The UDs are leaving by this year, I heard..

• off_service

  10 Aug 08, 01:29

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  Info from the SMRT customer relations department that the new Merc OC500LEs will be out somewhere in September, to replace all the old Nissan UD buses which are to be phased out by end of this year.

  All / Most of them or another case like SMB 1 H?

• Oceane

  10 Aug 08, 07:48

  Originally posted by off_service:

  All / Most of them or another case like SMB 1 H?

  
  Then another deployment exercise? I don't think services with UDs would be given OC500LEs straight.

• TIB1018B

  10 Aug 08, 09:00

  Originally posted by Oceane:

  
  Then another deployment exercise? I don't think services with UDs would be given OC500LEs straight.

  
  Based on my observations about how Tibs/SMRT deployment patterns of their new buses, I would think that those popular routes like services 61, 67, 190, 851, 854, 960, 963 (just to name a few) might be the ones getting the Merc OC500LE buses.

  Service 187 might be an exception to get new buses too though it is a service with frequently Nissan UD cameos.

• SBS7484P

  10 Aug 08, 09:02

  OT abit...

  in amk area got any chance of catching UD? i want pix and tix b4 its too late

• QX179R

  10 Aug 08, 09:04

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  OT abit...

  in amk area got any chance of catching UD? i want pix and tix b4 its too late

  just go to woodlands int better..

• TIB1018B

  10 Aug 08, 09:06

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  OT abit...

  in amk area got any chance of catching UD? i want pix and tix b4 its too late

  
  If you are in AMK Ave 6 area, sure got. You can catch them mostly on service 852

• SBS7484P

  10 Aug 08, 09:06

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  just go to woodlands int better..

  
  woodlands?

  eh simple lei. can take either 161 or 965 there from my place

• Oceane

  10 Aug 08, 09:07

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  
  Based on my observations about how Tibs/SMRT deployment patterns of their new buses, I would think that those popular routes like services 61, 67, 190, 851, 854, 960, 963 (just to name a few) might be the ones getting the Merc OC500LE buses.

  Service 187 might be an exception to get new buses too though it is a service with frequently Nissan UD cameos.

  It all depends on which services SMRT decides as "Services that have alot of elderly boarding".

  851 has been listed as the next service since months ago. Looking forward to see them do WAB training in Yishun soon...

• SBS7484P

  10 Aug 08, 09:07

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  
  If you are in AMK Ave 6 area, sure got. You can catch them mostly on service 852

  
  porbably hunting for 852 then. im more familiar with amk areas than woodland. lol

• QX179R

  10 Aug 08, 09:09

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  porbably hunting for 852 then. im more familiar with amk areas than woodland. lol

  if you wanna go woodlands to catch the UDs then I may be of help, just send me a PM..

• SBS7484P

  10 Aug 08, 09:11

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  if you wanna go woodlands to catch the UDs then I may be of help, just send me a PM..

  
  hokays. most probably hunting next week, if its not too late by then. heh.

• TIB1018B

  10 Aug 08, 09:11

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  if you wanna go woodlands to catch the UDs then I may be of help, just send me a PM..

  
  Service 178

• QX179R

  10 Aug 08, 09:13

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  
  Service 178

  yeah, enjoy the ride from woodlands reg int all the way to boon lay temp int..

• SBS7484P

  10 Aug 08, 09:17

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  yeah, enjoy the ride from woodlands reg int all the way to boon lay temp int..

  
  enjoy on a UD...

• QX179R

  10 Aug 08, 09:19

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  enjoy on a UD...

  better enjoy it while stocks lasts..

• nenepokey

  10 Aug 08, 12:04

  Originally posted by TIB1018B:

  
  Service 178

  i took it once from BNL to WRI. very shiok!

• TIB537B

  10 Aug 08, 12:40

  enjoy the squeaking leaf spring suspension and the dusty volgelsitze (refurbished TIB 125X series) or the original sofa seats/ leather seats of TIB 3XX and CSS. for the last time....:(  I'm gonna miss the interior too. It looks contemporary compared to some modern bus. There's that unique taste in the interior not found anywhere else.

• nenepokey

  10 Aug 08, 13:40

  Originally posted by TIB537B:

  enjoy the squeaking leaf spring suspension and the dusty volgelsitze (refurbished TIB 125X series) or the original sofa seats/ leather seats of TIB 3XX and CSS. for the last time....:(  I'm gonna miss the interior too. It looks contemporary compared to some modern bus. There's that unique taste in the interior not found anywhere else.

  yar. imo, i feel that UDs are more shiok than Hino. the UDs speed well too!

• Volvo Olympian

  10 Aug 08, 15:08

  Originally posted by TIB537B:

  enjoy the squeaking leaf spring suspension and the dusty volgelsitze (refurbished TIB 125X series) or the original sofa seats/ leather seats of TIB 3XX and CSS. for the last time....:(  I'm gonna miss the interior too. It looks contemporary compared to some modern bus. There's that unique taste in the interior not found anywhere else.

  And the spring leaf suspension , boink boink .. lol...

  Feels nostalgic

• ahlunjia

  10 Aug 08, 17:03

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  
  enjoy on a UD...

  
  enjoy the rusty aircon

  http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?id=24855

   

• Roderick a.k.a Guai Kia

  10 Aug 08, 17:20

  omg 1255H -.- LOL btw,UD's are common seen in AMK area,and my house,Geylang Lor 1 Depot... btw,can anyone organise a farewell tour to our senior buses like MB0405,CRB,UD,i really look forward to that(:
• SBS7484P

  10 Aug 08, 17:28

  last time i missed the mark 2 farewell.. cant afford to miss more

• nenepokey

  10 Aug 08, 17:29

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  last time i missed the mark 2 farewell.. cant afford to miss more

  i missed it too. so sad

• TIB1018B

  10 Aug 08, 18:26

  Originally posted by QX179R:

  yeah, enjoy the ride from woodlands reg int all the way to boon lay temp int..

  
  Well, if you are lucky enough you may get TIB659H or any other Scania cameos instead

• TIB1018B

  10 Aug 08, 18:31

  Originally posted by SBS7484P:

  last time i missed the mark 2 farewell.. cant afford to miss more

  
  Anyway for now is still not too late to catch the Scania N113CRBs. Majority of the fleets (both AC or NAC) are based in the eastern parts of Singapore. Catch them if you can.

  Merc buses will also be walking into the history of SBST in the next 2-3 years. Unless SBST decides to buy new Merc fleets after all the 500 Scanias are registered.