Past bus routes and deployment (Part 2)
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Originally posted by starscream_07:
Qn: Are there any bus amendments, or new service etc that did not make it into any bus guides? For example SS4,SS5,SS6...
Ah...the SS services. I still remember that I take SS7 before to Choa Chu Kang when I was young.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Only Volvo B10M Mark IIs?
84 had Volvo B10M Mk II (DM). After it became PAC, Mercedes O405 OACs were spotted serving as well. In later years, Mk III and Mk IV B10Ms came to predominate, especially after it became FAC. Towards the end, VO3Xes became perm too.
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Originally posted by iveco:
84 had Volvo B10M Mk II (DM). After it became PAC, Mercedes O405 OACs were spotted serving as well. In later years, Mk III and Mk IV B10Ms came to predominate, especially after it became FAC. Towards the end, VO3Xes became perm too.
Thank you for the information. I was just wondering why because I remembered 84 had DDs before.
By the way can you answer my questions on the previous page.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Ah...the SS services. I still remember that I take SS7 before to Choa Chu Kang when I was young.
SS services were introduced as temporary services between new satellite towns when the MRT was under construction, otherwise when the MRT route haven't been extended yet.
Let's look at the list of the SS services below.
SS1 - Yio Chu Kang to Yishun Ave 9/Ring Rd (loop)
(Introduced on 13th Dec 1987, withdrawn on 20th Dec 1988)
SS2 - Clementi to Jurong East St 32 (loop)
(Introduced on 13th Mar 1988, withdrawn on 6th Nov 1988)
SS3 - Clementi to Bukit Batok West Ave 7 (loop)
(Introduced on 13th Mar 1988, shortened to Jurong East on 6th Nov 1988 and withdrawn on 10th Mar 1990)
SS4 - Tampines to New Upp Changi Rd (loop)
SS5 - Tampines to New Upp Changi Rd (loop)
SS6 - Simei Rd to New Upp Changi Rd (loop)
(Introduced on 5th Nov 1989, withdrawn on 16th Dec 1989)
SS7 - Woodlands to Choa Chu Kang
(Introduced on 11th Mar 1990, amended to the new Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange on 4th Feb 1996 and withdrawn on 10th Mar 1996) -
Originally posted by SBS5151R:
SS services were introduced as temporary services between new satellite towns when the MRT was under construction, otherwise when the MRT route haven't been extended yet.
Let's look at the list of the SS services below.
SS1 - Yio Chu Kang to Yishun Ave 9/Ring Rd (loop)
(Introduced on 13th Dec 1987, withdrawn on 20th Dec 1988)
SS2 - Clementi to Jurong East St 32 (loop)
(Introduced on 13th Mar 1988, withdrawn on 6th Nov 1988)
SS3 - Clementi to Bukit Batok West Ave 7 (loop)
(Introduced on 13th Mar 1988, shortened to Jurong East on 6th Nov 1988 and withdrawn on 10th Mar 1990)
SS4 - Tampines to New Upp Changi Rd (loop)
SS5 - Tampines to New Upp Changi Rd (loop)
SS6 - Simei Rd to New Upp Changi Rd (loop)
(Introduced on 5th Nov 1989, withdrawn on 16th Dec 1989)
SS7 - Woodlands to Choa Chu Kang
(Introduced on 11th Mar 1990, amended to the new Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange on 4th Feb 1996 and withdrawn on 10th Mar 1996)The SS services was later reserved for Stadium Direct Services that operates during selective days when there are events within Stadium area, from 23 December 2005 to 1 September 2010. The reason for the withdrawal, I think you all know why.
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Like I said before, SS routes were the original inter-town routes.
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SBS loaned some of their Mercedes Benz OF1417s NZB bodied to TIBS for SS7 and some Yishun feeder services like 800 and 802 in the early 1990s.
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Post removed. Come back again sometimes.
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Premium 540. Ah yes. From... Yuan Ching Road (the bus stop before Chinese Garden) to Fullerton Square.
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Originally posted by SBS9067A:
Premium 540. Ah yes.
From… Yuan Ching Road (the bus stop before Chinese Garden) to Fullerton Square.
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What were the perms of 851 when it was under full WLDEP in 2000?
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
What were the perms of 851 when it was under full WLDEP in 2000?
TIB453J, TIB635B, TIB849B-TIB852R, TIB854K, TIB962G, TIB968R, TIB971E, TIB972C and TIB1001Z were part of WLDEP 851 perms back then.
Note that the bold buses only come in 2000, I'm not sure which buses were replaced by them.
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How long were TIBS 811 & 812 under WLDEP control? What were the perms of 811 & 812 from WLDEP?
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What were the perm Volvo B10M MK2 CACs on 172 during SBS days before it was transfered to TIBS???
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Is it true that TIB562C TIB564Y TIB565U were replaced by TIB368Y TIB370P TIB372J when 160 was re-numbered to 980?
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Originally posted by SBS5151R:
TIB453J, TIB635B, TIB849B-TIB852R, TIB854K, TIB962G, TIB968R, TIB971E, TIB972C and TIB1001Z were part of WLDEP 851 perms back then.
Note that the bold buses only come in 2000, I'm not sure which buses were replaced by them.
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Originally posted by vicamour:
SBS loaned some of their Mercedes Benz OF1417s NZB bodied to TIBS for SS7 and some Yishun feeder services like 800 and 802 in the early 1990s.
Its SS1, not SS7. -
Originally posted by starscream_07:
Qn: Are there any bus amendments, or new service etc that did not make it into any bus guides? For example SS4,SS5,SS6...
Service 148 in 1992 is one of them -
Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
What were the perm Volvo B10M MK2 CACs on 172 during SBS days before it was transfered to TIBS???
There were no Mk2 CACs, only MB O405 CACs.
It uses 3741B 3742Z 3748H 3749E 3750A 3918J 3920B -
Originally posted by SBS9067A:
Premium 540. Ah yes.
From… Yuan Ching Road (the bus stop before Chinese Garden) to Fullerton Square.
Service 540 was used twice..
1st usage was Bus Plus
Eng Kong Rd to Shenton Way (AM Peak)
Anson Rd to Eng Kong Rd (PM Peak)
2nd usage was SBST
Yuan Ching Rd (Opp Blk 134D) to Fullerton Rd -
Originally posted by SBS8533C:
Those Not bolded ones are mostly from AMDEP, not WLDEP.There are records of those unbolded perms (except TIB849B, a typo) being 851 perms from WLDEP on Sgwiki.
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Originally posted by SBS8533C:
Service 540 was used twice..
1st usage was Bus Plus
Eng Kong Rd to Shenton Way (AM Peak)
Anson Rd to Eng Kong Rd (PM Peak)
2nd usage was SBST
Yuan Ching Rd (Opp Blk 134D) to Fullerton RdThe Bus Plus Service is still existent.
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Originally posted by SBS5151R:
The Bus Plus Service is still existent.
But I know the Eng Kong version was withdrawn on 10th May 2004