Monday PM observation on sv 172
Two DD timings 5.06pm, 5.38pm. I took the 5.38pm one to CCK.
Boon Lay Interchange -- 39 (0/39)
JW St 64 -- 39 (0/0)
Jalan Boon Lay -- 39 (0/0), 41 (0/2)
Jalan Bahar -- 44 (-3/6), 47 (-2/5), 47 (-3/3), 52 (0/5), 54
(0/2) aft Nanyang ave, 54 (0/0), 73
(0/19) opp bus stop also had many people, mostly in police
uniform, 84 (0/11), 84
(0/0)
I was amazed that bus already
had +80 pax at Jalan Bahar before hitting Old CCK Road. Expected
bus to get +100 pax.
Old CCK Road -- 81 (-3/0), 81
(0/0), 81 (0/0), 81 (0/0),
81 (0/0), 82 (0/1) at least
10 pax waiting for 975, 86 (0/4) around
20 pax at bus stop who did not board, 88
(0/2), 88 (0/0), 88 (0/0)
Surprisingly all along Old CCK
Road only 7 pax boarded while around 40-50 pax waited for 975 and
chose not to board. 975 frequency seems good because could spot at
least 5 buses on 975/975A in opposite direction just along Old CCK
Road.
Bus stops in opposite
direction at Keat Hong Camp and Home Team Academy had around 30-40
pax (I assume all these are for 172 as 975A had just called the bus
stop).
There is huge dormitary under
construction b/w Home Team Academy and Brickland Road. It is HUGE.
I think it could be getting built in anticipation of work for
future Tengah town.
Brickland Road -- 86 (-2/0),
84 (-4/2)
CCK Ave 1 -- 80 (-6/2), 76
(-6/2), 72 (-6/2), 67 (-8/3), 62 (-7/2)
CCK Dr -- 54 (-8/0)
CCK Interchange -- 00 (-54/0)
* Bus in front = 08 mins
* Bus behind = 06, 04 mins.
* Average frequency noted is 06-08 mins on sv 172 which is
excellent and hence it is doing okay with SDs also. Though DDs do
well given that most commuters are long distance
travelers.
AM peak, the OC doing the 725AM (around that time) timing (on
18/8 was SMB87K) always have problem as it is always crowded for
that trip.
BC activate two door boarding throughout the whole journey. Bus
was packed by the time it left Lot One bus stop, and only a few
passengers managed to board the bus from the rear door at the first
CCK Ave 1 bus stop. It skipped the 2nd bus stop and as there are
people alighting at the 3rd bus stop, a few pax managed to board
from the rear door again at that stop... Bus again skipped the stop
at Sunshine place onwards until HTA...
Bus have no loading problems after HTA though it was roughly 3/4
full throughout the whole journey.
IIRC both front and back bus are bendies and frequency is 8 mins
at that time..
Interesting thing to note is that along the route that
duplicates with 308, there are no alighting activities, which was
common for 172 when there was no 308 last time.. so i guess those
going to those few stops took the 308 behind (trailing behind
SMB87K).. so indeed 308 has helped to relieve the crowd for 172 at
least for AM peak...