New Service 185 (Soon Lee Depot - Buona Vista Terminal)

last SG · 2006-12-21T15:23:31+00:00

That is correct. However, we are thinking of improvements to the service. Personally I still think the Express sector is hindering progress. It is delibrat...

stooper SG

413T wasn't one of the initial FFw buses, it was 3852P, but haven't seen it for so long... I still wonder if the bus with a new green ad I saw a few months ago on 174 was 3852P... Confused

SBS BUSES LOVER SG

413T was cameoing for 3852P as it was in SLWS . thats why it was on 174e for sometime .

stooper SG

I took 3 185 buses today - 3904Z, 527Z, 548M and none of them had svc guides! Or is it haven't print yet?

Anyway, I have confirmed that there are 9A shifts and another 9P shifts. Not sure about the last shift. Probably a T shift.

The loading is rather good between the Jurong West Ave 5 to Jurong Town Hall section since people are using it as an alternative to 99. The morning peak loading was rather packed. But for the rest of the journey, the bus seats weren't even half filled.

sbst275 SG

I wonder the loading at Clementi Loop

stooper SG

Oh, and did they open the “rural” St22 and the other part of St23 just for the sake of 185? I went there early December but both ends were gated up, with the St23 end being used as a heavy vehicle park!

stooper SG

I've taken a look at the timesheet and the entire journey from SLBP to Buona Vista Terminal hovers around 1h. It's around 1h02min for peak and 57min off peak (the last bus from BNV to SLBP is 57min also). So from JW Ave5, You'll just have to take away 5mins from the whole journey.

stituss SG

what's 9A, 9P and T shift?

stooper SG

Back in svc on 174e/174 today. No change in ads. The front looks repainted though.

SBS BUSES LOVER SG

the svc guides havent been printed yet .

the load is very good . at around 3pm , i took it from clementi stn and the bus was packed to the door , during non peak hrs ! . the load is good . even in the afternoon , the load is like svc 242 . very good . .

so overall , svc 185 is not a waste of buses . as 70% of slbp's SP buses have been taken away when svc 185 was implemented .

Donavan SG

What about Service 99's loadings in comparison?

chickenlittle2 SG

Of course svc 99 load is gd la.. Pple from Jurong west st 91 and Boon Lay still need to take!! BTW, DD are more comfortable..

sbst275 SG

Time to adjust freq to 12 mins liao Very Happy

Donavan SG

For 185, yeah.
For 99, NO WAY. :LOL: After all 99 is a really beautiful service in its routing. (but not the buses lah)

chickenlittle2 SG

Svc 185 is getting gd loading this days! I think there might be DD on this service. Either then deploy it during the peak hrs or full time!

fmradio SG

hmm is it really very good outside peak hours? sometimes no body sometimes during peak hour at clementi packed to the door but the endless jam along clementi ave 6 zzz. At first i tot 185 route is too short and dunno who they serve since there is 99 and 198 which duplicates most of its route. hmm we will see if it gets DDs haha.

SBS BUSES LOVER SG

there is a slim chance that it would get a DD . however all svc 185 buses operate on A/P shift . NO split shift . so DD highly unlikely unless additional bus or X-over from another svc .
usually the bus has major loads on these timings :

Morning - 6AM - 10AM
Afternoon - 12.30PM - 5PM
Evening - 5PM - 9PM

so mostly the load is good on these sectors :

Pioneer north / JW ave 5 / JW ave 3 > JW/JE ave 1 > Clementi stn

Dover stn > Clementi stn > JW/JE ave 1 > Jw ave 3 > JW ave 5 > Pioneer north .

& sometimes the best thing is that abt 2 svc 185 buses bunch ! even though the frequency is @ 12 - 15 mins

brotherchen1982 SG

No need to transfer buses at the "ever crowded" Boon Lay Temp Int. Mr. Green

Why 2 svc 185 buses bunch?
Slow traffic at Clementi Ave 6 exit from PIE... Twisted Evil

collinnxk88 SG

guess a DD x-over would be really feasible though during peak hours.
OFF-TOPIC: today i was on 52's SBS 3723 and it was so damn packed to the door. [i stood at the coinbox there and such stuff happens almost everyday during peak hours] seriously, 52 out for almost 1 year 3 months liao and still no DD, esp during peak hours... Sad at least have some DDs for split shift use.

sbst275 SG

There's a list of svs that have buses really packed one...

SBS BUSES LOVER SG

like svc 183 during peak hrs

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