bus conductors

last SG · 2005-06-16T09:20:15+00:00

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i_love_blacky SG

anyone out there has any experience with bus conductors in Singapore? they bring back the good old nostalgic memories. for myself, i remember most prominently that 170 used to have bus conductors until Jun 1993. Thereafter, the bus conductor style tickets were still being sold in Johor Baru as well as Woodlands Checkpoint.

also, i remembered boarding a bus conductor City Shuttle Bus in 1990.

the last time i took a bus conductor bus in singapore was in 1998, when the 2nd Link just opened and the Malaysian bus company Maju operated service 262.

now, we still can find bus conductors in Johor, namely the S&S bus service from JB to Kulai, and a few rare buses...care to share your experiences?

sbst275 SG

Johor side is because there pay by RM... Say the fare here is $1.00 cash, there board in JB is RM1.00 though ez-link cards are counted in SGD for bth sides

SJE still uses punch hole tickets

zaxis SG

saw many of our SBStransit used ticket machine install in many of JB new buses can still see the metal stampped logo of SBS

sbst275 SG

You mean the ticket box?

PJ_Quek SG

Right on, that's what zaxis is referring. Found on most Maju Hino OMO buses and GML Lines.

sbst275 SG

Muahahahah... SBS bus ticket box on MY buses... Somemore got SBS bus in JB

SBS9828X SG

SBS really clever... now that MK2s are leaving... and CRBs going next yr Laughing

sbst275 SG

In the 1st place, how they got the box? They buy and assemble by themselves?

PJ_Quek SG

Intelligent idea by the conductors

One Maju bus which I board from JB to Larkin. The price was RM1.30, however the conductor only collected RM1 from me, without issuing ticket. Thus, the RM1 goes into his pocket, while I get to pay less for the journey. The bus company gets nothing. Laughing

sbst275 SG

Originally posted by PJ_Quek:
[b]Intelligent idea by the conductors

One Maju bus which I board from JB to Larkin. The price was RM1.30, however the conductor only collected RM1 from me, without issuing ticket. Thus, the RM1 goes into his pocket, while I get to pay less for the journey. The bus company gets nothing. Laughing [/b]

That's why SBS went to OMO in 1977 to prevent this

PJ_Quek SG

By doing this, SBS is the winner even over the years right till today, where we used Ez Link.

sbst275 SG

MY is really behind us... We OMO, they still TMO..

We here use magnetic card, partial OMO/ TMO system

We use ez-link, there just OMTS

SBS9828X SG

huh?

iveco SG

IntraKota of KL has a validator on board. It looks exactly like our TransitLink ones.

Anyway, some OMO routes are also being driven by dishonest svc cpts. I had a bad experience with one such guy in KL who was driving a Triton bus in the suburb of Petaling Jaya. I paid for two persons with a RM1 note (the fare was 50c flat), but he wouldn't put it in the cash box or issue any receipt. His attitude reminded me of those pirate taxi operators. I was so incenced that I wrote a complaint to the newspaper that very night. Mad

105090 SG

170 went OMO on 5th June 1993 rite? saw the metal notice inside the bus.. Also, it was the bus which went from fully NAC to FAC on 18 Nov 2001.. 10 days before SBS becomes SBS Transit.

But how come from TMO to OMO didnt result in cheaper fares?

Also, can someone explain to me ehat does " HYBRID" means? PAC?

sbst275 SG

Actually in 2001 bef it was converted, the TMO - OMTS notice was still onboard 1 bus Laughing

Hybird means Bus and MRT stamp comb

^tamago^ SG

from wat i know, only 182 had this type of fare structure before. i suppose it mean part of the fleet is TMO and the rest are OMO-DRF.

The_Bus_Guide SG

TIBS service 182 happens to be the last to use the hybrid system. When SBS first introduced the One-Man Operation (OMO) back in the late 1970s, they did not convert the whole fleet of some services to OMO (at that time it was using step fare, not distance related fare). Part of these fleet still use conductors and so they are called HYBRID services.

In 1982, the following services use the Hybrid system.

2, 74, 83, 132, 157, 160, 165, 184, 196, 198, 209,

carbikebus SG

Some of Malaysia bus operators had the Toch n Go magnetic card too just like our own EZ-Link system

iveco SG

Cityliner uses this system. So does SPNB (PutraLine buses and trains). THe T&G card is also used on the North-South Expressway and 2nd Link.