Lay-up and redeployment of Volvo Olympians (Part 1)
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Lifespan extension for following buses.
Lifespan Extended to 9 Jun 2013: SBS9200G - SBS9202B
Lifespan Extended to 13 Jun 2013: SBS7198T - SBS7200U, SBS7202P SBS7203LSBS7201S lifespan is NOT extended as of today.... so high chance it will be go off...
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Originally posted by lemon1974:
Lifespan extension for following buses.
Lifespan Extended to 9 Jun 2013: SBS9200G - SBS9202B
Lifespan Extended to 13 Jun 2013: SBS7198T - SBS7200U, SBS7202P SBS7203LSBS7201S lifespan is NOT extended as of today.... so high chance it will be go off...
Wow good news sia.VO2X extended as i was hoping..haha. :)) -
Originally posted by lemon1974:
Lifespan extension for following buses.
Lifespan Extended to 9 Jun 2013: SBS9200G - SBS9202B
Lifespan Extended to 13 Jun 2013: SBS7198T - SBS7200U, SBS7202P SBS7203LSBS7201S lifespan is NOT extended as of today.... so high chance it will be go off...
That's good news. -
Originally posted by Merczrox:
Wow good news sia.VO2X extended as i was hoping..haha. :))i thnk more Vo2x will go off once the balance 1st batch wright came in....
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Originally posted by lemon1974:
i thnk more Vo2x will go off once the balance 1st batch wright came in....
Ya i also think so. :( -
did e extended vo2x receive new flooring?
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SBS9206R (HGDEP 87)
Refurbished
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Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
Means JIS services will be fully air con very soon.
I don't think CCL will be able to handle the future loads if they keep on increasing population. So bus system is still here to stay.
I think should be fair to SBST, since SMRT had taken away loads in CCL, SMRT should give up some bus routes in return to SBST.
nothing is fair.. esp in the context of singapore's transport scene..
u see SBS gave up BP/CCK/BB in exchange for North east sector 864 865 866..
out of all the buses SBS took over from TIBS, most were originally SBS's (82 103 163 820 821).. today, none of the ex-TIBS services retained their TIBS routes..
but put it in a harsher tone... since both are GLCs... is there any differences in who gets to operate what? u think there will be a day where there be same route diff services like in JB? so long as the service is there.. public wont complain about operators or what-nots.. its good that theres a monopoly so that resources wont be wasted.. (how contradicting)
only party concerned will be minority shareholders..
took CCL yesterday.... got kicked out at paya lebar.. on a weekend.... train freq still 7-8 mins... beyond paya lebar.. not many passengers.. loads still quite ok.. -
Originally posted by 105090:
nothing is fair.. esp in the context of singapore's transport scene..
u see SBS gave up BP/CCK/BB in exchange for North east sector 864 865 866..
out of all the buses SBS took over from TIBS, most were originally SBS's (82 103 163 820 821).. today, none of the ex-TIBS services retained their TIBS routes..
but put it in a harsher tone... since both are GLCs... is there any differences in who gets to operate what? u think there will be a day where there be same route diff services like in JB? so long as the service is there.. public wont complain about operators or what-nots.. its good that theres a monopoly so that resources wont be wasted.. (how contradicting)
only party concerned will be minority shareholders..
took CCL yesterday.... got kicked out at paya lebar.. on a weekend.... train freq still 7-8 mins... beyond paya lebar.. not many passengers.. loads still quite ok..163 has to be amended, same case as many of the bus routes like 61, 106 when were extended at Clementi & Bt Batok developed else how can e bus co cope?
JB?? Take a look at e mess, ends up e Taman are not well served. Even HI say not making $$ and to fight 'competition'. Even M'sia govt acknowledge this matter.
CCL has SWT on Sat afternoon 12noon - 1430.
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The best is EWL SWT these days
Boon Lay - Pasir Ris
TO announce train ending at BNL
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Originally posted by sbst275:
The best is EWL SWT these days
Boon Lay - Pasir Ris
TO announce train ending at BNL
more efficient use of resources...
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Originally posted by jayh272416:
more efficient use of resources...
got good and bad la -
Originally posted by sbst275:
The best is EWL SWT these days
Boon Lay - Pasir Ris
TO announce train ending at BNL
This is very good. -
Originally posted by SinkTel:
SBS9206R (HGDEP 87)
Refurbished
It's refurbished. Hope that this bus will be de-registered in 2013. -
Originally posted by 105090:
nothing is fair.. esp in the context of singapore's transport scene..
u see SBS gave up BP/CCK/BB in exchange for North east sector 864 865 866..
out of all the buses SBS took over from TIBS, most were originally SBS's (82 103 163 820 821).. today, none of the ex-TIBS services retained their TIBS routes..
but put it in a harsher tone... since both are GLCs... is there any differences in who gets to operate what? u think there will be a day where there be same route diff services like in JB? so long as the service is there.. public wont complain about operators or what-nots.. its good that theres a monopoly so that resources wont be wasted.. (how contradicting)
only party concerned will be minority shareholders..
took CCL yesterday.... got kicked out at paya lebar.. on a weekend.... train freq still 7-8 mins... beyond paya lebar.. not many passengers.. loads still quite ok..
