I shall share my pleasant memories.
In 2000, I used to take Service 9 to my kindergarden almost
everyday. That time Service 9 was under HGDEP control so there were
lots of Mark IV DMs which I could remember.
Somewhere around that year, I remember taking OAC O405 on 31 a
few times with blue unrefurb seats. Soon after that I discovered
that all O405s already had pink refurbished seats. Also, I remember
taking an LO2x on 28 to Tampines for just once and no more. Was
such a nice ride on the lower deck. I still remember the days when
Service 220 was around and took it a number of times mostly CAC
Scanias and a few times NAC Scania. There were also VO2x on 35
those days which I took too.
In 2001, I remember my first ride on a DM3500 which made me
instantly fall in love with this model.
Between 2001 and 2003 I started to fall in love with the O405s
when I started taking them frequently on Services 13, 24 and 31.
Nevertheless, during those days I also took a number of VOs and LOs
which I enjoyed too. I really missed the days when Service 2 had
lots of VOs and now replaced by horribly vibrating B9TLs and
thankfully I don't take this service very often now. I especially
miss the O405s on Service 24.
I can also remember those beautiful yellow top bus stops before
they were replaced with boring grey bus stops. Thankfully we
still have some unique orange top bus stops now. It would be
nice to have some old things around us rather then keep replacing
them.
Everything was so nice especially during the late 1990s
and the very early 2000s with SBS and TIBS. Those were
the days with much more unique and nice buses (not
to forget better service standards). must say that the
merging of TIBS and SMRT was a BIG BIG mistake. If they did
not merge, we would still be enjoying the good services by TIBS and
there would be lesser complaints in general. Things would be nicer
if SMRT operates the NEL, SBS remains SBS and TIBS remains
TIBS.
Your entire post was nice EXCEPT for the last paragraph.
=.="
My brief story on Townlink 291:
1) Used to have VO2x & LA
2) Took them quite a few times (Always took SBS 7293B & SBS
4998X)
3) Loves the pneumocyclic gearbox on the LAs
