Serangoon Garden Terminal
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Isn't Crawford Lane terminal at the junction of North Bridge Rd and Crawford St? If I remember correctly buses used to park at the roadside.Originally posted by ^tamago^:judging that Kallang Rd started at the bridge of Rochor River could it be part of current Crawford Lane? or on the land now occupied by SIR? i have no answers yet (there seems to be less street directories than bus guides in NRL..) but jus to set u n myself thinking.. n also thus it might not be somewhere around old Kallang Gas Works if the above is true.. -
Yes I remember buses parked along the road at Crawford Terminal. If not wrong, last 2 services were 160 (renumnered 980) and 181 (renumbered 961).
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Yes, previously they had at least 3 services, Sv. 150 from TPY, and Sv. 160 and Sv. 181 of course.Originally posted by thots:Yes I remember buses parked along the road at Crawford Terminal. If not wrong, last 2 services were 160 (renumnered 980) and 181 (renumbered 961). -
I remember still got somemore, like 209.
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It wasn't Crawford Lane Terminal, it was Crawford Street Terminal.Originally posted by SBS9818A:Isn't Crawford Lane terminal at the junction of North Bridge Rd and Crawford St? If I remember correctly buses used to park at the roadside.
And Lane Crawford is an entirely different thing. This Sumbawa Rd thingy could not be located in the vicinity of Kallang Gasworks as the buses turn into Nth Bridge Rd before heading into Sumbawa Rd. So, my theory was that this road existed parellel to Crawford St, somewhere in the area where the SIR now stands. Perhaps it disappeared when the flats there were constructed.
On this note, do you guys remember the time when Crawford Bridge and part of Crawford St was being re-constructed for 2-way traffic? Buses were diverted via Nam Lock St and Kampong Bugis (behind Kallang Gasworks) before crossing a makeshift steel bridge to get to North Bridge Rd or Beach Rd. -
Yes, I remembered! It was like more than ten years ago, when all buses have to skip Crawford St and diverted to use Kampong Bugis. There was also one time when part of Crawford St was being upgraded and lavender-bound buses were diverted to use Jln Sultan.Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:It wasn't Crawford Lane Terminal, it was Crawford Street Terminal.
And Lane Crawford is an entirely different thing. This Sumbawa Rd thingy could not be located in the vicinity of Kallang Gasworks as the buses turn into Nth Bridge Rd before heading into Sumbawa Rd. So, my theory was that this road existed parellel to Crawford St, somewhere in the area where the SIR now stands. Perhaps it disappeared when the flats there were constructed.
On this note, do you guys remember the time when Crawford Bridge and part of Crawford St was being re-constructed for 2-way traffic? Buses were diverted via Nam Lock St and Kampong Bugis (behind Kallang Gasworks) before crossing a makeshift steel bridge to get to North Bridge Rd or Beach Rd. -
Hmm, so the temporary bridge extended across the Rochor river from the end of Kampong Bugis? That must have been quite a while ago. And Sv. 160 used to turn into some small lanes after leaving Crawford St terminal, correct?Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:It wasn't Crawford Lane Terminal, it was Crawford Street Terminal.
And Lane Crawford is an entirely different thing. This Sumbawa Rd thingy could not be located in the vicinity of Kallang Gasworks as the buses turn into Nth Bridge Rd before heading into Sumbawa Rd. So, my theory was that this road existed parellel to Crawford St, somewhere in the area where the SIR now stands. Perhaps it disappeared when the flats there were constructed.
On this note, do you guys remember the time when Crawford Bridge and part of Crawford St was being re-constructed for 2-way traffic? Buses were diverted via Nam Lock St and Kampong Bugis (behind Kallang Gasworks) before crossing a makeshift steel bridge to get to North Bridge Rd or Beach Rd. -
From Crawford St terminal, it via North Bridge Rd, Arab St, Weld Rd [Express], Jln Besar, Bencoolen St, Middle Rd, Selegie Rd, Bt Timah Rd and continue with the present route.Originally posted by SBS9818A:Hmm, so the temporary bridge extended across the Rochor river from the end of Kampong Bugis? That must have been quite a while ago. And Sv. 160 used to turn into some small lanes after leaving Crawford St terminal, correct?
In the other direction, it via Bt Timah Rd, Sungei Rd, Bencoolen St, Bras Basah Rd, Victoria St, Middle Rd, Beach Rd and Crawford St terminal. -
Very weird routing. Which means it plied Bencoolen St in BOTH directions!Originally posted by tranquilice:From Crawford St terminal, it via North Bridge Rd, Arab St, Weld Rd [Express], Jln Besar, Bencoolen St, Middle Rd, Selegie Rd, Bt Timah Rd and continue with the present route.
