GE2011: Bus news
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Originally posted by Acx1688:
Fren, dunno wic country you have been to but not all zone systems in countries are lousy...
Please check out madrid's zone system, london's Tfl cap and especially HK's bus fare.
you take CTB5X from Kennedy Town to Whitfield Rd only HKD3.40...
try to beat that...
ACx
Melbourne's zone system. worse;eg, if travelling 1 train stop between Zone 1&2, got to pay zones 1+2 fare. On the other side of the coin for HK fare system, for eg from Tsim Sha Shui to Mongkok which is quite a short distance. Only can travel on certain routes (min HK4.40?) to minimise fare expense. If take a route which just started; you end up paying the max fare for that route. As compared to sg DBTF, you can take any of the duplicating routes and fares's the same. correct me if I'm wrong. -
Look out for SBS Chartered bus today..
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Originally posted by SBS3688Y:
Melbourne's zone system. worse;eg, if travelling 1 train stop between Zone 1&2, got to pay zones 1+2 fare. On the other side of the coin for HK fare system, for eg from Tsim Sha Shui to Mongkok which is quite a short distance. Only can travel on certain routes (min HK4.40?) to minimise fare expense. If take a route which just started; you end up paying the max fare for that route. As compared to sg DBTF, you can take any of the duplicating routes and fares's the same. correct me if I'm wrong.As long as they are of the same distance when measured, yes.
If one's distance is shorter you pay less.
I think the flaw in this system is that for long-winded bus routes, you end up paying more. A lot of feeder and inter-town trunk routes are prone to this.
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Originally posted by SBS3688Y:
Melbourne's zone system. worse;eg, if travelling 1 train stop between Zone 1&2, got to pay zones 1+2 fare. On the other side of the coin for HK fare system, for eg from Tsim Sha Shui to Mongkok which is quite a short distance. Only can travel on certain routes (min HK4.40?) to minimise fare expense. If take a route which just started; you end up paying the max fare for that route. As compared to sg DBTF, you can take any of the duplicating routes and fares's the same. correct me if I'm wrong.One thing i like about the HK's fare system is that it allows travel time to be kept to a minimum if you are going somewhere far on trunk routes.
For example, from Mongkok to Jordan, the cheapest way is to take the svcs that cost $4.40 as u mentioned. This reduces the loading/pax on cross harbour services so there basically wont be high turnover rate on those services, which in turn makes the journey faster.
Take that into sg's context, would you want to take 502 from boon lay to jurong east/chinese garden? or take some other services like 99 or 187, etc. This helps 502 pick up pax who really need to board it and not waste time alighting pax who's just going intratown. Of course, there's still people willing to pay $1.30 (double) for that few stops.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Nationalising actually discounted those tat still own SBS shares since 1978. I think they're at least in their 50s alrdy. I think all their CDG & SBS500 shares are going to be wiped out.
Govt keep everything
their liquidity lost and they're abt to retire le
SBST 500 is 75% owned by ComfortDelgro
CDG public float is also very very low
this situation.... noone will be able to buy n takeover SBS
recently been seeing 163M using sengkang west way to loop.. i wonder why.. -
Originally posted by 105090:
SBST 500 is 75% owned by ComfortDelgro
CDG public float is also very very low
this situation.... noone will be able to buy n takeover SBS
recently been seeing 163M using sengkang west way to loop.. i wonder why..
Ehtat time when Delgro was formed, the SBS'78 shareholders got free Delgro shares. Multiplier effect
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Originally posted by eX.A.K.R.:
As long as they are of the same distance when measured, yes.
If one's distance is shorter you pay less.
I think the flaw in this system is that for long-winded bus routes, you end up paying more. A lot of feeder and inter-town trunk routes are prone to this.
Feeder fixed to 71c, less hybird ones -
Originally posted by chickenlittle2:
Look out for SBS Chartered bus today..
Woohoo, buses are deployed out for operation.. -
Originally posted by chickenlittle2:
Woohoo, buses are deployed out for operation..
The legacy of using them for elections continues...
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now that Potong Pasir has finally been taken by PAP, I think there will be additional bus routes serving the estate soon. perhaps the older bus fans know that svc 147 also used to serve Potong Pasir estate in the 80s. any other views?
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Well in pragmatic approach had 147 been kept, it might not survive e NEL rationalisation cos 83 would somewhat be eventually culled.