a direct-to-town premium service represents the best use of bussing resources.

Junyang700 SG

Get your point to some extent.

But I do see some obvious tactics.

Side-track a bit.
Like NR3 will always arrive before 190 and 700A on Fridays and Saturdays to lure people to take Nightrider on the presumption that there are no more basic services.

74e and 151e will always arrive before basic services 74 and 151 so that students will choose the fast forward service over the basic.

And I believe if demand is good for premium services, they will start providing better frequencies for premium services and deploy lesser buses for basic services.

sinicker SG

good to see players utilising the KPE.

we cant expect people to use the NEL everyday. and this gives them a direct office home mode of transport, seated.

phillipC SG

The load of 722 doesn't look good, maybe is still new.

phillipC SG

duplicated, deleted

Junyang700 SG

Bus load for 1st trip of 722 is pretty good today. I guess there were about 20 pax on the bus after some alighted at the 1st stop of Bukit Panjang.

sbst275 SG

NR svs begins at 2330 because many of e SMRT's CBD svs last bus is at 2330 or 2345.

74e & 151e has their own indep allocated schedule and departure timing vs the normal svs beginning 0530/ 0545 resp.

The PTOs has the QoS for basic svs to meet. Priority is still to basic svs.