Buses like to come in pair

jaaze SG

.SBS9888Y. SG

don't you guys know why bus bunch? basically every bus and every driver have different capabilities, some are lambat king, some are felari fei ji shi. it also depends on the demand. if your bus tio people and your bus really bad pickup like VSO, you have a higher chance of being behind schedule and the bus behind you picks up less people as the earlier bus gets later and later when he picks more and more, the later bus gets nearer and nearer the earlier bus and picks less people den bunch loh and den the bus behind the later bus will get more people and be behind schedule as the later bus gets ahead of schedule for picking up less people. it also depends on different things like sudden school dismissal or varied peak hour demand where demand at bus stops have sudden strange increases.

everyday i see at least 2-3 bunchups. that is when i'm outside for only 1 hour. half an hour to sch and back. nothing unusual, you try living in other countries where the frequencies are far worse at least 30mins. Singaporeans just have no patience.

Junyang700 SG

Saw 4 of 74 DDs and SD came to NP bus stop within 1 - 2 mins.

Then, 3 of 184 bendies came togather at BPI. I was like sian diao when I waited at NP bus stop for 20 mins for a very crowded 184 sia.

74's frequency for AM Peak towards Buona Vista is extremely good. Bus comes around 1 - 2 mins. That's why it keeps coming.

As for 184, it always happens in the morning. Cos the bus is packed to the doors from Bukit Panjang to SIM, then it gets empty all the way. So the buses can catch up speed with each other and then it gets packed again in Clementi MRT back to Ngee Ann Poly and BC speeds back to Bukit Panjang Int for a new trip.

SMRT doesnt want to do shortworking trip. If not, there will be 184A and 184B. I think they find it no point since there is not many people boarding anyway along SIM to Clementi MRT and Ngee Ann Poly to Bukit Panjang in the morning. =)

brotherchen1982 SG

As for 184, it always happens in the morning. Cos the bus is packed to the doors from Bukit Panjang to SIM, then it gets empty all the way. So the buses can catch up speed with each other and then it gets packed again in Clementi MRT back to Ngee Ann Poly and BC speeds back to Bukit Panjang Int for a new trip.

SMRT doesnt want to do shortworking trip. If not, there will be 184A and 184B. I think they find it no point since there is not many people boarding anyway along SIM to Clementi MRT and Ngee Ann Poly to Bukit Panjang in the morning. =)

Last time got 184A (BPI - NP) during AM Peak but withdrawn after right turn from Clementi Rd was closed for the new flyover

Often is Habit doing 184A & bus went all the way to os Blk 73 same as then 74A

caleb_chiang SG

well, if the bus started early, but every bus stop have to stop to take in passenger and let them alight then it is very comman that the bus which set off later would catch up due to lesser commuter. It is a very well known common knowlegde.

So if I waited very long and a crowded bus come, I would wait an extra 5 minutes for the next to arrive... which is usually less crowded.

Oceane SG

So if I waited very long and a crowded bus come, I would wait an extra 5 minutes for the next to arrive... which is usually less crowded.

But sometimes if you get buses that kena 拉分 by timekeeper, meaning they delay departure of the bus due to either missing slots resulting from breakdown, undespatched buses or previous arrival very late, then you wait 50% longer for your bus, but next bus is also 50% longer waiting time. SMRT loves to practice 拉分. Anyhow like to pull here pull there, frequency go haywire. Once you start pulling it's very hard to pull back to original scheduled times unless there's an incoming wave of long breaks.

I've ever encountered 1 851 duty in the morning 拉分 by timekeeper 15 minutes, covering another 3 missing slots. From 6.08am - 6.36am there is just one bus.

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