Originally posted by 105090:
NEL is a nightmare. say i am now at Hougang, going to Jalan Besar. all the buses are withdrawn or amended. NEL takes me only to tekka/little india. i need to walk one big distance to reach jln besar!
so in a way, NEL is mking ppl walk very far from Tekka/Farrer Park/Boon Keng stations. and even so, the stations are not next to serangoon road, but way in..
the phenomena of Little India/Farrer Park stations with its distance to Jln Besar can be compared to Kembangan/Eunos/Paya Lebar/Aljunied stations with Geylang Rd.
but for the case of Kembangan and so on, there are still services like 2/26/67 that runs parallel to the line but at a distance and they are still packed.
but for you, NEL is a nightmare and SBST doesnt want any bus service to go on that road frm the NorthEast of SG.
for example, i live at Tampines Ctrl. i can choose to take the bus or train to go to Geylang. most of the time, i take S67 anyway coz' it's cheaper and stops right o/s Geylang Serai.
the bane of the rationalisation exercise. obvious, isnt it?