Chinatown Direct,Stadium Direct,wat's next...Orchard Direct?

• Volvo Olympian

  24 Jan 06, 15:06

  Originally posted by iveco:

  BBT & CCK have old routes like 61 & 67 that are a pain in the butt. WDL has 961, a relic from the SBS era, plying WDL/Upp Bt Timah Rds. 171 used to take longer as it only started plying BKE from 1999 onwards.
  
  WDL and SBW are not original Tibs territories. It only started operating these routes from 1983 onwards. It was in YIS where Tibs pioneered the opening up of the town, and would have done the same in SKG & PGL if not for SBS winning the NEL tender and scuppering their plans.
  
  It is my belief that the "NW for NE" swap affected SBW residents badly as this meant Tibs (now SMRTB) had to put the SBW Int opening on the back burner as it had to devote more resources to the northwest sector where passenger loads were comparatively higher.

  I agree with your statement.
  
• 105090

  24 Jan 06, 17:15

  If SMRT has SKG and PGL... i daresay SMRT will just have one or 2 services to Woodlands/ Yishun, and one feeder.. the rest.. is MRT... thats the style..?
  
  then no 27, 83, 89, 136, 156, 159, 161.. maybe only 965.
  
  same as PGL, or even worst.. SMRT/ TIBS was lucky when it took over BB and BP/CCK... the routes are all established by SBS and TIBS then dont need to do much planning.. more like SBS has to plan SKG/ PGL routes from scratch, and the NEL rationalisation..
• iveco

  24 Jan 06, 17:25

  Originally posted by 105090:

  If SMRT has SKG and PGL... i daresay SMRT will just have one or 2 services to Woodlands/ Yishun, and one feeder.. the rest.. is MRT... thats the style..?
  
  then no 27, 83, 89, 136, 156, 159, 161.. maybe only 965.
  
  same as PGL, or even worst.. SMRT/ TIBS was lucky when it took over BB and BP/CCK... the routes are all established by SBS and TIBS then dont need to do much planning.. more like SBS has to plan SKG/ PGL routes from scratch, and the NEL rationalisation..

  Maybe PGL will still have ONE bus going to the CBD. Svc 82 could have ended up like the current 167 instead of being grossly truncated.
• busmanic

  24 Jan 06, 19:47

  having a Orchard Direct also can on services like 36, 7...
  similar to the FFw e.g. 14e Orchard - Bedok but the Orchard Direct 36d Marine Parade to Tomlinson Rd bet. 12pm - 5.30pm Tomlinson Rd - Marine Parade 7.30pm - 10pm 7d skipping Victoria St, Kallang Rd, Sims Way
• iveco

  1 Feb 06, 16:41

  Now SMRTB has its own version of FFW in the form of 963e.
  
  A side note, I am sure 365 would have become inter-town if SBST were still in charge of the northwest. It could have been extended to CCK St 62 via Kranji camps, plying opposite 307.
• busmanic

  2 Feb 06, 16:49

  NUS Direct/NTU Direct in the future?
• Apex-LW'21

  2 Feb 06, 17:00

  Originally posted by busmanic:

  NUS Direct/NTU Direct in the future?

  For NUS, 96e.
  For NTU, 179e & 199e.
  
  For suggestion only.
  
  
• brotherchen1982

  2 Feb 06, 17:45

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  For NUS, 96e.
  For NTU, 179e & 199e.
  
  For suggestion only.
  
  

  You think NTU & NUS students very rich...
• Donavan

  2 Feb 06, 18:11

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  For NUS, 96e.
  For NTU, 179e & 199e.
  
  For suggestion only.
  
  

  You bloody profiteer. 96e is so short, FFw for what?
  Same goes to 179 and 199.
• Apex-LW'21

  2 Feb 06, 18:27

  Oh I see, so my suggestion of 96e, 174e & 199e may not be effective and it does not benefit NTU & NUS students for taking such FFw services.
  
  Agreed with both of your statements about my suggestion of this.
• 105090

  2 Feb 06, 18:33

  u wanna FFW354e?
• Apex-LW'21

  2 Feb 06, 18:35

  Originally posted by 105090:

  u wanna FFW354e?

  A big NO, of course. Sv 354's route is relatively too short.
• lemon1974

  2 Feb 06, 21:50

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  Oh I see, so my suggestion of 96e, 174e & 199e may not be effective and it does not benefit NTU & NUS students for taking such FFw services.
  
  Agreed with both of your statements about my suggestion of this.