In the other direction, it via Bt Timah Rd, Sungei Rd, Bencoolen St, Bras Basah Rd, Victoria St, Middle Rd, Beach Rd and Crawford St terminal. -
If not mistaken, 160 towards towards Sembawang direction plied along Arab Street, Weld Road, Jln Besar, Bencoolen St, Middle Road, Selegie Road, Bukit Timah Road and the rest remain the same. However in the direction towards Crawford was not the exact opposite route, must check out my old bus guide.
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Yes. It could have called at the 2 diff bus stops along that stretch for both directions. One opp Burlington Sq and one next to Fortune CtrOriginally posted by SBS9818A:Very weird routing. Which means it plied Bencoolen St in BOTH directions! -
That's correct. According to my 1995 TransitLink Guide, sv. 160 called at the bus stop opp Sim Lim Sq heading towards Admiralty. Towards Crawford St, it called at the bus stop outside Fortune Ctr.Originally posted by service_238:Yes. It could have called at the 2 diff bus stops along that stretch for both directions. One opp Burlington Sq and one next to Fortune Ctr -
Exactly like today's service 980.Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:That's correct. According to my 1995 TransitLink Guide, sv. 160 called at the bus stop opp Sim Lim Sq heading towards Admiralty. Towards Crawford St, it called at the bus stop outside Fortune Ctr. -
So it plied two different bus stops, but barely 200m away, on the same road? Interesting.Originally posted by The_Bus_Guide:That's correct. According to my 1995 TransitLink Guide, sv. 160 called at the bus stop opp Sim Lim Sq heading towards Admiralty. Towards Crawford St, it called at the bus stop outside Fortune Ctr. -
Yes.Originally posted by SBS9818A:So it plied two different bus stops, but barely 200m away, on the same road? Interesting. -
Wrong. Service 980 ply Bencoolen St towards Lor 1 Geylang, but ply Victoria St and Rochor Rd towards Admiralty.Originally posted by off_service:Exactly like today's service 980. -
Service 980 stops at the bus stop just before Fortune Centre.Originally posted by tranquilice:Wrong. Service 980 ply Bencoolen St towards Lor 1 Geylang, but ply Victoria St and Rochor Rd towards Admiralty. -
Going towards Geylang Lor 1.Originally posted by off_service:Service 980 stops at the bus stop just before Fortune Centre. -
Service 160 was renumbered Svc 980 on the day it was extended to Geylang Lor 1 Terminal when Crawford Terminal was closed in 1999.
In 1996, its route in the Bencoolen area was amended to ply Middle Rd & Beach Rd in both directions. -
Together with Sv. 181 from Woodlands right? Honestly taking Sv. 980 and transferring to Sv. 856 to WRI is much much faster than taking Sv. 961Originally posted by service_238:Service 160 was renumbered Svc 980 on the day it was extended to Geylang Lor 1 Terminal when Crawford Terminal was closed in 1999.
In 1996, its route in the Bencoolen area was amended to ply Middle Rd & Beach Rd in both directions.
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Taking 969 would be faster.Originally posted by SBS9818A:Together with Sv. 181 from Woodlands right? Honestly taking Sv. 980 and transferring to Sv. 856 to WRI is much much faster than taking Sv. 961 -
Taking Sv. 969 from where? AFAIK Sv. 980 doesn't intersect with Sv. 969 route at all. I'm talking about from Geylang Lor 1.Originally posted by off_service:Taking 969 would be faster. -
Sembawang Road @ Chong PangOriginally posted by SBS9818A:Taking Sv. 969 from where? AFAIK Sv. 980 doesn't intersect with Sv. 969 route at all. I'm talking about from Geylang Lor 1.
Even faster is to take 985 to Jln Toa Payoh and transfer to 966. -
Yes, that's true, but you have to wait. I must have mistook Sv. 969 route with Sv. 965 route then..Originally posted by Yusry:Sembawang Road @ Chong Pang
Even faster is to take 985 to Jln Toa Payoh and transfer to 966.
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It should be Dec 1998.Originally posted by service_238:Service 160 was renumbered Svc 980 on the day it was extended to Geylang Lor 1 Terminal when Crawford Terminal was closed in 1999.
In 1996, its route in the Bencoolen area was amended to ply Middle Rd & Beach Rd in both directions.