Circuitous Routes
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Which are the services which you find circuitous? (ie. instead of using a direct route, it uses a long-winded route)
Any suggestions to the route? -
Originally posted by tranquilice:Which are the services which you find circuitous? (ie. instead of using a direct route, it uses a long-winded route)
Any suggestions to the route?
Service 51 Service 187 (Bt Panjang) Service 154 (After AYE towards BNL) Service 81 (Pasir Ris) -
28 - from tampines interchange to SAFRA tampines
53 - from serangoon mrt to airport
605 - from orchard area to bt merah
156 - from bt timah rd to macritchie
132, 165, 166 - from ang mo kio to macritchie
66 - from dunearn rd to macpherson rd
73 - between ang mo kio interchange and toa payoh interchange
by the way, the demand for 81 is pretty low from pasir ris onwards to serangoon... basically because 72 provides a much much faster route from tampines to hougang ave 3 and then 53 also provides an alternative service from pasir ris to serangoon. -
Sv. 56 (Bishan)Originally posted by foxtrot1985:28 - from tampines interchange to SAFRA tampines
53 - from serangoon mrt to airport
605 - from orchard area to bt merah
156 - from bt timah rd to macritchie
132, 165, 166 - from ang mo kio to macritchie
66 - from dunearn rd to macpherson rd
73 - between ang mo kio interchange and toa payoh interchange
by the way, the demand for 81 is pretty low from pasir ris onwards to serangoon... basically because 72 provides a much much faster route from tampines to hougang ave 3 and then 53 also provides an alternative service from pasir ris to serangoon.
Sv. 88 (Hougang)
Sv. 61
Sv. 162 (Bishan/Sin Ming) -
Why do you find service 187 circuitous in Bt Panjang?Originally posted by off_service: Service 51 Service 187 (Bt Panjang) Service 154 (After AYE towards BNL) Service 81 (Pasir Ris) -
Not forgetting Bus 14......
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197.... takes almost 2hr to reach jurong east interchange from bedok
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I meant sv 188. Jurong East / Bt Panjang area.Originally posted by tranquilice:Why do you find service 187 circuitous in Bt Panjang? -
i thought bus 28 is frm Tampines Interchange to Toa Payoh Interchange nw?Originally posted by foxtrot1985:28 - from tampines interchange to SAFRA tampines
53 - from serangoon mrt to airport
605 - from orchard area to bt merah
156 - from bt timah rd to macritchie
132, 165, 166 - from ang mo kio to macritchie
66 - from dunearn rd to macpherson rd
73 - between ang mo kio interchange and toa payoh interchange
by the way, the demand for 81 is pretty low from pasir ris onwards to serangoon... basically because 72 provides a much much faster route from tampines to hougang ave 3 and then 53 also provides an alternative service from pasir ris to serangoon.
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Yes.Originally posted by duotiga83:i thought bus 28 is frm Tampines Interchange to Toa Payoh Interchange nw? -
Correction: Bt Batok.Originally posted by off_service:I meant sv 188. Jurong East / Bt Panjang area. -
Oh, thanks.Originally posted by tranquilice:Correction: Bt Batok. -
walking from tampines interchange to safra tampines is faster than taking bus 28 which also stop thereOriginally posted by duotiga83:i thought bus 28 is frm Tampines Interchange to Toa Payoh Interchange nw? -
Alternatively, one can take svc 67 which frequency is also quite high, or if one prefers to travel by SBST, walking a bit to Tampines MRT and transferring to svc 168 is much faster than taking 28 that goes centripetal around Tampines!Originally posted by BearBear®:walking from tampines interchange to safra tampines is faster than taking bus 28 which also stop there -
I meant the part of the route of 28 that is circuitous is from Tampines to SAFRA Tampines.Originally posted by duotiga83:i thought bus 28 is frm Tampines Interchange to Toa Payoh Interchange nw? 
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21 also goes there from Tampines MRT... but from Tampines interchange itself there is already 23 and 65 as well.Originally posted by TIB1186Z:Alternatively, one can take svc 67 which frequency is also quite high, or if one prefers to travel by SBST, walking a bit to Tampines MRT and transferring to svc 168 is much faster than taking 28 that goes centripetal around Tampines! -
Yes indeed, walking is about 15-20 mins compared to Sv. 28's 25-minute joyride around Tampines St 41Originally posted by BearBear®:walking from tampines interchange to safra tampines is faster than taking bus 28 which also stop there -
178,51,30,176,961,73,985
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Why do you find services 30 and 961 circuitous?Originally posted by alantanchunshyan:178,51,30,176,961,73,985 -
30 and 961 the journey very long as the journey for each of them takes at least 1hr 30 mins.30 and 961 pass by many areas .maybe there is a shorter way to the destination.
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No shorter way for service 30, it is already skipping the city area by using ECP.Originally posted by alantanchunshyan:30 and 961 the journey very long as the journey for each of them takes at least 1hr 30 mins.30 and 961 pass by many areas .maybe there is a shorter way to the destination. -
Yes, if Sv. 30 were to go through town it would be a much longer journey. I dislike the Sv. 30 route through Tang Dynasty area, though.
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Then, you want it to cut short to Jurong East?Originally posted by SBS9818A:Yes, if Sv. 30 were to go through town it would be a much longer journey. I dislike the Sv. 30 route through Tang Dynasty area, though. -
I know 961 is horrendously long... It takes about an hour to get from Bt Timah to Lor 1 Geylang (Kallang) alone where it goes to Bt Merah and Raffles City and so on while 67 takes a much more direct route of ~35 minutes... That's not withstanding the fact that it takes about 1 hour for 961 to travel from woodlands to bt timah!
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I don't mind. Jurong East is relatively underutilized, if that is done it would free up some space at Boon Lay.Originally posted by tranquilice:Then, you want it to cut short to Jurong East?