Higher frequencies for 161 and 168

muziq bus SG

http://myrp2.myrp.edu.sg/txtlstvw.aspx?LstID=0adb2dea-7c48-4334-a37f-6bf84d7a595b

as mentioned...

Airbus330Captain SG

Only mentioned about increase capacity (more DD buses deployed ) , not frequency.

TIB1062Y SG

Haha.. That's only for SBS Transit's part. Does that applies to SMRT Buses also? Answer is a big NO.

Just by looking at the long queue svc 902 has from 8am onwards you will understand it le.. I'm sure RP students like me and muziq bus will understand the situation better.. It can be damn horrible except for Wednesday.

SBS9888Y SG

call SBS Transit @ 1800 2872727

under Feedback press 3 if im not wrong

tell the personnel you always get packed to the door like sardines on 161 and 168 and you would prefer more frequent intervals and more Double deckers to contain the load
usually the personnel will say, we will do a survey on the ridership of the service and time period and we would put in more buses if we find that the buses on that service are receiving overwhelming number of passengers
thats what i did for sv.88 for weekends after 5pm and it worked out much better, the S157 LO3xs and more DDs were deployed during that time

and could you do me a favor and tell them about 27 too, its terrible esp during the PM peak

muziq bus SG

hmm, i am quite used to it cos the time for me to wait for the next 902 is at least 5mins.

i am just pissed with 187...everyone here should know why.

12m every morning is cruel when it is packed.
12m nissan every morning is more cruel when it is packed.

service_238 SG

does fleet addition of 2 DD buses consitute to better frequency?

Answer at http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/transport/trpt_bus_timetable.aspx

FireIce SG

yday i took 161

din have to wait too long.

off_service SG

Last week I saw 2 168 arriving at Woodlands compared to 1 sv 161. That’s really frequent.

off_service SG

As a frequent commuter of 161, I can assure there's at least 2 - 3 minutes cut in waiting time in most part of the day.

As for 168.. I see more 168 than 161.. So.. it's quite obvious.

sbst275 SG

e guide adjusted liao Very Happy

stituss SG

How about their extension of operational hours for Service 902? That's an improvement on their part too.

RP's announcement here

SBS9889U SG

Could still remember that time when Courts just opened and ikea opened not long and 168's frequency was like 5 mins although most were cameo SDs. An example was about 3 of 168s arrive before 1 of 34, before 4 of 58 and on par with Sv27 Shocked

TIB1062Y SG

Improvement?? I think they want to encourage MORE RP students to be LATE for school and to think my faciliators told us that students who are LATE for MORE than 10 minutes shall have their daily grades being downgraded.. and SMRT Buses wants RP students to have poor performance in daily grades all because of Service 902?!

The least thing SMRT Buses can do is to deploy more bendies crossover from other WRI services (2 of the current crossovers are Service 903 and 912) to Service 902 and not to let the queue stretch all the way to the far end escalator (near Service 962 berth) even with TIB1140E and TIB1107C (the bus I took this morning) being packed fully with RP students and staffs.

TWS4793 SG

That would definetely be good news for my favourite Service 168. Yesterday it did not take me long to get onto a VSO on 168-SBS 9812R Smile .

Today Service 168 brought in a LO3X from BRBP-SBS 9166Y Very Happy . I guess that it wanted to increase their frequency.

muziq bus SG

yes!
168 has a shorter waiting time.
i believe when it mentioned "INCREASE CAPACITY OF BUSES...." it meant the number of buses in the fleet...i think lah, but who cares...action speaks louder...

161 is ok by a few minutes... no problem with me.

for 902, one only has to wait less than 5 minutes for the next bus, so i strongly feel that it is ok for it to have a long queue.
further more, there are 2 SMRT staff to manage the frequency...if they find that the situation is hard to handle, they will always call for 2 buses to come at one go...

fine with me... 2 bendies are nice to see...also helps clear about 250 students and staff.

some prefer 169 too... so it is definitely ok..

Airbus330Captain SG

I haven't really see the difference even through I go to Woodlands at least three times a week. Yes, I think you are right. I have been seeing more 168 buses these days. Additional buses from svc 2 (VO 3 axles).

Airbus330Captain SG

My bad as I didn't explain clearly. The DD buses took over some of the SD buses (Increase of capacity = meaning more DD buses in the fleet not additional DD buses to the fleet. )

off_service SG

In case you did not notice, HGDEP added 2 DD, and it seems that now AMDEP has pure DDs. Even if AMDEP provides 1 SD, that will make 7 out of 11 buses DD. Whereas in the past there's only 10 buses. So in name, 161 has fleet addition.

off_service SG

Just a general update:

Service 161 has new frequency of 8 to 14 mins.
Service 168 has new frequency of 9 to 14 mins.

TIB1062Y SG

Okay a description of my rides today and you will know what I mean le.. Laughing

Friday, 20th April 2007:

7:38am: The time i stand at Blk 270 Bt Panjang Rd bus stop to wait for bus to go to school.

Around 7:45am++: A Service 187 ELBO came, none of the people can board due to bus too packed with pax.

Minutes later, 1 Service 963 (TIB485S) and 1 Service 966 OAC Merz came and skip my bus stop due to bus too packed with pax.

7:55am: TIB1109Y (Service 187) came, managed to squeeze almost everyone in through.

8:11am: TIB1109Y reached WRI, immediately, I went to queue for Service 902, and i saw TIB985R damn packed. Join in the long queue and I stood at Service 962 berth.

8:12am: TIB739K (Service 902) came, managed to move forward until Service 169 berth, continued waiting...

8:16am: TIB644A (Service 902) came, managed to move forward until the starting of Service 902 berth.

8:21am: TIB1140E (Service 902) came, boarded the bus and when it departed from WRI, Service 902 queue still stretch to Service 962 berth..

8:26am: TIB1140E reached RP bus stop.

8:32am: Reached my study cluster room as my block is the furthest from RP bus stop among all the study cluster blocks in RP. (W6)

Guinness's version: Now that's GREATNESS!
RP/SMRT's version: Now that's LATENESS!!

Therefore, my today's ride:

187: TIB1109Y (Bt Panjang Rd - WRI)
902: TIB1140E (WRI - Woodlands Ave 9)

963: TIB726Y (WRI - Pending Rd)