SBS Buses SLOW!!!

Vehicle_builder SG

Why now a days the SBS buses all like engine only got 1cc.drive so slow.Damn irritating late already still have to ta han the bus slow!!!At least SMRT not that bad.

iNiKE SG

If you think its slow do yourself a favour and buy a car

Vehicle_builder SG

than I would be addind to the congestion of the road.

sinicker SG

it's a fact that SMRT buses are faster than SBST buses. Laughing

Edgar_Davids SG

yes u know on TPE, u see those SMRT buses like 858, 969 travelling at the centre lane up to 70-75km/h

whereas SBS 81, 88, 89, 168 etc crawled on the left lane, seems that they can't go beyond 60km/h limiter imposed on their buses

in terms of frequency, SMRT buses really sucks big time

hisoka SG

thats an example? have you seen those buses that crawl at like 10 metres an hour on normal routeS??

sinicker SG

yup. from Tampines, i would rather take 969 to woodlands. the "fast" feeling is there.

frequency long, bus fast, nvm.
frequency fast, bus slow, Evil or Very Mad

Edgar_Davids SG

freq long bus fast nvm????? lol

969 freq long no places to sit, squeeze like sardin, until u are only left to stand on the door steps

SBS 161 and 168 DDs most comfortable, can sleep at the upper decks all the way from tampines to woodlands, bus a bit slow nvm, as long as freq good and bus not packed

sinicker SG

Laughing opposite thinking nia.

err.. when i take 969, let people board the 1st bus. den i queue for the next one. this is going towards woodlands.

for going home to tampines, i would take 168 coz' it stops right outside my house.

168... only fast when going down the slip road at Jln Kayu flyover. sometimes, the most anti-climax thing to happen is the BC apply brakes when going down the slip road. Rolling Eyes

Apex-LW'21 SG

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For me, if I want to go Tampines next time, I will take Svc 969 from Woodlands instead of Svc 39 & 168.

When boarding Svc 168, I noticed that the bus is running slow and wasted at least 5 mins to get there due to long frequency. At least taking Svc 969 will be much faster and save time.

Sometimes I have to wait at a bus stop for Svc 39 between 10-15 mins.

I will prefer SMRT then SBST. Wink

sinicker SG

when will you make up your mind then?

Edgar_Davids SG

from yishun to tampines, 969 is definitely much faster than 39,

39 stops by seletar camp and can take up to 20-30 mins plying the whole stretch of pasir ris Dr 1

Apex-LW'21 SG

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Until October, I always took Svc 168 back to Woodlands. Somewhere in November, I began to make up my mind to take SMRT Buses Svc 969.

Edgar_Davids SG

969 is very slow from woodlands to yishun, a lot of bus stops

1 thing good abt 168 is it goes straight into SLE and goes express after only 2 bus stops

Edgar_Davids SG

969, from woodlands interchange to yishun ave 2 is a tortureous ride, so many bus stops and traffic lights and many passengers boarding and alighting, kan ni na

if only 969 can go directly into SLE via woodlands ave 2 and skip yishun

Apex-LW'21 SG

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Actually, in November, I gave up on taking Svc 39 to Tampines. Instead, I took Svc 969 to reach there.

sinicker SG

i swear not to take 39 on the expressways already. bad experience.

Donavan SG

You cannot help it. They're ahead of schedule. System drives everything. If system claims 10 min to the next place, they'll try as hard to go slow/fast as accordingly. You cannot blame them.

Edgar_Davids SG

ahead of schedule is certainly a good thing, but from the recent public complaints of long waiting time and bus not arriving punctually, it seems that they are often behind schedule

Apex-LW'21 SG

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I heard that Svc 151 had this kind of problem...