Services 354 and 403

• tranquilice

  4 Jun 03, 02:45

  1. Do you think that service 403 is doing ok with the current fleet of 12m Scania 113 buses, or do you think a more suitable type of bus can be used? I observed the buses have problems moving on the narrow Pasir Ris Rd.
  
  2. Do you think whether services 354 and 403 can be integrated into one service, to provide a direct link between NTUC Downtown East and Fisherman Village without any transfer?
  
• SBS9818A

  4 Jun 03, 15:44

  1. I believe that the congestion at Pasir Ris Rd is due to parking woes at the carpark, on weekdays there should be no problem for the Scanias to manouver.
  
  2. Sv 354 and Sv 403, if they were to be integrated, would form a circular service like Sv. 92 with some odd starting place instead of terminating at the more-likely Ghim Moh. Termination point for the new service if implemented would technically be Downtown East, however the bus would park at Pasir Ris Int like TIBS townlink services.
• off_service

  4 Jun 03, 20:52

  Originally posted by SBS9818A:

  1. I believe that the congestion at Pasir Ris Rd is due to parking woes at the carpark, on weekdays there should be no problem for the Scanias to manouver.
  
  2. Sv 354 and Sv 403, if they were to be integrated, would form a circular service like Sv. 92 with some odd starting place instead of terminating at the more-likely Ghim Moh. Termination point for the new service if implemented would technically be Downtown East, however the bus would park at Pasir Ris Int like TIBS townlink services.

  If these 2 services are merged, maybe they will operate like service 175. Actually if new service is to stop at interchange like TIBS Intra-town service, they will need more boarding berths (like for 911 and 911E), in this case, to Pasir Ris Pk / Downtown East.
• tranquilice

  5 Jun 03, 02:27

  Originally posted by SBS9818A:

  1. I believe that the congestion at Pasir Ris Rd is due to parking woes at the carpark, on weekdays there should be no problem for the Scanias to manouver.
  
  2. Sv 354 and Sv 403, if they were to be integrated, would form a circular service like Sv. 92 with some odd starting place instead of terminating at the more-likely Ghim Moh. Termination point for the new service if implemented would technically be Downtown East, however the bus would park at Pasir Ris Int like TIBS townlink services.

  This is more possible.
  
• tranquilice

  5 Jun 03, 02:29

  Originally posted by off_service:

  If these 2 services are merged, maybe they will operate like service 175. Actually if new service is to stop at interchange like TIBS Intra-town service, they will need more boarding berths (like for 911 and 911E), in this case, to Pasir Ris Pk / Downtown East.

  No need. The new service can use the existing berths of services 354 and 403.
  
• SBS9818A

  5 Jun 03, 15:33

  Originally posted by off_service:

  If these 2 services are merged, maybe they will operate like service 175. Actually if new service is to stop at interchange like TIBS Intra-town service, they will need more boarding berths (like for 911 and 911E), in this case, to Pasir Ris Pk / Downtown East.

  Yes, however the boarding berth plates would have to be changed, perhaps the new service number with destination below or colour-coded.