Off topic: Our towns, our heartland.
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This thread is kind of off topic. Talking about our towns, after all, without towns, there would be no buses...
Representatives from each town, tell us more about your town. The uniqueness of your town, the history(includes buses too) and other info too.
The 'town' refers to where you stay.(eg. Bishan, CCK, BP....) You guys post first. I'm gathering info on CCK.
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Well i love my neighbourhood as it has a lot of fond memories.Although it's now invaded by Illegal Indonesian immigrants,I still find its quite unique in a way.There are a lot of bus services passing by my home but the nearest are Jln Turi which 60,61,63,93 & 94 ply.There are also quite a variety of foods to choose from,But becareful of the prices,As some stall would not hesitate to suckblood from you especially if you aren't familiar here,Imagine a plate of rice with one kind of vegetable and some chicken wing would cost you around $3.50-$4
I couldn't wait to move to my new house at Eunos when it is completedly built
Well there are some stall which follow the standard prices such as one Halal Chinese chicken rice($2) and porridge stall($1).
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MY town is rather good.... all kinds of buses intruding into the town... but quite a lot of buses now passing thru AMK did terminate before in AMK Int.
Egs:
55 AMK - Marine Parade
74 AMK - Buona Vista
132 AMK - Bt Merah
132A AMK - Tomlinson Rd
165 AMK - Clementi
162 AMK - Kallang Bahru (reborn again in 2001 as YCK - Shenton Way/Marina Ctr)
Other numbers used before in AMK but now in other places...
77 AMK - Bendeemer Rd
168 Bedok - Woodlands
Number returned to AMK:
138 AMK - Connaught Dr (Now AMK - S'pore Zoo)
Number gone:
134 AMK - NBR
How I missed the O405s deployed on 165 and O303s deployed on 168... and 134 at the junction in front of my hse...
btw, every neighbourhood in AMK has statues. See something that look like A and the junction of AMK Ave 3 & 6 and you know that block behind is my hse!!! -
I love my town. Its at the west of the west. No other town is to the west of it. For over 15 years, I've watched it grew from a small corner in the middle of nowhere into a bustling and hectic town of today. Most natable was on 1 July 1990, when Boon Lay Bus Interchange and MRT Station was officially opened and marked the completion of the MRT system. My neighbourhood was served by up to 4 services at one time; 99, 175, 188 & 242. 175 & 188 were long gone. 99 have been the longest in service. It was the first and the sole survivor since I moved. I love my 99. Sometimes reliable, sometimes not but it always gets me there. I depend on it to get to primary school, to secondary school, to polytechnic and now to work. I take it almost everyday and have grown very attached to it, no mater what kind of bus it uses. It has grown from using single-decks to double decks and Superbuses, from non-a/c to partial a/c and now full a/c. From Atlanteans to Olympians, from B57 to B10M. I can go on and on. I hope 99 will continue in Jurong West for more years to come, serving its residents dutifully just like it did for the past 15 years.
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Technically, I dont live in a town, but still attached to Tampines. Excellent buses (but sadly no Tridents but got every other normal kind of SBS bus except Mk2 & VO 2x) and excellent services. Much more lively neighborhood than the rather quiet Pasir Ris.
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The name "Choa Chu Kang" is derived from the word "kang chu". In the late eighteenth century or the early nineteenth century, the Sultan of Johor allowed the Chinese immigrants to plant "ganmi" and pepper along the river bank. These immigrants were called "Kangchu"-the word "kang" means river and "chu" is the clan name of the first headman in charge of the plantations in the area.
Well, I maybe a new resident @ CCK, but I know a lot.I've been living in CCK for 6 years. The day I moved in was just a few weeks after the handover of services 300,302,307,172.
My house is like the most perfect place you can find. A bus stop opposite my block, a stadium opposite my house & also sheltered linkway.It's quite lively too. There have not been much changes in the buses lately.The only major thing about buses is the 307 issue.
307 was cut short back in 2000. Teck Whye residents got angry and complained to the MPs and also Tibs. In 2001, 307 was partly restored. In 2002, Tibs decided to restore the old route. May be a good thing to Teck Whye residents but not good to me! Because of that, 307 doesn't have bendys!
Amazingly, CCK transformed from a quiet neighbourhood in 1995 to a bustling town come 1999. Thanks to the construction of Lot 1 Shoppers Mall, the civic centre and the extension of CCK int. CCK int looks very different from what it was back then.
If you people are looking for a house in a lively but peaceful district, I'll recommend CCK, especially the Yew Tee Area. The houses isn't very small and also served by a good transportation network. btw, it is the only neighbourhood to have an expressway semi-underground in the middle of CCK.
