Memories of buses
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Originally posted by TIB657M:
I never have any chance to ride any CSS service before..........Anyway, how to calculate the fare stage for CSS service? Same as normal trunk service?
Nope.. when the only CSS service 608 was left.. its fare strcture was like this:
ADULT FARES
Fare Stage ---------------------- Ez-Link Card ------- Cash----
4 and less -------------------------- $0.56 ------------ $0.75----
4.5 to 7 ------------------------------$0.71-------------$0.90----
7.5 to 10 ----------------------------$0.86 -------------$1.05----
10.5 to 13 ---------------------------$1.01-------------$1.20----
13.5 and over-----------------------$1.16-------------$1.35----
CHILD / STUDENT FARES
---------------------------------- Ez-Link Card --------- Cash-----
------------------------------------ $0.35 ----------------$0.40-----
SENIOR CITIZEN
---------------------------------- Ez-Link Card --------- Cash-----
------------------------------------ $0.55 ----------------$0.75-----
No concession fares are applicable on CSS services. -
first bus i remembered and liked was SBS997A. saw it on svc 195 with "the carrier man can" ad thingy. can't remember exactly what is it.
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Originally posted by kelvintwt:
first bus i remembered and liked was SBS997A. saw it on svc 195 with “the carrier man can” ad thingy. can’t remember exactly what is it.
SBS 997A only piled on services 62, 76, 107 and 174 before.So probably you remembered wrongly.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
All deregistered old SBS buses gives me memories of bus spotting and rides in the past.
Most unforgettable rides:
- Volvo B57s on Bedok and Tampines Feeders
Volvo B57s also Pasir Ris Feeder.
Mercedes-Benz O405 DM NAC, Scania N113CRB on Pasir Ris Feeder.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
SBS 997A only piled on services 62, 76, 107 and 174 before.So probably you remembered wrongly.
saw it at commonwealth mrt. directly outside my primary school. so its 195. lol. cameo? -
Originally posted by SBS8533C:
Nope.. when the only CSS service 608 was left.. its fare strcture was like this:
ADULT FARES
Fare Stage ---------------------- Ez-Link Card ------- Cash----
4 and less -------------------------- $0.56 ------------ $0.75----
4.5 to 7 ------------------------------$0.71-------------$0.90----
7.5 to 10 ----------------------------$0.86 -------------$1.05----
10.5 to 13 ---------------------------$1.01-------------$1.20----
13.5 and over-----------------------$1.16-------------$1.35----
CHILD / STUDENT FARES
---------------------------------- Ez-Link Card --------- Cash-----
------------------------------------ $0.35 ----------------$0.40-----
SENIOR CITIZEN
---------------------------------- Ez-Link Card --------- Cash-----
------------------------------------ $0.55 ----------------$0.75-----
No concession fares are applicable on CSS services.the child/student fare were relatively cheaper than SBS/SMRT. miss CSS alot!
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Originally posted by kelvintwt:
saw it at commonwealth mrt. directly outside my primary school. so its 195. lol. cameo?Maybe for a short period of time.
I only remembered the only special bus for 195 is SBS999U, which is the Mercedes Benz O405G bendy.
Originally posted by Syed Luqman:Volvo B57s also Pasir Ris Feeder.
Mercedes-Benz O405 DM NAC, Scania N113CRB on Pasir Ris Feeder.
Actually, if you are talking about Volvo B57s on feeders, they served Bukit Batok, Clementi, Bukit Merah, Pasir Ris, Tampines, Bedok and Hougang South.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
Actually, if you are talking about Volvo B57s on feeders, they served Bukit Batok, Clementi, Bukit Merah, Pasir Ris, Tampines, Bedok and Hougang South.
Ang Mo Kio, Bishan & Toa Payoh feeders used to have B57s running. TPDEP has some B57s as well. -
Originally posted by sbs8104h:
the child/student fare were relatively cheaper than SBS/SMRT. miss CSS alot!