  Pls think before you post..
  Dun post if you are not sure...
• SBS9889U

  2 Feb 06, 22:02

  What about FFw151e?
• sinicker

  2 Feb 06, 22:07

  Originally posted by SBS9889U:

  What about FFw151e?

  when my bro was in NUS, he had a friend who took S151 everyday frm HG Int to NUS and back. this was before the NEL opened.
  
  add : so with the NEL opened, i dono if it wud be beneficial?
• SBS9889U

  2 Feb 06, 22:19

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  when my bro was in NUS, he had a friend who took S151 everyday frm HG Int to NUS and back. this was before the NEL opened.
  
  add : so with the NEL opened, i dono if it wud be beneficial?

  Sv151 currently very full to NUS during AM peak. Maybe we cud ask sbst275 for more statistics
• 105090

  3 Feb 06, 10:19

  nope. 151 frequency has gotten better lately, mysteriously. Now, its frequency sometimes is better than 74! about 5 mins-10mins peak. afternoon off peak also about 10mins.
  
  Last time off peak is 15mins, peak is 12 mins. But still, majority is NAC, and for pm peak, a few trips is "useless 151A".
  
  now can see lesser craped 151 buses also.
• SBS9889U

  3 Feb 06, 21:15

  Originally posted by 105090:

  nope. 151 frequency has gotten better lately, mysteriously. Now, its frequency sometimes is better than 74! about 5 mins-10mins peak. afternoon off peak also about 10mins.
  
  Last time off peak is 15mins, peak is 12 mins. But still, majority is NAC, and for pm peak, a few trips is "useless 151A".
  
  now can see lesser craped 151 buses also.

  Most of the 151A buses actually goes to Whitley Rd then to PIE. I jus duno why Service 151A cannot be extended by a few stops.
• Apex-LW'21

  6 Feb 06, 20:08

  What about 133e & 186e?
• alex_cai92

  6 Feb 06, 20:27

  Originally posted by SBS9889U:

  Most of the 151A buses actually goes to Whitley Rd then to PIE. I jus duno why Service 151A cannot be extended by a few stops.

  BCOZ they haf to U-TURN back to HG central when the 151A done its trip to return to HG INT, i personally saw many 151A u-turning bak...
• 105090

  6 Feb 06, 21:07

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  What about 133e & 186e?

  i believe you would like to see 354e!!!
  
  133 -- NEL goodwill service
  186 -- long frequency, low ridership explains it.
  
  next we have someone saying 107e 147e
• brotherchen1982

  7 Feb 06, 10:35

  Originally posted by Apex-LW'21:

  What about 133e & 186e?

  Hope no one want to change SWT svc to change to xxxe...
• Apex-LW'21

  8 Mar 06, 19:15

  What do u think about 130e?
• SBS9889U

  8 Mar 06, 20:48

  I would love something like Sv151e instead of the underserved Sv151A and cover up for Sv151A during peak hours. Had a bad encounter with Sv151 today when the 151 bus(CAC MK2) was full while the Sv151A bus(NAC)was near empty! What a waste of resources! The route could be:
  
  Sv151e
  Hougang Ctrl Int -> Kent Ridge Ter
  via
  Hougang Ave 5/3 -> Macpherson Rd(Opp POSBank stop only) -> Jln Toa Payoh(Opp Blk 195/Opp Trellis Towers) -> Whitley Rd(Os SJI) -> Bt Timah Rd(Coronation Plaza/HCJC/Opp NJC) -> Clementi Rd(Opp Ngee Ann Poly/Opp SMU) -> Kent Ridge Cres -> Kent Ridge Ter
  
  Kent Ridge Ter -> Hougang Ctrl Int
  (Stops opposite of direction 1)
  
  Op Hours: 0600 -> 0700(Monday - Friday, direction 1)
  Op Hours: 1730 -> 1830(Monday - Friday, direction 2)
  Frequency: 12 mins
  Fleet: 5 Volvo MK4 Strider
• 105090

  8 Mar 06, 20:54

  you need to know that. 151 serves Kim Chuan Industrial, Chinese High/ Ngee Ann/ NUS Institutions. Seeing these 2 groups, a FFW cant happen at all.. not even a 30% AC fleet..
  
  151, being dedicated service, freq at night already about 20 mins, early last bus. 74 also.. freq at night is 15mins nowadays.
  
  i dont know whats wrong with dedicated services.. bad frequency, bad buses, poor routes