Originally posted by SBS351M:If I'm running a transport business, I will do the overall costs carefully and look out for reviews, because I know a car with a smaller engine may not be the best, whether in terms of reliability or fuel efficiency or maintenance cost. Which is basically my point in my last post.
Also how would you know for sure which buses have higher maintenance costs especially when these buses are still quite new and are likely to be tied to maintenance contracts and info therein are likely to be commercial-in-confidence. Oh, your depot friends, best apparent source of information.
I drive bus,lorries,cranes and one of my so called depot friend happen to be the senior tech graduate from Germany.Perhaps someday we can arrange to meet and he can explain to you better?Cause i got only depot friends,cant say much to someone like you.
972 retains its 29 DDs... in fact, the random A22 on 972 also has stopped and now it is only DDs plying 972.
969 and 854 also have got DD upgrades.
67 can cut some DDs/bendies IMO.
Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:972 retains its 29 DDs... in fact, the random A22 on 972 also has stopped and now it is only DDs plying 972.
969 and 854 also have got DD upgrades.
67 can cut some DDs/bendies IMO.
67 honestly cannot cut its DDs,However can cut 1 duty from both side.
Originally posted by carbikebus:67 honestly cannot cut its DDs,However can cut 1 duty from both side.
There is a load drop between CCK and Little India, so the DDs/bendies can be timed for Little India-Tampines peak timings.
Interesting facts on SMRT capacity deployment
Jul-15 (previously posted)
SDs - 68.05%, BD - 16.55%, DDs - 15.4%
6 months later
Jan-16
SDs - 64.29%, BD - 16.12%, DDs - 19.69%
Please note above is for trunk services only!
Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:Interesting facts on SMRT capacity deployment
Jul-15 (previously posted)
SDs - 68.05%, BD - 16.55%, DDs - 15.4%
6 months later
Jan-16
SDs - 64.29%, BD - 16.12%, DDs - 19.69%
Hi mr busanalyser, yes DDs increase. Good to hear that. Cheers. Thanks.
Originally posted by SMB128B:Prob leads to strains on the bus, resulting in higher maintenance freq, aging and plagues of problems...
The reverse is actually true. If the bus is specced well, meaning a suitable gearbox to a particular engine, there shouldn't be any maintenance issues that are out of the ordinary.
A smaller engine carrying the same loads will actually be under more stress than a bigger engine, the smaller engine will be running at higher revs on average and higher revs mean parts wear out faster, which increases your maintenance costs in the long term and whatever fuel savings you may expect from a smaller engine may be negated by it running at higher revs. Which is also why typically you would see smaller cars not ageing as well as bigger ones.
And i wonder why manufacturers nowadays particularly cars has been downsizing their engine?
Many drivers prefer a 1.6 turbo engine vs 2.0 natural aspirated ones.Even Ford Mustang got a 2.3 inline 4 ecoboost turbo vs their 5.0 V8 N/A?
Originally posted by carbikebus:And i wonder why manufacturers nowadays particularly cars has been downsizing their engine?
Many drivers prefer a 1.6 turbo engine vs 2.0 natural aspirated ones.Even Ford Mustang got a 2.3 inline 4 ecoboost turbo vs their 5.0 V8 N/A?
Car manufacturers have been downsizing their engines mainly to meet emissions standards, which were made a lot more stringent over the past 10 years. Before that nobody really bothered with downsizing because there wasn't a need to.
Individual drivers may be concerned with upfront costs related to the purchase of the car, a 2.0 will most of the time cost more than a 1.6 even with turbo for the same model.
Haha,its cost afterall.Little wonder why reknowned bus co like SBST doesnt interested in bigger capacity engined buses thus they chose Citaros(Nvm about their stupid restriction style).I too downsize from Toyota Picnic 2.0 to Proton Exora 1.6 low pressure turbo mpv and to be frank i save a lot from road tax and insurance alone.
