Double deckers on Sv 163
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sbs should extend the 163 back to CBD area like the old time and make it a semi-express service route since along the way there are many other route to the city. To help to reduce traffic on the North South MRT line and let people living in Seletar area and Fernvale Area has a direct bus to the city. Also move service 70 into Fernvale area.
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Originally posted by wsy1234:
sbs should extend the 163 back to CBD area like the old time and make it a semi-express service route since along the way there are many other route to the city. To help to reduce traffic on the North South MRT line and let people living in Seletar area and Fernvale Area has a direct bus to the city. Also move service 70 into Fernvale area.
Probably can extend it to Marina Centre via Novena, Orchard, River Valley, Chinatown, Shenton Way and MBS. Anyway, I think 163 needs on double decker will do. 63 should have some double deckers instead. -
I think govt should really consider a one time double deck incentive for trunk svs.
As for 163.... it can be extended to CBD but I find tat another bus sv might need to appear to get commuters from Tagore, Upp Thomson to Toa Payoh.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
I think govt should really consider a one time double deck incentive for trunk svs.
As for 163.... it can be extended to CBD but I find tat another bus sv might need to appear to get commuters from Tagore, Upp Thomson to Toa Payoh.
Restate the old service 137? -
Originally posted by vicamour:
Restate the old service 137?
mmm..There's alrdy 138 to the Zoo.
Say to Springleaf Estate?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
mmm..There's alrdy 138 to the Zoo.
Say to Springleaf Estate?
Don't think there will be much demand, unless it links to the nearest MRT like Marymount and another end to Yio Chu Kang. Or 137 can skip the zoo and bypass to BKE to terminate at Jurong East -
Originally posted by vicamour:
Don't think there will be much demand, unless it links to the nearest MRT like Marymount and another end to Yio Chu Kang.
how abt tisSpringleaf > Upp Thomson Rd > Bishan St 21 > Bishan Rd > Braddell Rd > Toa Payoh?
The other end of Braddell Rd still has 157
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Originally posted by sbst275:
how abt tisSpringleaf > Upp Thomson Rd > Bishan St 21 > Bishan Rd > Braddell Rd > Toa Payoh?
The other end of Braddell Rd still has 157
Good if it bypass Marymount and Bishan MRT. -
Originally posted by sbst275:
how abt tisSpringleaf > Upp Thomson Rd > Bishan St 21 > Bishan Rd > Braddell Rd > Toa Payoh?
The other end of Braddell Rd still has 157
Then u should post your suggestion in "Route Suggestions (Part 4)" -
Originally posted by vicamour:
Good if it bypass Marymount and Bishan MRT.
thks to their location, it's mutually exclusive
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Originally posted by vicamour:
Restate the old service 137?
Service 137 was withdrawn in late 1992. As such service 163 was amended to terminate at Toa Payoh, covering the lost links between Toa Payoh and Upp Thomson, and also to reduce duplication with other services along Thomson Road to Marina Centre as part of the rationalisation. -
Originally posted by SBS8675B:
Service 137 was withdrawn in late 1992. As such service 163 was amended to terminate at Toa Payoh, covering the lost links between Toa Payoh and Upp Thomson, and also to reduce duplication with other services along Thomson Road to Marina Centre as part of the rationalisation.
Anyway, it was a suggestion to extend it to Marina Centre via Novena, Orchard, River Valley, Chinatown, Shenton Way and MBS. Marina Bay was different from what it was in 1992. Now there is MBS, so it will be good if there are links to there from Thomson, Toa Payoh, Novena and Chinatown. Terminates the same place but maybe a different route for different demand patterns. 137 can probably bypass the zoo and use BKE to Jurong East, another fast link from Toa Payoh to Mandai to Jurong East. -
finally! the morining peak hours must have these dd bus
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Originally posted by SBS8675B:
For me, I personally feel that 163 should have at least 4 perm DDs only for weekday S-shifts. Whereas full day and E-shifts continue to stick to the SDs. For weekends it will run as full SD fleet as usual.
it should have tons of dd bus on the morning, i hate sqeezing in the bus like a sandrine -
Just saw Batch II VO on 163....
Now is 2220....what is the wisdom in having the DD serve at this time, you tell me? lol
And off-peak like now is the most terrigible time for taking 163....frequency starts from 20 min.
I understand why 163 has a lousy frequency, its not very popular....
But to throw DD into this service suddenly leaves me ????? cos I would rather they increase the service capacity by having more buses, not converting SD slots to DD!
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163's prob is like when Jurong East 1st developed... buses not frequent and there was only 1 bus 98
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maybe sbs put one DD bus and remove 2 SD buses? or not enough SD bus? may the new cirato bus come in handy now. sbs should review this service as seletar area is fast turning into a air space hub for air plane service.
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SBS9600K on 163
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Expect more DDs to appear on 163 nowdays, it even got a new avant DD front desto.
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Originally posted by SBS8675B:
If I remember correctly service 113 used to have 8 buses but was reduced to 7 for whatever reasons.
in the past, svc 113 had SBS680M , SBS744M , SBS801G , SBS804Z , SBS855B , SBS863C SBS921T , SBS2657T and svc_238, is there a need for political power to preserve 113? -
Originally posted by SBS5010P:
in the past, svc 113 had SBS680M , SBS744M , SBS801G , SBS804Z , SBS855B , SBS863C SBS921T , SBS2657T and svc_238, is there a need for political power to preserve 113?
my 2 cent thought.There's no need to make it political. At the end of the day as there's ppl alrdy switching to 45 & 53 to take NEL, fleet rationalisation is unavoidable.
By making it political as like e past, it'll only make other ppl start quarrelling over bus sv capacity
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Anyone has more pics of DDs on 163?
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you can make it political if you want to, provided you have sufficient reasons to do so.Originally posted by SBS5010P:
in the past, svc 113 had SBS680M , SBS744M , SBS801G , SBS804Z , SBS855B , SBS863C SBS921T , SBS2657T and svc_238, is there a need for political power to preserve 113?
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Originally posted by SBS5010P:
if i am travelling to st 92 i’d rather take 72 or 101..
instead of looping for 45 mins..
for svc 113 is diff, i’d rather they deploy more buses to 113.
Alight at where? You need to walk to Hougang St 92. -
Originally posted by wsy1234:
sbs should extend the 163 back to CBD area like the old time and make it a semi-express service route since along the way there are many other route to the city. To help to reduce traffic on the North South MRT line and let people living in Seletar area and Fernvale Area has a direct bus to the city. Also move service 70 into Fernvale area.
I don't think 70 needed to be move into Fernvale.