Questions about bendies

• leeJZ

  15 Jul 04, 20:52

  1. Can they turn right at the junction of Thomson Rd (towards KG Java / Little India) & Newton Rd? That one is quite a sharp turn, almost a V shape, even SBST 12m buses seem to be taking the turn very slowly.
  
  2. Would it possible for bendies to use Ghim Moh / Buona Vista / Shenton Way Terminals ?
  
  3. Not about bendies, but I observed that SMRT buses @ Bedok / Tampines always park by the roadside, and not in the parking lots, even if its just a 12m bus. SBST doesnt like them to use the parking lots?
  
  
• Yusry

  15 Jul 04, 22:39

  For Bedok, Bendies park by the road side. 12m buses have their own parking lots. I think 3 of them.
  
  Tampines, I believe there is a lack of space, so TIBS buses park by road side.
  
  In Eunos a few years back before the renovation, TIBS bendies park by road side and 12m buses park on the west portion of the interchange. Now all TIBS buses park on the eastern-most portion of the interchange.
• ^tamago^

  15 Jul 04, 22:57

  Originally posted by leeJZ:

  1. Can they turn right at the junction of Thomson Rd (towards KG Java / Little India) & Newton Rd? That one is quite a sharp turn, almost a V shape, even SBST 12m buses seem to be taking the turn very slowly.
  
  2. Would it possible for bendies to use Ghim Moh / Buona Vista / Shenton Way Terminals ?
  
  3. Not about bendies, but I observed that SMRT buses @ Bedok / Tampines always park by the roadside, and not in the parking lots, even if its just a 12m bus. SBST doesnt like them to use the parking lots?
  
  

  1. yes, i dun see any problem with that. n it will jus have to turn as slow like other 12m buses.
  
  2. Ghim Moh: while bendies are unlikely to touch Ghim Moh Ter, bendies are not suitable for this terminal as there is insufficient (imo) parking space for it and U-turning back after alighting pax at the rubbish dump is not easy.
  
  Buona Vista: while bendies are unlikely to touch Buona Vista Ter too, bendies may pose a hazard to other SBST 12m buses when parking in the end-on lots. however, this was possible in Boon Lay Int, prob cos 172 & 178 "sandwich" 187's bendies, so any collision with those bendies will be SMRTB's problem.
  
  Shenton Way: bendies from 700 are known to serve shenton way route during evening peak hours. however i have never observed if the bendies start a new trip from anson rd or do a normal return trip from bt panjang. but i dun expect shenton way to pose a problem to bendies, jus that they might have to be given roadside lots & not end-on lots.
  
  3. while the allocation is partly due to the fact that bendies are used by SMRTB, i suppose it is mainly because SBST wants to set aside exclusive lots for SMRTB to use so that it won't conflict with SBST buses, for example during heavy parking times there is the issue of who should have priority over parking lots if they are all shared, which involves a lot of politics & not simple first-come-first-serve logic. SBST, who is in-charge of Tampines & Bedok Interchanges, have to take care of SBST drivers first. so setting aside exclusive lots for SMRTB buses make sense, and it happens that the only space left that can be let out are those lots by the roadside. note that there is a non-roadside lot for a 12m SMRTB bus at Tampines Int at the edge of the bend next to where the other SMRTB buses park.
• service_238

  16 Jul 04, 00:30

  Originally posted by leeJZ:

  3. Not about bendies, but I observed that SMRT buses @ Bedok / Tampines always park by the roadside, and not in the parking lots, even if its just a 12m bus. SBST doesnt like them to use the parking lots?
  
  

  In Tampines, there's assigned lots to 291 293 39 29, they're labelled on the road itself. However, the rest wasnt. But if u can see properly there is some pattern in the parking as in which svc goes to which area of the parking zone.
  
  Similiarly, there's also assigned parking space for SMRTB buses. Same logic.
  
  For Bedok, it seems to me tat its a free-for-all parking.
  
  For Toa Payoh, there's assigned lots for 157 only. The "tek-go" sign can be seen if the lot is empty.
• tranquilice

  16 Jul 04, 02:39

  Originally posted by leeJZ:

  1. Can they turn right at the junction of Thomson Rd (towards KG Java / Little India) & Newton Rd? That one is quite a sharp turn, almost a V shape, even SBST 12m buses seem to be taking the turn very slowly.
  

  I dunno if I'm correct, I have heard that bendies are deployed on NR1, so they can turn right from Thomson Rd to Newton Rd.
• leeJZ

  16 Jul 04, 14:05

  Originally posted by service_238:

  In Tampines, there's assigned lots to 291 293 39 29, they're labelled on the road itself. However, the rest wasnt. But if u can see properly there is some pattern in the parking as in which svc goes to which area of the parking zone.

  Hmm, all four services above are rather low parking services, unlike services 10 23 65 72 which park alot of buses @ Tampines.
• service_238

  16 Jul 04, 20:37

  Originally posted by leeJZ:

  Hmm, all four services above are rather low parking services, unlike services 10 23 65 72 which park alot of buses @ Tampines.

  Apparantly the rest do not have evidence of assigned lots at Tampines int parking area lor... However they do park at certain designated areas.
  
  For example 72 69 28 park facing away frm e int while 39 29 19 18 291 park facing the int
• leeJZ

  16 Jul 04, 20:53

  Originally posted by service_238:

  Apparantly the rest do not have evidence of assigned lots at Tampines int parking area lor... However they do park at certain designated areas.
  
  For example 72 69 28 park facing away frm e int while 39 29 19 18 291 park facing the int

  28 park facing the int also.
  
  Does SBST also have assigned lots at WDL also? Always see the 161 168 buses parking at the same lots.
• ^tamago^

  16 Jul 04, 20:59

  Originally posted by leeJZ:

  Does SBST also have assigned lots at WDL also? Always see the 161 168 buses parking at the same lots.

  no. i have seen VSO's parked in a dispersed manner along the drivers' linkway at Woodlands Reg Int.
• SBS9818A

  17 Jul 04, 21:51

  Originally posted by service_238:

  In Tampines, there's assigned lots to 291 293 39 29, they're labelled on the road itself. However, the rest wasnt. But if u can see properly there is some pattern in the parking as in which svc goes to which area of the parking zone.
  
  Similiarly, there's also assigned parking space for SMRTB buses. Same logic.
  
  For Bedok, it seems to me tat its a free-for-all parking.
  
  For Toa Payoh, there's assigned lots for 157 only. The "tek-go" sign can be seen if the lot is empty.

  Bishan is free-for-all except for the two lots nearest to control office. There are words "DOUBLE-DECKS ONLY" in red text before the lot.