Service 170

• SBS9819Y

  5 Apr 03, 13:41

  Originally posted by oliver_yuen87:

  i think so... plus the steps extremely narrow.

  Besides the Tridents, the VSOs also have narrow steps.
• SBS9819Y

  5 Apr 03, 13:42

  Originally posted by SBS9816E:

  Darryl, when 105 was changed to serve Toa Payoh, Svc 104 (S'goon to New Bridge Road) was slated to serve Bishan. Due to some factor, it was somehow renumbered to 156 and extended to Clementi.

  In this case, 156 shd also have DDs, since 104 had Atlanteans before.
• oliver_yuen87

  5 Apr 03, 13:55

  Originally posted by SBS9819Y:

  In this case, 156 shd also have DDs, since 104 had Atlanteans before.

  Superbus will be too "big" since 156 is fully a/c, unless they convert back to partial s/c
• SBS9816E

  5 Apr 03, 20:37

  Originally posted by SBS9819Y:

  In this case, 156 shd also have DDs, since 104 had Atlanteans before.

  Har? Svc 104 has Atlanteans before? It had MB O305 Alex Buses.
• SBS9818A

  7 Apr 03, 10:59

  Oliver, how many times must I tell you Sv. 156 CANNOT have DD buses? Sv. 104 had DD buses as it went to New Bridge Road, and not Clementi(via Sixth Avenue)! Read today's Streats under the "Vocal" section.
• oliver_yuen87

  7 Apr 03, 13:37

  Originally posted by SBS9818A:

  Oliver, how many times must I tell you Sv. 156 CANNOT have DD buses? Sv. 104 had DD buses as it went to New Bridge Road, and not Clementi(via Sixth Avenue)! Read today's Streats under the "Vocal" section.

  ic, but SBS 5 used DD and it plies thru sixth ave also!!
• SBS9816E

  7 Apr 03, 13:44

  Originally posted by oliver_yuen87:

  ic, but SBS 5 used DD and it plies thru sixth ave also!!

  Perhaps Leyland Atlanteans were shorter in length and SBS allowed it?
• SBS9818A

  7 Apr 03, 14:03

  Atlanteans are shorter and presumably lower. Even O305s are still shorter than 3-axle aircon double-decks.
• SBS9819Y

  7 Apr 03, 17:27

  Originally posted by SBS9816E:

  Har? Svc 104 has Atlanteans before? It had MB O305 Alex Buses.

  Long long time ago. There's a photo of a service 104 Alexander L-type Atlantean in the Singapore Bus Advertising Handbook. Photo was taken at Newton Circus.
• SBS9816E

  7 Apr 03, 20:29

  Originally posted by SBS9819Y:

  Long long time ago. There's a photo of a service 104 Alexander L-type Atlantean in the Singapore Bus Advertising Handbook. Photo was taken at Newton Circus.

  Really? I didn't see it!
• Airbus330Captain

  7 Apr 03, 20:44

  I think I do saw the photo before , I cant remember .
• tranquilice

  7 Apr 03, 21:38

  Originally posted by SBS9819Y:

  Long long time ago. There's a photo of a service 104 Alexander L-type Atlantean in the Singapore Bus Advertising Handbook. Photo was taken at Newton Circus.

  Any idea where to get that handbook? Is it available?
• tranquilice

  7 Apr 03, 21:40

  Originally posted by SBS9818A:

  Oliver, how many times must I tell you Sv. 156 CANNOT have DD buses? Sv. 104 had DD buses as it went to New Bridge Road, and not Clementi(via Sixth Avenue)! Read today's Streats under the "Vocal" section.

  Can tell me what was written as I didn't have today's streats?
  
• off_service

  7 Apr 03, 22:00

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  Can tell me what was written as I didn't have today's streats?
  

  It simply describes why service 156 cannot have double decks.
• oliver_yuen87

  7 Apr 03, 22:36

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  Any idea where to get that handbook? Is it available?

  I bought it at Commercial Bookshop (shang1 wu4 shu1 ju2). I'm not sure of the exact location, but it's Near National Library... at Victoria Street if i'm not wrong.
• oliver_yuen87

  7 Apr 03, 22:41

  Originally posted by off_service:

  It simply describes why service 156 cannot have double decks.

  Bcos the trees at Sixth Avenue will have to be pruned in order not to be a "threat" to the DDs. Thanks Daryl, for enlightening me on the Leyland Atlenteans... didn't know they're actually lower!
  
  Guess the Superbuses are too long also. I think that turn is too tight and steep at the top of Sixth Avenue (turning to Holland Rd). Remembered how the MB O305s roared.
• tranquilice

  7 Apr 03, 22:54

  Originally posted by oliver_yuen87:

  I bought it at Commercial Bookshop (shang1 wu4 shu1 ju2). I'm not sure of the exact location, but it's Near National Library... at Victoria Street if i'm not wrong.

  Is it Bras Basah Complex?
• oliver_yuen87

  8 Apr 03, 14:37

  Originally posted by tranquilice:

  Is it Bras Basah Complex?

  According to the internet:
  
  420, North Bridge Rd, #01-20, North Bridge Centre (Tel: 6338 5494)
  (opposite the construction site of the new National Library)
  
  AND
  
  Jurong East St 21, #03-27/28, IMM Building (Tel: 6561 1193)
  (beside the food court on Level 3)
  (Another outlet is slated to open some time next year.)
  
• SBS9818A

  8 Apr 03, 15:27

  I was at the IMM branch of the Commercial Press on Sunday and there are NO new books at all! They only had the Hong Kong Bus Handbook Pt 1-4 and the HK Bus Yearbook 2002!
• tranquilice

  20 Apr 03, 03:10

  Originally posted by oliver_yuen87:

  According to the internet:
  
  420, North Bridge Rd, #01-20, North Bridge Centre (Tel: 6338 5494)
  (opposite the construction site of the new National Library)
  
  AND
  
  Jurong East St 21, #03-27/28, IMM Building (Tel: 6561 1193)
  (beside the food court on Level 3)
  (Another outlet is slated to open some time next year.)
  

  I went to the one at North Bridge Centre on Friday but couldn't find any bus handbook. Is the handbook in Chinese? cos all the books there are in Chinese. Instead I bought this year bus guide (not transitlink guide) at another bookshop.
  
• SBS9818A

  20 Apr 03, 12:31

  All the bus handbooks by Danny Chan are in Chinese with English translation at the back.