New Bus Services Announced by LTA/PTOs (Part 2)
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Originally posted by TIB 585L:
wait when it will operate again? Suddenly those Green MAN that did 980 are all for 883But this is smrt, play mahjong with buses.
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
I would like to see the following for Sengkang.
373: Sengkang <> Anchorvale/Compassvale Crescent (feeder) - route proposed
164: Sengkang <> AMK (trunk) - route proposed
507: Sengkang <> Changi Airport (express) bypassing Tampines
108: Hougang Central <> Tampines Interchange (trunk) duplicating 27. 27 in turn will be Tampines Interchange <> Changi Airport (short trunk)
501: Sengkang <> Tomlinson Road (loop) (express) - route proposed as 500.
Hi mr busanalyser, 507, 108, 27 too massive disruption for too many passengers. Interrupt the daily lives of too many people. Sector from Hougang interchange to buangkok MRT and sengkang east ave area lost their direct bus to airport. This may lead to huge complaints. Once again, people having direct service lost it without any alternatives. Cheers. Thanks.
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Originally posted by dupdup77:
Hi mr busanalyser, 507, 108, 27 too massive disruption for too many passengers. Interrupt the daily lives of too many people. Sector from Hougang interchange to buangkok MRT and sengkang east ave area lost their direct bus to airport. This may lead to huge complaints. Once again, people having direct service lost it without any alternatives. Cheers. Thanks.
I do feel it makes sense as you will have express service from Sengkang with one change. Currently 27 from Buangkok or Hougang via Tampines Ave 10, 9, 7, 4, 5 is too much time consuming.
People are better off transferring at TPE Punggol to 858. They will save 30 minutes one way travel time and one hour daily which is big amount of time saving for everyone.
But you are right. May not happen as it is a BOLD move.
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Originally posted by TIB 585L:
wait when it will operate again? Suddenly those Green MAN that did 980 are all for 883A few more hours operational alr
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Originally posted by hgdep103:
definitely not CDS, i was told clearly 500 from Sengkang - Boon Lay :)
Guess any "express" services to the CBD are now introduced as CDS services instead, so 513 may have been the last one.
500 route speculations:
- (A) SK Int --> SK West --> YCK Rd & variations in YCK --> SLE / BKE --> BPJ Rd --> CCK --> KJE / PIE --> NTU --> Pioneer Rd Nth --> JW Ave 4 / St 64 --> BL Int
- (B) SK Int --> SK West --> CTE --> AMK Ave 5/10/3/6 --> Sin Ming --> Lornie / Adam Rd --> PIE --> Toh Guan Rd --> JE Central --> Boon Lay Way --> Variations of roads in JW --> BL Int
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- (C) SK Int --> SK West --> YCK Rd / Link --> Boundary Rd / Lor Chuan / AMK Ave 1 --> CTE --> Braddell / Lornie / Adam Rd --> PIE --> Clementi Rd / Ave 2 --> AYE --> Corporation Rd / Dr --> Chin Bee Dr --> Jln Boon Lay --> BL Int
In any case, it would be unlikely for 500 to significantly duplicate any sections of 102, 163, 85, 156, 52, 985, 506 and 502. It may probably serve Clementi and/or parts of Jurong East but not Bt Batok or Bidadari.
- (A) SK Int --> SK West --> YCK Rd & variations in YCK --> SLE / BKE --> BPJ Rd --> CCK --> KJE / PIE --> NTU --> Pioneer Rd Nth --> JW Ave 4 / St 64 --> BL Int
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
I do feel it makes sense as you will have express service from Sengkang with one change. Currently 27 from Buangkok or Hougang via Tampines Ave 10, 9, 7, 4, 5 is too much time consuming.
People are better off transferring at TPE Punggol to 858. They will save 30 minutes one way travel time and one hour daily which is big amount of time saving for everyone.
But you are right. May not happen as it is a BOLD move.
I agree with you,24,27,53 all winding routes.Why not a new service from Hougang/Sengkang via TPE bus stop then express to Airport to compliment 858 instead?27 can cut short Tampines to Changi Airport..
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
I agree with you,24,27,53 all winding routes.Why not a new service from Hougang/Sengkang via TPE bus stop then express to Airport to compliment 858 instead?27 can cut short Tampines to Changi Airport..
That's exactly how I feel. Changi Airport services should be express because anyway they spend a lot of time within Changi to go from one terminal to another and all the security checks.
There should be dedicated trunk services for the other part of the route with high capacity buses.
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Well I'm glad that LTA has the idea of express svcs... like 500. Following hk's style.
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500
could have been
Sengkang East Int
Compassvale Road
Sengkang East Way
Sengang East Drive
Buangkok East Drive
KPE
ECP
Rochor Road
Temasek Boulevard
Temasek Avenue
Raffles Avenue
Stamford Road
Orchard Road
Penang Road
Buyong Road
CTE
PIE
KPE
Buangkok East Drive
Sengkang East Drive
Sengkang East Way
Sengkang East Int -
Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
That's exactly how I feel. Changi Airport services should be express because anyway they spend a lot of time within Changi to go from one terminal to another and all the security checks.
There should be dedicated trunk services for the other part of the route with high capacity buses.
