I just dun understand why SMRT deploy so many buses on Svc 964
and neglect services like 169.
Even though it is the term break for RP but the queue can snake
around until the boarding berth of Svc 161/168/902 during the
morning peak. As for evening peak, I still presume once the bus had
reached Admiralty Road West Area, the bus starts to get packed.
Last night I took Svc 969 back to Northpoint, it is one of the
SG buses came. By the time the bus reach Admiralty, the bus is
already full. Loading from Woodlands - Yishun is packed whereas for
the other direction, the loading from Tampines to Yishun onwards is
also packed.
I guess Svc 169 & 969 really need to beef up on their
deployment of buses.
Because under GCM, SMRT is just following what LTA tells them to
do. How many buses and what type of buses are decided by LTA
instead of the operators. People need to realise that operators are
now contractors, and that LTA has taken over a lot of the planning
from the operators.
