Loading level on buses (Part 2)

last SG · 2016-03-21T01:45:53+00:00

118 getting more loadings during peak hours,Am peak saw a fully seated DD with at least 20 standees while PM saw a DD with fully seated and a few standees wh...

BusAnalayzer SG

860 observation at YTBI from 1730-1830 hours

530 - 1699R - 12p - Rigid

536 - 5904U - 30p - DD (+05m)

538 - 1693G - 07p - Rigid (+02m)

542 - 3119H - 10p - Rigid (+04m)

550 - 1057M - 33p - Bendy (+08m)

555 - 139U - 30p - Rigid (+05m)

600 - 5888H - 41p - DD (+05m)

602 - 181X - 15p - Rigid (+02m)

605 - 1233X - 24p - Bendy (+03m)

608 - 172Y - 22p - Rigid (+03m)

611 - 08P - 09p - Rigid (+03m)

618 - 1698T - 30p - Rigid (+07m)

624 - 174S - 41p - Rigid (+06m)

626 - 1699R - 14p - Rigid (+02m) repeat sequence

630 - 5904U - 38p - DD (+04m) I boarded this bus.

* Loading from YTBI max is around 40 pax. Most buses get around 20 pax. The long walk from MRT to the berth maybe encouraging people to take 860 from Khatib instead (and this was observed when I boarded the bus)

* Fleet = 13 buses (9 Rigids, 2 Bendies, 2 DDs)... who the hell says it is 19 buses?? It could be possible that there are AM crossovers for 860A but def couldn't observe any for PM

* Frequency: Bus returns to loading berth after approx. 55 min / 13 = 04-05 min frequency. If it is 19 buses that would mean 02-03 min frequency and surely not required.

BusAnalayzer SG

860 @ 1830 from YTBI on 5904U

Yishun Interchange -- 38 (0/38)

Yishun Ave 9 -- 38 (0/0)

Yishun Ring Road -- 39 (-6/7), 38 (-5/4), 29 (-11/2), 27 (-5/3) bef Yishun ave 11, 28 (-3/4), 30 (-5/7), 34 (-2/6), 33 (-1/0) the bus stops are really close, but there is a new bus stop built outside block 504. I think soon they will move the bus stop, 28 (-5/0), 48 (-12/32) Surprised by the high number of pax boarding here. This is stop before Khatib MRT, 44 (-14/10) Khatib MRT bunched with 1693G at back that took more pax as BC took the DD to the front end of stop, 42 (-2/0)

Yishun Ave 3 -- 39 (-8/5)

Yishun Ave 2 -- 38 (-3/2)

Yishun Ring Road -- 57 (-1/20) 1693G at the back also took many pax, so loading was distributed. I alighted here!!

* Overall DD is doing v well on 860 contrary to my expectation. The upper deck is well utilized. I am still amazed at the # people boarding at stop before Khatib MRT and do they really do one full circle to get home. That lazy to cross road eh!? Or is it that they saw DD and fancied to take it and go to upper deck?

* Too much bunching observed enroute: 5888H, 181X, 1233X bunch together at stop before Yishun Ave 11. 1689T, 174S, 1699R all turn towards Yishun Ring Road from Ave 2 when the traffic light turned green. Bunching of 3 buses very common as most of them depart in 02-04 minutes of bus in front.

* Observed no downroutes from Khatib as all buses observed were those that left YTBI unless the downroute bus was parking at YTBI.

gekpohboy SG

Observed Bukit Batok feeder bus services 941 and 947 today, from 5:08pm to 5:45pm.

941's loading has a relatively smooth "curve".

947's loading is "stagnent" on the way back to the bus interchange.

BusAnalayzer SG

Observed Bukit Batok feeder bus services 941 and 945 today, from 5:08pm to 5:45pm.

941's loading has a relatively smooth "curve".

947's loading is "stagnent" on the way back to the bus interchange.

Love the way you have represented it but what does the x axis mean. Why is it in decimal?

hgdep103 SG

Loading on svc 103 @ 1623 from Serangoon Interchange 3215D DD

Serangoon Interchange -- 41 (0/41)

Upper Serangoon Road -- 44 (0/3), 44 (0/3)

Boundary Road -- 46 (0/2)

YCK Link -- 47 (0/1)

YCK Road -- 47 (0/0), 47 (0/0), 43 (-5/1), 39 (-6/2), 36 (-5/2), 36 (-2/2) bef AMK Ave 5, 38 (0/2), 38 (0/2), 34 (-4/0), 33 (-4/3)

SKG West Rd / Jalan Kayu -- 33 (0/0), 33 (0/0), 27 (-9/3), 25 (-4/2), 23 (-2/0)

Seletar Circus -- 15 (-10/2)

SAP -- 16 (0/1), 14 (-2/0), 14 (0/0), 14 (0/0), 14 (0/0), 14 (0/0), 14 (0/0), 16 (0/2), 16 (0/0)

Yishun Ave 8 -- 16 (0/0)

Yishun Ave 11 -- 13 (-8/5), 16 (-1/4)

Yishun Central -- 14 (-2/0), 14 (-5/5)

Yishun Ave 2 -- 11 (-3/0), 02 (-9/0)

* Departed at 1623, reached YTBI at 1726. Departed again from YTBI @ 1741.

