Question of Bus Route Nos.
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I would like to ask is there any meaning for the bus route nos.?
What I mean is......those:
2xx, 3xx, 5xx, 7xx, 8xx, 9xx, xxxE -
2xx are mainly feeders / townlinks / JIS.Originally posted by sneezelam:I would like to ask is there any meaning for the bus route nos.?
What I mean is......those:
2xx, 3xx, 5xx, 7xx, 8xx, 9xx, xxxE
3xx are feeders.
There is one SMRT service (700) and some Jurong Island buses wih 7xx prefix.
8xx are SMRT Yishun trunks / feeders, with the exception of 858.
9xx are Woodlands feeders / trunks, with 985 at Choa Chu Kang.
xxxE services are SMRT intra-town services (equivilant of SBST townlinks) that are terminating at the interchange instead of going out for another loop. SBST just puts a sign "terminating at Int" in on the windscreen. -
Many Thanks....
How about those 4xx?
and if there are meaning on 1xx and 2xx too? -
Generally:
00X-19X: trunk services. there are some patterns along the numbers, but some may get extended out of their "home" town but the number is kept, thus it's not quite as systematic. i've tried to make a rough categorization below. 20X-21X: trunk services. from services long withdrawn using this slot, it happened that most of these services are very short, point-to-point and/or specific routes, like shuttle services. 22X-38X: feeder services (mostly SBS Transit but some SMRTB due to old numbers being kept when SMRTB took over some of SBST's operations) 39X: used to be changi airport services, but now it's not being used anymore. could end up being used by feeder services. 4XX: probably something like short, point-to-point and/or specific routes of 20X-21X, but since the majority of this slot is empty (only 400, 401, 403 & 410), it could end up for other uses. 50X-51X: SBS Transit Express routes. 52X-53X: SMRT Bus (Tibs) Express routes. no routes now. 54X: Bus-Plus routes. 551-554: CityLink Direct routes. no more in service i think. 555-559: some bus company that provides premier services between certain private estates to the CBD 571-579: special private mini-buses providing services between certain private estates to the CBD 600-619: City Shuttle Service routes 620-639: Scheme A routes? 640-659: Scheme B routes? 700-709: RapidBus routes. there is one & only one svc 700. now the scheme is defunct, but the number 700 still stays. 710-719: Jurong Island Services (JIS) routes 720-799: Not explicitly defined. Some special season-specific routes (like River Hongbao Service every CNY) that do not have a number usually uses the 79X slot to specify a number for their routes so that they can print old paper tickets that display a number for their route. 800-999: SMRT Bus (Tibs) routes 800-824: SMRTB feeder services. 80X, 81X are from Yishun; 82X were from Jln Kayu (withdrawn). 825-829: SMRTB special trunk services (or formerly such services) 830-849: SMRTB routes. Not explicitly specified yet. 850-899: SMRTB trunk services 85X are from Yishun except 858 (Woodlands - Changi Airport PTB via Yishun); 86X were from Sengkang. 900-924: SMRTB feeder services. 90X, 91X from Woodlands; 92X from Bt Panjang. 925-929: SMRTB special trunk services (or formerly such services) 930-939: SMRTB routes. Not explicitly specified yet. 940-949: SMRTB feeder services. From Bt Batok. 950-999: SMRTB trunk services. 95X were express (but charging trunk fare) services from Marsiling; 96X from Woodlands; 97X from Bt Panjang; 98X from Sembawang or Choa Chu Kang. xxxA, xxxB, xxxW: Additional Shortworking Trips. supposed to cover only heavier load sectors of a route. some SMRTB services still use 'W' (e.g. 67W) for their suffix due to an old convention, meaning "Weekend" additional shortworking trips. xxxE: SMRTB Intra-town service that terminates at the interchange instead of going to another part of the town. Many years ago, it also meant an alternative express route of a main service (e.g. 16E from Bt Merah to Airport via ECP instead of National Stadium & Marine Parade) xxxM: NiteOwl night bus services by SBS Transit. used to be used by services prefixed by the alphabet 'M' e.g. M1, M2, M3 & M4. 'M' in Roman numerals represents the thousand.
Trunk services (roughly, there are exceptions here & there) 00X-01X: historically, routes originating from the Changi/Chai Chee areas, but have since been branched out to various towns in the east. 02X-04X: routes originating from Bedok/Tampines 05X: Bishan trunk services (except 51) 06X-07X: mixed-up 08X: historically, routes originating from Punggol/Hougang areas 09X: routes originating from/in the western areas 10X: historically, Serangoon trunk services 11X: historically, Hougang trunk services 12X: historically, St. Michael's trunk services 13X: historically, Ang Mo Kio trunk services 14X-15X: historically, Toa Payoh trunk services 16X: historically, Sembawang trunk services 17X-18X: historically, Lim Chu Kang/Choa Chu Kang/Bt Panjang services 19X: historically, Boon Lay/Jurong West trunk services 20X-21X: point-to-point trunk services
In the 1980s, 300-309: Blue Arrow services. the predecesor of the Express routes (501-539) used now. plied between private estates & the CBD during peak hours. 400-409, 450: Special point-to-point services. Majority plying to places of interests etc, especially those in Jurong area. SS?: Special Shuttle services. used to connect the furthermost station completed in the MRT System to areas yet to be covered by the MRT System in the late 1980s. SS1 from Yio Chu Kang to Yishun (Loop), SS2 from Clementi to Jurong East St 31 (Loop), SS3 from Clementi to Bt Batok West, SS7 from Choa Chu Kang to Woodlands.
for history of certain routes & hence their numbering, try reading these threads: what r the routes of the withdrawn svc.? what r the routes of the withdrawn feeders svc.? Eulogy of certain service routes? History of Bus service numbers -
Originally posted by ^tamago^:
06x Trunks used to operate from Macpherson Terminal at Macpherson Estate. Services include 61 64 65.
