[Locked] SBS Transit orders 900 buses from Scania (Part 1)
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Originally posted by vivienlee:
How's the deployment pattern of K230UBs on sv 163 like? Seems like a rare sight, waited for 1 noon yet no spottings
8067 (power 98 fm ad) left sengkang off service at around 6.25pm yestreday -
Originally posted by SBS7484P:
8067 (power 98 fm ad) left sengkang off service at around 6.25pm yestredaymost probably doing E-shift, off service to Toa Payoh for last trip.
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Think Recently many K230UBs in Serangoon Central Drive Area (Sv 156, 105, 24, 100)
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Originally posted by SBS7484P:
8067 (power 98 fm ad) left sengkang off service at around 6.25pm yestreday
For Sengkang side, either service 156 or 163 uses K230UBs.And wef today, service 119 joins in the K230UB gang too.
For past few days, seems like 1 new service gets K230UB deployments...
Monday
service 24
Tuesday service 156
Thursday service 163
Friday services 105, 183
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Originally posted by kitoshizc:
Think Recently many K230UBs in Serangoon Central Drive Area (Sv 156, 105, 24, 100)
this cause a certain VSO here to be very high.
ZYX
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Originally posted by TIB1018B:
For Sengkang side, either service 156 or 163 uses K230UBs.And wef today, service 119 joins in the K230UB gang too.
For past few days, seems like 1 new service gets K230UB deployments...
Monday service 24
Tuesday service 156
Thursday service 163
Friday services 105, 183
Saturday service 119correction it's not OR its 156 AND 163
yes madness to see even 119 gets one. suddenly Segnkang int got scania zip in zip out leow
ZYX
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Some off service new K230s EDS loop between "OFF SERVICE" and "MERRY CHRISTMAS"(instead of "SBS TRANSIT")
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now not all teh kub have been released yet, so everywhere gets scania. once all teh kub have been released, and sbst's new fleets of probable B7R's and MAN 18.240 come in, then the kub's and all the other fleets will be shifted around. at least this is wad i think la. cos now we have like mercs base in amdep, scanias in bndep, volvo in hgdep, leylands in slbp, etc etc.
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Originally posted by SBS7484P:
now not all teh kub have been released yet, so everywhere gets scania. once all teh kub have been released, and sbst's new fleets of probable B7R's and MAN 18.240 come in, then the kub's and all the other fleets will be shifted around. at least this is wad i think la. cos now we have like mercs base in amdep, scanias in bndep, volvo in hgdep, leylands in slbp, etc etc.
Its their trend.. first - throw the new bus in every depot. Following which rationalise to 2 to 3 depot after say 5-7 years so that better economies of scale in terms of mx can be achieved.However, the Mk4 DM3500 aint rationalised yet, though bndep currently holds the most in terms of number comparison.
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i see.. i wld like to have more dm3500's on sv 27 luh. i mean, not as a "i want" to happen thingy but is cos of its passing by changi airport, and the bc having to keep a tight schedule. the dm3500's can run faster than the striders and dm's.
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Originally posted by SBS7484P:
i see.. i wld like to have more dm3500's on sv 27 luh. i mean, not as a "i want" to happen thingy but is cos of its passing by changi airport, and the bc having to keep a tight schedule. the dm3500's can run faster than the striders and dm's.
This is good enough to suggest to SBS Transit.
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i wonder if they would use K230UBs as the successor to Mark IIIs to replace the JB fleet.
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Originally posted by SBS7484P:
now not all teh kub have been released yet, so everywhere gets scania. once all teh kub have been released, and sbst's new fleets of probable B7R's and MAN 18.240 come in, then the kub's and all the other fleets will be shifted around. at least this is wad i think la. cos now we have like mercs base in amdep, scanias in bndep, volvo in hgdep, leylands in slbp, etc etc.
When SBS bought 500 units of Merc AC buses in 1991, the buses were initially scattered in all the depots. That was also the time when SBS progressively started introducing partial AC fleets to its existing trunk services.
Movements started only when Volvo MK3s came into service in 1993, HGDEP and BBDEP/ARBP then gave up all the Merc buses to other depots. BNDEP gave up the Mercs at a later stage when the Volvo MK4 Striders/DMs came into service in 1995. After which only JRBP (now SLBP), AMDEP/BRBP have the Merc buses. Whereas the Volvos are mainly given to BNDEP, BBDEP, ARBP and HGDEP.
