SAF taking over ARBP?

iveco SG

Read about this at another forum. Seems there are reliable sources to confirm it. Wonder what will happen to ARBP services when it happens. Some questions are what will happen to 195 & whether BNDEP will be rebuilt. And is 63 majority BBDEP?

sbst275 SG

I think they will move to BBDEP since ARBP is like BRAM AMDEP... Sv 63 is BRAM also

BNDEP is building a mulit storey bus depot

SBS9818A SG

Sv 63 currently has 5 buses from BBDEP.

iveco SG

(double)

iveco SG

I prefer the idea of a bus park @ Loyang to handle PSR routes if there is no action taken in BDK. If ARBP moves there, the following could happen:

Some TAM buses could also park @ LYBP. The rs between LYBP & BNDEP will be like BRAM/AMDEP & BBDEP/ARBP.

Volvo Olympian SG

Then where LYBP located?at Loyang area?

sbst275 SG

Ive's imagination

iveco SG

proposed Loyang Bus Park in Loyang Industrial Park. That area is served by Svc 6 from PSR Int.

sbst275 SG

I call it LYSIP

Volvo Olympian SG

LYSIP?What is that mean?

sbst275 SG

Loyang Special Ind Pk as it is not for conventional industries... It mainly houses aerospace like Pratt and Whitney that makes engine for F-15, F-16, F-18...

sBs_boy SG

Oh.. IMO.. ARBP will be moved to Bukit Batok.. From what i know.. in the past.. when SLBP first opened, they once said that BB will be the nxt bus park that will be converted into a multistorey Bus Parik.. so… IMO.. ARBP will be moved into BB.. and.. like what some other ppl had said.. Rite now.. BB bus park still hAVE space for more buses…

Superbus SG

Wrong. SBS Transit announced during the launch of SLBP that BNDEP will be rebuilt as a multi-storey bus depot. However that plan has been shelved due to economical reasons.

SBS9816E SG

Actually, I think such plan may be extended to a later date.

The reason why ARBP is there is because it serves a strategic location for buses of nearby interchanges to park. (for e.g. Clementi Int, Buona Vista Terminal, Harbourfront, Marina Centre) If ARBP is to be removed, buses of the mentioned terminals/interchanges may have to shift all the way up to Bukit Batok Depot, which means longer travelling time for the buses to travel from depot interchange.

sbst275 SG

In the end, dist has to be redrawn for the CBD based rts like 195

iveco SG

CLE buses don't park @ ARBP. It is BBDEP that supplies CLE Int.

Also, having a facility @ Loyang to take charge of PSR routes would ease the burden on BNDEP if there are no plans to rebuild it.

SBS9818A SG

Since you assert all Clementi Interchange services have buses parking in BBDEP, explain Sv 14.

iveco SG

I have seen off-duty SBST buses along CLE Ave 6 towards PIE. If those are not CLE Int buses heading towards BBDEP, what else can they be? Rolling Eyes

Also, there are occasional cameos by JB buses on CLE svcs. AFAIK, the JB buses are based in BBDEP.

IsIsTRD SG

They are buses that returning to HGDEP. They travel towards PIE Changi Airport and exit at Jln Eunos to HG DEP.

Personally, I normally travel this route if I am going to Bedok Reservoir/Ubi from Clementi Cheers

iveco SG

Is 92 based in BBDEP as well? I’ve seen off duty Dennis Darts (with 92 rear desto) passing by my house (C’wealth Ave West) heading in a westerly direction. Also seen VO2Xes with 74 side & rear destoes driving in the right-most lane.