Bus Articles in the Newspapers and Stomp.sg

• QX179R

  21 Sep 08, 11:32

  Originally posted by bus555:

  Are you safe while waiting for the bus?
  
  

  Think you're really safe waiting for the bus?

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35252

• sbst_no_162

  22 Sep 08, 19:33

  Bus windscreen shatters; HQ didn't help as they couldn't hear bus driver properly

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35591

  Sudden brake; bus windscreen shatters

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35562

  Sounds like this is the first time that this sort of thing happened. Wow...

• JJxJJ

  22 Sep 08, 19:42

  why are stompers extremely sour towards our public bus co.s?

   

  i wonder what will happen if all the workers go on strike for just 1 day.

• SBS2695H

  22 Sep 08, 19:49

  Originally posted by sbst_no_162:

  Bus windscreen shatters; HQ didn't help as they couldn't hear bus driver properly

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35591

  Sudden brake; bus windscreen shatters

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35562

  Sounds like this is the first time that this sort of thing happened. Wow...

  
  Hispano bodywork is quite expensive from Europe and considered to be "high class" to me and I also heard that SMRT Buses are assembled overseas before being shipped to Singapore unlike SBST Buses where the imported bodywork is assembled locally so it should be of good and durable quality. Therefore I am also quite surprised that such a thing happen.

• eX.A.K.R.

  22 Sep 08, 20:38

  First, it's TIB 700X, now it's TIB 874C. Coincidentally, both have Hispano-type fronts (the one on TIB 700X being a replacement for it's original and very different Walter Alexander front), and both are Kranji Depot buses. The one on TIB 700X was shattered by a stray rock, while the one on TIB 874C shattered for reasons unknown.

  Sabotage? Unhappy commuter rebelling against the profit-greedy SMRT corporation rising bus and train fares? Or is it poor depot maintenance? Or just conincidental accidents?

• SBS2695H

  22 Sep 08, 20:52

  Originally posted by eX.A.K.R.:

   

  Sabotage? Unhappy commuter rebelling against the profit-greedy SMRT corporation rising bus and train fares? Or is it poor depot maintenance? Or just conincidental accidents?

  
  It is a fact that SMRT is a profit-greedy corporation rising bus and train fares.

• QX179R

  23 Sep 08, 15:19

  Kudos to this helpful bus captain

  
  

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35614
  

  
  
• QX179R

  25 Sep 08, 18:55

  Shocking sign seen at the back of a bus

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35969

• Scania N113CRB luver

  25 Sep 08, 19:22

  Originally posted by SBS2695H:

  
  Hispano bodywork is quite expensive from Europe and considered to be "high class" to me and I also heard that SMRT Buses are assembled overseas before being shipped to Singapore unlike SBST Buses where the imported bodywork is assembled locally so it should be of good and durable quality. Therefore I am also quite surprised that such a thing happen.

  Do you have the exact pricelist to back what you've said? Are you very certain that Hispano is really very expensive?

  Anyway, even if Hispano is expensive, it would be wise to invest on it IMO. Take a look at the Habits, even without much maintenance the bodywork is still reliable. Doors are working properly, even if aircon is not working, its not oven hot like the ELBOs. The quality is really there. Its all manufactured under european manfacturing standards. They also conform with European crash safety standards, particularly side impact and rollover tests.

  Maintenance cost is very important in maintaining a vehicle. A vehicle with high maintenance cost isn't worth investing on. Not to mention its a danger to ride on for the commuters.

• SBS2695H

  25 Sep 08, 19:30

  Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

  Do you have the exact pricelist to back what you've said? Are you very certain that Hispano is really very expensive?

  Anyway, even if Hispano is expensive, it would be wise to invest on it IMO. Take a look at the Habits, even without much maintenance the bodywork is still reliable. Doors are working properly, even if aircon is not working, its not oven hot like the ELBOs. The quality is really there. Its all manufactured under european manfacturing standards. They also conform with European crash safety standards, particularly side impact and rollover tests.

  Maintenance cost is very important in maintaining a vehicle. A vehicle with high maintenance cost isn't worth investing on. Not to mention its a danger to ride on for the commuters.

  
  Maybe SBST can consider to start investing in Hispano for the first time and SMRT can continue doing what it did in the TIBS days. Instead of some cheap Gemilang bodywork that have the potential to be hard to mantain after years. Also, may I know if ELBO bodywork is a European brand?

