giving single deck services double decks..your top 3 choices

last SG · 2004-10-15T16:05:14+00:00

161 needs DDs, too crowded in WDL int. A lot of people take 161 from WDL. 74 still ok, VSO or VO not much difference, bus will still get crowded during peak...

TIB1186Z SG

Read the topic carefully. Its SOLELY single deck services. Svc 74 has more than half of the fleet being DDs. Svc 54 can still handle the load comfortably for most of the sectors. There is also 54A to ply the ultra busy St22-Bishan MRT sector during morning peak.

Svc 851 is SMRT so obviously it can never get DDs, and it already have a fair amount of high capacity bendys.

Svc 852 is also SMRT and loads are CMI during non-peak periods, and during morning peak, although cram like crazy, there are students like me who give our money to SBST cos they handle the Bt Timah loads much better with svc 74.

service_238 SG

Talking abt me? Laughing

Currently freq after school dismissal is 4 min. Recently 238 added one more full day bus to its fleet. The current fleet is able to cope with the loads. Unless u define crowded as a few standing pax, i got nothing else to say.

One more thing.. there's quite a handful of elderly using 238. I dont think they wanna walk that much in a bus right? (note that 238 serve TP Polyclinic)

If 238 gets DDs, freq will worsen to 6 min which i personally would not want to have.

238 stays Very Happy

iveco SG

Even if SBS runs YIS Int, it can't use DD becos of height constraints. Anyway, SMRT has its way around the problem. it favours Habit buses. They are more versatile.

SBS9845X SG

nono...i was only toking abt the buses from my area....not abt the DDs.....sori sori... Mr. Green

SilverKris SG

I suppose u live in upp thomson? I like that place, got lotsa buses going to city and west side. City: 130/132/162/163(Toa Payoh)/166/167/980 West: 166/165/167 Also north: 410(Bishan)/980/167/163(Sengkang and YCK Rd).

Great place to live in!

Anyways, abt 162.....i dun think need DDs, but can have one or two......better put on 163.....lolx

SBS9845X...in that area lor....but not convenient to disclose exact location hehehe Cool

many buses..but still got problems going to choa chu kang or jurong east or boon lay or tampines or bedok or airport leh.......cannot take taxi or ask my sis/dad to drive me everytime. Rolling Eyes

SBS9845X SG

SINGTRANS will rectify any loopholes in our transport system. Our aim is to provide a SEAMLESS transport system, so dun worry silverkris. Lolx Mr. Green

sbst275 SG

This thread is actually redundant, my IBS runs ADDs for all rts except due to ht restriction or demand lesser than 40%

Zilchster SG

Unfortunately or should I say fortunately IBS (Imaginative Bus Service) doesn’t event exist…so u r the one who’s really redundant…

gohby SG

LEEJZ! If you cant talk sense, then stuff sh.it into your bloody mouth! You very experienced ah? Who tell you 156 does not need DDs? I am a regular on 156 and I know it best, so dont argue with me. Experienced the tedious waiting times for 156, when the frequency is conked up or whatever reasons? The bus can be VERY PACKED, even sometimes in the afternoon non-peak. Weekends loading no good doesnt means does not need DDs.

Furthermore, i believe 53 depserately needs DDs [If w/o height limit] much more than some of your services listed above.

leeJZ SG

it does not need dds on weekends...i think it is like 151...

yes sbst screws up the freq of 156, imo that is why it can be crowded, instead of DDs, a better freq would do.

NineGrains SG

top 3 choices for me are:

16 (possible? now that it no longer goes to the airport. any height restrictions?)

Express 518

131

tranquilice SG

Service 16 cannot use double deckers due to height restriction (3.3m) under Merdeka bridge and narrow roads in Joo Chiat. Currently buses do not pass under Merdeka bridge due to route diversion.

Service 131 may has a problem with double deckers along Dorset Rd. I remember that Dorset Rd is a narrow road. Confused Also there seems a height restriction along Henderson Rd.

NineGrains SG

ooorrr.....thank you.
looks like stuck with crowded 16 buses for me then.

iveco SG

16 passes beneath the Merdeka Bridge on the return trip. It runs opposite 11.

iveco SG

One more thing, does Yishun Int have a height restriction? Does this affect 39 much if it is the case?

tranquilice SG

Nope.

Before diversion: Pass under Merdeka bridge towards Siglap Rd only. Does not pass under Merdeka bridge on return trip towards Bt Merah.

Current: Does not pass under Merdeka bridge at all. Towards Siglap Rd, ply Mountbatten Rd, Nicoll Highway, Stadium Dr, Stadium Rd..... Towards Bt Merah, ply Stadium Rd, Stadium Dr, New Stadium Dr, Stadium Blvd, Mountbatten Rd.....

tranquilice SG

The shelter connecting Blks 923 and 924 is almost 3 storeys high. But the shelter at the single berth is less than 4.5m high.

tranquilice SG

Maybe there is alternative services? Mind telling your boarding and alighting points for this service? Wink

mercedes_hispano SG

This is a dream:

If the new Terminal 3 at Changi Airport encompasses a new interchange without height limit, then I'll give all airport-bound buses DD's, including Bendy's for Service 858.

The other 2 basement interchanges might then be obsolete if everybody is then made to call at Terminal 3.

sbs&tibs SG

Huh? LO3x? I never see before. But I had seen LO2x or maybe Leyland Atlantean on 139. If 139 ever had LO3x, does anyone have photos of it? That time I read a brochure (SBS) in there got show the next bus boarding display and I saw : 139? ...... SBS9142R

If there is LO3x on 139, does anyone know the fleet?

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