That is why Singapore public transport is screwed up now. Commuters in the northwestern corridors suffered a great drop in service standards since SMRT took over. SBS did well in managing the Northeast and Northwest areas before the takeovers and exchanges in 1994. Not to mention which brainless ex-MP did a mess out of these takeovers and exchanges, where things are already doing well, yet purposely broken it. If TIBS still remain as it was before 1994, probably there will be better bus frequncies and more bus services in Woodlands, Yishun and Sembawang. -
MBT was the one tat talked abt multi model operator, which leads to today's problem.
MBT was the one tat did not approve MRT for NE corridor even though undeveloped Admiralty & Sembawang ridiculously got MRT 1st.
MBT was defeated by CST in 1984 with 39% of the votes.
MBT was the mini star i/c of land planning and gave SBS drivers smaller bus int for profits by selling it to private developer.
MBT was GM in SBS.
MBT came w ERP which made SBS & Tibs then to start paying ERP. Even lorries paid so much more, driving up business cost.
In the first place, we ought not to have a mini star called MBT creating all e legacy problem.
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Originally posted by lemon1974:
Lifespan extension for following buses.
Lifespan Extended to 9 Jun 2013: SBS9200G - SBS9202B
Lifespan Extended to 13 Jun 2013: SBS7198T - SBS7200U, SBS7202P SBS7203LSBS7201S lifespan is NOT extended as of today.... so high chance it will be go off...
I thought SBST is not extending the VO2xes???
They listed in their website that all non air con buses will be gone by 2012...
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Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
I thought SBST is not extending the VO2xes???They listed in their website that all non air con buses will be gone by 2012...
As mentioned by lemon1974 above, highly likely the VO2x will take its leave as the rest of the wrights come in. So it would still meet the 2012 deadline.
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Originally posted by SBS 1000U:
I thought SBST is not extending the VO2xes???They listed in their website that all non air con buses will be gone by 2012...
even with extension, they can still deregistered all of them in 2012 when the balance new wrights came in... they are now selectively deregister some of the Vo2x first... 7201 should be gone soon.
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Originally posted by lemon1974:
Lifespan extension for following buses.
Lifespan Extended to 9 Jun 2013: SBS9200G - SBS9202B
Lifespan Extended to 13 Jun 2013: SBS7198T - SBS7200U, SBS7202P SBS7203LSBS7201S lifespan is NOT extended as of today.... so high chance it will be go off...
Any idea why SBS7201S not extended?
Bad engine? -
Originally posted by Bus Stopping:
As mentioned by lemon1974 above, highly likely the VO2x will take its leave as the rest of the wrights come in. So it would still meet the 2012 deadline.
Then are there any instance of extended lifespan reverted back to its original lifespan? -
Originally posted by Junyang700:
Any idea why SBS7201S not extended?
Bad engine?I believe it is the mechanics decision that has the final say.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Then are there any instance of extended lifespan reverted back to its original lifespan?Well, there issnt a need to revert back the lifespan. Its always possible to lay up the vehicle early and dereg it as long there is enough vehicles to cope with the demand.
Of course, a proper plan has to be set in place. There's no point extending and then paying road tax but end up dereg few days later. However, leaving a bus in the depot and keeping it as spare also mean that there's one more bus to go for periodic maintainance.
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Originally posted by Bus Stopping:
Well, there issnt a need to revert back the lifespan. Its always possible to lay up the vehicle early and dereg it as long there is enough vehicles to cope with the demand.
Of course, a proper plan has to be set in place. There's no point extending and then paying road tax but end up dereg few days later. However, leaving a bus in the depot and keeping it as spare also mean that there's one more bus to go for periodic maintainance.
Oh. I see, thanks for your information. -
Originally posted by Bus Stopping:
Well, there issnt a need to revert back the lifespan. Its always possible to lay up the vehicle early and dereg it as long there is enough vehicles to cope with the demand.
Of course, a proper plan has to be set in place. There's no point extending and then paying road tax but end up dereg few days later. However, leaving a bus in the depot and keeping it as spare also mean that there's one more bus to go for periodic maintainance.
Revert back also involves a lot of processing and papaerwork as well...