• Superbus

  25 Sep 08, 19:38

  Originally posted by SBS2695H:

  
  Instead of some cheap Gemilang bodywork that have the potential to be hard to mantain after years. 

  Evidence please.

• service_238

  25 Sep 08, 20:20

  Originally posted by SBS2695H:

  
  Maybe SBST can consider to start investing in Hispano for the first time and SMRT can continue doing what it did in the TIBS days. Instead of some cheap Gemilang bodywork that have the potential to be hard to mantain after years. Also, may I know if ELBO bodywork is a European brand?

   

  Originally posted by Superbus:

  Evidence please.

  
  In addition why not come up with an Investment Proposal, together with all the profitability and investment ratios so that we can help SBST determine whether its feasible to invest in Hispano, not taking into consideration the intangible assets/relations SBST has.

• sBs_boy

  25 Sep 08, 20:54

  Originally posted by service_238:

   

  
  In addition why not come up with an Investment Proposal, together with all the profitability and investment ratios so that we can help SBST determine whether its feasible to invest in Hispano, not taking into consideration the intangible assets/relations SBST has.

  No need to talk until so chim.

  Just have to look at the cost is enough..

• 16/f/lonely

  25 Sep 08, 21:49

  Originally posted by SBS2695H:

  
  It is a fact that SMRT is a profit-greedy corporation rising bus and train fares.

  
  What the heck....you want an inefficient company that needs to be propped up with taxpayers $$?

• Junyang700

  27 Sep 08, 14:03

  30-min bus ride becomes 90 minutes

  SMRT Service 966

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36269

   

• n4l

  27 Sep 08, 14:13

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  30-min bus ride becomes 90 minutes

  SMRT Service 966

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36269

   

  F1 related? 54's waiting time yesterday for a period of time was approximately an hour . Thank goodness for IRIS, but I really pity the passengers waiting for 54.

• Junyang700

  27 Sep 08, 14:25

  Originally posted by n4l:

  F1 related? 54's waiting time yesterday for a period of time was approximately an hour . Thank goodness for IRIS, but I really pity the passengers waiting for 54.

   

  Doubt so. 966 does not ply Orchard / Marina / CBD Area.

• eX.A.K.R.

  27 Sep 08, 20:09

  Boys seen burning bus seats with lighter

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36276 

   

  ...outrageous! Simply outrageous!

• eX.A.K.R.

  27 Sep 08, 20:14

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

  30-min bus ride becomes 90 minutes

  SMRT Service 966

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36269

   

  SMRT has the amazing magical ability to transform time periods under one hour to those that far exceeds one or even two hours for totally no reason, don't you know?

  SMRT - "Moving" people, "enhancing" lives.

• QX179R

  28 Sep 08, 00:42

  Toppled bus service signboard has been upside-down for a week

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36272

• QX179R

  29 Sep 08, 22:24

  Fare-cheating auntie

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36995

• TIB1062Y

  29 Sep 08, 23:04

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  Fare-cheating auntie

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36995

  The STOMPer really never take feeder bus services in Singapore before.. =.="

  Please lor.. Even i myself also (plus a lot of people) do it on feeder services or when things like taking Service 139/143/145 from Jln Toa Payoh (outside Trellis Tower) to Toa Payoh Int..

• JaSoNhSu92

  30 Sep 08, 02:52

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  Fare-cheating auntie

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=36995

  
  that k230 bus issit 8331T?

• Scania N113CRB luver

  30 Sep 08, 03:57

  Originally posted by Junyang700:

   

  Doubt so. 966 does not ply Orchard / Marina / CBD Area.

  The jams come from Kallang itself. It stretch from Kallang until near PIE, which severely affected PIE. PIE jams started from Bukit Timah or Jurong already. Last friday i was on TIB786Z 985 at about 6pm and i was stuck inside the jam for 30mins.

• QX179R

  30 Sep 08, 21:27

  Originally posted by sbst_no_162:

  Bus windscreen shatters; HQ didn't help as they couldn't hear bus driver properly

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35591

  Sudden brake; bus windscreen shatters

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=35562

  Sounds like this is the first time that this sort of thing happened. Wow...

  Too noisy, so driver had to go next stop, says SMRT

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=37026