sinicker SG hahaha... yup.. i think it's the nearest place where there is a high volume of passengers...
sinicker SG dono... but like.. buses quite full all the way towards Bedok, den frm there onwards to upp east coast rd, empty.
kc_leung SG The actual problem is that Upp East Coast terminal is right in the middle of private housing, and those private house owners aren't exactly the frequent bus-riding type. I think UEC has the potential to be a secondary interchange to relieve the congested Bedok Int - but only when there's a shuttle between the 2. (219 and 14 don't count)
SGEMP SG Why not count 14 and 229 especially if 229 is much direct, is it because both are too twisting, one via tanah merah, other via chai chee, respectively?
musli_bar SG Originally posted by kc_leung: The actual problem is that Upp East Coast terminal is right in the middle of private housing, and those private house owners aren't exactly the frequent bus-riding type. I think UEC has the potential to be a secondary interchange to relieve the congested Bedok Int - but only when there's a shuttle between the 2. (219 and 14 don't count)It's 229 now
SGEMP SG And that the UEC initially was to cope with the closure of MPBT (into Victoria School), and to resettle 13 and 853c essentially(196 resettled into Bedok), but then SBST took advantage of the space of UEC for such new svcs, incld 48.
iveco SG When SBST introduced 48 to operate out of UEC, it showed they were capable of making 16 terminate there. I doesn't make much sense introducing new routes from UEC while the former MRP ones continue to loop at Mandarin Gardens.
musli_bar SG I, as a frequent 229 and 14 user, don't think it's too twisting...the twisting part for 229 is less than 5 min, and twisting part for 14 varies
musli_bar SG So you expect all buses there to go to UEC? UEC ter doesn't have so much space and berths...
Apex-LW'21 SG Svc 229 is currently from Bedok Bedok Sth Rd, not from Bedok Chai Chee Dr. The current svc 229 was renumbered from 219.
