Lay-up and redeployment of SBST's Volvo B10M Mk III's

• SMB128B

  23 Feb 12, 19:25

  On sunday, I took SBS876(?) on 35. Believe me, I had a VERY sad feeling on the bus. I don't even wanna get off! Old but gold, I look at the bus and thought of the citaros. things will never be the same! No matter how much I hate the MKIIIs, I still treasured them as they are the last generation of buses in my childhood. I will NEVER regret the ride. R.I.P MKIIIs.

• SMB128B

  23 Feb 12, 19:26

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  SBS769S or SBS772G.

  SBS769S sry...

• Gus.chong

  23 Feb 12, 19:27

  Originally posted by SMB128B:

  SBS769S sry...

  But it is still unlikely since SBS769S was already under awaiting de-registration stage.

• SMB128B

  23 Feb 12, 19:31

  Originally posted by Gus.chong:

  But it is still unlikely since SBS769S was already under awaiting de-registration stage.

  SUSPECT LAH...

  maybe another MKIII then...

• SBS3057T

  23 Feb 12, 19:56

  SBS861H
  (ARBP 5)  (ARBP 200)

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:17

  Originally posted by Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1):

  we all knew except him

  
  Haha what a failure. =.=

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:17

  Originally posted by ahlunjia:

  
  

  
  

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:18

  Originally posted by SBS3057T:

  SBS861H
  (ARBP 5)  (ARBP 200)

  
  What is it replacing??
  
  860K also seems to be cameoing around lately..Its on 195 today.

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:20

  Originally posted by SBS 9631X:

  Don't be so bad lah uh bro, let them have some rocking KUBs still. 

  
  

• SBS7557R

  23 Feb 12, 20:22

  Originally posted by Merczrox:

  
  What is it replacing??
  
  860K also seems to be cameoing around lately..Its on 195 today.

  Probably Citaros. Many Citaros are cameoing on 5 lately. 

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:24

  Originally posted by SBS 9631X:

  779M died alr meh? I used to see it everytime weeks back on 33. 

  
  Haha as SBS8032G said,i also saw it on svc 5 last friday.Surprisingly just when i thought that it was dead alr,it showed up infront of me.

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:25

  Originally posted by SBS7557R:

  Probably Citaros. Many Citaros are cameoing on 5 lately. 

  
  I was asking what was 861H replacing on 200..Not about svc 5.

• SBST163

  23 Feb 12, 20:25

  hey, sorry if i get this wrong..

  MKIIIs will only be around until May rite?

  After which, MKIIIs will all become a history of Singapore buses? 

  hmm, quite sad though.. 

• Merczrox

  23 Feb 12, 20:28

  Originally posted by SBS2601D:

  Youngsters won't understand the kind of excitment many of the older ones felt when SBST started introducing AC buses on a large scale.

  People queued up to take SBS9000S on its first day of operation as the first AC DD.

  The MKIIIs were definitely an improvement over the MKIIs simply because there was AIRCON. And unlike the contemporary N113s and 0405s, the MKIII was the first full AC SD fleet type.

  
  Yeah man well said!!

• SBS3057T

  23 Feb 12, 20:30

  Originally posted by SBST163:

  hey, sorry if i get this wrong..

  MKIIIs will only be around until May rite?

  After which, MKIIIs will all become a history of Singapore buses? 

  hmm, quite sad though.. 

  Until 7 June 2012.

• SBS2656X

  23 Feb 12, 20:41

  This bus, I saw, drivers kept on speeding this bus TO BE EVEN FASTER THAN THE CITAROS. I also dont like the citaros to like (bend abit towards the left). I got 1 time drop my handphone just because of that >.>
  
  SBS801G DEREGISTERING
  
  I suspect SBS815S [HGDEP 325] meeting same fate. The back door sot sot one >.>
  SBS880C [HGDEP 325] is still fine.
  I think they all deregister buses that have tiny problems like bell sot sot ~~
  Hope that SBST will preserve 1 or 2 MkIII buses. These Mk3 buses are of a first few to be FULL OACs SINGLE DECK when imported. 
  The only weird thing is : All Mk3 that deregistered ARE REPLACED BY THE CITAROS. Looks like HGDEP are letting svc 325 take all the old buses :) Take 325 if you want old feeling LOLS!

