Questions about S'pore buses? Post them here! (Part IV)

• Volvo Olympian

  6 Jun 08, 19:14

  Originally posted by SBS2695H:

  May I know if short trips operate during weekends? I have seen 14A pass by on a Sunday before.

  66A and 66B operates on Sundays also

• NoobBOY

  6 Jun 08, 19:38

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  My guess is that it is unlikely to happen.

  Where have the TV mobiles from the buses that are laid-up or scrapped for whatever reasons gone to? Perhaps they are sitting somewhere waiting for engineers to rig them up in one shot rather than 1 by 1? Hmmm.....

  And because I really can't stand the TV in the bus concept and refuse to accept reality if they install it on the new buses.

  So you hope SBS to scrap the TV mobile in the near future?

• 16/f/lonely

  6 Jun 08, 19:39

  Originally posted by NoobBOY:

  So you hope SBS to scrap the TV mobile in the near future?

  
  Hope...........it's such an easy word.

• NoobBOY

  6 Jun 08, 19:40

  Originally posted by SBS9888Y:

  SBS7318P and SBS7319L from HGDEP 147 are WAB buses with TV Mobile for trial. the rest still no news of any installation of the new generation of TV Mobile.

  Oic, as i was wandering when SBS is converting its fleet to WAB buses, will they still keep the TV in the bus concept?

• SBS2695H

  6 Jun 08, 19:52

  Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

  66A and 66B operates on Sundays also

  
  Then does 27A and B operate on Saturdays?

• nenepokey

  6 Jun 08, 19:54

  Originally posted by NoobBOY:

  So you hope SBS to scrap the TV mobile in the near future?

  u pay money loh...

• Volvo Olympian

  6 Jun 08, 20:05

  Originally posted by SBS2695H:

  
  Then does 27A and B operate on Saturdays?

  No , only weekdays peak hours.

• Raraken

  6 Jun 08, 21:29

  Originally posted by Raraken:

  Does anyone know why TIB1041H sounds odd?

  Both. Quite a few buses also have this problem (but not as bad as 1041H)

• 16/f/lonely

  6 Jun 08, 22:38

  Originally posted by nenepokey:

  u pay money loh...

  
  Mediacorp is paying?

• sinicker

  6 Jun 08, 23:07

  Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

  No , only weekdays peak hours.

  
  actually i've seen them on weekends too. not sure sat/sun.

• service_238

  7 Jun 08, 00:41

  Service 27A and 27B ops on weekdays
  Service 27A ops on weekends. 

  27A Weekday: Sengkang Central - Tampines Ave 5
  27A Weekend & PH: Hougang - Tampines Ave 5 (wef Sat 2 Dec 06)

• SBS1984E

  7 Jun 08, 23:36

  Any Updates on SBS9424C and SBS9149Y?

• stooper

  7 Jun 08, 23:55

  Originally posted by SBS1984E:

  Any Updates on SBS9424C and SBS9149Y?

  For 9149Y, can see the Redeployments thread, page 79, the post by samtlk.

• sexy girls

  8 Jun 08, 00:43

  Originally posted by SBS1984E:

  Any Updates on SBS9424C and SBS9149Y?

  9424 is still inside AMDEP. heard from a 86 driver that 9424 will be undergoing a makeover as it has been donated to some school. Scania has mentioned it before in the forum....

• sexy girls

  8 Jun 08, 00:47

  I would like to ask if SBS138M is still the drug busters bus? where is it now?

  what about the MILK bus?

• SBS9888Y

  8 Jun 08, 01:49

  Originally posted by sexy girls:

  what about the MILK bus?

  i jus saw it last week along C'wealth Ave West (Clemeneti) turning to Clementi Rd (AYE)

• service_238

  8 Jun 08, 01:54

  Originally posted by sexy girls:

  I would like to ask if SBS138M is still the drug busters bus? where is it now?

  what about the MILK bus?

  
  I think the drug buster bus is somewhere out there chasing drug peddlers..

  the MILK bus went Australia to get milk...

  ok from what I last heard the drug buster bus should be lying inside HTA or MHA?

  MILK bus.. see who is the company who owns the bus currently..

  Seems like no one have any problems with the whereabouts of the Epson Bus..

