I feel sv 980's being neglected by SMRT, juz 2day 3 old n creepy
nissan buses on sv 980 despite big crowd during peak hrs. Worse
till sv 167 got a TIB970H cameo. As if SMRT wanna pamper other
svcs with better n new buses n simply dumped all the old buses only
on a particular sv 980 instead.
In fact I ve been looking forward 2 see those new SMB buses on
sv 980 along Upp Thomson Rd. However I was really pissed off wif
SMRT tat they still like 2 dump those old buses on this svc
instead.
THUMBS DOWN TO SVC 980 
I agree with you. SMRT should have introduced more new buses to
enter Sembawang new town as well as other areas like Yishun and
CCK. Sembawang area had always been neglected all the while, not
only in the bus deployments (especially service 980) but also in
the direct connectivity to other areas as well. In fact it is
really an eyesore that other downtown bound services are getting
occasional Merc OC500LE deployments but service 980 being left out
and worse till massive Nissan deployments instead.
Notice that bus services like 172 started
getting get Merc OC500LEs though it passes by certain "ulu"
areas. Saw one of them today.
Anyway hope that SMRT phase out all their Nissan UD buses soon
once more new Merc OC500LEs are put onto the roads.
