Punggol is too
pampered. I am in Punggol today for work and drove around Punggol
Central, Punggol road and Punggol Way to observe morning peak.
(1) None of the svc
83 DDs seemed to have more than 40-45 pax but all were DDs. Spotted
4 of them. Some even seemed to have around 30 pax.
(2) None of svc
43/43M DDs seemed to have more than 30 pax getting out of Punggol.
2 SDs spotted on svc 119 didn't have any standee heading out of
Punggol. 1 117 DD spotted with around 40 pax. 2 118 DDs spotted
fully seated (around 60-70 pax).
(3) All 382G/W buses
had around 10-15 pax
(4) SDs on svc 3
were crowded but not to the door when heading to TPE. 83 had around
30-40 pax on 3 DDs spotted.
(5) At Punggol East
heading towards Sengkang, svc 62 had around 50-60 pax, svc 85 had
around 25-30 pax, svc 50 had around 40-50 pax.
(6) One svc 82
spotted heading towards Sengkang with around 50 pax.
* Overall AM
observations showed, that only svc 3, 50, 62, 82, 118, 386 had
moderate to heavy loading in Punggol area. Svc 43, 43M, 83, 85,
117, 119, 382G/W still have low loading in Punggol area (around
10-40 pax).
* Didn't spot any
svc 136.
@carbikebus, @dupdup - is the above observation
consistent with what you see?
Hi mr busanalyser, it is consistent.
For public transport users in Punggol, good luck to them as the
place is quite far flung. So can expect such type of scenarios due
to long distance. Most will use MRT as part of the routes whenever
possible.
If you were to see around in early morning, both the exit to TPE
at Punggol road (jammed till cove LRT at Punggol field) and Punggol
east (jammed till Punggol field at Punggol plaza) are jammed with
cars. We can tell that many households in Punggol have cars. We can
attribute this to the reason that if a couple were to apply for
BTOs in Punggol, most of them will have plans to buy cars or
already have cars. Why? It is far from central Singapore. Cheers.
Thanks.