Jam is basically paralyzing the south side of Tampines Int (the
side with 969 et al). The traffic controllers are inept at
directing the flow of buses!
Just boarded 969, 10 mins already the bus is still stuck in the
interchange!
(Side note: Despite the long wait for the bus, there are people
who are happy to wait for the next bus still!)
...
I heard that the jam started from 3 pm, was surprised because I
thought it started only during the rush hour ... ?
Since I'm still stuck at the interchange, some thoughts:
While 18 and 39 will be relocated to Tampines Concourse Int, 127
will probably take the booth of one of the services above, so the
south side (so to speak) will still be a cluster mess?!?
...
After 19 minutes the bus I am on has finally departed the
interchange!
More observations:
The buses were "deadlocked" for a good 10 minutes ... until a
SBST DD made a three-point turn at the entrance to get out of the
interchange ... and then 2x svc 3, 1x svc 67, 1x svc 969 bus
decided that they could do without picking up passengers from the
interchange and headed out, which allowed the rest of the buses to
move ... Seeing as the situation appeared to be resolved I quickly
boarded a departing 969 ... only to get stuck in another gridlock
...
Hi mr orange28, tampines bus interchange is what I called a
grossly overcrowded area with buses, shops and human traffic. From
19 dec 2016, 2 bus services (18 and 39) will shft out and 1 new bus
127 will come in. On hindsight, it should have helped. To look
further, I hope the authorities should stop giving new bus services
to tampines main int and just give it to tampines concourse. With
DTL3 tampines west and tampines east mrt coming next yr, demand for
bus services will definitely drop. Some effort should be spent to
streamline the services at tampines area. Cheers. Thanks.