Down Memory Lane (Part 3)

last SG · 2008-11-07T21:51:24+00:00

You forgot AIR-CON 3 used Scania N113CRB OAC and even a Bolton Australia bodywork prenault french bus... wonderful svc. one of my fav old services. ZYX I tho...

TIB1018B SG

When 857 was introduced in 1993, the CAC Nissans were first deployed on 857. There were no MB O405s on 857 perm but it do appear as cameos. However, when a few of the OAC Nissans were redeployed to 857, the CAC became SP for a while and cameo on PAC services like 851 & 854. Some of the OAC Nissans were transferred to KJDEP as well, when newer MB O405s were being deployed on 851 & 854.

For your 2nd question, the bus stop you mentioned was newly built for 857. Not only that, but the bus stops O/S Blk 1002 (now demolished) were also used by 857.

I remembered riding on a CAC Nissan U31 SCN on service 825 way back in 1993 and it was the first Tibs aircon bus ride for me as well. Think most of the CAC SCNs were then transferred to KJDEP when AMDEP had the new Merc 0405 buses.

To add on service 169 when converted to PAC in 1995, there were a mixture of MB0405s and Nissan U31RCNs on service 169. Some CAC Nissan U31SCNs and Hinos made cameo appearances too.

Apex-LW'21 SG

All the Malaysian UMW Lances when new did not have any EDS, they used the plastic blue destos for a start. The Malaysian UMW Lances were first introduced on services 59, 163 and 854. After which services 103, 169, 825 and 853 had those Lances with the blue destos. I remembered service 980 only had UMW Lance deployments later after the EDS was installed.

Initially the Dennis Lance, CSS310U, also used blue 608 destos.

TIB1018B SG

Question: when were they installed? 1998?

1999-2003.

TIB1018B SG

Several of the Nissans also had their air-conditioning unit switched off (permenantly?) and served as non air-conditioned buses on several Yishun bus routes; routes 800 and 854 were among the ones I recall, and someone once had a ticket of one of those buses showing it to be running on route 851. I also recall seeing a suspected CAC Nissan on route 171; did any of those buses ever serve that route?

Yup, TIB311K to TIB317U were converted to NAC buses somewhere in 1996. The aircon was just swithced off that's all. There were also some Hinos (TIB38x series) as well as TIB390G which were also converted to NAC buses, however they were transferred to CSS in 1997 and were reverted back to AC once again.

TIB311K to TIB317U were among some buses to transfer from KJDEP to AMDEP when all the NAC Hinos were all given to KJDEP in late 1997. After which those Nissans were running around as spare buses cameoing on AMDEP services at that time.

TIB1018B SG

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off_service SG

And when the Malaysian-made Dennis Lance buses came in, they also replaced the Scania L113CRL buses on route 59 (very faintly recall the latter buses on that route); I still remember taking a Dennis Lance on route 59 from Ang Mo Kio to Jalan Kayu with my family to go to the roti prata stalls there.

I am not sure now, but I do recall that they (the Dennis Lance buses) had the flip-dot displays installed on them by that time.

When the Dennis Lances came in not long after service 59 was renumbered to 866 and extended to Sengkang.

off_service SG

Anyone remembered CAC Hino TIB 290 E (not sure of suffix) on service 169?

off_service SG

Currently, yes. Only the Malaysian Dennis Lance buses have these "furry" panelling, at least in regards to public buses.

I do remember that several other air-conditioned buses used to have them, such as SBS Transit's (then SBS') Mercedes MB O405 buses before refurbishment. I also remembered that the Duple-Mestec bodied version had two versions of it's interior: both had the "furry" panelling if I remember correctly, but one had non-adjustable air-conditioning slit vents (if you want to know what they looked like, think of the vents in today's SMRT's Mercedes OC500LE or Habit-bodied MB O405G, minus the rotary lever and jutting out, and positioned closer to the celling), while the other had round adjustable ones similar to the ones all of them have today. Were the differences based on the model of the air-conditioning unit they had?

