Actually, I knew about this a few days ago as I saw the notice
for the service captains to familiarize them at the Sembawang bus
interchange passenger service counter. I was afraid that they might
make route 859 skip either Sembawang Crescent or Admiralty Drive,
and was hoping that route 980 could be extended to use the whole
stretch of Admiralty Drive and also the two unused bus stops along
Sembawang Way (one is where route 859 used to call at). While the
former luckily did not happen (and route 859 finally makes a
comeback at Sun Plaza, one year after they stupidly decided to skip
that part), I can't really say the same about route 980.
SMRT should have considered making route 980 use this route:
Sembawang Bus Interchange, Sembawang Vista, Canberra Road,
Admiralty Drive, Sembawang Way, Sembawang Drive, Sembawang Avenue,
and then continue on it's old route towards Geylang Lorong 1
Terminal (italics denote
express/non-stop sector)
It seems to me that SMRT is trying to copy the SBS Transit route
philosophy - trunk routes should go around the town and double up
as feeder routes too, to pick up/drop off more passengers and
create less transferring. Maybe they should review route 882 too,
you know 
, but then talking directly to
SMRT, as I have said before, is worse than talking to a wall
.
