Where are the Dennis Darts?

• SMB32T

  2 Jan 10, 12:00

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  
  i desperately need a pic of e dart on 92

  do u know if this bus has a particular shift r not?

  
  Hmm... not very sure leh. But u can go an try out, best on weekday peak hours...

• AEW5001

  2 Jan 10, 12:04

  i prolly will go back to Ghim Moh this Mon or Tue

  hopefully it is running when i come..

• sbst275

  2 Jan 10, 12:09

  of all midi buses SBS ever had, Dennis Darts are really e best

  sort of able to cater for medium - high load

• .SBS9888Y.

  2 Jan 10, 12:10

  Originally posted by kelvintwt:

  What happened to the Dennis Darts? Spend several hours finding and failed to find even one...

  Sv 42.

  Sv92 left with SBS8013L. the rest mia quite long le.

• SGCar

  2 Jan 10, 12:13

  Originally posted by SMB32T:

  
  The 10 fleets of Dennis Darts came into service in 1994 specially deployed to services M1 and M2 (now services 92 and 42 respectively) to replace the Nissan civilians. If I am not wrong they are only 15 years then put to lay-up already. Volvo MK3s in fact are the older buses that have reached 17 years of lifepan.

  Another case of buses that gets laid-up early other than the SMRT's ELBO CAC Scanias

  IIRC, Dennis Dart is younger than LO3X, but sad to see that it's going off earlier than expected.

  Cheers.

• .SBS9888Y.

  2 Jan 10, 12:17

  Originally posted by SGCar:

  IIRC, Dennis Dart is younger than LO3X, but sad to see that it's going off earlier than expected.

  Cheers.

  You can still catch it on Sv 42. i feel they should just lay up 8009 8012 8015 also. those 3 are also quite inactive. maybe they keep one of them just in case 8016 8018 cant come into svc.

• SGCar

  2 Jan 10, 12:26

  Originally posted by .SBS9888Y.:

  You can still catch it on Sv 42. i feel they should just lay up 8009 8012 8015 also. those 3 are also quite inactive. maybe they keep one of them just in case 8016 8018 cant come into svc.

  
  Yes saw most of it on 42 when I was at Kembangan MRT 2 weeks ago. Sad to know that all these midi buses would be part of history soon, as SBST does not have the intention to buy some more of this buses to replace the current one. I still remember that when Dennis Dart 1st introduce, the bell poles were all luminous green.

  Cheers.

• jayh272416

  2 Jan 10, 18:42

  

• Stage

  2 Jan 10, 19:57

  sadded. darts no refurbishment and extension.

• SMB92U

  2 Jan 10, 20:10

  SBS8013L on Service 92 Sad to see the darts go so early. they were sooo damn CUTE!

• kelvintwt

  2 Jan 10, 22:57

  guess i was a late to catch their pics then...

• kelvintwt

  2 Jan 10, 23:03

  Originally posted by AEW5001:

  i prolly will go back to Ghim Moh this Mon or Tue

  hopefully it is running when i come..

  will be there too. camping. :)

• SBS9622Y

  2 Jan 10, 23:31

  Will get my pictures soon too...

• SGCar

  2 Jan 10, 23:47

  Quite surprise to see an early withdrawal by SBST. Hope to catch one soon.

  Cheers.

• JaSoNhSu92

  3 Jan 10, 00:07

  these buses can drive smoothly in small roads unlike 11m buses.

  i wonder sv 42 route can fit with those 11m buses?

• SBS7382C

  3 Jan 10, 00:10

  Originally posted by JaSoNhSu92:

  these buses can drive smoothly in small roads unlike 11m buses.

  i wonder sv 42 route can fit with those 11m buses?

  
  i think can...aft all there were mk3 camoes on 42 b4.....

  wonder why SBS always withdraw midi buses earlier then expected.... 

• kelvintwt

  3 Jan 10, 01:23

  Originally posted by SBS7382C:

  
  i think can...aft all there were mk3 camoes on 42 b4.....

  wonder why SBS always withdraw midi buses earlier then expected.... 

  maybe due to its passenger capacity nowdays and roads are widening compared to the past.

• sbst275

  3 Jan 10, 12:02

  Originally posted by SBS7382C:

  
  i think can...aft all there were mk3 camoes on 42 b4.....

  wonder why SBS always withdraw midi buses earlier then expected.... 

  
  not going to be easy esp those roadside parking issues

• Stage

  3 Jan 10, 12:05

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  
  not going to be easy esp those roadside parking issues

  
  good luck to sv42 BC's after the darts die. lol.

• Spanish hog

  3 Jan 10, 12:14

  Originally posted by .SBS9888Y.:

  You can still catch it on Sv 42. i feel they should just lay up 8009 8012 8015 also. those 3 are also quite inactive. maybe they keep one of them just in case 8016 8018 cant come into svc.

  
  that day I pass by kembangan iirc is christmas, did see 8009 working . As for the other 2 spares, got "remove liver" in depot or not who knows.

• SBS7484P

  3 Jan 10, 13:01

  Originally posted by Stage:

  
  good luck to sv42 BC's after the darts die. lol.

  
  its gonna be like learning scania..

• Khairiano

  3 Jan 10, 13:20

  Gonna missed allison gearbox mini bus.. Cute bus!
• sbst275

  3 Jan 10, 13:25

  Originally posted by Stage:

  
  good luck to sv42 BC's after the darts die. lol.

  
  aiya in e long run as I've mentioned, to get more ppl to take public tpt, private housing estate areas bus svs would have to be improved.

  Only problem is ppl over there prefer 'quiet' env + usage of cars though it's always jammed during peak hrs.

• Simple_boi

  3 Jan 10, 14:39

  Originally posted by JaSoNhSu92:

  these buses can drive smoothly in small roads unlike 11m buses.

  i wonder sv 42 route can fit with those 11m buses?

  These were the days . . .

  SBS0046U on Sv42
  http://sbs9679j.fotopic.net/p39778316.html

  SBS0073R on Sv42
  http://sbs9679j.fotopic.net/p53276346.html

  SBS2829P on Sv42
  http://sbs9679j.fotopic.net/p39765196.html

• kelvintwt

  4 Jan 10, 21:02

  Originally posted by Simple_boi:

  These were the days . . .

  SBS0046U on Sv42
  http://sbs9679j.fotopic.net/p39778316.html

  SBS0073R on Sv42
  http://sbs9679j.fotopic.net/p53276346.html

  SBS2829P on Sv42
  http://sbs9679j.fotopic.net/p39765196.html

  feels like it was so so so long ago. good old days!