SBS Transit orders 900 buses from Scania (Part 1)

kenn3th SG

Scania. Maker of the bus.

kenn3th SG

so this time it would be the first bus of the series and the lucky bus 8888 to get these special body/ modification works like the sbs 9888 and 9889 series?

201911 SG

by the look of it when u compare wif other buses 8888 doesnt look special, except for the rego number

ZYX2005 SG

its the Scania Griffin

symbol of Scania

king of the road

ZYX

dfs24 SG

They could change the font size.

As for cost I am not too sure.

EDS,

Pros:
No need to make desto during route amendment
No need to maintain desto, e.g. broken desto
No need to make desto at all/Environmentally Friendly. (PLASTIC desto)
Reduces logistics headache, such as ensuring that buses have the necessary desto

Cons:
Need to maintain

One could argue that EDS consume electricity and in the end may consume more resources than a plastic desto. This one I leave it up to you to decide. Keep in mind LED are highly energy efficient.

dfs24 SG

I am also very curious. Anyone has seen the Scania with the bodywork featured on Scania website. That bodywork which Tammy posted a long time ago.

kenn3th SG

then the other body?
the tour bus looking one?

Scania SG

SBS8033D...not found today......

lemon1974 SG

anyway, just one question. Sv 100/174 are not considered as WAB service yet right? So can they take in PIW if they flag down the bus now?

someone posted before that BCs driving those B9TL on non-WAB services are not allowed to pick up PIW? so this apply to Sv 100/174?

Sv 88 and Sv 143 are still not WAB services also right?

QX5216J SG

i took the pics of 8888, nothing special. just the rego and a few of the poles are vibrating like shit on the first day of service.

edited.:
Pics of 8041 & 8888

SBS8041E

SBS8888D

ps: ok. just that 8888 got 2 CCTVs on the EXTERIOR of the bus..

azharjj SG

Ya... 88 & 143 are still not WAB services

tintinspartan SG

Then, why 143 has B9TLs that totals up to more than half the total number of buses in the 143 fleet? I heard WAB service must have WAB buses that totals up to more than half of it's perm service fleet.

SBS9888Y SG

nope exactly 15 out of 30... pls do not crap around Rolling Eyes though not all are in service daily...7456 7457 7458 7460 7462 7465 7469 7470 7471 7473 7474 7480 7482 7485 7489

Y_Shun SG

SBS8888D is the only bus with CCTV installed at the exterior right?

The BC drive the Scania damn slow siah, the bus behind branch up. The DDU didn't even tell the BC he is late. Only when the bus will ending at Serangoon then the DDU updates itself -_-.

Yes, I think the BCs at HGDEP are taking turns to learn to drive the Scania on route 100.

A lot of elderly cannot see the EDS properly, the first thing they ask when they got up the bus, "100?".

Timetable was like disrupted and I think everybody was buay song with 100 being so slow.

and also saw 4 person in a group taking pictures at Ghim Moh. Mr. Green

- Handgrips are the old type not those on B9TL(Advertisement handgrips).

samtlk SG

The NiteOwl BCs have not gone for the training yet.

TWS4793 SG

Should be the only bus with CCTV installed. We shall see what other buses have this in the future.

So slow that the SBS 8888D I was on bunched up with SBS 2669J yesterday.

Mentioned this earlier. I saw some BCs on SBS 8038R having familiarisation with the new Scanias. By the way, those BCs are really Service 100 BCs or not?

What time? I was there at about 4+. Wink

QX5216J SG

cant confirm though. this is the HGDEP ones, not sure about the SL ones (Sv 174), if they have CCTvs installed outside as well..

theres a reason why all the BC driving the K230UB crawled..
the bus is too EASY to control...
ask 6 BC, they say the bus accelerates fast, thus they drive more slowly and with care..

service_238 SG

If im not wrong only 8888D and 8138K had CCTV installed. The others will have their CCTV installed in due course. No prizes for guessing why the above 2 got installed first.

For those who took S100 yesterday evening, you would notice that the Serangoon-bound direction buses came in pairs. This is because that there was an MRT disruption in town hence more human traffic which led to buses being late. Buses that did not go to town were somewhat affected in one way or another due to the domino effect.

off_service SG

Having half a fleet WAB doesn't mean it's automatically WAB. It has to be announced by SBST before the buses are allowed to pick up PIWs.

off_service SG

I was on 167 and the crazy jam at Orchard made my trip from NBR to SBW stretched to almost 2 hours.

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