SMRT Buses New Fleets

• SBS7484P

  24 Apr 08, 17:06

  Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

  The whine and cry of a ZF gearbox will soon be over. ZF has introduced the ZF Ecolite. Busfans from UK mentioned that this gearbox doesnt even whine at all. So it might even sound like Allison. Really, theres really very little whine, almost no whine at all! 

  
  lol.. B9TL oso no whine  derh.. hahah.. imagine a B9 that got KUB catcall.. lols

• TIB1018B

  24 Apr 08, 18:45

  If only Scania K230UB in SMRT livery

• service_238

  24 Apr 08, 20:44

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  If only Scania K230UB in SMRT livery

  
  photoshop it and let us see?

• rx7Savanna

  24 Apr 08, 23:14

  Something interesting I had found on SMRT website..

  http://www.smrt.com.sg/tenders/invitations.asp 

  notice tender number: 7, 8 and 15. looks like they are going to buy new buses and further upgrading their existing buses on a large scale...

  

  less new buses, more old buses. >.<

• sBs_boy

  24 Apr 08, 23:37

  Originally posted by rx7Savanna:

  Something interesting I had found on SMRT website..

  http://www.smrt.com.sg/tenders/invitations.asp 

  notice tender number: 7, 8 and 15. looks like they are going to buy new buses and further upgrading their existing buses on a large scale...

  

  less new buses, more old buses. >.<

  
  Upgrade the current fleet with a 22 seater bus?? I doubt that it will be on normal passenger service. More like private housing services.

  With regards on upgrading buses, tenders for bus parts has always been appearing on the papers. This is more like stocking up for their maintainance department. Its not something rare to begin with.

• SBS9888Y

  24 Apr 08, 23:49

  Originally posted by sBs_boy:

  
  Upgrade the current fleet with a 22 seater bus?? I doubt that it will be on normal passenger service. More like private housing services.

  With regards on upgrading buses, tenders for bus parts has always been appearing on the papers. This is more like stocking up for their maintainance department. Its not something rare to begin with.

  probably for their premium services.

• Scania N113CRB luver

  25 Apr 08, 00:44

  Wah, tender for maintenance/repair of Turbochargers for buses, tender for air bellows and tender for level adjusting valves for buses. Nice.

• ^tamago^

  25 Apr 08, 00:49

  the 22-seaters should be to replace the Coaster's.
• sv966

  25 Apr 08, 11:29

  Minibuses usually have a shorter lifespan than full-sized ones, and some of the pioneer buses in Bus Plus have been around since at least 10 years ago.  As it is, a number of them are quite cui liao =P

• CS Pang

  26 Apr 08, 15:21

  Originally posted by vivienlee:

  SMRT should had continue wif CSS 608 route operations until the Nissan bus reached their 17 yrs lifespan

  
  Agree agree

   

   

• CS Pang

  26 Apr 08, 15:24

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  i be surprised if theyre gonna put volvos in the list.. why smrt dun like volvos?

   

  Volvos are SBS favorities

   

• CS Pang

  26 Apr 08, 15:25

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  TIB1258A onwards I suppose.

  Anyway TIB1248D-TIB1257C (1st batch of CSS buses to be transferred to SMRT) was registered somewhere in September 2004, just a few months after SMRT took over from Tibs.

   

   

  Transferred around the time when 605 is gonw...='(

   

• CS Pang

  26 Apr 08, 15:28

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  SMRT says mid 2008, to replace Nissan buses on Zaobao

  日产 was mentioned

   

  That means Nissan will be gone forever?

   

• carbikebus

  13 May 08, 13:43

  http://www.batfa.com/new_car_toyota_coaster_bus.htm

  Think Bus Plus are interested in this while other possible option is the new Sprinter Low floor 20 seater Minibus