Wah how come Yishun intratowns so complicated one.
Firstly Oceane, please dont label the 2nd half of the 811/812 route
as 811E/812E even though most of the terminating trips occur for
this section of the route. The whole route is still 811/812. E only
comes in when the bus is required to terminate regardless of which
loop it is currently in.
And to emphasise my point, it can be seen even more clearly for
Woodlands intratown services 911, 912, 913. Just like their Yishun
counterparts, all three services have majority E trips for the
western sections of their routes towards the checkpoint and
back.
However, that doesnt mean the eastern section of the route does not
have terminating E trips. During the checkpoint jams and when the
diversions for these feeders take place, SMRTB will quickly deploy
E trips for both sections of the routes, such that the residents in
say, Woodlands Ring Road which usually gets 912s, will now see
nothing but 912Es.
The rationale is simple, to ensure that the eastern loops for 911,
912, 913 will not get affected regardless of the checkpoint jams.
So whether you like it or not, if you are from Admiralty MRT
station and wanna travel to say, Marsiling Road, you still have to
board a 913E and alight at WRI and transfer to another 913E towards
Woodlands Checkpoint.
As such, what Im trying to emphasise here is that labelling one of
the two loops for an intratown service as the "E" loop is wrong
because both loops can be "E" loops still.
However, I expect such intratown services to be culled and replaced
by normal feeder services once LTA takes over since the
interchanges will now be the hubs, though fare payable may still be
the same.