• SBS3057T

  23 Feb 12, 20:44

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  This bus, I saw, drivers kept on speeding this bus TO BE EVEN FASTER THAN THE CITAROS. I also dont like the citaros to like (bend abit towards the left). I got 1 time drop my handphone just because of that >.>
  
  SBS801G DEREGISTERING
  
  I suspect SBS815S [HGDEP 325] meeting same fate. The back door sot sot one >.>
  SBS880C [HGDEP 325] is still fine.
  I think they all deregister buses that have tiny problems like bell sot sot ~~
  Hope that SBST will preserve 1 or 2 MkIII buses. These Mk3 buses are of a first few to be FULL OACs SINGLE DECK when imported. 
  The only weird thing is : All Mk3 that deregistered ARE REPLACED BY THE CITAROS. Looks like HGDEP are letting svc 325 take all the old buses :) Take 325 if you want old feeling LOLS!

  Some MK3s could be replaced by MK4s instead.

  But the serving period of MK3s is already over for some...it's really the final days.

• SBS8676Z

  23 Feb 12, 22:42

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  The only weird thing is : All Mk3 that deregistered ARE REPLACED BY THE CITAROS. Looks like HGDEP are letting svc 325 take all the old buses :) Take 325 if you want old feeling LOLS!

  Not only 325. Services like 85, 103, 112, 159, 372 until now still don't have any new buses deployed at all. After MK3s left, what they got is only MK4s and nothing else.

• SMB228X

  23 Feb 12, 22:48

  Originally posted by SMB128B:

  On sunday, I took SBS876(?) on 35. Believe me, I had a VERY sad feeling on the bus. I don't even wanna get off! Old but gold, I look at the bus and thought of the citaros. things will never be the same! No matter how much I hate the MKIIIs, I still treasured them as they are the last generation of buses in my childhood. I will NEVER regret the ride. R.I.P MKIIIs.

  
  I thought you also want Citaros and not MK3s? Why change your mind now??
• SBS3057T

  24 Feb 12, 08:19

  Originally posted by SMB228X:

  
  I thought you also want Citaros and not MK3s? Why change your mind now??

  He had already turned over a new leaf, that's why he did not care about the Citaros.

• Gus.chong

  24 Feb 12, 09:54

  Post removed. Come back again sometimes.

• SMB228X

  24 Feb 12, 11:33

  Originally posted by SBS3057T:

  He had already turned over a new leaf, that's why he did not care about the Citaros.

  
  Or because there are so few MK3s and Citaros can be seen everywhere?
• SMB228X

  24 Feb 12, 11:34

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  This bus, I saw, drivers kept on speeding this bus TO BE EVEN FASTER THAN THE CITAROS. I also dont like the citaros to like (bend abit towards the left). I got 1 time drop my handphone just because of that >.>
  
  SBS801G DEREGISTERING
  
  I suspect SBS815S [HGDEP 325] meeting same fate. The back door sot sot one >.>
  SBS880C [HGDEP 325] is still fine.
  I think they all deregister buses that have tiny problems like bell sot sot ~~
  Hope that SBST will preserve 1 or 2 MkIII buses. These Mk3 buses are of a first few to be FULL OACs SINGLE DECK when imported. 
  The only weird thing is : All Mk3 that deregistered ARE REPLACED BY THE CITAROS. Looks like HGDEP are letting svc 325 take all the old buses :) Take 325 if you want old feeling LOLS!

  
  None will be saved!
• SBS3057T

  24 Feb 12, 11:46

  Originally posted by SMB228X:

  
  None will be saved!

  Of course, and you won't be saved as well.

• SMB228X

  24 Feb 12, 11:50

  Originally posted by SBS3057T:

  Of course, and you won't be saved as well.

  
  I still have 17 years to go!