Bus Observations (2014)

• 23ispolo

  19 Mar 14, 18:10

  SMRT's RWS8 OCs are really poorly maintained... The interior is mostly dirty, many spoilt parts onboard the buses and the engine sounds like rubbish (the ZFs are mostly silent, only can feel the jerk of the gearboxes). I'm glad that the Hispano O405s are abundant on RWS8, because most of those SP O405s are actually much cleaner and more suited to the job!  Anyway, the queue at RWS for RWS8 still got no seats, everybody seating on the bollards... 

• TIB 585L

  19 Mar 14, 18:35

  TIB444K back desto showed 962 but the 2 was 'liquid' off and wrote 6 instead

• TIB1234T

  19 Mar 14, 18:54

  * SMB41S engine cover not closed properly...

  * SMB240J rear engine cover in SMRT livery...

• azharjj

  19 Mar 14, 22:05

  SBS7683J has the rear fan attachment

• SMB42P

  19 Mar 14, 23:55

  Originally posted by carbikebus:

  WAB criteria at least 55% or 5 WAB out of 9 is considered pass mah

  Not 60% meh? Anyway i think add in the split shift buses think also less than 55%..yesterday forgot to add in the split shifts..

  today same thing happened:

  AP buses: 714G  (01) >> 59S  (02) >> 103Y (03)  >> 212R (04)  >> 715D (05) >> 105S (06) >> 972C (07)

  4/7 WAB

  Split shift (AM): 56A, 125J, 695C (S106), 886T (S105), 1030P (S107), 1050G, 1085G (S102), One unknown bus

  MAX 3/8 WAB

  **PM split only spot 759C (1050G slot), 1030P (S107), 1085G (S102), 1204E (S106), One unknown OC

  Total: 7/15 WAB (Failed WAB, at least for AM)

• 23ispolo

  20 Mar 14, 15:34

  Originally posted by TIB 585L:

  TIB444K back desto showed 962 but the 2 was 'liquid' off and wrote 6 instead

  On Monday, TIB831B rear 960 desto had the '6' written on a white piece of paper covering up the middle digit, using 920, 950 or 980 desto... 

• azharjj

  20 Mar 14, 19:49

  SBS3007M, SBS3078H, SBS3133G, SBS3138T, SBS7512U & SBS7622K have the rear fan attachment

• 23ispolo

  20 Mar 14, 20:03

  Originally posted by azharjj:

  SBS3007M, SBS3078H, SBS3133G, SBS3138T, SBS7512U & SBS7622K have the rear fan attachment

  Wonder why they bother fitting the new fans now... 

• azharjj

  20 Mar 14, 22:48

  SBS3662X now finally has the fan

• SMB42P

  21 Mar 14, 00:29

  TIB764L rear door got problem closing..and left side exit reader spoil..

• TIB429E

  21 Mar 14, 00:48

  443M kept having problem with it's rear door. 

• azharjj

  21 Mar 14, 19:17

  SBS3122M, SBS7507K & SBS7510A have the rear fan attachment

• azharjj

  23 Mar 14, 23:48

  SBS3027E, SBS3081Y, SBS3178C, SBS3204K, SBS7522R, SBS7613L & SBS7636X have rear fan attachment

• Lsk138

  24 Mar 14, 18:29

  seem like now sv 109 hv 1 DD doing PM crossover (wkdays) from BN side liao !

• 23ispolo

  24 Mar 14, 18:38

  RU3720L (Sentosa Beach Station > Siloso Point/Imbiah Lookout Shuttle) - deep audio system, the best speakers on Sentosa's Volvo B7RLEs...

  TIB442R (KJDEP 61) - aircon vents have new screws, like TIB444K... Aircon ducts (including the screws) and the removed yellow bell area are all painted over. With the aircon being so powerful and the engine sounding so nice, I can't believe it is going off so soon! 

  TIB465A (WLBP 925) - repainted aircon ducts... DOOR CLOSING chime working, but sign is spoilt... 

  TIB541M (WLDEP 176) - aircon spoilt... One of the faster O405s with awesome hub reduction!

  TIB598A (KJDEP 61) - 'DOOR CLOSING' chime sounds like a music piece, a bit like TIB511A... 

  TIB788T (KJDEP 106) - all interior ads have been taken off, except the one at the front left (close to the front door)... 

  TIB803H (AMDEP SP) - very fast doors! DOOR CLOSING chime working, but sign is spoilt... 

  TIB810L (KJDEP 188/188R) - super cold aircon! Engine now back to normal, with nice ZF! 

