Questions about S'pore buses? Post them here! (Part VII)

• carbikebus

  30 Jan 15, 21:41

  Oh thats called bullet bus or roller coaster bus

• Gohqianyan832

  31 Jan 15, 14:42

  Do premium 588 have MAN A22?

• SBS3004X

  1 Feb 15, 17:29

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  What is user 9631X?

  Why are you talking nonsense?

• Gohqianyan832

  1 Feb 15, 18:12

  Why everyday svc 851 have MAN A22?

• Gohqianyan832

  1 Feb 15, 18:15

  Why svc 74 have KUBs everyday?

• SBS9C

  1 Feb 15, 20:07

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  Why everyday svc 851 have MAN A22?

  Because SMRT.

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  Why svc 74 have KUBs everyday?

  Because SBST.

• SBS9C

  1 Feb 15, 20:09

  Originally posted by NightOfTerror:

  Those TransitLink double bus with a rubber thing in the middle, the seats are with swirly pattern
  
  What are those bus called? It's really old and mainly operates between Yishun, Woodlands and AMK.

  Those are articulated buses (aka bendy buses). They were once operated by Trans-Island(not TransitLink), now SMRT Buses.

• TIB1087B

  1 Feb 15, 20:27

  when is sbs transit ordering newer bus models??
• SBS7557R

  1 Feb 15, 23:26

  Originally posted by TIB1087B:

  when is sbs transit ordering newer bus models??

  Government will be taking over the procurement of newer bus models from next year. So the PTOs will no longer have the power to purchase newer bus models.

• ahlunjia

  2 Feb 15, 14:23

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  Why everyday svc 851 have MAN A22?

  

• ahlunjia

  2 Feb 15, 14:24

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  Why svc 74 have KUBs everyday?

  

• ahlunjia

  2 Feb 15, 14:26

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  Do premium 588 have MAN A22?

  

• ahlunjia

  2 Feb 15, 14:27

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  What is user 9631X?

  

• Nyinyizawwinoo

  3 Feb 15, 17:32

  Today i tok 106 bus and its let me waiting really really long .... i late my work .. damn

• ButIAmAToilet

  3 Feb 15, 23:42

  Just asking, can DDs ply along these roads?

  Frankel Ave

  Telok Kurau Rd (between Marine Parade Rd and East Coast Rd)

• Gohqianyan832

  6 Feb 15, 16:43

  What is MIA?

• ahlunjia

  7 Feb 15, 02:05

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  What is MIA?

  

• 23ispolo

  7 Feb 15, 09:09

  Originally posted by Gohqianyan832:

  What is MIA?

  Missing in action... Meaning that a bus is missing from the road.

• A Bus Observer

  7 Feb 15, 18:31

  Ok, time for me to ask:

   

  What is S, AP, TQ shifts?

  AP= Full day Perm?

  S= Pullover shift?

  TQ= idk

• 23ispolo

  7 Feb 15, 18:38

  Originally posted by A Bus Observer:

  Ok, time for me to ask:

   

  What is S, AP, TQ shifts?

  AP= Full day Perm?

  S= Pullover shift?

  TQ= idk

  A/P = Full day (AM and PM), with two different drivers doing both the AM and PM shifts (albeit the same bus)

  S = Split shift (AM/PM peak), with one driver performing only during the peak hour with a break during AM off-peak. E shift works the same, but ending the AM shift earlier and starting the PM shift earlier (a little into AM off-peak).

  TQ = Three-quarter shift, with one driver doing the shift from AM peak to PM peak (including AM off-peak).

• Gohqianyan832

  7 Feb 15, 18:42

  What happen to SLBP deployment?

• A Bus Observer

  7 Feb 15, 18:46

  Originally posted by 23ispolo:

  A/P = Full day (AM and PM), with two different drivers doing both the AM and PM shifts (albeit the same bus)

  S = Split shift (AM/PM peak), with one driver performing only during the peak hour with a break during AM off-peak. E shift works the same, but ending the AM shift earlier and starting the PM shift earlier (a little into AM off-peak).

  TQ = Three-quarter shift, with one driver doing the shift from AM peak to PM peak (including AM off-peak).

  So there's no shift for pullover shift? Heh...

• 23ispolo

  7 Feb 15, 19:35

  Originally posted by A Bus Observer:

  So there's no shift for pullover shift? Heh...

  Nope... Pullover means that a bus from a shift of another service is made to perform an emergency trip due to missing buses or breakdowns. Most of the time, the driver will still have the timesheet showing the shift that the bus was orignally on. Unless you mean crossover slots, where a bus performs a arranged trip on another service besides its perm service.

• A Bus Observer

  7 Feb 15, 19:37

  Originally posted by 23ispolo:

  Nope... Pullover means that a bus from a shift of another service is made to perform an emergency trip due to missing buses or breakdowns. Most of the time, the driver will still have the timesheet showing the shift that the bus was orignally on. Unless you mean crossover slots, where a bus performs a arranged trip on another service besides its perm service.

  Ah... Xover vs pullover lol... So what shift for xover?

   

  Also what do u call it, like a bus eg 190, nvr start at CCK int, went ahead to the 5th stop due to crowd. It's like OS to a bus stop....wait a sec... That's dwnrt

• 23ispolo

  7 Feb 15, 19:52

  Originally posted by A Bus Observer:

  Ah... Xover vs pullover lol... So what shift for xover?

  Xover also means crossover slot... It can be any shift, according to how the shifts are arranged. More often than not, the crossover slots are A/P, E and S shifts, though some SMRT Weekend TQ shifts perform crossovers to other services (e.g 188, 851)