Bus Interchangz....
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hEllO.. Hmmm.. mi start this topic.. just wanna find out.. what do your think about Singapore's bus Interchange/Terminal...?? whAT are your views.. ? any examples from other countries.. ?? AnyOne.. ?? juSt feel FrEE to WriTE in HEre... hmmm.. sometimes.. i just feel that the current bus interchange/terminal is still not enough to serve the whole of Singapore.. take Hougang for example... its like overcrowding during the peak hour.. you can see buses turning round and round the interchange after letting pessangers alighting.. this is due to the fact that there are just not enough bus berth for all buses serving Hougang Bus Interchange...
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I like the terminals in Perth, simple yet clear cut.Quite well ventilated but lacking in basic amenities.
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You mean Booragon Interchange? I kind of like that place. So strategically located next to Garden City.Originally posted by LazerLordz:I like the terminals in Perth, simple yet clear cut.Quite well ventilated but lacking in basic amenities. -
Read from another thread that a new service, sbst 114 may be introduced. Wonder what the situation may look like then???Originally posted by sBs_boy:hEllO.. Hmmm.. mi start this topic.. just wanna find out.. what do your think about Singapore's bus Interchange/Terminal...?? whAT are your views.. ? any examples from other countries.. ?? AnyOne.. ?? juSt feel FrEE to WriTE in HEre... hmmm.. sometimes.. i just feel that the current bus interchange/terminal is still not enough to serve the whole of Singapore.. take Hougang for example... its like overcrowding during the peak hour.. you can see buses turning round and round the interchange after letting pessangers alighting.. this is due to the fact that there are just not enough bus berth for all buses serving Hougang Bus Interchange...
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Well.... thEn i think you can see more buses turning round and round lookin for a space.. haha.. i hope more of Toa Payoh Bus Interchange will be introduce.. i find it very organise.. the bus berth.. thy are giving u a feelin of Airport.. tats why i kinda like it...
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I dont even know why.. building such a small interchange for Hougang.. they could have built a bigger 1 what.. haiz.. doesnt kbnow whaat the hack they are thinkinh when they design the Hougang Bus Interchange.. Doesnt they know that Hougang South Interchange and Hougang Central Interchange was going to merge later on due to the low demand and NEL.. ?? doesnt they predicted this earlier on in the 1st place.... ????
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Actually they wanted to close it long ago in the 1990's. But there was no NEL to link up Kovan and HougangOriginally posted by sBs_boy:I dont even know why.. building such a small interchange for Hougang.. they could have built a bigger 1 what.. haiz.. doesnt kbnow whaat the hack they are thinkinh when they design the Hougang Bus Interchange.. Doesnt they know that Hougang South Interchange and Hougang Central Interchange was going to merge later on due to the low demand and NEL.. ?? doesnt they predicted this earlier on in the 1st place.... ???? -
Perhaps they can extend the interchange to the empty field next to it, or to the large piece of land between Hougang Central & Hougang Ave 10, make it the first Int in Singapore divided by a roadOriginally posted by sBs_boy:I dont even know why.. building such a small interchange for Hougang.. they could have built a bigger 1 what.. haiz.. doesnt kbnow whaat the hack they are thinkinh when they design the Hougang Bus Interchange.. Doesnt they know that Hougang South Interchange and Hougang Central Interchange was going to merge later on due to the low demand and NEL.. ?? doesnt they predicted this earlier on in the 1st place.... ????
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Originally posted by leeJZ:Perhaps they can extend the interchange to the empty field next to it, or to the large piece of land between Hougang Central & Hougang Ave 10, make it the first Int in Singapore divided by a road
That was what I have been thinking also!! -
Is there any chance that the hougang south interchange may be reopened?
Just wondering, cos there is talk that bus and mrt may start to compete with each other after another round of mergers -
Nope.. doNt even Ever think that they will do that.. anyway.. Hougang South had already been revonated that place.. dont think it would make any sense by Reopening the Interchange when theres 101,112,113 rite now.. Replacing the old feeder Services like 328,327,326... so... its not pratical and.. ppl will start complainin that it is a waste of money...Originally posted by kiri:Is there any chance that the hougang south interchange may be reopened?
