Empty Buses Departing from Crowded Stops

105090 SG

to my knowledge, there is:
sv74: opp AMK MRT stn towards Buona Vista (7am)
sv74: Ngee Ann Poly towards Hougang (4-6pm)
sv74: AMK MRT stn towards Hougang (PM peak)
sv90: PLAB towars Toa Payoh (PM peak)
sv147: Pearl Centre towards Hougang(4pm onwards)
sv170: from anywhere along its route towards Johor
sv268: from AMK Blk700B towards Ind park 2 (loop) 4 trips at 30 mins intervals starting 1645hrs)

is there anymore?

SBS1908B SG

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muziq bus SG

Originally posted by 105090:
to my knowledge, there is:
sv74: opp AMK MRT stn towards Buona Vista (7am)
sv74: Ngee Ann Poly towards Hougang (4-6pm)
sv74: AMK MRT stn towards Hougang (PM peak)
sv90: PLAB towars Toa Payoh (PM peak)
sv147: Pearl Centre towards Hougang(4pm onwards)
sv170: from anywhere along its route towards Johor
sv268: from AMK Blk700B towards Ind park 2 (loop) 4 trips at 30 mins intervals starting 1645hrs)

is there anymore?

ya, 170 red sumtymes start at 2 stops b4 Kranji mrt...where CW1 n 170 blue rest

muziq bus SG

985 also got such thing......after plying as 985A, it then return to CCk as 985...from UPP BT TIMAH to CCK, since the load is mainly in this leg of the journey..and also coz 985 may arrive at Upp bt Timah Rd from Lor 1 Geylang wif full load and behind schedule...

gorby107 SG

C1 for all bus stop C2 for all bus stop and C3 for all bus stop too. This Citybuzz services has poor ridership and not making money at all think should be withdrawn, longer frequency or extended route to serve the heartland???

105090 SG

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Townlink 268 SG

i see myself on the list Razz

tranquilice SG

The title is very misleading.

It should read as: "Services that start trips somewhere along the route". Bus captains refer to this as down-route.

tranquilice SG

Citybuzz services routes are designed to ply within the city area only (or the fringe of it in the case of route C1).

SBS3688Y SG

Sometimes, empty buses begin a new trip from YCK rd for svc 854 towards Bedok. (These buses just came out of the depot)

SBS9889U SG

Why citybuzz lose to HIPPO?

105090 SG

from a SBS Charter Brouchure, its said "We will send empty buses to crowded to assist the existing bus etc." something like that, so i get the idea of the topic there.. my friend also like to refer to them as "kosong bus".

maybe called "Trips Commencing Halfway "?

tranquilice SG

Down-route is a more appropriate term.

muziq bus SG

sgwiki also have sumtyng like diz...for first buses down-route
but smrt buses dun have....
anyway, 106 also starts at Holland Road towards BB in the morning

weijie2749 SG

number 15 too.started somewhere after kaki bukit..maybe it’s from the depot in defu?

SBS9889U SG

I have never seen that before!

^tamago^ SG

hi. fyi, service 15 is not controlled by the depot situated in defu (tat's hougang depot or hgdep) but rather the depot at bedok north ave 4 (bedok north depot or bndep).

downroutes can happen anywhere so we won't know. but from timesheet experience, tis is likely to have occurred in the morning peak hours.

in the mornings, 2 empty trips of 15 will commence at bus stop opp eunos station from 6am to marine parade.

at the same time, 1 empty trip will also commence from parkway parade towards pasir ris before the first empty trip from eunos mrt reaches parkway parade.

weijie2749 SG

thanks Smile

tranquilice SG

Short-working Trip (SWT):
Starts trip from interchange/terminal or somewhere along the route, ends trip at somewhere further down the route but not interchange/terminal unless otherwise stated. SWTs have bus stop plates along their routes to inform passengers of their existences.

Down-route:
Starts trip from somewhere along the route, ends trip at interchange/terminal. Down-routes do not have bus stop plates along their routes to inform passengers of their existences.

Hope this gives a clearer picture.

SBS9889U SG

One of the downroad is at 6.15 and the other i am not sure as i seen only the 6.15 one using Volvo MK4 Strider.