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

• Stage

  11 Dec 08, 22:06

  I was just wondering.. How to 'read' tickets?

  (Photo (C) lifelikedrama)

  

  1965 = rego
  02DE = 2nd Dec -date
  74e = service no. taken
  2A = ?
  05 = ?
  3391=? (it seems like the ticket number printed. like the next one will be 3392. But it can't be the 3391th ticket printed right?)
  18:09 = time
  PA = ?
  215c = Amount put in

• Volvo Olympian

  11 Dec 08, 22:07

  Originally posted by Stage:

  I was just wondering.. How to 'read' tickets?

  (Photo (C) lifelikedrama)

  

  1965 = rego
  02DE = 2nd Dec -date
  74e = service no. taken
  2A = ?
  05 = ?
  3391=? (it seems like the ticket number printed. like the next one will be 3392. But it can't be the 3391th ticket printed right?)
  18:09 = time
  PA = ?
  215c = Amount put in

  2A = Direction 2
  05 = fare stage
  3391 = ticket serial number
  PA = Adult

• TIB1018B

  11 Dec 08, 22:10

  Originally posted by Stage:

  I was just wondering.. How to 'read' tickets?

  (Photo (C) lifelikedrama)

  

  1965 = rego
  02DE = 2nd Dec -date
  74e = service no. taken
  2A = ?
  05 = ?
  3391=? (it seems like the ticket number printed. like the next one will be 3392. But it can't be the 3391th ticket printed right?)
  18:09 = time
  PA = ?
  215c = Amount put in

  
  2A = '2' determines direction 1 or 2, 'A' means aircon ('N' for non aircon buses)
  05 = Fare stage
  3391 = Ticket Serial Number
  PA = Adult Fare ('PC' for child fare, 'PS' for senior citizen)

• sbst275

  11 Dec 08, 22:11

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  i took 9681B today, n i noticed something strange abt e "Door Closing" signal. apart from door closing, it also showed "qing" ("Please" in complex chinese). Did this closing sign came from HK? like e dennis tridents there. hopefully some1 can enlighten me

  
  Tridents are e ones w/ those han wording

• AEW5001

  11 Dec 08, 22:20

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  Tridents are e ones w/ those han wording

  but it's only 9681B. e rest only have "DOOR CLOSING".

• Stage

  11 Dec 08, 22:23

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  
  2A = '2' determines direction 1 or 2, 'A' means aircon ('N' for non aircon buses)
  05 = Fare stage
  3391 = Ticket Serial Number
  PA = Adult Fare ('PC' for child fare, 'PS' for senior citizen)

   

  Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

  2A = Direction 2
  05 = fare stage
  3391 = ticket serial number
  PA = Adult

  
  I see.. But the serial number does not start from 0001 right? I'm sure of that.. What number does it start from?

• sBs_boy

  11 Dec 08, 22:41

  Originally posted by Stage:

   

  
  I see.. But the serial number does not start from 0001 right? I'm sure of that.. What number does it start from?

  1 roll of  ticket is enough to produce 5000 tickets. Ur ticket happened to be the 3391th ticket from that particular roll.

• sBs_boy

  11 Dec 08, 22:41

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  but it's only 9681B. e rest only have "DOOR CLOSING".

  All tridents have that.

• JaSoNhSu92

  12 Dec 08, 01:12

  i saw some SBST buses, their rear axle wheel got smoke coming out from it, especially when wet weather. is this normal?

• lemon1974

  12 Dec 08, 03:53

  Originally posted by JaSoNhSu92:

  i saw some SBST buses, their rear axle wheel got smoke coming out from it, especially when wet weather. is this normal?

  normal.. car also got. U got try pour some water on the hot wheel/rim and see got smoke/sound or not.

• Tident

  12 Dec 08, 08:13

   

  Noticed that Volvo Dashboards generally have a red/white round switch, on the left of steering wheel. May i know what's the purpose?

  

• SBS9888Y

  12 Dec 08, 09:20

  Originally posted by Tident:

   

  Noticed that Volvo Dashboards generally have a red/white round switch, on the left of steering wheel. May i know what's the purpose?

  

  white start engine. red to stop engine.