Choa Chu Kang- The heavenly nest in the West... -
Bukit Batok
Literally meant "Coughing Hill". Quite a number of tourists will mix this town name with something else
... no offense. Btw, the pioneer svc of Bukit Batok still around today is svc 173. From Princess Elizabeth Ter - Prince Edward, it slowly shortened to become Bt Batok - Clementi. There used to have a svc 366 linking between Bt Batok Ter to BBDEP then in 1984/5. Missed the good old days of SBS, with 189 covering some of 366's route. Btw, during the 1990s, quite a number of murder cases over there which seemed too horrible to go there... anyway, that's just an incomplete info on Bt Batok.... to be continued.. -
Bukit Panjang New Town.
Its one of those estates which are not too ulu or not too industrial (no offence to the Jurong fellas).I like this place because its not too sprawling and crowded.Theres lotsa greenery and a new jogging track that nearly encircles the whole estate, with one long stretch hidden in the vegetation lining BKE.Bukit Panjang was more commonly known as Zhenghua by the older generation, and its old heritage has been encapsulated in the name of a schools, namely Zhenghua Primary school.In the past, the bus interchange was located on the roadside of Petir Road, and residents could stand at the living room windows and gaze as the buses slowly pulled in after a long day's operations.
There is a large pond located near the bus interchangeWe have one shopping mall, Bukit Panjang Plaza, located near the bus interchange.There is Fajar Village, Jelapang Plaza and the old Town Centre at Bangkit.Segar and Senja are newer precincts which have only recently been completed within the last few years.Bus services here are varied and there are 5 services that either pass through or originate from Bt Panjang on their way to the city.
171-Marina Centre (Origin: Yishun)
700-Marina Centre (Origin: Bt Panjang)
75- Marina Centre (Origin: Bt Panjang)
960-Marina Centre (Origin: Woodlands)
963-Harbourfront (Origin: Woodlands)
190-New Bridge Road (Origin: Choa Chu Kang)
Well, I've only lived here for 4 yrs, if there is anyone else more knowledgable, kindly add on yeah. -
My hometown: Kempas District, Jalan Besar
My current town: Towner/McNair, Jalan Besar
The town has a rustic feeling to it, despite the new HDB flats in the area. Perhaps it is the colonial shophouses, or the people (majority seems to be elderly), but this seasoned town is a closely bonded community, where everyone knows at least almost everyone is everyone else's friend.
Ex-services which passed through once:
72, 85, 122, 149, 103, 106, 111, 97, 81, 82
(85 was a casualty of war, while 103, 106, 111, 97, 81, 82 are traitors...)
Services through the area:
13 (Yio Chu Kang <---> Upper East Coast Road)
21 (St Michaels <---> Pasir Ris) Elaborate route
23 (Tampines <---> Rocher Canal Road, loop) "Express" East bus
31 (Toa Payoh <---> Tampines) "school service"
64 (Sims Drive <---> Mei Ling Street, loop)
65 (Harbourfront <---> Tampines)
66 (Jurong East <---> Bedok)
67 (Choa Chu Kang <---> Tampines)
125 (Sims Drive <---> St Michaels)
130 (Ang Mo Kio <---> Shenton Way)
133 (Ang Mo Kio <---> Marine Centre, loop)
139 (Toa Payoh <---> Bukit Merah) Almost twin with 145
145 (Toa Payoh <---> Buona Vista) Almost twin with 139
147 (Hougang Central <---> Clementi)
985 (Lor 1 Geylang <---> Choa Chu Kang) -
My town can really be called a town: Queenstown!
Have lived here for about 10 years liao, so the major chages here are that the old 4 storey HDB blocks have long been demolished, including Forfar house, once the tallest HDB in Singapore!
Now in its place are many new tall HDB blocks, with the construction of the 40 storey HDB blocks just across Queens Condo, which are 38 storeys high. In short, everything here is high!
Like the fact that the good food is always easy to access, now even better still that the Redhill Hawker stalls and market is just beside Redhill MRT.
Services near my area: 32, 33, 51, 64, 111, 132, 139, 145, 186, 970
Have always relied on travelling to secondary school and JC on Svc 51, then Svc 5 (withdrawn) or (186 + 174/961), later Svc 970 to Camp, and then Svc 186 to uni.
Go Orchard? only less than 5 mins away by 111 or 132, or mebbe Plaza Sing? can go by 64, 111 or 139!
Go chinatown leh 15 min will reach liao by 33, 51 or 970. When I worked for a while in Raffles place, 186 or 970 in 20 mins can reach liao! Harbourfront or Maxwell food centre can take 145, mebbe 15 mins?. Good food? Tiong Bahru Food Centre 5 min by 33! Redhill Food Centre can walk there! Did I forget IKEA and Queensway shopping Ctr? 33 is direct, but 51 oso can! see doctor or go queenstown library can go by 32, but have to walk a bit to the bus stop.
I feel veri lucky to stay in quite a central ares, everywhere oso not far!