* At all times, upper deck was more utilized than lower deck as most people take 103 for long distance travel, but at this timing the DD is just NOT justified.

* I was told that 445pm-5pm is peak for SAP, but it didnt seem so as all bus stops in both directions had <5 pax. Is SAP on holiday??

* AM trip may have super high loading because of shift timing, but PM loading is quite poor for all buses observed in SAP area on both 103 and 117

* Not sure 103 needs any DDs for PM but if they want to deploy, its nice to get the views of Yishun dam (super scenic).

peak for West Camp (Fokker and Hawker Pacific) is 1715-1745, rest of SAP is at the 3215 trip at 1741 from yishun

bus555 SG

Today 103 got another DD, 3258E on some slot behind 8359P

BusAnalayzer SG

243G

Loading observed for 2+ hours for 243G. 10 buses (6 DDs, 4 SDs).

Heavy loading starts at 545pm and was still high at 710 pm.

carbikebus SG

Today 103 got another DD, 3258E on some slot behind 8359P

Got 3,SBS3471E

BusAnalayzer SG

860 - AM

Bus in front = 04 min, bunched with the rigid at stop aft av 11 towards Yishun interchange. Bus behind = 03 min (rigid).

As you can see from loading, the upper deck got v well utilized on this bus but not until the bus stop aft st 51. Most people were lower deck who boarded near northlight and before. But at st 51 around 30 pax came to upper deck.

hgdep103 SG

Today 103 got another DD, 3258E on some slot behind 8359P

cameo

hgdep103 SG

normally, service 103 DDs are cameos, only 1 bus is perm, but there has been occurances of up to 5 DDs on 103 in a day. Those are usually PM Split swaps as some other buses go for maintenance

BusAnalayzer SG

For hgdep103 - the main loading comes at Seletar Circus where +40 pax boarded. Around 20 pax alighted there as well. Overall, no alighting activity all the way until Jalan Kayu. Most long distance pax from Serangoon/YCK Road to Seletar Circus/SAP. Only 7 pax go further to Yishun. Again around 40 pax board at stop along Yishun ave 11 after ave 1. There was MANA95 on 850E in front that was fully seated (just in 2 stops).

103AM

BusAnalayzer SG

PM loading on 243W very different from 243G. I would recommend that for PM 243G is full fleet DD whereas 243W can do with full fleet SD. In AM, good to have DDs on both 243G/W. The average loading on 243W was 43 pax, and there was a bus on average every 03 mins. Too much IMO!

243W

hgdep103 SG

103AM

đ thanks for observing... 80+ pax possibly becos DD on time or front bus late. most of the time can hit 100

also this loading shows that SD cannot fetch all passengers, even though this is not a situation of extremely high loading (probably caused by slower boarding/alighting of ppl squeezing onto the SD bus)

hgdep103 SG

103AM

this also shows evidence of high loading activities which occasionally cause ppl to be unable to board at the stops along jln kayu before seletar circus. Thanks

Sbs6750E SG

đ thanks for observing... 80+ pax possibly becos DD on time or front bus late. most of the time can hit 100

should consider sv 103M loop at West Camp or extend sv 102.

hgdep103 SG

should consider sv 103M loop at West Camp or extend sv 102.

morning peak 103A from Blk 953 to Bef Shell Aviation can alr

BusAnalayzer SG

should consider sv 103M loop at West Camp or extend sv 102.

No need extend 102 as demand is for certain timings only. The thing I now noticed about SAP is that people work in shifts. So there is huge loading for certain shift timings and almost no loading at other times and the area is like ghost town with empty bus stops and buses.

hgdep103 has a good suggestion to do a SWT for those timings or crossover AM DDs.

BusAnalayzer SG

For whosoever interested, below is the loading of 3-83-85 PM peak from 520-720 pm at Punggol. Most svc 83 buses left interchange with less than 40 pax = 9/14 buses. Only 2 buses got more than 60 pax departing Punggol, one was svc 3 and one was svc 83. It is for all to see the grossly wasted resources on Punggol services. Both 83 & 85 are full fleet DD and there is a bus for Punggol Central (last 2 stops) every 03 minutes. For the first 2 stops there is also 136 and 386. PM me if you want further details on rego number etc. for the survey. The numbers in black bold is average per bus during the 10 minute time interval.

Punggol

BusAnalayzer SG

The crazy AM loading at Joo Koon for 254/255... 253/257 have similar fate at the other berth. PM loading is more spread out where you don't see such high loading >90 pax since shift end times are different.

254-255

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