Service 859,961 & 985

• sbs&tibs

  8 Jan 08, 12:00

  Originally posted by anfieldheroez:

  Yeah i boarded TIB916R just now,driver speed all the way!
  
  oops forgot to add,it was on 961. Ps

  Saw it bunching up with TIB919H. TIB778Y is also on S961 today.
• ^tamago^

  8 Jan 08, 12:11

  Whoa swee lah. Now I don't mind taking 961. No more stuffy ELBO's!
• carbikebus

  8 Jan 08, 12:53

  859 still with AMDEP.Buses still the same.There has been a debate about the transfer.985 still pending.S61 & S67 AMDEP 1 duty each to KJDEP.
• anfieldheroez

  8 Jan 08, 16:10

  there was a time,i think last year when i saw a UD on 961,was really astonishing.
• Volvo Olympian

  8 Jan 08, 16:29

  Originally posted by anfieldheroez:

  there was a time,i think last year when i saw a UD on 961,was really astonishing.

  UD on 961 quite common back then but not now currently ..
• off_service

  8 Jan 08, 20:10

  Originally posted by carbikebus:

  859 still with AMDEP.Buses still the same.There has been a debate about the transfer.985 still pending.S61 & S67 AMDEP 1 duty each to KJDEP.

  975U is officially perm sv 859. No news abt 1164L.
  
  Yesterday PM peak I saw 490B. Anyone saw 762S yet?
• off_service

  8 Jan 08, 20:11

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  Whoa swee lah. Now I don't mind taking 961. No more stuffy ELBO's!

  Erm... for WLDEP side.. ELBOs are still part of the team..
• anfieldheroez

  8 Jan 08, 21:47

  I really feel though that 961 needs bendys man, i mean in the mornings it is extremely crowded as it passes through so many schools. To name a few that are 'in sequence'.
  
  Queensway sec,St Margarets,Hwa Chong,Nanyang Girls,NJC,Chinese high and i think 1 more shcool not sure of the name though.
  
  It would be convenient for passengers but well SMRT,they don't listen do they?
• SBS9888Y

  8 Jan 08, 21:51

  anyone have pic of UD on 859?
• ^tamago^

  9 Jan 08, 00:28

  Originally posted by off_service:

  Erm... for WLDEP side.. ELBOs are still part of the team..

  But the chance of seeing one on 961 has dropped by half.
• TIB1062Y

  9 Jan 08, 00:30

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  But the chance of seeing one on 961 has dropped by half.

  Haha... For the fact that TIB 833 X was on Service 75 yesterday (Tuesday) morning..
• carbikebus

  9 Jan 08, 02:13

  Originally posted by off_service:

  975U is officially perm sv 859. No news abt 1164L.
  
  Yesterday PM peak I saw 490B. Anyone saw 762S yet?

  Yes,In exchange for 1237K,The ex-975U SL kpkb sia driving 1237
• vivienlee

  9 Jan 08, 10:16

  Sooner or later will start to have Lance permers on sv 961
• Oceane

  9 Jan 08, 17:19

  Originally posted by SBS9888Y:

  anyone have pic of UD on 859?

  Tintinspartan has one (TIB 0364 H on 859) for last year one... though I must say it was quite blurry.
• nenepokey

  11 Jan 08, 18:29

  Originally posted by anfieldheroez:

  I really feel though that 961 needs bendys man, i mean in the mornings it is extremely crowded as it passes through so many schools. To name a few that are 'in sequence'.
  
  Queensway sec,St Margarets,Hwa Chong,Nanyang Girls,NJC,Chinese high and i think 1 more shcool not sure of the name though.
  
  It would be convenient for passengers but well SMRT,they don't listen do they?

  Assumption, Chestnut Dr, Pei Hwa, MGS, NYGH, HCI(both High School and College), RGPS, NJC, Queensway Sec...........and lots more...bendy crossover is needed in the morning!!!
• 201911

  11 Jan 08, 21:24

  Originally posted by nenepokey:

  Assumption, Chestnut Dr, Pei Hwa, MGS, NYGH, HCI(both High School and College), RGPS, NJC, Queensway Sec...........and lots more...bendy crossover is needed in the morning!!!

  reason given for no bendies is that bendies cannot manouvre into geylang lor 1 bus ter. but theres a rumour that a new bus ter nearer the stadium will be built to replace it. alternatively LTA could widen the entrance of geylang lor 1 ter...
• ceecookie

  11 Jan 08, 21:26

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

  same route definitely, but different kind of buses deployed on the route.
  
  like this kind:
  
  
  

  i never liked this bus model when on 961..kinda underpowered
• nenepokey

  11 Jan 08, 21:26

  Originally posted by 201911:

  reason given for no bendies is that bendies cannot manouvre into geylang lor 1 bus ter. but theres a rumour that a new bus ter nearer the stadium will be built to replace it. alternatively LTA could widen the entrance of geylang lor 1 ter...

  then how abt 980?
• off_service

  11 Jan 08, 23:05

  Originally posted by nenepokey:

  then how abt 980?

  The problem lies on the sv 961 / 985 exit. No problem for entrance.
• muziq bus

  12 Jan 08, 00:20

  Originally posted by off_service:

  The problem lies on the sv 961 / 985 exit. No problem for entrance.

  yea, 980 uses a different exit.
  
  so, is 985's deployment yet to be affected?
• Oceane

  12 Jan 08, 06:43

  Originally posted by ceecookie:

  i never liked this bus model when on 961..kinda underpowered

  It's one of the fastest buses in SMRT's fleet with about the same acceleration as the L113CRL.
  
  But then... Scanias tend to vibrate ALOT, and Dennis Lance tend to have a heaty engine.
• Volvo Olympian

  12 Jan 08, 10:51

  Originally posted by muziq bus:

  so, is 985's deployment yet to be affected?

  Still under pending i guess...
• vivienlee

  13 Jan 08, 22:59

  So far when sv 961 was xferred over to AMDEP, does the drivers oso xfer from WLDEP to AMDEP, or do they re-employ AMDEP drivers to drive 961?
• Scania N113CRB luver

  13 Jan 08, 23:03

  TIB937E on 961 today.
• TIB1018B

  13 Jan 08, 23:29

  Originally posted by carbikebus:

  Ridiculous to have 961 dual control.

  Service 961 in the beginning days were dual KJDEP and WLDEP, DAF and Hino buses on service 961 somemore