Compared to 1999 prices, the Child/Student fare for NAC is as low as 25¢! (for A/C, its 30¢). Those were the days! -
Originally posted by SBS8533C:
Ang Mo Kio, Bishan & Toa Payoh feeders used to have B57s running. TPDEP has some B57s as well.
Ang Mo Kio feeders? Which services and when?I only remembered a few Mercedes Benz OF1417s with NZB bus bodies serving routes like 269 for a short while. There wasn't even a Volvo bus serving Ang Mo Kio in the 80s till mid 90s. Ang Mo Kio feeders are mostly dominated by Mercedes Benz OF1413 Soon Chows, OF1417 Hawkes and Leyland Atlanteans WA R type.
And Toa Payoh feeders? Which services and when? Since I only remembered Leyland Victories BaCo and Soon Chows being used before the Scania N113s. But there might be a possibility since the B57 Soon Chow demo is based on TPDEP.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
Ang Mo Kio feeders? Which services and when?I only remembered a few Mercedes Benz OF1417s with NZB bus bodies serving routes like 269 for a short while. There wasn't even a Volvo bus serving Ang Mo Kio in the 80s till mid 90s. Ang Mo Kio feeders are mostly dominated by Mercedes Benz OF1413 Soon Chows, OF1417 Hawkes and Leyland Atlanteans WA R type.
And Toa Payoh feeders? Which services and when? Since I only remembered Leyland Victories BaCo and Soon Chows being used before the Scania N113s. But there might be a possibility since the B57 Soon Chow demo is based on TPDEP.
Possibly in the 1990s, appearing as cameos.. TP feeder 232, 238 and AMK feeder 262 -
old b57 demo volvo appeared in toa payoh terminal before interchange appear, on this old bus service 148 in the 80s long before it disappeared. i remember taking this bus to city area before mrt appear. I think sbs use it as L licence bus for training new bus drivers. It a very nice bus that time. I guess sbs after testing it they brought 200 new b57 volvo buses with bedok interchange had the most.
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DD o305 was my favour bus in the 1980s to 90s. I used to take the bus to school in toa payoh. i think about 3 or 4 o305s can found serving service 143 when o305 was very new. I don't like leyland dd not comfort at all compare to o305. even the volvo dd also not fight.
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N113s on 157 . remembering boarding a OAC N113 on 157.
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Some memories in the West side in the mid 1990s'
From Boon Lay Int
Service 30 - Still remembers the LO2x like 7113, 7193, 7194, 7126, 3557 etc as well as those 724X and 725X series VO2x. - They are the only Vo2x to do Boon Lay Services then.
Service 154 - The long serving Lo2x of 7116, 7139, 7156, 6980, 7180, 7164 etc as well as the O3O5s in which it were the only O305 buses in Boon Lay Int then..
Service 157 - All the NAC buses then are LO2x like 3555, 7148, 6985, 7159, 7162 etc from TPDEP and 6968, 6944, 7189, 7133, 7136, 7176, 7197 etc from JRBP.
Service 174 - The all merc SD services which includes 3875, 3855, 3724, 3740, 3741, 3879, 3880 etc NAC buses as well as 86, 88, 89, 91, 93, 159, 160, 162, 234, 497 etc AC buses.
Service 198 - The only service in Boon Lay Int that uses LAs as its perm fleet which includes 1649, 1657, 6858, 6888, 5604 etc
Service 192 - The Lo2x of 7169 and 7171
Service 193 - Full AC merc fleet then.
Service 199 - The majority LO2x which includes 3551, 6993, 7192, 7125, 6949, 7167 etc
Service 172 - Still under SBS then with the same type of fleet (NAC and OAC O405s) as 174. Still remember regos like 434, 482, 135, 136 etc.
Services 240, 242, 243 - The Boon Lay feeders all used LO2x then like 6932, 7122, 7137, 6951, 6986, 6964, 7158 etc (Sv 240), 3553, 6988, 7183, 7186 etc (Sv 242), 6960, 7184 (The bus with the blue SBS advertising ad) etc (Sv 243)
JIS Services (Svcs 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 and 257) - Those LO2x like 6977 (Sv 251, With blue SBS advertising ad), 7131 (Sv ?), 7119 (Sv 254), 7155 (Sv 249), 3563 (Sv 252) and many many more. With the exception of Sv 246 which have a full NAC O405s fleet like 3726, 3912 etc the other JIS services used LO2x.
