CW6: Gelang Patah/Bukit Indah – Boon Lay Int
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Originally posted by jayh272416:
cross-border can be made more efficient if they allowed oprators from both countries to operate it and call at more stops on either side of the boreder.
Local authorities are reluctant to do so, seemingly a move to avoid competition from a foreign operator.
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Originally posted by Superbus:
Local authorities are reluctant to do so, seemingly a move to avoid competition from a foreign operator.
but then again on the other hand they receive the right to compete in the foreign country. in the end the competition shouldnt affect operators too much. besides this practice already exists in places like Hong Kong with dual-operator routes.
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Originally posted by jayh272416:
but then again on the other hand they receive the right to compete in the foreign country. in the end the competition shouldnt affect operators too much. besides this practice already exists in places like Hong Kong with dual-operator routes.
Not when the regulators prevent such things. We have to bear in mind, in this side of the world, protecting your domestic interests on some sectors shall prevail.
SBS Transit and SMRT are considered superior compared to their JB counterparts. Allowing them to call at bus stops along the routes in JB may hurt the local operators. Unless, of course, both operators charges exorbitant fares.
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It's not about competing either, when people are having preferential treatment in their own country i.e. subsidised diesel.
Even HI in the papers are placed in a manner that SG buses are more profitable that's why the push for more buses into Singapore. Of course, when S$1 = RM2.47.
HK does not have dual operator mode. KMB does Kowloon, NWFB/ Citybus does HK island except the newer TKO routes. Even the joint operated XHT rts, KMB & NWFB/ Citybus has their allocated slots to operate.
So at times 118 is Citybus, next hr might be KMB fleet.
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Furthermore, CW3 has money changing service. Not too sure abt CW5.
Seriously you can allow this if they're alllowed to make multiple stops?
It's clear more of protecting the domestic operators, it goes into ops protecting commuter's turnaround time at bus stop.
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Ppl got abt 170 & SJE all wrong. Thinking it's competition.
170 & SJE was allowed into JB because most of the leg is covered in Singapore not JB. Imagine your 170 is runned by JB bus co when 95% of the leg back in 1970s was in Singapore.
Same goes to why Express coach buses are usually from M'sia as the leg is mostly clocked in M'sia.
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factory & CW6 fighting for space
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CW6 on Sin Min today.. ppl waiting for bus at 3 pm at bus stop.... bus never came at all, as it is operating during peak hours now..... reasons given by HI is that their drivers are still undergoing training and waiting to get the license... but it was also mention 30 buses were deploy for CW3/4 at Jurong East....
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CW4 uses 2.
That leaves 28 for CW3, CW3S, CW4S. Say avg 6 mins freq during the peak hrs, 168 mins total run time.
Reasonable