Unlike Tibs, when they bought those secondary models like Scanias, DAFs, Lances and Hinos, there were automatically assigned to its respective depots upon registeration (except for TIB905Y and TIB950R)
Still not sure about the Scania K230UB deployments though, there were scattered in all the SBST depots except for BNDEP so far. Just wait till the MAN buses also comes into revenue service.
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Originally posted by ZYX2005:
correction it's not OR its 156 AND 163
yes madness to see even 119 gets one. suddenly Segnkang int got scania zip in zip out leow
ZYX
And now service 119 is another service that have possible chance to come across Volvo B9TL and Scania K230UB WAB cameos.If only services 119, 156 and 163 gets more K230UB perms (like 3-4 fleets per service) then Sengkang will have more K230UBs parked inside liao.
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Originally posted by TIB1018B:
When SBS bought 500 units of Merc AC buses in 1991, the buses were initially scattered in all the depots. That was also the time when SBS progressively started introducing partial AC fleets to its existing trunk services.
Movements started only when Volvo MK3s came into service in 1993, HGDEP and BBDEP/ARBP then gave up all the Merc buses to other depots. BNDEP gave up the Mercs at a later stage when the Volvo MK4 Striders/DMs came into service in 1995. After which only JRBP (now SLBP), AMDEP/BRBP have the Merc buses. Whereas the Volvos are mainly given to BNDEP, BBDEP, ARBP and HGDEP.
Unlike Tibs, when they bought those secondary models like Scanias, DAFs, Lances and Hinos, there were automatically assigned to its respective depots upon registeration (except for TIB905Y and TIB950R)
Still not sure about the Scania K230UB deployments though, there were scattered in all the SBST depots except for BNDEP so far. Just wait till the MAN buses also comes into revenue service.
I am inclined to think that amdep and bram had a sizable amount of Mk3s, particularly for bram, which needs the Mk3s for the Sentosa services (and 56, 90, 142, 145, 152, 155 and later 410 after PAC).
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Originally posted by service_238:
Its their trend.. first - throw the new bus in every depot. Following which rationalise to 2 to 3 depot after say 5-7 years so that better economies of scale in terms of mx can be achieved.However, the Mk4 DM3500 aint rationalised yet, though bndep currently holds the most in terms of number comparison.
Have the MK4 DM and Strider been rationalised? Anyway, If they rationalise DM3500, I hope that the DM3500s in BNDEP will remain. But SLBP had a recent clearout of DM3500s and there are only 7 DM3500s in SLBP. -
Originally posted by SBS2695H:
Have the MK4 DM and Strider been rationalised? Anyway, If they rationalise DM3500, I hope that the DM3500s in BNDEP will remain. But SLBP had a recent clearout of DM3500s and there are only 7 DM3500s in SLBP.
Volvo depots will want Volvo buses. -
Originally posted by Oceane:
Volvo depots will want Volvo buses.yep. they hav the spare parts needed so dun nid to run to other depot to get, therefore easier to maintain
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Originally posted by nenepokey:
yep. they hav the spare parts needed so dun nid to run to other depot to get, therefore easier to maintain
Every depot has VO3x so isn't every depot a Volvo Depot? It has once been reported that BNDEP VO3x went to AMDEP for external maintainence. -
S34 gets Scanias today..
SBS 8148 G
SBS 8151 X
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Originally posted by SBS7484P:
i see.. i wld like to have more dm3500's on sv 27 luh. i mean, not as a "i want" to happen thingy but is cos of its passing by changi airport, and the bc having to keep a tight schedule. the dm3500's can run faster than the striders and dm's.
I do like to take DM3500s and Striders on 27
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Taken 3 Kubs in these two days on svc 24 lol.Do anyone realise that 1st batch of Kubs don hav seats behind BC Cabin?2 to the last should have lol
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Originally posted by SBS8033D:
Taken 3 Kubs in these two days on svc 24 lol.Do anyone realise that 1st batch of Kubs don hav seats behind BC Cabin?2 to the last should have lol
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Originally posted by SBS8033D:
Taken 3 Kubs in these two days on svc 24 lol.Do anyone realise that 1st batch of Kubs don hav seats behind BC Cabin?2 to the last should have lol
Er, we actually do aware of it... =)
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SBS8455U is back on service 52, whereas SBS8109U is on service 119 (someone mentioned it as perm??).
As for service 163 it seems that it does not have a stable Scania K230UB fleet as yet. Will have at least 1-2 Scanias on service 163 a day, but different buses will be deployed there. And also sometimes like do have no Scanias on service 163 at all.
Not sure about service 156 though.