Will govt give way?

last SG · 2003-09-19T15:43:09+00:00

They find Singapore is "too small" to support high-speed bus services. What rubbish. Come up with better crap than that!

oliver_yuen87 SG

Do you think the ptc will replace 85 due to the increasing complaints? or at least introduce prat of the route?

the Bear SG

is the pope married?

|-|05| SG

sbs sucks lah...they very bo liao leh....always change route for no reason.
My house here kenna change....now it is cheaper to get home from bedok MRT then it is from Tamp MRT even though Tamp MRT is nearer!!

798 SG

KNN SBS! Make life difficult for the residents! Lim bei don't like it! Mad

SBS9818A SG

This is what you get when you have public transport companies listed on the stock market. All they care is about profits, nothing else.

Unless Sv. 85 is to make a comeback with totally different service number, like Sv. 960 being introduced months after withdrawal of Sv. 950 and Sv. 952, it will be unlikely, remember the goverment loves to back the public transport companies no matter what their decisions, be it wise or foolish, but it's the latter most of the time.

Airbus330Captain SG

SBST are certainly hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons , the residents staying in hougang area or a regular bus 85, 111 , 97 and any other services which was affected are certainly not happy with this new arrangement . Hopefully , the goverment can do something about it .

SBS9818A SG

Government will not do anything and stand by public transport companies, trust me, this warning coming on National Day itself.

tranquilice SG

From the case of services 960 and 970, I think service 85 will come back as a new service, to ply between Sengkang and Orchard via a new route.

tranquilice SG

The fact is here. Service 119 covers a small part of service 85 route. At least it's better than nothing.

SBS9818A SG

Also known as ex Sv. 860, it is solely meant for students, not the general public but all are welcome.

tranquilice SG

Yes, as stated in the poster, the service is introduced mainly for the students, in this case, should have been a weekday peak hour service.

SBS9818A SG

Odd enough they decided to make it fll-day so ah-sohs can go marketing or something? Ideally it should operate from 6am - 8am and 1pm - 5pm.

SBS3688Y SG

Since they withdraw the service and passengers are forced to make at least a transfer to the train, SBST is definitely milking lots of extra profits from the people!!!

Since they were rejected by the PTC recently to increase fares to their expectations, they are now taking revenge on us la!!!

spyder SG

i think they are using our money to cover their costs for building the north east line!!! i am still very mad about the withdrawal of bus services 97, 85 & 111... made life really difficult for me...
i think maybe ez link card havent boosted their profits to their expectations yet so they purposely terminate all buses so everyone will be forced to take the more expensive north east line...

remember, before the ez link card, some people pay less for their bus trips using the farecard, so sbs claims they made losses, but with the ez link card, they cannot be making losses! i think their profits should have soared! and now, they are trying to squeeze more money out of us by making us take north east line...

SBS3688Y SG

hye, but what to do??

They know we are always at the mercy of the bus cartels mah!!!
LL loh!! Twisted Evil

oliver_yuen87 SG

I think 111 very fei4 (wasteful). It covers MRT line just except for that Tanglin part, which has low passenger load. Must as well withdraw rather than cut back to Suntec, see already quite infuriating

oliver_yuen87 SG

More bus rationalisation taking place this Dec. What will happen?

SBS9818A SG

I believe Sv. 111 follows EWL all the way to Queenstown, after which it diverts and joins up with the NSL all the way to City Hall, after amendment. What a waste of resources, seeing empty Sv. 111 VOs cruising along Orchard Rd. Show off?

AntiDennisLance SG

Same for 106/77. Either one should be withdrawn or merged. Almost all 106 bendies leaving suntec are empty.

tranquilice SG

Hope that these services amendments to Marina Centre is temporary.