take 135 to yishun? (assuming your suggestion to extend it
there)
I am talking in the likes of SMRT’s buses that use
expressway eg. 966 to WDL from marine parade :ty:
SMRT its such a wonderful service that makes transpt
to WDL much easier..started late 2000’ i think
Hope another SMRT variant to Yishun comes.. I will
try and post in the route suggestions thread 
MP/MT residents need to wait till 2020 for a proper
MRT station 
and what are those regulations? 
Perhaps you’re talking about the quota of SMRT/SBST
route ownership?
Do you know the real rationale behind why 966 is an express route
rather than a normal trunk service??? Marine Parade is nearer to
the city, so there is no need for so much express routes to exist.
And yes, that stupid territory ruling.
Moreover there are service 36 and 48 that goes ECP and a City
Shopper service if I'm not wrong. But I quite unhappy that they
withdrew Express 503 in the early 2000s.
And not to forget, 168 and 161 to Woodlands, from Bedok/Tampines
and Hougang/Sengkang respectively. Service 5, 59 are also partial
express bus services, just that they don't serve your area.
And it is TIBS (Trans Island Bus Service) that introduce 966,
not SMRTB. Please get your facts right.
And since there is a straight bus to Woodlands, you can take a
bus to Yishun from here. If SMRTB really bothered to introduce a
bus service to the southeast, they would have make 853 a full day
service long ago. Since the day they took over TIBS, less
than 5 basic services was introduced in SMRTB to improve links
as compared to SBST's 10, at least.
You should be very lucky that there are new services being
introduced in Marine Parade, service 43 and 48. In my place, served
by SMRTB area, no new bus services since TIBS has gone, service
standards dropped drastically, dirty buses, poor maintenance, poor
customer services and irregular frequencies from SMRTB. Those who
never lived in SMRTB served areas will never know the agony and
frustrations they had to face for their daily bus commuting. So
don't think that SMRTB is that good.
Be glad of your bus services links now in your area, because
when the MRT is up in the area, many of these links might be gone
and your only choice might only be the crowded MRT train,
everyday.
