memorable bus rides

juvling SG

do post any memorable or nostalgic bus rides that left a deep impression in your life.... be they sweet, fun or plain crazy!

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i remember around 1992-3 when they introduced the SuperBuses, i loved to take SVC 51 from the former hougang south interchange. as i had tuition at the tuition centre there, i usually went to the shopping centre, buy myself a happy meal and bring it up to the bus to makan....that was way before they banned eating on buses. of cos being a kiasu primary school kid, i would always chiong to the front and stay there.

man it was so song cos i felt like superman there, with the cars and trees whizzing by and all. plus the fact that by then i was already a bus nut (my hobby then was collecting the bus guides and memorising all the routes...till this day)

what a rush!

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hope to read more stories from u guys Smile

K800i SG

My recent memorable bus ride is on the new Volvo B9TL bus , SBS7317S. Not only I got to ride it on it’s very first revenue trip. I got to talk with the driver and some of his collaegues on the new bus , the future of SBST ….etc One of them explained to me some technical stuffs about this bus , very nice of them to fill me in. I enjoyed the bus ride tremendously.

Ito_^ SG

got one bus uncle drive very fast and mad, dig nose and laugh at cars when they drive past.

ki siao liao.

Volvo Olympian SG

My memorable bus rides is way back in 1996 when i first took the TIBS Hino HT238K on SERVICE 181 from Woodlands Int to Marsiling. I remember that time when i was abt 4-5 yrs old , me and my mother went to took the bus and it was hot and stuffy as it is very crowded , haha...still remember that i could hardly press the Bus stopping bell until someone help me to press it. And also , i feel very sad that i almost fell down from the exit steps of the Hino HT238K .....

and also , i like those Hino NAC buses back then and it is my first fav bus Very Happy

also , when i first took this Nissan OAC on Service 856 (can't remember what year) i like the seats till now Laughing and the Doors Closing sign too ....

stooper SG

I get a memorable bus ride almost every day... when taking 179 home... Laughing
You see buses horning, swerving, overtaking the lousy Internal shuttle buses, overtaking when going up hills, accelerator flooring, sharp braking(got once, an Indian slid all the way to the front and ended up lying on his back), etc...

One most recent event I remember(last month), was when a shuttle bus was stopped for no reason on the road... So our driver kept on beeping... It sounded like the comfort taxi system when the driver receives a call - beepbeep, beepbeep, beepbeep, beepbeeepbeeeeee - then the shuttle bus started moving slowly. This was downhill and normally 179 drivers would accelerate down it. But we had to use the brakes instead..... Laughing So we followed closely behind the shuttle bus, then that bus turned into the bus stop and our driver had to do the same as someone had pressed the bell...
Then for no reason, our driver horned again at the bus in front just before we stopped completely. As the shuttle bus driver started turning out, our driver turned the steering wheel faster and floored the accelerator(it was an LO), and overtook the shuttle bus before it left the bus bay! Then our driver continued to chiong since it was his last morning split shift round... Laughing

There was another one earlier this year, when a VO2x and an LO I was in was racing... The VO was leading at first (by probably 20metres), and managed to pass just before the red light. Our LO braked sharply...

Then later while the VO was stopped completely at a traffic light, our LO managed to catch up and crept slowly towards the traffic light but did not stop. Once the SIDE traffic lights turned red, our driver floored the accelerator, overtaking the VO just before entering NTU! Laughing

(The VO was schelduled to be 3mins earlier than our LO)

And also yesterday, another VO & LO race(not as fun though)... Too many memorable events... Wink

Raraken SG

I had this one(private bus) experience where going to the NDP 2006 Preview, the bus driver(we were in a M-B) went siau ting tong. He floored the accelerator in somewhere at Bugis or Braddell(somewhere with one way roads)
and then there was a read light. Since there was a big DD in front of us. The DD juz stopped and then the driver slammed the brakes, put the engine in reverse and floored it again. Crank! The bus hit but with a minor force. Someone sitting at the center back row seat flow off his chair and slid all the way the the driver on his tapiku on the rough floor.

sbst275 SG

Sv 61 was one of them, the ADDs era Crying or Very sad

Volvo Olympian SG

What is tapiku?? Laughing

Raraken SG

(Oh no.Please help the poor soul learn what is tapiku. ) It means big butt.

samtlk SG

NAC MB O405 on sv172 (SBS days). CCK (Teck Whye area) to Boon Lay Int in less than 10mins. BC floored it all the way along Choa Chu Kang Rd & Jln Bahar.

juvling SG

rem in 1986 shortly after i got into buses, as in got mad over em, brought my mom and her friend to the old jurong bus interchange (that was way before MRT came online), we took a DD svc 30, think was the ATL or sth, with all the wooden interiors....was a very memorable ride, can still remember the engine sound... Smile

another of my fav was the old svc 5, DD as well. Smile

brotherchen1982 SG

Remember taking 187 DD with all the wooden interiors & the bus liked want to break down(bus couldn't pick up speed) but the bus still managed to reach Bt Panjang Ter

Then svc 5 had some DDs with 2 pairs of foldable exit doors Smile

finoq SG

I remember the time when sv.170(SBS) didn't have aircons but their frequency was very good, and sv.171 at that time when it didn't have aircon also

and that time was TIBS of course, and the SBS didn't have purple in it

Urroh SG

I remember of taking Bus 154 since 1995 from Boon Lay. The last bus was at midnight 12.20am. I believe it is the last long-distance bus to finish for every day and always non-aircon. I will enjoy the cool night air and the bus driver will chiong very fast cause no much cars on the road at that hour. It will take about 1 hr 15mins to reach eunos at the time.

I always sneak a cigarette smoke on the bus.. hey it is non-aircon.. and not alot of pple take the last bus.. it was thrilling.. Mr. Green

trendz SG

no one’s fav. bus experience gotta do with a hot girl sashaying down the aisle? lol.