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Originally posted by SMB145B:
500
could have been
Sengkang East Int
Compassvale Road
Sengkang East Way
Sengang East Drive
Buangkok East Drive
KPE
ECP
Rochor Road
Temasek Boulevard
Temasek Avenue
Raffles Avenue
Stamford Road
Orchard Road
Penang Road
Buyong Road
CTE
PIE
KPE
Buangkok East Drive
Sengkang East Drive
Sengkang East Way
Sengkang East IntHi mr smb145B, any typo error? Sengkang east int? Should be sengkang int right? Cheers. Thanks.
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Coincidentally, Sengkang and Taman Jurong currently do not have express bus to the city.
Maybe they wanna create express bus routes for Sengkang and Taman Jurong, then they feel that maybe its more economical to combine two routes into one, that's why they come up with 500.
Hopefully, this 500 can also reduce travel time between Jurong West and Sengkang.
Currently, it takes around 1.5 hrs to travel between JW and SK. If 500 can run from JW to SK under 1 hr, that would be great. In fact, I think 30 mins is possible during non-peak hrs...
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Originally posted by gekpohboy:
Coincidentally, Sengkang and Taman Jurong currently do not have express bus to the city.
Maybe they feel that combining two express routes into one is more economical, that's why they come up with 500.
("I have Sengkang express. I have Taman Jurong express. Uh! 500."
)Hopefully, this 500 can also reduce travel time between Jurong West and Sengkang.
Currently, it takes around 1.5 hrs to travel between JW and SK. If 500 can run from JW to SK under 1 hr, that would be great. In fact, I think 30 mins is possible during non-peak hrs...
I give you $5000 if you can drive public bus from JW-SK in 30 mins..Don't talk cock can or not?
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Originally posted by gekpohboy:
Coincidentally, Sengkang and Taman Jurong currently do not have express bus to the city.
Maybe they feel that combining two express routes into one is more economical, that's why they come up with 500.
("I have Sengkang express. I have Taman Jurong express. Uh! 500."
)Hopefully, this 500 can also reduce travel time between Jurong West and Sengkang.
Currently, it takes around 1.5 hrs to travel between JW and SK. If 500 can run from JW to SK under 1 hr, that would be great. In fact, I think 30 mins is possible during non-peak hrs...
But travel demand between Boon Lay/Jurong West and Sengkang is limited, unless you're talking about NTU. If these rumours are true, I think svc 500 would be mainly for JW - city and Sengkang - city, rather than JW - Sengkang. If skipping the city area, the most likely route may be Sengkang - Bt Panjang/CCK - Boon Lay. Let's just wait and see...
Other than new svcs for Sengkang, we should see new svcs in Tampines (from the bus int extension, possibly to St 86, Tampines Concourse, Tampines North Ind Est and/or St 92 Ind Est), and new/amended svcs in Tuas when TWE MRT opens (route amendments to improve connections to the new MRT stns, maybe a new svc for Tuas South).
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Originally posted by dupdup77:
Hi mr smb145B, any typo error? Sengkang east int? Should be sengkang int right? Cheers. Thanks.
No typos.
It's the nac bus interchange opp compass heights.
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Originally posted by SMB145B:
No typos.
It's the nac bus interchange opp compass heights.
Hi mr SMB145B, what is nac? Cheers. Thanks.
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Originally posted by dupdup77:
Hi mr SMB145B, what is nac? Cheers. Thanks.
Non Air Con
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
Non Air Con
Hi mr carbikebus, noted and thanks.
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CDS 671 and 672 come out already.
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Originally posted by SMB145B:
No typos.
It's the nac bus interchange opp compass heights.
Hi mr smb145B, LTA named the non Aircon interchange extension sengkang east but the Aircon interchange sengkang? Cheers. Thanks.
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Originally posted by 201911:
But travel demand between Boon Lay/Jurong West and Sengkang is limited, unless you're talking about NTU. If these rumours are true, I think svc 500 would be mainly for JW - city and Sengkang - city, rather than JW - Sengkang. If skipping the city area, the most likely route may be Sengkang - Bt Panjang/CCK - Boon Lay. Let's just wait and see...
Other than new svcs for Sengkang, we should see new svcs in Tampines (from the bus int extension, possibly to St 86, Tampines Concourse, Tampines North Ind Est and/or St 92 Ind Est), and new/amended svcs in Tuas when TWE MRT opens (route amendments to improve connections to the new MRT stns, maybe a new svc for Tuas South).
Sengkang got prata, Jurong got bangla.
bangla can take 500 go Sengkang eat prata. :)
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Jurong got gila and Sengkang got gila hospital also
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
Jurong got gila and Sengkang got gila hospital also
Jurong got boys home, Sengkang got siao lang keng. -
Originally posted by carbikebus:
Jurong got gila and Sengkang got gila hospital also
I thought 'gila hospital' at Hougang?
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Originally posted by dupdup77:
Hi mr smb145B, LTA named the non Aircon interchange extension sengkang east but the Aircon interchange sengkang? Cheers. Thanks.
When a bus that I was on passed by the Sengkang expansion, someone said:
"Why must they build a new bus interchange next to another interchange?"