• SBS7382C

  12 Dec 08, 15:19

  How come some buses engine start to screech when the bus driver accelerates it to a certain extent?  This  morning i took SBS1984E and the screeching was irritating... I noticed that mostly the Striders have that problem.

   

   

   

   

• TIB537B

  12 Dec 08, 15:50

  Originally posted by SBS7382C:

  How come some buses engine start to screech when the bus driver accelerates it to a certain extent?  This  morning i took SBS1984E and the screeching was irritating... I noticed that mostly the Striders have that problem.

   

   

   

   

   

  Last time think they got say about it too - something about the fanbelt. Speaking of this area, how come SMRT's Scania L113s always have a sound when it does braking? donnoe how to describe the sound, but regular L113 takers will know wat im saying =)
• choww

  12 Dec 08, 15:57

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  
  2A = '2' determines direction 1 or 2, 'A' means aircon ('N' for non aircon buses)
  05 = Fare stage
  3391 = Ticket Serial Number
  PA = Adult Fare ('PC' for child fare, 'PS' for senior citizen)

  Non air con buses just have 1 or 2. No more N liao

  Child fare also have C for off peak and senior citizen will have S for off peak.

• choww

  12 Dec 08, 15:58

  Originally posted by Stage:

   

  
  I see.. But the serial number does not start from 0001 right? I'm sure of that.. What number does it start from?

  Should be 2000 if im not wrong.

• Stage

  12 Dec 08, 16:58

  Originally posted by choww:

  Should be 2000 if im not wrong.

  
  Thanks.

   

  Speaking about weird sounds of buses, I noticed of the LO3X had this horrible sound when they brake while reversing.. Is it because of the age or what? Cuz I don't think the VO3X has them..

• JaSoNhSu92

  12 Dec 08, 20:47

  Originally posted by SBS7382C:

  How come some buses engine start to screech when the bus driver accelerates it to a certain extent?  This  morning i took SBS1984E and the screeching was irritating... I noticed that mostly the Striders have that problem.

  
  2606R also has this

  anyone noticed today 7332Y got problem? engine is on, always got "psst" sound many times.

• TIB1049L

  12 Dec 08, 21:02

  Originally posted by Lameomaster:

  Is 30P a demo? what about 9C?

  
  SBS9C is indeed a demo according to the HK guy's handbook, but was the 2nd demo. No mention of the first demo. And according to his book the bus is also in AMDEP then

• jayh272416

  12 Dec 08, 22:04

  Originally posted by choww:

  Should be 2000 if im not wrong.

  Originally posted by sBs_boy:

  1 roll of  ticket is enough to produce 5000 tickets. Ur ticket happened to be the 3391th ticket from that particular roll.

  
  i think ticket rolls can only make 2000 tickets, i dunno why but all my tickets have serial numbers beginning with a "2" or a "3".

• bus555

  12 Dec 08, 22:33

  just wondering if anyone know which merz 0405 oac have this kind of ad and if i am right, it was in 2005. adope from princess2 thiny:
  
  http://princess2.e-sites.nl/files/Orange%20Tour%202005/Introductie_Phaedra_bus.jpg

• SMRT BUSES LuvER

  13 Dec 08, 01:45

  Does B10M DM3500s replacing Striders for svc 3N? Coz just now when i was surfing the net, i heard a DAF-engine-like sound & looked outside and saw 2 DM3500s bunching at CCK lol.. Oh yea, btw, I saw an EB 0405 DM bus olso, This bus acts like part of svc 307..

• ^tamago^

  13 Dec 08, 08:35

  Originally posted by Stage:

  
  Thanks.

   

  Speaking about weird sounds of buses, I noticed of the LO3X had this horrible sound when they brake while reversing.. Is it because of the age or what? Cuz I don't think the VO3X has them..

  
  

  The vibration when reversing and stopping after reversing has been there since Day 1. (:

• Volvo Olympian

  13 Dec 08, 20:56

  Originally posted by ^tamago^:

   

  The vibration when reversing and stopping after reversing has been there since Day 1. (:

  
  Very unique for leyland

• BB2001

  13 Dec 08, 22:28

  Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

  
  Very unique for leyland

  Typical for many Leyland buses, especially during morning start up. The sound comes from the brake drum. It happens when the cold brake shoe comes in contact with the drum.