Technically, some other services do have downroutes.Originally posted by ZYX2005:yes sir. this is called downroute. driver drives halfway then start trip
usually occurs during peak or when got jam.
i have seen 14s and 7s do that. rather common now with the christmas season and all
ZYX
Either its SBST OS "Beef up" service, or driver kena stuck in jam, no choice asked to start from Orchard.Originally posted by ^tamago^:I also believe it should be special downroute arrangements for festive season.
in fact, most orchard services...esp ADD..Originally posted by ZYX2005:yes sir. this is called downroute. driver drives halfway then start trip
usually occurs during peak or when got jam.
i have seen 14s and 7s do that. rather common now with the christmas season and all
ZYX
both companies have this serviceOriginally posted by iamgoondu:this is a fantastic service, sbst should brag about it.
do smrt has such service? each time board the smrt106 at holland ave, the bus always pack....,
and i do remember last year at this period, I had waited for full 30min for smrt106 (and fed up and walk to commonwealth ave to board sbst147) at holland ave to clementi...
how i wish smrt has such service.
most probably (unless breakdown)Originally posted by cApitaland:so tht time i saw bus 74 hangin outside NP not doing anything was waiting to start its trip or doing its downroute?
s74 i observe have downrouteOriginally posted by cApitaland:so tht time i saw bus 74 hangin outside NP not doing anything was waiting to start its trip or doing its downroute?
Shd not brag. the more off route running the more fuel is wasted. personally i dun like downroute. waste of fuel.Originally posted by iamgoondu:this is a fantastic service, sbst should brag about it.
do smrt has such service? each time board the smrt106 at holland ave, the bus always pack....,
and i do remember last year at this period, I had waited for full 30min for smrt106 (and fed up and walk to commonwealth ave to board sbst147) at holland ave to clementi...
how i wish smrt has such service.
Why waste of fuel? I would expect the sbst 7 to start from marina terminal rather then traveling empty from bedok to city hall....Originally posted by ZYX2005:Shd not brag. the more off route running the more fuel is wasted. personally i dun like downroute. waste of fuel.
ZYX
A bit not logical for a downroute to start from somewhere that is not even part of the route in the first part. Even so, Marina Centre Terminal doesnt allow boardingOriginally posted by iamgoondu:Why waste of fuel? I would expect the sbst 7 to start from marina terminal rather then traveling empty from bedok to city hall....
it makes no economical sense to just simply skipped all busstops from bedok to cityhall. the bus probably started from nearby terminals.
i love those empty 74Originally posted by cApitaland:so tht time i saw bus 74 hangin outside NP not doing anything was waiting to start its trip or doing its downroute?
outside SIM that bus bay u mean? waiting to do downroute when his scheduled time is up.Originally posted by cApitaland:so tht time i saw bus 74 hangin outside NP not doing anything was waiting to start its trip or doing its downroute?
That one is downtripOriginally posted by cApitaland:so tht time i saw bus 74 hangin outside NP not doing anything was waiting to start its trip or doing its downroute?
dunno when they put this but.....Originally posted by sbst275:also saw downtrip Sv 162 starting from Ngee Ann City

Originally posted by ^tamago^:dunno when they put this but.....
162 started using 162X desto a few months back, remember first see it in sept or something.Originally posted by ^tamago^:dunno when they put this but.....
S36 and S76 has new side desto.Originally posted by 201911:162 started using 162X desto a few months back, remember first see it in sept or something.
Originally posted by iamgoondu:this is a fantastic service, sbst should brag about it.
do smrt has such service? each time board the smrt106 at holland ave, the bus always pack....,
and i do remember last year at this period, I had waited for full 30min for smrt106 (and fed up and walk to commonwealth ave to board sbst147) at holland ave to clementi...
how i wish smrt has such service.