Generally:
Trunk services (roughly, there are exceptions here & there) [b]00X-01X: historically, routes originating from the Changi/Chai Chee areas, but have since been branched out to various towns in the east. 02X-04X: routes originating from Bedok/Tampines 05X: Bishan trunk services (except 51) 06X-07X: mixed-up 08X: historically, routes originating from Punggol/Hougang areas 09X: routes originating from/in the western areas 10X: historically, Serangoon trunk services 11X: historically, Hougang trunk services 12X: historically, St. Michael's trunk services 13X: historically, Ang Mo Kio trunk services 14X-15X: historically, Toa Payoh trunk services 16X: historically, Sembawang trunk services 17X-18X: historically, Lim Chu Kang/Choa Chu Kang/Bt Panjang services 19X: historically, Boon Lay/Jurong West trunk services 20X-21X: point-to-point trunk services
for history of certain routes & hence their numbering, try reading these threads: what r the routes of the withdrawn svc.? what r the routes of the withdrawn feeders svc.? Eulogy of certain service routes? History of Bus service numbers
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08x Trunks used to operate from Tampines Way (now Old Tampines Rd) Terminal. 81 has the remains of the old route as it travelled the now-gone Tampines Rd from Old Tampines Rd all the way to Upp Serangoon Rd.
Technically, 16x belongs to Ang Mo Kio.
161 162 165 166 used to start out from Ang Mo Kio -
Isn't Tampines Way currently Hougang Ave 3?Originally posted by service_238:08x Trunks used to operate from Tampines Way (now Old Tampines Rd) Terminal. 81 has the remains of the old route as it travelled the now-gone Tampines Rd from Old Tampines Rd all the way to Upp Serangoon Rd. -
If i can remember correctly, I dont think so.Originally posted by tranquilice:Isn't Tampines Way currently Hougang Ave 3?
Tampines Way is located near the junction of Old Tampines Rd and Loyang Ave.. around there la.. lol -
Tampines Way is the stretch of Hougang Ave 3 between Tampines Rd and Upp S'goon Rd, currently Sv. 25, Sv. 854, Sv. 51, Sv. 72, Sv. 55, Sv. 81 ply there. Checked it up in a 1981 road map.Originally posted by service_238:If i can remember correctly, I dont think so.
Tampines Way is located near the junction of Old Tampines Rd and Loyang Ave.. around there la.. lol -
Thanks all
and special thanks to ^tamago^ -
ur one abit worng..Originally posted by service_238:06x Trunks used to operate from Macpherson Terminal at Macpherson Estate. Services include 61 64 65.
08x Trunks used to operate from Tampines Way (now Old Tampines Rd) Terminal. 81 has the remains of the old route as it travelled the now-gone Tampines Rd from Old Tampines Rd all the way to Upp Serangoon Rd.
Technically, 16x belongs to Ang Mo Kio.
161 162 165 166 used to start out from Ang Mo Kio
here is my assesment:
1-9 geylang area
1x chai chee / somapah
2x: chai chee
3x: bedok
4x: eunos / bedok
5x: alexandra road
6x: machperson
7x: YCK
8x Hougang
9x paya lebar airport / jln ang teng
10x: serangoon gardens
11x: hougang
12x, 130, 131: st mikes
132 133 134 :AMK
135 137--159: Toa payoh
16x: upp thomson rd
17x: upp bt timah rd
18x: bt merah / queenstown
19x south canal rd / westside
20x: jurong ind est
except 207 208
40x: specila services
30x: blue arrow
1977 guide
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Hello, 130 didn't go to St. Mikes loh, it went to Sin Ming Rd Ter.Originally posted by xin1jun2:ur one abit worng..
here is my assesment:
1-9 geylang area
1x chai chee / somapah
2x: chai chee
3x: bedok
4x: eunos / bedok
5x: alexandra road
6x: machperson
7x: YCK
8x Hougang
9x paya lebar airport / jln ang teng
10x: serangoon gardens
11x: hougang
12x, 130, 131: st mikes
132 133 134 :AMK
135 137--159: Toa payoh
16x: upp thomson rd
17x: upp bt timah rd
18x: bt merah / queenstown
19x south canal rd / westside
20x: jurong ind est
except 207 208
40x: specila services
30x: blue arrow
1977 guide
ZYX -
er hello, AMK got 138.Originally posted by xin1jun2:ur one abit worng..
here is my assesment:
1-9 geylang area
1x chai chee / somapah
2x: chai chee
3x: bedok
4x: eunos / bedok
5x: alexandra road
6x: machperson
7x: YCK
8x Hougang
9x paya lebar airport / jln ang teng
10x: serangoon gardens
11x: hougang
12x, 130, 131: st mikes
132 133 134 :AMK
135 137--159: Toa payoh
16x: upp thomson rd
17x: upp bt timah rd
18x: bt merah / queenstown
19x south canal rd / westside
20x: jurong ind est
except 207 208
40x: specila services
30x: blue arrow
1977 guide
ZYX