• loki_chaos

  8 Jun 08, 02:25

  hi all..im new to this bus forum...

  want to ask how frequent does the nokia music bus (svc 156) is deployed? Is that the one and only bus with those special seats?

  another question...how are the bus services grouped according to their depots? by routes? nearest interchanges? was confused when i looked at the deployment list in sgwiki..

  I'm loving this forum...coz i am a bus fan too...

• sinicker

  8 Jun 08, 02:34

  Originally posted by loki_chaos:

   

  want to ask how frequent does the nokia music bus (svc 156) is deployed? Is that the one and only bus with those special seats?

  
  i think there are 3? 2696 2779 2812
  
  NTU one also have. 2822/2837. think got one or two more?
  
  last time got F&N on also on service 5.

• SBS9888Y

  8 Jun 08, 02:44

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  
  i think there are 3? 2696 2779 2812
  
  NTU one also have. 2822/2837. think got one or two more?
  
  last time got F&N on also on service 5.

  NOKIA: 2696 HGDEP 151, 2779 HGDEP 156, 2812 AMDEP 54.
  NTU: 2818 ARBP 16, 2822 SLBP 174, 2837 BBDEP 151.

  the F&N used to be on 2822.

  to loki_chaos: do read your private messages in your mailbox on the top right hand corner of this page.

• loki_chaos

  8 Jun 08, 03:25

  sure...my 2nd question is not answered yet...^^

• Oceane

  8 Jun 08, 07:24

  Originally posted by loki_chaos:

  sure...my 2nd question is not answered yet...^^

  
  Mostly by nearest interchange.

  However, there are some exceptions:

  Eunos is under BRBP instead of HGDEP before.
  Serangoon is under HGDEP instead of AMDEP.
  Bishan is under AMDEP instead of BRBP which is closer.
  St. Mikes is under AMDEP except 131 which got their parking lots transferred to BRBP.

  The reason why the above 4 are true is due to the NEL Rationalisation a few years back, and hence the wierd depot controls.

  Some other services have exceptional depot controls too. Example is 198. It's under BBDEP full control instead of ARBP/SLBP partial because BBDEP is somewhere in between the end points of 198.

  If you have other individual services that you're not sure about, feel free to drop a PM. :)

• SBS8138K

  8 Jun 08, 11:57

  Is SBS8109U  perm on 119?on the service 119 deployment page @ sgwiki did not stated it wor>?

• nenepokey

  8 Jun 08, 12:53

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  Mostly by nearest interchange.

  However, there are some exceptions:

  Eunos is under BRBP instead of HGDEP before.
  Serangoon is under HGDEP instead of AMDEP.
  Bishan is under AMDEP instead of BRBP which is closer.
  St. Mikes is under AMDEP except 131 which got their parking lots transferred to BRBP.

  The reason why the above 4 are true is due to the NEL Rationalisation a few years back, and hence the wierd depot controls.

  Some other services have exceptional depot controls too. Example is 198. It's under BBDEP full control instead of ARBP/SLBP partial because BBDEP is somewhere in between the end points of 198.

  If you have other individual services that you're not sure about, feel free to drop a PM. :)

  852 is another one like 198, but not exactly like 198

• Scania

  9 Jun 08, 00:39

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  Mostly by nearest interchange.

  However, there are some exceptions:

  Eunos is under BRBP instead of HGDEP before.
  Serangoon is under HGDEP instead of AMDEP.
  Bishan is under AMDEP instead of BRBP which is closer.
  St. Mikes is under AMDEP except 131 which got their parking lots transferred to BRBP.

  The reason why the above 4 are true is due to the NEL Rationalisation a few years back, and hence the wierd depot controls.

  I would say that it is due to the reorgnaization of the districts (possibly due to the need of more efficient operations). The previous East district (controlled by hgdep) ceased to exist and had to be split, and there was a need to have a more balanced amount of labour and other resources between the districts. so the decision was made to reorganize Serangoon under hgdep from amdep, Eunos under bram from hgdep, and because of this, Bishan went from bram to amdep, with a slight increase in travelling times (it takes 8-9 mins from amdep to BSI instead of 4 to 5 mins from BSI to bram (using St 11 and gate on the centre median of Braddell Rd which ceased to exist))
  .