What is the working hours/shift pattern of Bus Captains?

• t89z

  18 Jan 05, 13:24

  Anybody can enlighten me on the above?
• leeJZ

  18 Jan 05, 17:42

  5 different kinds of shift.
  
  A: 5-6am till 2-4pm.
  E: 5-7 am till 9-10am, rest, 12-1pm till 6-7pm.
  P: 2-4pm till 11+ pm
  S: 5-7am till 8-9pm, rest, 3-4pm till 6-7pm.
  T: 6-7am till 6-7pm.
  
  The E or T shift usually has the longest payhours. Longest ive seen is 15h 17 on a 174 E shift timesheet.
  
  On weekdays there are usually no T shifts, on weekends there are usually no E or S shifts.
• t89z

  18 Jan 05, 23:39

  Originally posted by leeJZ:

  5 different kinds of shift.
  
  A: 5-6am till 2-4pm.
  E: 5-7 am till 9-10am, rest, 12-1pm till 6-7pm.
  P: 2-4pm till 11+ pm
  S: 5-7am till 8-9pm, rest, 3-4pm till 6-7pm.
  T: 6-7am till 6-7pm.
  
  The E or T shift usually has the longest payhours. Longest ive seen is 15h 17 on a 174 E shift timesheet.
  
  On weekdays there are usually no T shifts, on weekends there are usually no E or S shifts.

  What does the A,E,P,S&T stands for? This is the working hours of SBS Transit or SMRT? Or both companies have same working hours?
• leeJZ

  19 Jan 05, 16:15

  Originally posted by t89z:

  What does the A,E,P,S&T stands for? This is the working hours of SBS Transit or SMRT? Or both companies have same working hours?

  That is SBS Transit, dun really know much about SMRT.
  
  I think A stands for 'AM', P for 'PM', dunno about the rest.
• t89z

  19 Jan 05, 20:49

  The working hours seem very long, especially S,E and T. Any idea what is the rationale for such long working hours?
• leeJZ

  20 Jan 05, 19:35

  Originally posted by t89z:

  The working hours seem very long, especially S,E and T. Any idea what is the rationale for such long working hours?

  S shift driver = peak hr driver. Need to have drivers doing S shifts, as more buses are used during peak hrs, while less are used during off peak. So the driver will drive during both peak hrs. Drivers can go home in between their duty times.
  
  E shift driver = student driver. Many services that are student based have many of this kind of shift, like 12, 74, 81 etc. they cater mainly for the student arrival / dismissal times and knock off during the middle or end of the evening peak hr. this shift tends to have the longest hours.
  
  T shift is used during weekdays for limited hrs services like 115, and I think would be used in the upcoming Chinatown services. Many T shifts on weekends replacing E or S shifts, as weekend demand is quite flat during the daytime hrs (unlike weekday where demand is super high during peak hrs, but much lower during off peak).
  
  SBST does take care of its T shift drivers and from what I have seen they get longer breaks than other shift drivers.