New SBS Transit service 84 to serve Punggol
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1. PTC today has approved the introduction of SBST service 84, this peak-hours one-directional service in Punggol 21, will connect those along Punggol Field faster to Punggol station.
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Service 3 will be extended to become a Pasir Ris/Tampines to Punggol service.Originally posted by tranquilice:1. PTC today has approved the introduction of SBST service 84, this new peak-hours-only service from Punggol 21, will run paraell with the NEL. Route details unknown but I think will be something like former service 85 route.
2. One existing service which ply between Sengkang and Pasir Ris will be extended to serve Punggol 21. Candidates are services 39, 88 and 89.
Service 136 will be amended to serve Punggol Sec and Edge Field Pri. -
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where did you all get the info from??? -
Newspaper. Look out in the news tonight.Originally posted by PT21:
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where did you all get the info from??? -
For me it's the papers and news on TV.Originally posted by PT21:
Hi,
where did you all get the info from???
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Will service 3 terminate in Punggol or remain as a loop service?Originally posted by off_service:Service 3 will be extended to become a Pasir Ris/Tampines to Punggol service.
Service 136 will be amended to serve Punggol Sec and Edge Field Pri. -
Not mentioned.Originally posted by tranquilice:Will service 3 terminate in Punggol or remain as a loop service? -
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I hope it will terminate in Punggol.Originally posted by off_service:Not mentioned. -
I bought the chinese newspaper, inside it mentioned that Punggol 21 will get 4 new bus services. There was a minister visit to the town this morning and the MP announced this to the public.Originally posted by PT21:
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Lian He Wan Bao.Originally posted by PT21:
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Ohh I See,
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I think it's not published in the Sunday Times (I didn't bought) cause the PTC only gave the approval this morning (as reported in the chinese newspaper).Originally posted by PT21:
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Helloz everybody. I'm new here. Am a bus fanatic staying in Yishun.
I jolly well hope that Service 39 gets the extension, so that accessibilities to the East can be further enhanced.
The other srvices serve rather long routes already, to further extend them would perhaps tire out the drivers too.
Bus of the Day: TIBS 963 -- Woodlands <----> Harbourfront -
No wonder the English press has NOTHING about it. In today's papers there is even no mention about it! So Sv. 3 will be extended to the new Punggol temporary interchange, while Sv. 88 and Sv. 39 remain unchanged?
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No way, especially svc 39 is now taking on TIBS head on. The main disadvantage of svc 39 is that of speed, and SBST is already asking their drivers to hurry up by shortening the journey time from 1h to 50 mins to place it in a better position to compete with TIBS. Moreover, extending svc 39 and putting it in a loop in Punggol would cause the time and fare stage to increase, and it loses a bigger, and more important pool of pax--those who work at the Changi Airport Cargo Cmplx, holiday makers at Changi Beach and those going to Pulau Ubin, not to mention NS men who have to get to Pasir Ris to transfer the LAnce 211s to the ferry point.Originally posted by mercedes_hispano:Helloz everybody. I'm new here. Am a bus fanatic staying in Yishun.
I jolly well hope that Service 39 gets the extension, so that accessibilities to the East can be further enhanced.
The other srvices serve rather long routes already, to further extend them would perhaps tire out the drivers too.
Bus of the Day: TIBS 963 -- Woodlands <----> Harbourfront
Another point to note is that svc 3 had plied that route from Pasir Ris and Tampines to Punggol already, and extending svc 39 would cause a duplication of routes. Svc 39 load is jest beginning to pick up and stabilise, and extending it would undoubtedly cause the load to drop, and BTW, the load factor from Yishun to Punggol is not that fantastic, there's svc 965 for all to see already.
If you are not convinced that svc 39 would not be extended, look at svc 168 and svc 161 from Woodlands. SBST can put svc 168 into a longer loop at sengkang , but it didn't because of the same reasons, and it didnt put 161 into Jln Kayu also because of the same reasons, and the load of 161 during its infancy is worse than that of svc 39.
However, the opinion is still yours, and SBST, can do some silly and illogical things as we had witnessed during the Phase II of the NEL rationalisation. -
Corrections:
The new SBST service 84 will operates one-directional between Punggol MRT station and Punggol Field during the weekdays peak hours.
Weekdays (Mondays to Fridays): 0600 - 0930 and 1630 - 2000
No operations on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
The new service is an alternative to service 83. The new service provides a faster link to the station than service 83 from Punggol Field.
Also, service 136 will be amended to ply via Edgefield Plains. -
what about srv 3?
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Maybe October?Originally posted by oliver_yuen87:what about srv 3?
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I think Sv. 3 will be extended once Punggol Interchange is completed, Sv. 82 will be cut, and Sv. 83 maybe renumbered Sv. 373. However I would like to see a bus going up to Punggol Point for the residents there, one bus per 20 mins should suffice(something like Sv. 825)