855 need perm bendies,What's your opinions?

• carbikebus

  7 Jul 08, 21:31

  I say it at least need 2 bendies preferably on split shift to cater the high demands especially from HBF--Farrer Rd

• QX179R

  7 Jul 08, 21:34

  or if not, the frequency must be better..

• brotherchen1982

  7 Jul 08, 21:45

  or wait for more WAB Mercs to be registered & deployed to free more buses

• XiaoTaro

  7 Jul 08, 21:45

  Originally posted by carbikebus:

  I say it at least need 2 bendies preferably on split shift to cater the high demands especially from HBF--Farrer Rd

  Alternatively take sbst 93? Also can bring u from HBF to farrer road.

• jayh272416

  7 Jul 08, 21:47

  Originally posted by XiaoTaro:

  Alternatively take sbst 93? Also can bring u from HBF to farrer road.

  
  Even faster.

• QX179R

  7 Jul 08, 21:49

  Originally posted by XiaoTaro:

  Alternatively take sbst 93? Also can bring u from HBF to farrer road.

  I always will wait for the NAC DD & the last time I remembered waiting very long for it..

• brotherchen1982

  7 Jul 08, 21:50

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  I always will wait for the NAC DD...

  Same here...

• QX179R

  7 Jul 08, 21:53

  used to take 65 but now when I wanna go HBF, I'll always take the train to eunos then wait for the NAC 93 but the waiting time sux..

• XiaoTaro

  7 Jul 08, 22:09

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  I always will wait for the NAC DD & the last time I remembered waiting very long for it..

  Love the NAC DDs too, especially in the morning and night along lornie road, very cooling.

• TIB537B

  8 Jul 08, 00:12

  Actually, SMRT also need more bendies too....

• ^tamago^

  8 Jul 08, 00:23

  how about x-over from svcs like 811? :o
• QX179R

  8 Jul 08, 00:26

  doesn't mean by having more bendies will solve the prob..

• AEW5001

  8 Jul 08, 09:28

  i dont think its neccessary to use bendies, except during weekends where demands are much higher (those frm Sentosa going home). They also have Dennis Lances, which can carry a lot of standing passengers. Those who want to take NAC DDs, its best to take @ Boon Lay. There are very few of these plying 93 and 74 nowadays.

• TIB537B

  8 Jul 08, 10:47

  But with larger a capacity bus, they can allevate some problems with large crowds.

• sbst275

  8 Jul 08, 11:24

  I think it's adding of 4 more S shift buses... for me I think 22 or 24 bus fleet would suffice

• SBS n SMRT

  8 Jul 08, 16:05

  2 AM/PM crossover from 811

  2 S shift

  2 AP shift

  (Maybe Volgern bendies)

• XiaoTaro

  8 Jul 08, 16:49

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  2 AM/PM crossover from 811

  2 S shift

  2 AP shift

  (Maybe Volgern bendies)

  Do u know how pack can 811 get during morning/ evening peak on the north loop (ex 801), sending 2 bendies to 855 will only make it worse.

• 16/f/lonely

  8 Jul 08, 16:57

  Originally posted by XiaoTaro:

  Love the NAC DDs too, especially in the morning and night along lornie road, very cooling.

  
  You gotta try taking 251.

  The smell of the putrifying fertilisers near Benoi Rd will leave you half-dead.

• SBS9888Y

  8 Jul 08, 16:59

  Originally posted by 16/f/lonely:

  
  You gotta try taking 251.

  The smell of the putrifying fertilisers near Benoi Rd will leave you half-dead.

  or 249. theres this burning smell along TG KLING RD thats nauseating

• Oceane

  8 Jul 08, 19:49

  Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

  2 AM/PM crossover from 811

  2 S shift

  2 AP shift

  (Maybe Volgern bendies)

  
  I can see that you know nothing about 811's loads.

  5 bendy / 5 rigid fleet is just nice to supplement the 811 fleet, nowadays alot of the rigid drivers are taking SP bendies from AMDEP or YIBP because their rigids are always packed to the brim, even leaving pax at Yishun to wait for next bus during peak hours (waiting time ranges from 3 minutes to 13 minutes FYI). 811 only got 8 fullday and 2 extended (S2) shifts. Off peak frequency is very bad.

  By taking away 2 FULLDAY bendies, aren't you trying to kill Yishun passengers?

• carbikebus

  8 Jul 08, 20:45

  Maybe service like 800 bendies after PM peak hours can crossover to 855 in exchange for rigids?22-24 buses for 855 is too much,maybe 19 buses will do

• Oceane

  8 Jul 08, 20:53

  Originally posted by carbikebus:

  Maybe service like 800 bendies after PM peak hours can crossover to 855 in exchange for rigids?22-24 buses for 855 is too much,maybe 19 buses will do

  
  Actually give 855 perm bendies (on S1 or S2) should do. No need for some messy crossovers here and there. 800 has 4 fullday and 1 extended S2 shift(s)... And I find it a bit hard for 800 buses to crossover to 855 even after PM peak because once the 800S201 bus ends shift the load increases again...

  I would say its a no-no for any crossovers from any of the Yishun feeders. By compromising the buses in exchange for lesser load on 855, it increases the waiting time at Yishun feeders where the bulk of the passengers lie. So I would say, unless AMDEP uses SBST's way of doing fleet addition then crossover (like the 128 ones), if not 855 should get bendies as perm splitters.

• TIB537B

  8 Jul 08, 21:26

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  By taking away 2 FULLDAY bendies, aren't you trying to kill Yishun passengers?

  
  Erm, that was my point when i said buy more bendies and expand SMRT's fleet. lol

• carbikebus

  8 Jul 08, 21:34

  Exchange 2 or 3 855 rigids with 61 bendies,WLDEP 61 side need to put in more bendies

• XiaoTaro

  8 Jul 08, 22:43

  Originally posted by TIB537B:

  
  Erm, that was my point when i said buy more bendies and expand SMRT's fleet. lol

  But then the point about redeployment is that u have a constraint, which is not enough buses to go around.

  If u can expand the fleet as and when u want to, why would u still need to redeploy different buses on different routes when u can just keep on buying new ones and throwing them at the services thats needed.