Y scan 2 times for Feeder Bus

Ah Ma SG

Y mus scan 2 times like normal buses ? v troublesome leh…..is the same amount anyway….jus tat it will deduct 20 cent (issit ah?) when u get down the bus ….........should make it scan 1 time enough liao mah….

tranquilice SG

Feeder and intra-town services all charge 63 cents using ezlink cards. (if not making a transfer)

I also don't see the need of scanning the card on these services when alighting, because the fare deducted when scanning at entry is 63 cents already, unless..... Twisted Evil Rolling Eyes

I think it's for a good habit, because some may forgot to scan when alighting from trunk services, if they have a habit of not scanning when alighting from feeder and intra-town services.

SBS9818A SG

It would be better to tap if you are unsure if you're going to make a transfer. That way you will have a transfer rebate and save 25 cents off the next fare, if I'm not mistaken.

tranquilice SG

I'm not very sure either, but if a person scan when alighting, there will be a complete record.

Ah Ma SG

gt once i take bus....bus v crowded i standing in front where the driver is beside me oni..then i go up bus i scan..then reach interchange i signalled the busdriver tat i am alighting frm front then i see him press someting then i go scan my card frm front door wana alight liao mah..who knows the bus driver shouting n shouting say canot scan in front when alighting ...then sibei pai seh..then actualy i wana get off liao late for work mah....then the bus driver still shouting saying "hou men scan! go back door scan... if not ko liang chi....(deduct 2 times)" then i was like... Rolling Eyes the whole bus also know he shouting at me liao then bus so damn crowded hw to move to the back door...wow lau...then ppl in front of me wana get down...i am blocking.(tink they aso dn bother to scan )...then i hack care..i say "never mind" then..jus get out of the bus lor......

realy tink no need to scan 2 times for feeder bus leh...like dat can deduct 2 times meh??????

Ah Ma SG

ya i aso tink so....gt once i lost my easilink card when i kept holding to the card..(tout oni few stops./...no need to keep the card.) who knows when i wana alight...canot find my card.... Crying or Very sad

off_service SG

I personally tried this before and if you are having a transfer* between buses, I recommend you to scan your cards before alighting.

I took service 184 and alighted at Bt Panjang (outside the CC) and change to service 963. Once I alighted from service 184 the service 963 bus came.

Since I alighted from the 184 bus without scanning, when I board the 963 bus I am actually considered ALIGHTING.

* For the transfer here, I do not know if the ez-link will work this way if the transfer is between SBS / TIBS buses.

Ah Ma SG

wow lidat bei balance leh Twisted Evil

service_238 SG

Yes it does.. It doesnt work on the SBST Bus Fare Cap only.

delonchew SG

You havent heard my story yet. Haha.

I am currently using a student concession pass and there was once when I boarded a Svc 19 at the stop just outside Tampines Interchange. Normally when I alight from the bus, I do not tap my card since I am using a concession pass. So I did as usual and didnt tap my card when I alighted from Svc 19. 5 mins later, I decided that I had nothing to do at Tampines and made my way home. I waited for Svc 19 again and the same bus (which I took earlier) came. So I boarded and goodness, guess what was shown on the EzLink reader? The same message that is shown when I tap my card upon alighting from the bus. Haha.

Parka SG

This is the answer SBS or Transitlink gave in a Straits Times article.

SBS9818A SG

As in you got a free ride on the Sv. 963 bus? This shouldn't happen because the system is rego and service based!

Nothingie SG

recently, when i alight from the bus and tapped my card, it show "new ride"... Confused
then i emailed the sbs customer service.
the reply was tat it was b'cos i didn't tap when i boarded the bus. Question

then i went to check wif the transitlink office which redirected me to the top-up machine to check the records on the card...

RESULT: I was charged twice for that trip....
then I had to go back to the transitlink office to get my refund...

LESSON: must remember to look at the reader when u alight Exclamation
dun get cheated.... Sad

SBS9818A SG

Of course SBST will say you didn't tap what, they just got twice the fare from you, you think they'll be so honest and say you were overcharged meh?

off_service SG

That happened during the early days of ezlink implementation (ard July 2002). It was full of glitches. Funny enough, when I scanned my card on the sv 963 bus, it actually read twice, alight and boarding at the same time. Confused

SBS9818A SG

The system must have been quite buggy. Now when you board another bus, be it the same service, but a different rego, it detects as boarding even if you didn't tap when alighting from the previous bus.

Ah Ma SG

bt most ppl wont bother to go check......lidat sbs can earn alot of money...imagine each person kana once...sg gt hw many ppl using easilink Rolling Eyes & dn bother to check 1

SBS9818A SG

That's very true. SBST in fact can negate the losses from fare cheats by including the amount they overcharge.

Ah Ma SG

tokin abt fare cheats...tink the bus driver aso no care if the person scan and go alightin door scan & go up to find seats for double decker bus....

aso.i everyday take bus in town bt no kana any bus conductor b4 since once in july (tat time when easilink first implemented)....bus conductors still existing nw rite?

SBS9818A SG

I encounted a conductor on Sv. 88 2756R two weeks ago.