tranquilice SG How are the load on service 646 (Toa Payoh to Changi Airport)? Is it still in service?
off_service SG I suppose it is still in service. However, I think the bus operator would have plans to withdraw it, along with services like service 638 and 64x.
SBS9818A SG Yah lah, Hao Rui told me your story of going from NJC to airport via 154, 151, 156 and then 989 within 45 minutes, camp there for an hour and a half and back to NJ within 45 mins huh?
TIB1186Z SG Yes, but not svc 156, as the CJC bus stop is not safe as buses sometimes miss it as it is just off the e-way, so I use the one at Trellis Towers. But I only tried it twice and now TIBS want to withdraw it.
SBS9818A SG So you only have Sv. 154 or Sv. 151 to work with? You should do it more lahz, try your luck a bit!
tranquilice SG Noticed that service 985 will duplicate the route of SBST 31 between Jalan Toa Payoh and Lor 1 Geylang.
off_service SG Hope that Tibs can start a new service utilizing a new service using expressway (PIE) to Airport. But noted by some others, the idea will mostly be rejected by SMRT as it is direct competition to MRT. The idea came up as it reflects the withdrawal of service 950 in 1996 but replaced with the new 960. Express 522: Bishan Int to Changi Airport via Toa Payoh/Jln Toa Payoh
tranquilice SG I prefer to see trunk service rather than Express service. Is Express 522 a Tibs service?
SBS9818A SG I wouldn't mind Toa Payoh Int as well. This would be competition with Sv. 53 which is primaily a Hougang/Serangoon feeder service from Bishan. Anyone with common sense would take the new service to the airport which would be much faster, than the pain-in-the-butt Sv. 53.
Rachel_Lim SG I took Service 985 today Hino Volgrens and former Service 989 buses were on the service.
AntiDennisLance SG Do you have any rego nums? Are all of them from KJDEP or are there some O405's from AMKDEP? Any bendies?
SBS9818A SG One look at a Sv. 985 bus today already makes my blood boil for obvious reasons. Will get on it ONLY for the experience of taking a Hino on the highway. Yes, many Sv. 989 buses will have gone to Sv. 985, how about the Sv. 185 DAFs?
tranquilice SG I took service 985 on Monday. My findings: Average numbers of passengers between Choa Chu Kang and Bt Batok East, less than average up to Jln Jurong Kechil, less than 10 up to Jln Toa Payoh, only 1 or 2 between Bendemeer and Kallang Bahru. After Kallang Bahru, some passengers boarded to get to Kallang MRT.
tranquilice SG This monday (28 July), I boarded the bus at around 5pm, at Bt Batok Ctrl, took me 40 minutes to reach Lor 1 Geylang terminal.
Rachel_Lim SG I have long expected it not to have any bendy buses deployed on the route, because of the exit it used from Geylang Lor 1 bus terminal. As for the regos... I saw TIB948Z, some former Service 989 buses like TIB804E, TIB539X, TIB537B, TIB600B...
tranquilice SG Yes, there are 2 exits at Lor 1 Geylang terminal. One is used by service 980 while the other is used by services 11, 853, 961 and 985. The latter exit with the junction of Lor 1 Geylang is too narrow for a bendy bus, while the one which service 980 uses has no problem with bendy buses.
