Daily bus service to East Coast Park
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I hope SBST can operate a daily service to East Coast Park. Even if they do not operate on normal days, they should operate one service (e.g. svc 401) daily during school holidays (June and December) as many people (esp students) will go there to enjoy themselves. What u guys think?
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In my opinion, it is not possible. Currently, service 401 operates only on Sundays and Public Holidays at a frequency of 30 to 40 minutes, which means the load and demand are low. There will be losses if the company let service 401 operates on other days. The only most possible to happen is to let the service operates on Saturdays too.Originally posted by off_service:I hope SBST can operate a daily service to East Coast Park. Even if they do not operate on normal days, they should operate one service (e.g. svc 401) daily during school holidays (June and December) as many people (esp students) will go there to enjoy themselves. What u guys think? -
Yah , I agree that there is no need of 401 service in weekdays because for people who wants to go to ECP on weekdays they can drop at parkway or any part of marine parade and walk using the underpass .
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But the demand is there during sch hols...
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I think it's hard to sustain even during peak periods.
Currently Costa Sands EC runs a half hourly free shuttle service for those chalet goers.
Unless it has a higher demand such as those of Downtown East chalets and shops, and Costa Sands Pasir Ris. -
Finding it trouble to walk through the underpass.... Because I wasnt familiar with the area and even had to ask peeps to direct me to the underpass... Had the experience 2 years ago... and I told my friends I cannot stay late bcos I dunno which buses to go home from ECP.... Why dont they just create a bus service that operates at a one hour frequency
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If you are in the park, you will notice that there are signs near the underpasses (running and cycling tracks) which show you where they are. But in the Marine Parade housing estate, the signs are just beside the underpass, which made it difficult for people to locate them.Originally posted by Rachel_Lim:Finding it trouble to walk through the underpass.... Because I wasnt familiar with the area and even had to ask peeps to direct me to the underpass... Had the experience 2 years ago... and I told my friends I cannot stay late bcos I dunno which buses to go home from ECP.... Why dont they just create a bus service that operates at a one hour frequency
One hour frequency? That's too long. And all the bus-stops (except one) along East Coast Park Service Rd don't have any seats and shelters. -
But service 354 cannot serve Costa Sands Pasir Ris directly as it's difficult to make a U-turn there.Originally posted by BluBlur:I think it's hard to sustain even during peak periods.
Currently Costa Sands EC runs a half hourly free shuttle service for those chalet goers.
Unless it has a higher demand such as those of Downtown East chalets and shops, and Costa Sands Pasir Ris. -
Here is my suggestion.
If SBST thinks that operating a full-sized bus is a loss-making for them, why not introducing a fleet of small 20-seater buses (eg Toyota Rosa) for this service only. I don't think it will be loss-making if they utilise these vehicles for Svc 401. To break even, maybe they can charge a flat fare of $1.
Another area under-served by public transport is the Pusara Abadi at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery off Lim Chu Kang Road. Many people, and I emphasize MANY people I came across at the cemetery complained about the lack of a bus service serving that area. (I'm talking about the new Muslim Cemetery north of the Chinese Cemetery) Although passengers can take Service 405, the service only operates on certain days. And the nearest available service is svc 175, which is a good 1 km walk from the nearest stop. SBST or TIBS can start a shuttle service to this area, using the same 20-seater buses by charging a flat fare of $1. I can guarantee there will be people using this much-needed service. Most of the passengers want this service to serve on weekends.
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Yes, it's interesting to see a Toyota Coaster or Mitsubishi Rosa in SBST livery.Originally posted by Superbus:Here is my suggestion.
If SBST thinks that operating a full-sized bus is a loss-making for them, why not introducing a fleet of small 20-seater buses (eg Toyota Rosa) for this service only. I don't think it will be loss-making if they utilise these vehicles for Svc 401. To break even, maybe they can charge a flat fare of $1.
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401:
weekdays maybe can. if u deploy some darts a t freq of 30 mins. it would be most interesting to see the darts do svc 401. maybe SBS shd buy soe plaxton pointer darts (hoh seh)
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Originally posted by SBS9819Y:
Yes, it's interesting to see a [b]Toyota Coaster or Mitsubishi Rosa in SBST livery.[/b]
No wonder I always keep thinking that it's wrong... thanks for rectifying my mistake... ever seen a Toyota Cedric? My friend indeed has..LMAO! 
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Eeeeeekzz...anything but Plaxton Pointer please! The design of dat bus turns me off...maybe a Wright-bodied Dart SLF is better..Originally posted by xin1jun2:401:
weekdays maybe can. if u deploy some darts a t freq of 30 mins. it would be most interesting to see the darts do svc 401. maybe SBS shd buy soe plaxton pointer darts (hoh seh)
ZYX
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I will be sending in a feedback to SBST asking them to extend the run of Sv. 401, however I didn't mention they should consider putting Darts on Sv. 401 as Sv. 42 can cope well with B10M Mk IIIs, or even better buy Dart SLF with ALX200 or Plaxton Pointer 2 body, I find it stylish and appealing.
Or perhaps MITSUBISHI Rosa and TOYOTA Coaster mini-buses? Or maybe reintroduce the O811Ds into service(after all they have been "deregistered")[/b]