History of Service 170

• LoveService170

  1 Mar 09, 17:19

  Hi everyone i'm new here. I love to joyride on all bus services. My favourite one is service 170 from Queen Street -> Larkin, which is a cross-boder service. May i know when is this service introduce & the history of this service? Cos AFAIK, this service is the only sg-jb public bus service since 60s, am i right? If wrong do correct me. TY.   

• sbst275

  1 Mar 09, 17:19

  Green Bus No 1

• LoveService170

  1 Mar 09, 17:33

  From where to where?

• sbst275

  1 Mar 09, 17:34

  Originally posted by LoveService170:

  From where to where?

  
  it was from Green Bus Co before it went under United Bus and finally into SBS

• SBS8033D

  1 Mar 09, 17:39

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  it was from Green Bus Co before it went under United Bus and finally into SBS

  Haha, Green Bus Co -> United Bus Co -> Singapore Bus Services -> SBS Transit Ltd

• sbst275

  1 Mar 09, 17:41

  e days where e bus depot was at where Macdonald KAP is at right now

  opposite being facing a cemetary and YHS factory

• SBS8033D

  1 Mar 09, 17:43

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  e days where e bus depot was at where Macdonald KAP is at right now

  opposite being facing a cemetary and YHS factory

  Whoo! Reallly ah?????????

• sbst275

  1 Mar 09, 17:44

  Originally posted by SBS8033D:

  Whoo! Reallly ah?????????

  
  yeap.. SBS vacated it in 1980s for Mcdonalds KAP

  tat Teochew cemetary is now NP

  YHS Factory now condo liao

• bus555

  1 Mar 09, 18:29

  I only know that is the last svc to have this was farecard thinky plus the only bus svc to have the most bus fleets...

• ZYX2005

  1 Mar 09, 18:41

  Service was green Bus 1

  Then later became UBC svc 170
  
  Then SBS svc 170

   

  bus fleets / TMO to "OTS"

  late 1970s to early 80s - mercedes benz coach looking OF1413s
  middle 80s to early 90s - TMO o9peration with conductor handing out colourful SBS newer style bus tickets - fleet used B57s
  
  early 90s to middle 90s - Volvo B10M mark IIs. Conductor still ard till 1997. hence SBS conductor series tickets i have a lots.
  late 90s to new millennium - Mark 3 - no more conductor onbaord. Normal issuing ticket style.
  
  ZYX

   

• TIB537B

  1 Mar 09, 18:47

  And on to the future with - Volvo B10M MK IV DM3500s on 170/160

• service_238

  1 Mar 09, 19:26

  Originally posted by ZYX2005:

  Service was green Bus 1

  Then later became UBC svc 170
  
  Then SBS svc 170

   

  bus fleets / TMO to "OTS"

  late 1970s to early 80s - mercedes benz coach looking OF1413s
  middle 80s to early 90s - TMO o9peration with conductor handing out colourful SBS newer style bus tickets - fleet used B57s
  
  early 90s to middle 90s - Volvo B10M mark IIs. Conductor still ard till 1997. hence SBS conductor series tickets i have a lots.
  late 90s to new millennium - Mark 3 - no more conductor onbaord. Normal issuing ticket style.
  
  ZYX

   

  
  Conversion of Mk2 to Mk3 was in Nov 2001.

• SBS8533C

  1 Mar 09, 19:51

  forgotten tat 170 used to pass thorugh MacKenzie rd in the 70s
• tintinspartan

  1 Mar 09, 21:25

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  yeap.. SBS vacated it in 1980s for Mcdonalds KAP

  tat Teochew cemetary is now NP

  YHS Factory now condo liao

  
  Oh, no wonder that i saw a map of 1950 Singapore that shows a bus depot near Bukit Timah Railway Station.

• lianamaster

  1 Mar 09, 22:42

  Originally posted by ZYX2005:

  Service was green Bus 1

  Then later became UBC svc 170
  
  Then SBS svc 170

   

  bus fleets / TMO to "OTS"

  late 1970s to early 80s - mercedes benz coach looking OF1413s
  middle 80s to early 90s - TMO o9peration with conductor handing out colourful SBS newer style bus tickets - fleet used B57s
  
  early 90s to middle 90s - Volvo B10M mark IIs. Conductor still ard till 1997. hence SBS conductor series tickets i have a lots.
  late 90s to new millennium - Mark 3 - no more conductor onbaord. Normal issuing ticket style.
  
  ZYX

   

  Cool... I wasn't even born to witness that.