Service 187 - Those Nissan Diesel U31SCNs with 29X and 30X regoes.
From Jurong East Int
Service 98 - A mix of LO2x and AC O405s like 542, 545, 137, 233, 7142, 7152, 7191, 7188, 7161, 6990, 6952 etc.
Service 51 - LO2x like 7185, 7190, 6943, 3550 and 6965
Service 197 - LO2x like 7123, 3564 (The long term Michelin ad), 3559, 3571, 7134
Service 97 - LO2x like 6927, 6928, 3567 etc.
Services 51, 154, 197 and 97 have simliar combination of fleets then with LO2x, O305x, VO3x and LO3x.
Service 105 - Those NAC O405s like 3914, 3915 etc as well as those AC O405s like 161.
Services 241, 333, 335 - Makes up of full NAC O405s like 3723, 3753, 3754, 3757, 3847 etc (For Sv 335), not sure which bus does Svcs 241 and 333 uses.
Service 334 - Using LO2x like 7120, 7187, 7172, 3558, 3568, 3570, 7144, 3561 etc.
Others
Service 99 - Those LAs like 1675 etc before being replaced by VO2x like 7222, 7223, 7207 etc in 1997.
Service 143 - Those LO2s from JRBP like 7163 (The long term Olympus ad), 7165, 7173 etc and those from TPDEP like 7175, 6966, 7145, 3560, 3562 etc.
Service 175 - The NAC and AC O405s like 373, 376 etc.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
Ang Mo Kio feeders? Which services and when?I only remembered a few Mercedes Benz OF1417s with NZB bus bodies serving routes like 269 for a short while. There wasn't even a Volvo bus serving Ang Mo Kio in the 80s till mid 90s. Ang Mo Kio feeders are mostly dominated by Mercedes Benz OF1413 Soon Chows, OF1417 Hawkes and Leyland Atlanteans WA R type.
And Toa Payoh feeders? Which services and when? Since I only remembered Leyland Victories BaCo and Soon Chows being used before the Scania N113s. But there might be a possibility since the B57 Soon Chow demo is based on TPDEP.
think 22 did have B57 before right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Cheers.
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Also remember that AMK also have LA DDs on 269. After LA phased out, LO2X was used for only a while before returning to full fleet MBO405.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
SBS 997A only piled on services 62, 76, 107 and 174 before.So probably you remembered wrongly.
Took it on 76 and 62 before only. Love to sit at the last row.
Cheers.
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7163T Olympus ad was FINALLY removed when it became 333 permer, redeployed from JRBP 97.
Anyway, 7163T's Leyland badge was missing for a few months before it was pasted back.
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Originally posted by SGCar:
Also remember that AMK also have LA DDs on 269. After LA phased out, LO2X was used for only a while before returning to full fleet MBO405.
Cheers.
there were only 3 DDs on 269 fleet, 5614, 5617, 5623.. most probably these buses were acquired from AMDEP 106 fleet. -
Originally posted by SGCar:
think 22 did have B57 before right? Correct me if I'm wrong.
Cheers.
Don't think so.
Only remembered Mercedes OF1417s Hawke, and Leyland Atlanteans, before the Mercedes Benz O405s and Leyland Olympians 3 axles.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
Don't think so.
Only remembered Mercedes OF1417s Hawke, and Leyland Atlanteans, before the Mercedes Benz O405s and Leyland Olympians 3 axles.
Most probably I remember wrongly bah.Cheers.
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Originally posted by SGCar:
Most probably I remember wrongly bah.Cheers.
I think you might have mistaken it for the Mercedes Benz OF1417 with New Zealand Bus bodies, which I believed a few might have cameoed on some AMK trunk routes. -
A blur pic of Trans-Island Hino RK176 in the early days.
Extracted from internet.
Cheers.