  TIB815Z (WLDEP 911E/169A/169) - middle 'BUS STOPPING' sign spoilt again... 

  TIB827P (WLDEP 971E) - seat curves are painted with a 'plastic grey' colour...

  TIB890E (WLDEP 971E) - rear left aircon filter gave whirring sounds... All doors are like those on the MK 2s and Habits, with a constant pattern of opening and closing...

• SMB42P

  24 Mar 14, 23:13

  Surprisingly I was able to observe full fleet for service 188 throughout the time i was at Bukit Batok doing some stuff..

  However i observe there are actually a couple of buses that do not do HarbourFront - CCK direction as i do not spot them going towards CCK but spot again towards HarbourFront.

  Fleet without 1087B also as it broke down (Details at breakdown thread)

   

  1203H (AP01) >> 547Y (AP02) >> 795Y >> 442R (AP) >> 224G (S) >> 1375Y >> 548U >> 512Y >> 854K >> 824Y (AP05) >> 1118X (S) >> 898J (AP) >> 1377S >> 899G (AP) >>1082P (AP) >> 3011J (3112 slot) >>988H >> 586J (AP) >> 3046J >>1126Y >> 1203H

  Things to note:

  1) 898J was before 1118X towards cck but 1118X went before when going back HarbourFront.

  2) 442R entered cck int showing "Kranji Depot" at around 830am.

  3) 512Y, 854K, 1375Y not spotted towards CCK, but later spotted towards HarbourFront. Suspect 209B also...1376U is confirm like that, thats why not spotted here.

• SMB42P

  24 Mar 14, 23:19

  XD5296A  (NLB BUS) spotted leaving ESSO station beside Bukit Batok Driving Centre at 0842hrs...

• azharjj

  25 Mar 14, 13:25

  SBS7532L has the rear fan attachment

• 23ispolo

  25 Mar 14, 21:29

  Originally posted by SMB42P:

  Surprisingly I was able to observe full fleet for service 188 throughout the time i was at Bukit Batok doing some stuff..

  However i observe there are actually a couple of buses that do not do HarbourFront - CCK direction as i do not spot them going towards CCK but spot again towards HarbourFront.

  Fleet without 1087B also as it broke down (Details at breakdown thread)

   

  1203H (AP01) >> 547Y (AP02) >> 795Y >> 442R (AP) >> 224G (S) >> 1375Y >> 548U >> 512Y >> 854K >> 824Y (AP05) >> 1118X (S) >> 898J (AP) >> 1377S >> 899G (AP) >>1082P (AP) >> 3011J (3112 slot) >>988H >> 586J (AP) >> 3046J >>1126Y >> 1203H

  Things to note:

  1) 898J was before 1118X towards cck but 1118X went before when going back HarbourFront.

  2) 442R entered cck int showing "Kranji Depot" at around 830am.

  3) 512Y, 854K, 1375Y not spotted towards CCK, but later spotted towards HarbourFront. Suspect 209B also...1376U is confirm like that, thats why not spotted here.

  For 1), it is a normal thing to see. The A/P bus (TIB898J in this case) will take a mealbreak, so the split bus would go before the A/P, until the A/P BC's mealbreak is over and he starts shift again... Anyway, good observation!

• SBS3688Y

  25 Mar 14, 23:37

  SMB227Z on sv 961 today keep sounding repeatedly "doors are closing. beepbeepbeepbeep...(mrt style)" loudly. although the doors are closed. its so irritating. hope smrt just remove this sickening mrt style announcement.
• azharjj

  26 Mar 14, 22:53

  SBS3035G, SBS3040R, SBS3121R, SBS3140K, SBS7620R & SBS7682L have the rear fan attachment

• azharjj

  27 Mar 14, 22:52

  spotted SBS7613L on 99 with a front plastic desto at windscreen with EDS on as well

  this is due to partially corrupted EDS at the destination since the rear fan installation

• azharjj

  28 Mar 14, 18:07

  SBS7529Y & SBS7587D have the rear fan attachment

• SBS 6238T

  28 Mar 14, 18:08

  SBS 3761T BACK DISPLAY EDS IS SAME LIKE THE BATCH 1 WRIGHT EDS BUT THE FRONT DISPLAY EDS REMAIM THE SAME

• azharjj

  28 Mar 14, 21:42

  Originally posted by SBS 6238T:

  SBS 3761T BACK DISPLAY EDS IS SAME LIKE THE BATCH 1 WRIGHT EDS BUT THE FRONT DISPLAY EDS REMAIM THE SAME

  hanover EDS?