SMRT bridging services during breakdown
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Private buses with pink livery used for SMRT shuttle for 17.12.11
Spotted at Raffles Place staging area
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Private buses was also used on Thurs
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Buses used for Dec 17 MRT shuttle
Lance 945G
Citaro
Bendy 0405
Hispano 1135X
MAN
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Originally posted by Acx1688:
Buses used for Dec 17 MRT shuttle
Lance 945G
Citaro
Bendy 0405
Hispano 1135X
MAN
0405 CAC/OACOnly one lance? Your 945G makes me confusing...i thought you are saying Lance 245G.
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heard that some DBS-liveried buses were used as well. i wonder if the sold off Soon Chows could have done the shuttle. haha.
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Originally posted by Gus.chong:
Only one lance? Your 945G makes me confusing...i thought you are saying Lance 245G.
haha when i left office at raffles place around 2pm[fullerton hotel bus stop], the last bendy departed after the pink private bus left...
Then i saw SMRT personnel waving off the rest of the shuttles and all left w/o picking passengers except for Marina Bay connection AFAIK...
it was then i saw all the SMRT bus varieties on the road in less than 10mins
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i saw this "SMRT shuttle bus broke down while travelling from Bishan MRT station to Toa Payoh MRT station!!!"
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Originally posted by Simply.90:
heard that some DBS-liveried buses were used as well. i wonder if the sold off Soon Chows could have done the shuttle. haha.
A&S Transport? They have quite a number of private buses that have dual exits (ie. both front & back doors), such as the Mk4 Soon Chows, some of the older UD SC Classic-bodied buses and some other China buses. Good for dropping off people and ferrying them tomorrow.
Speaking of which, such a disgrace for SMRT. Still need other private bus operators to lend a helping hand. See, now you know what happens when you act smart anyhow lay-up your buses before their lifespan is up (Volgren Hinos & Lances anyone?), and the new buses bought are not for fleet expansion, but fleet replacement. Bound to fail.
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Originally posted by SBS 9631X:
A&S Transport? They have quite a number of private buses that have dual exits (ie. both front & back doors), such as the Mk4 Soon Chows, some of the older UD SC Classic-bodied buses and some other China buses. Good for dropping off people and ferrying them tomorrow.
Speaking of which, such a disgrace for SMRT. Still need other private bus operators to lend a helping hand. See, now you know what happens when you act smart anyhow lay-up your buses before their lifespan is up (Volgren Hinos & Lances anyone?), and the new buses bought are not for fleet expansion, but fleet replacement. Bound to fail.
To some random unknown VO3x,
A few corrections to point to you since u repeated yourself everywhere with no accuracy.
1. Smrt operates mainly in the North and North-West, not West.
2. Which hino and lance have been laid up before their lifespan and not due to accident or it getting burnt down?
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reload again for ppl who missed it..
SMRT Shuttle bus pickup points
EWL
http://www.smrt.com.sg/Upload/201112171944672603.pdf
NSL
http://www.smrt.com.sg/Upload/201112171953483351.pdf
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At Chinese gardens now, shuttles are operated with a fleet of KUB with frequency of about 5mins. Even at Chinese gardens, no one can board any shuttle. Well done!
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SMRT driver seems lost at Jurong East Interchange. Some ended up queing for East bound. I think SMRT doing NSL while SBST doing EWL. Lack of signs and commuters seems lost here at JE
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Originally posted by sinicker:
friend's father works at SMRT. mobilised to report back to work when breakdown happened. today work, came home and went back to work. left home 30mins ago!
Same, my dad works for the SMRT's electrical department. Did 3 consecutive nights of OT (includiing last night), just came back after finishing his section to check along the East West Line.
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Originally posted by Bus Stopping:
To some random unknown VO3x,
A few corrections to point to you since u repeated yourself everywhere with no accuracy.
1. Smrt operates mainly in the North and North-West, not West.
2. Which hino and lance have been laid up before their lifespan and not due to accident or it getting burnt down?
I'm not good with geography, so i apologise for my sense of direction since I don't travel to SMRT territory often. Since you are so exact at where they operate, fine then.
And anyway, they did have the intention to laid up the buses right? I might be wrong, but I came across from more than one source that said so. So if you could prove that they did not have the intention, then well then.
And you seemed to be standing up for SMRT? I'm not saying you're wrong in standing up for them or trying to say both sides of the story, but yeah to each his own. Peace.
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Just giving some corrections and both sides of the story... Would be totally ashamed if I was standing for smrt. Anyway, the shuttles are quite badly managed today. Very bad hold up at most of the stations.
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Only SBST Scanias deployed for East line starts
PSR end Raffles Place stn
Scania bus taken from BN, BRBP/AM
8728,5007,8417...
buses super packed when reach bridging bus stop Eunos, City bound...
most commuters take other buses to CTH, BNL, BGS, ORC
quite a long wait for sv2,7,67
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SBST BCs have routes maps on their dash for reference...
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wa, finally over liao...
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Joo Koon ends at RFP also
Bishan - Jurong East (Sv 99 bus stop) & Bishan - Raffles Place by SMRT.
The NSL replacement buses can go holland and holding up of buses situation... Most epic was at places like CCK, Marsiling, Sembawang (Long queue)...
Ground staff holding up buses.. Ends up sometimes got 4 to 5 SMRT bus appearing, sometimes not a single in sight..
The EWL replacement buses I think has to ply too many places.. Ought to have some fast forward varient i.e. Boon Lay - Clementi - Buona Vista - Tiong Bahru - CBD stations.
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heng I managed to snap a few shuttles at PSR before the rain came..
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Jurong East: Citybound use Sv 98M's berth, Joo Koon bound uses CW3's berth
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Originally posted by sbst275:
Joo Koon ends at RFP also
The EWL replacement buses I think has to ply too many places.. Ought to have some fast forward varient i.e. Boon Lay - Clementi - Buona Vista - Tiong Bahru - CBD stations.
Another variant will be 13-station sequence JUR-BBT-CCK-WDL-SBW-YIS-AMK-BSH-TAP-ORC-DBG-CTH-RFP, where people can easily transfer to feeder/trunk services for last-mile trips.
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Jurong East - Kranji took 1 hr..
Take 160 within 35 mins can reach le
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Who did the Airport route?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
The EWL replacement buses I think has to ply too many places.. Ought to have some fast forward varient i.e. Boon Lay - Clementi - Buona Vista - Tiong Bahru - CBD stations.
It may create a lot of confusion and may situation may get worse. With the media coverage already so wide, some people can still not know that MRT did not opearate in the morning. For EWL stretch, some people already complain on why the service terminates at Raffles Place.