Just wondering, cos there is talk that bus and mrt may start to compete with each other after another round of mergers -
Somemore not feeder faresOriginally posted by sBs_boy:Nope.. doNt even Ever think that they will do that.. anyway.. Hougang South had already been revonated that place.. dont think it would make any sense by Reopening the Interchange when theres 101,112,113 rite now.. Replacing the old feeder Services like 328,327,326... so... its not pratical and.. ppl will start complainin that it is a waste of money... -
Haiz.. Regarding To hougang Bus Interchange.. instead of building a new interchange Opp oR reopening the Hougang South Interchange.. Actually there is a better idea.. maybe they could edit a few routes up abit more North.. maybe they could edit BUs 147, New Bridge Rd to Punggol Bus Interchange.. 107.. extend it up to Punggol Bus Interchange also.. this way, not only it will lighten the load of Hougang Bus iNterchange, it also create more links for people who are living in Punggol/SengKang Area...
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147 is long enough. 107 can be extended up to PGL.
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svc 147 cannot be amended.Originally posted by sBs_boy:Haiz.. Regarding To hougang Bus Interchange.. instead of building a new interchange Opp oR reopening the Hougang South Interchange.. Actually there is a better idea.. maybe they could edit a few routes up abit more North.. maybe they could edit BUs 147, New Bridge Rd to Punggol Bus Interchange.. 107.. extend it up to Punggol Bus Interchange also.. this way, not only it will lighten the load of Hougang Bus iNterchange, it also create more links for people who are living in Punggol/SengKang Area...
1 ) Too long already
2 ) Its freq during peak hrs average 4min per bus and extending it to Punggol would affect reliabilty & inflate its already bloated fleet
3 ) SBST would feel that it would duplicate too much of NEL, from Punggol all the way to Chinatown
The last reason is also another reason why svc 107 is unlikely to be touched, as extending it to Punggol would turn it into somewhat another svc 82 (Punggol Rd End - Shenton Way) , which SBST had felt it duplicated too much of NEL.
I feel that svc 153 and svc 82 to merge to form a Punggol - Bukit Merah service, creating reasonably fast links between Punggol / Sengkang and Toa Payoh / Queenstown. -
YAP Reopen HG STH interchange.... Move some of the bus that goes towards north from the HG central interchange to HG south... such as 161....27... more ppl will benefit.....Originally posted by sBs_boy:Haiz.. Regarding To hougang Bus Interchange.. instead of building a new interchange Opp oR reopening the Hougang South Interchange.. Actually there is a better idea.. maybe they could edit a few routes up abit more North.. maybe they could edit BUs 147, New Bridge Rd to Punggol Bus Interchange.. 107.. extend it up to Punggol Bus Interchange also.. this way, not only it will lighten the load of Hougang Bus iNterchange, it also create more links for people who are living in Punggol/SengKang Area... -
I thought iVe said before In mY previous post.. ?? It iS not PossibLE to REOPEN HOUGANG SOUTH INterchange...Originally posted by pkcheah100:YAP Reopen HG STH interchange.... Move some of the bus that goes towards north from the HG central interchange to HG south... such as 161....27... more ppl will benefit..... -
Somertimes, i just have a feeling that i am more lucky that i am staying in Singapore.. althought there arent many different types of Bus Models compared to hongKong, i feel that The Interchange in Singapore is more Organised than those found in HongKong.. those that are found in HongKong are much more smaller and much more crowded than our own Clementi Interchange..
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Anybody have any idea hows the new AMK Interchange will look like.. ? something like TP or SengKang.. ?
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Actually I saw long ago in the 1994 plans for Hougang central, that the Interchange was supposed to occupy the whole space up to Block 838. When they built it, I tot..wakaoz...why so small. I already know they built it as a replacement for Hougang South, so I predicted it will be Phase one only.Originally posted by sBs_boy:I dont even know why.. building such a small interchange for Hougang.. they could have built a bigger 1 what.. haiz.. doesnt kbnow whaat the hack they are thinkinh when they design the Hougang Bus Interchange.. Doesnt they know that Hougang South Interchange and Hougang Central Interchange was going to merge later on due to the low demand and NEL.. ?? doesnt they predicted this earlier on in the 1st place.... ????
but there seems to be no sign of phase 2 even when it is so busy now?
And please leh...Hougang South was not closed because of NEL or low demand. That is what the bus company and governmental authorities like to say. In actual fact, all they wanted to do is to correct an "anormality" with the situation in Hougang. Long long ago, Hougang NEw Town was supposed to have only 3 neighbourhoods....1 to 3, and what is "kovan City" now was supposed to be the Town Centre. Years later, they reconfigured the planning for Hougang, doubling its size, and end up having to move the Town Centre up north to the new "epicentre" loh. And since each new town usually have 1 bus interchange at the town centre, they have to move it too loh....
Now we end up having an "oversized" neighbourhood centre at Kovan!