I was waiting for bus service 43 at YCK road towards Punggol for
15 minutes. SBS6826X (shift 1A, last trip for the day) arrived at
13:45, 7 mins behind schedule, almost full, and surprisingly,
crowds of about 30-40 people rushed to board the bus even though it
was only 13:45.
Some pax initially wanted to board, but did not board
eventually. I was one of the last in the queue, but still managed
to board. The Citaro somehow managed to squeeze 45 standing pax
(total 80 pax). When the BC closed the doors, I was trapped by the
doors behind me, and a girl carrying her school bag in front of
me.
The bus was full throughout the journey, even after I alighted.
The loading on this timeslot is enough to warrant DDs almost every
time I take the bus at this time slot.
However, when I alighted, I was shocked to find SBS6104X on 43M
(shift 90A, last trip for the day) behind, with all seats occupied
but still rather empty, with SBS3004X on 102 in between!
If SBS3004X was the bus on 43, no pax would have been left
behind, but the DD will still be full, from my observations of the
number of pax left behind!
Also, almost every trip of shift 90A/95P on 43M is enough to
warrant DDs. But, in today's special case, it was rather empty
because SBS6826X was very late.
I think LTA should give some K230UBs to GA for svc like
2,6,12,15,43