The outlets are similar to those above the entrance and exits.

lemon1974 SG

yesterday morning at 10.30am, there is a kid drama on Ch 8. saw SBS2783L on Sv 66 in SBS Livery.. the desto is the old type with the “AIRCON” wording. Think this show was make many years back. The DM3500 was looking brand new then in the SBS livery.. also, in the same episode , SBS3617C on Sv 237 was also featured..

sbs8104h SG

many good buses have gone

eX.A.K.R. SG

Should be in the late 1990's or early 2000's.

Still remember that in the 1990's, non air-conditioned buses have destos with their destinations (or destination and looping point, for loop routes) on their front destos, while air-conditioned ones used destos that had the words "AIR CON" on the right (left from our perspective). The large double-deck bus front destos (for the Olympians) also had "via" route information on them; this applied for both the air-conditioned ones (which similarly had the words "AIR CON" on them) and the non air-conditioned ones. Side destos, regardless of size, had a blue bar on red for air-conditioned routes; can't remember the colour for the non air-conditioned ones (was it green bar on white?).

Starting around 2000 or 2001, SBS Transit decided to simplify the desto system, and now most destos are simply white and red (except for a few categories of bus routes, such as the Express and Premium routes); most front destos now lack destination information or the words "AIR CON". Sometimes, however, legacy destos (that have either the destinations or, rarer still, the words "AIR CON" get used) do get used; route 170, as well as the newer route 160, continue to use this legacy system probably due to regulations in Malaysia. Some double-deck destos also preserve this system, but mostly without the "via" system. Destos also now come in different fonts, rather than the unified font system used in the past; personally, personally I prefer the more consistent system of using the same font for destos in the past, unlike the clashing variety of fonts we have today (Helvetica, FF Meta, Arial, Verdana, Times New Roman, and ITC Avant Garde, in addition to the original sans-serif font that was consistently used in the past), which does not really present a as-clean image as it could if only one font was used.

jayh272416 SG

Should be in the late 1990's or early 2000's.

honestly, theres nothing wrong with the huge variety of fonts used. as long as you can see the number clearly theres not much of a problem.

Destined2REIGN SG

Should be in the late 1990's or early 2000's.

Starting around 2000 or 2001, SBS Transit decided to simplify the desto system, and now most destos are simply white and red (except for a few categories of bus routes, such as the Express and Premium routes); most front destos now lack destination information or the words "AIR CON". Sometimes, however, legacy destos (that have either the destinations or, rarer still, the words "AIR CON" get used) do get used; route 170, as well as the newer route 160, continue to use this legacy system probably due to regulations in Malaysia. Some double-deck destos also preserve this system, but mostly without the "via" system. Destos also now come in different fonts, rather than the unified font system used in the past; personally, personally I prefer the more consistent system of using the same font for destos in the past, unlike the clashing variety of fonts we have today (Helvetica, FF Meta, Arial, Verdana, Times New Roman, and ITC Avant Garde, in addition to the original sans-serif font that was consistently used in the past), which does not really present a as-clean image as it could if only one font was used.

Do you know the name of the font in bold?

SBS7322B SG

I remember a few years back. I fell while entering a LO2X on service 70.

SBS9364S SG

I remember a few years back. I fell while entering a LO2X on service 70.

And V02x on 70 oso. After that, all the Svc 70 VO2xs were sent to SLBP to replace all of the LO2xs.

Apex-LW'21 SG

Do you know the name of the font in bold?

most probably u cant find it.. the desto typeface as shown below is actually designed by SBS.
(Something like this)

Apex-LW'21 SG

Anyone remembered CAC Hino TIB 290 E (not sure of suffix) on service 169?

its TIB290L

TIB930Z SG

once more , it looks cool with dress rims on MK IIs

bus555 SG

I remember taking a LA on Townlink 357 (now svc 3) somewhere in 1999 and then got prob like this:

http://buses.sgforums.com/forums/12/topics/339533?page=7

SMRT BUSES LuvER SG

most probably u cant find it.. the desto typeface as shown below is actually designed by SBS.
(Something like this)

Talking abt destos, ive came across this website which had Strider on 67.. Ive nvr seen this type of desto in my life!:

Photo Courtesy of BUS HUNTER.

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