SMRT did considered giving up buses: ST Money 13/07/12

• carbikebus

  14 Jul 12, 16:02

  WT/Tong Tar/Bedok Tpt combine become Singapore City Bus Ltd and their parent will be Temasek Holdings.Or Singapore City Transport EW/NS/CCL/BPLRT is their multi modal business while SBST with NEL/DTL/SK/PGLRT.

• nfshp253

  14 Jul 12, 17:09

  Or let Veolia Transport take over.
• sexy girls

  14 Jul 12, 20:49

  Saw a SMRT Citaro stopping by the side road with no passengers at Jalan Besar in the afternoon. Think there is something wrong with the rear tyre as i saw the rubber skin was detached from the tyre. The tyre brand is dunno what Double Coin brand. How come SMRT Citaros using this unknown tyre brand? 

• SBS3688Y

  14 Jul 12, 23:43

  I think only ONE public bus operator is enough. We need to keep fares low while their expenditures are heading upwards. They need a greater economy of scale to continue operating. Not to worry about lack of competition; as long as there is a transparent regulatory body to look after the interests of everyone. I think our public bus services are improving! Please continue to do a better job!
• SBS 1000U

  16 Jul 12, 22:13

  Actually I think SMRT should just give up their buses. They hardly got it right for the past 9 years. Unless they can switch to DDs, which at least will help to improve overall operations by a mile...

  Would be better that SBST take over all their bus routes and LRT and SMRT to control all the heavy rail system.

  There is hardly any competition anyway. Let LTA, PTO and the public do the regulations on how the basic standards that both SBST (bus and LRT) and SMRT (heavy rail) should achieve and always improve.

• SBS8676Z

  16 Jul 12, 23:29

  I think LTA should go back to the 2004 and before era, whereby SMRT focus on trains only. Either Trans Island comes back with their sunny yellow livery once again, or let SBST take over all the bus routes.

  SMRT taking over bus routes in 2004 is really a huge mistake. Still remember all those screw ups in the last decade especially with their mass deployment of Nissan UDs.

• SBS8676Z

  16 Jul 12, 23:32

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  SBST KUBs depends on the depot. SLBP and BNDEP are the worst. AMDEP and BRBP's KUBs are good...

  I believe this is the reason HGDEP take in many new buses and transfer all the old buses to SLBP, especially with the recent B1 VO3x depot transfers.