LOL... I remember that my blood was boiling with anger when I
saw the massive rationalisation of bus services parallel to the NEL
back in 2003. At that time, I was a poor student who only bought
bus concession, so I avoided the MRT and took buses only. I
depended heavily on svc 23 to travel from Bedok North Rd to
Bendemeer Rd so that I can transfer to other buses to downtown and
western SG. After the NEL rationalisation, I lost 7 options along
Bendemeer Rd / Jalan Besar. The sense of injustice was
overwhelming. It seemed that the government had totally forgotten
about commuters with bus-only concession pass. (I heard that LTA
wanted to cut svc 133 & 147 too, but luckily 133 & 147 were
spared due to intervention by grassroot leaders.)
Thankfully there are no rationalisations (so far) after CCL
& DTL started operations. But then, the good times won't last,
as KBW said "Bus services may be re-routed, merged or rationalised
to optimise resources." Let's wait and see which routes will "kena
the axe".
These 7 are 81, 82, 85, 97, 103, 106 and 111?