Sv911E(Peak Hrs SWT) add 1 more bus iirc...
5 A22s on 911E today(east loop). Frequency and intervals have been getting much better...still under SMRT's monitoring
Originally posted by carbikebus:Haha,its cost afterall.Little wonder why reknowned bus co like SBST doesnt interested in bigger capacity engined buses thus they chose Citaros(Nvm about their stupid restriction style).I too downsize from Toyota Picnic 2.0 to Proton Exora 1.6 low pressure turbo mpv and to be frank i save a lot from road tax and insurance alone.
Yes cheaper road tax and insurance may apply for cars with a smaller capacity but afaik, single deck buses pay the same road tax regardless of their engine size, and interestingly, DDs and bendies pay a lower rate than SDs (both DDs and bendies pay the same rate). The only thing is road tax increases with vehicle age (I think it kicks in after 10 years old), a VO or a O.405G will have higher road taxes than a Wright or an A24.
Yea only insurance is different:For the same maximum laden weight (mlw), a 2-axle vehicle will cause more road damage than a 3-axle vehicle because of the higher loading per axle.
i was wrong 969 got no extra double decker.
sv 371 one of the only feeders that had not received capacity upgrade... received a KUB perm now... fleet size = 04 buses, frequency = 07-08 mins from 10-11 mins.
Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:sv 371 one of the only feeders that had not received capacity upgrade... received a KUB perm now... fleet size = 04 buses, frequency = 07-08 mins from 10-11 mins.
Good move... Capacity upgrade wont be as effective given the length of 371
171 can do YIS-BBT
190 can reduce 2 SD slots
700 can reduce a duty
960 can cut 1 SD slot while convert 2 SD to DD duties
972 can maintain
Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:Interesting facts on SMRT capacity deployment
Jul-15 (previously posted)
SDs - 68.05%, BD - 16.55%, DDs - 15.4%
6 months later
Jan-16
SDs - 64.29%, BD - 16.12%, DDs - 19.69%
Interesting facts on SBST capacity deployment
Jul-15 (previously posted)
SDs - 55.74%, DDs - 44.26%
6 months later
Jan-16
SDs - 54.67%, DDs - 45.33%
* May be by 2017 the difference between # DDs and # SDs on road for SBS services might be very small. # DDs = # SDs. SMRT still has a long way to go as still 65% of its fleet is SD for trunk services compared to 55% of SBST
240 have fleet add since yesterday....
accordingly to sgwiki, 103 gotten 5185 (fleet upgrade wef 180116)...but 5185 was on 89 yesterday though...
Originally posted by lemon1974:240 have fleet add since yesterday....
accordingly to sgwiki, 103 gotten 5185 (fleet upgrade wef 180116)...but 5185 was on 89 yesterday though...
240 one more fleet add.. already got 2 BSEP DDs added recently. Crazy!!
103 finally getting DDs... did anyone spot and can confirm?
Yeah finally 103 got DDs. Couldn't believes eyes for a moment.
spotted a B9TL Wright at 8pm at Bowen Secondary School there. Couldn't see number plate cos it was dark and i was on opposite side of YCK road
Originally posted by randomguy10:Yeah finally 103 got DDs. Couldn't believes eyes for a moment.
spotted a B9TL Wright at 8pm at Bowen Secondary School there. Couldn't see number plate cos it was dark and i was on opposite side of YCK road
Okay - not typical LTA style to just introduce with 1 DD. Expected at least 4-5 DDs on 103 once introduced. Maybe still doing route testing for trees.
Originally posted by randomguy10:Yeah finally 103 got DDs. Couldn't believes eyes for a moment.
spotted a B9TL Wright at 8pm at Bowen Secondary School there. Couldn't see number plate cos it was dark and i was on opposite side of YCK road
Bus spotted at 6.55 am at same place. In front of SBS3003Z
LTA really got lots of B9TLs,103 also got DDs..