VO3X departure time info wanted!

• Chrismartin13601

  12 Jan 14, 07:03

  Does anyone log the departure times of individual vehicles from the bus interchanges? I'm looking for seven of the VO3X when I next come over from England (and I would visit on two weekdays during a stop-over en route to or from HK just to ride on these) and I was hopeful that someone might record this sort of information as it would really help me find them. As each bus does the same duty every day someone might have photographed them leaving or travelled on them and be able to let me know what time it left the interchange where it started from. The buses I'm looking for are... 9460Y on the 30 9469Z on the 196 9482J on the 13- I know this does a 548 Premium in the morning from AMK 9487X on the 125 9524Y on the 31 9550X on the 107 9579P on the 28- this may now be a BNDEP spare again Many thanks!
• Acx1688

  12 Jan 14, 11:29

  Chris,
  
  SBS9469Z runs daily for 196, was seen around 0700hrs(approx) at Mounbatten Rd to Bedok
  SBS9482J does 548 2nd run daily(weekdays). After which it will return to Yio Chu Kang Terminal for trip to Upp East Coast Terminal...
  SBS9550X runs a morning trip from Hougang Central to Shenton Way, upon reaching Shenton Way Terminal (0810hrs), it will "OFF SERVICE" (NOT IN Service in UK)
  SBS9579P runs 81 occasionally, sometimes on PREMIUM 553
  SBS9524Y arrives at Marine Parade (twds Toa Payoh) around 0715hrs...
  
  Will update the more correct timings when i see them next week...

• TIB1096A

  12 Jan 14, 11:37

  9487 very easy,wait for 125 can le,use sbst timetable non wab slot to check.

• SBS1897Z

  12 Jan 14, 12:40

  Originally posted by Acx1688:

  Chris,
  
  SBS9469Z runs daily for 196, was seen around 0700hrs(approx) at Mounbatten Rd to Bedok
  SBS9482J does 548 2nd run daily(weekdays). After which it will return to Yio Chu Kang Terminal for trip to Upp East Coast Terminal...
  SBS9550X runs a morning trip from Hougang Central to Shenton Way, upon reaching Shenton Way Terminal (0810hrs), it will "OFF SERVICE" (NOT IN Service in UK)
  SBS9579P runs 81 occasionally, sometimes on PREMIUM 553
  SBS9524Y arrives at Marine Parade (twds Toa Payoh) around 0715hrs...
  
  Will update the more correct timings when i see them next week...

  not very easy to get 9579P on 553. 
  
  for the past years, 553 deployment is always 9801Y or 9453T when the former is on a different shift, with the exceptions of once-a-year cameos. 
  
  9579P has never been a 28 permernant bus at least for the past decade, or from records, since the start of its operations. currently a spare bus. 

• SBS8676Z

  12 Jan 14, 14:55

  To catch a VO3x on a WAB service is easy. Suggest u go and download the SBST iris app and play with the bus arrival timings. Just look for a non WAB arrival can already.

• Acx1688

  12 Jan 14, 20:01

  Originally posted by SBS1897Z:

  not very easy to get 9579P on 553. 
  
  for the past years, 553 deployment is always 9801Y or 9453T when the former is on a different shift, with the exceptions of once-a-year cameos. 
  
  9579P has never been a 28 permernant bus at least for the past decade, or from records, since the start of its operations. currently a spare bus. 

  There was an occasion where 9579P was running on 553 for 2 times a week(post in Premium thread)
  
  Anyway taking 9579P will be really a test...

• Chrismartin13601

  13 Jan 14, 08:38

  Thanks for replies so far. I have found the non WAB timings on the WAB routes very useful for finding buses I need before, found both buses I needed on service 56 and the one I needed on the 86 with ease like this when I came in March 2013. Hopefully this might work for the one on the 125 if this is now the only non WAB on that service. Any more timings for later in the day to add to those noted by Acx1688 would be really useful, I would plan to be on the 548 Premium to get SBS9482J if I wasn't able to locate it on the 13 so would be "busy" until about 0900 doing that. SBS9550X doing that one way 107 then coming off service explains why it failed to come back when I was waiting for that route before in the morning- very poor utilisation of a bus, no wonder I still want it!!
• Acx1688

  13 Jan 14, 19:16

  Originally posted by Chrismartin13601:

  Thanks for replies so far. I have found the non WAB timings on the WAB routes very useful for finding buses I need before, found both buses I needed on service 56 and the one I needed on the 86 with ease like this when I came in March 2013. Hopefully this might work for the one on the 125 if this is now the only non WAB on that service.

  Any more timings for later in the day to add to those noted by Acx1688 would be really useful, I would plan to be on the 548 Premium to get SBS9482J if I wasn’t able to locate it on the 13 so would be “busy” until about 0900 doing that.

  SBS9550X doing that one way 107 then coming off service explains why it failed to come back when I was waiting for that route before in the morning- very poor utilisation of a bus, no wonder I still want it!!

  Chris,
  
  As of Mon 13 Jan, spotted SBS9550X doing a trip from Hougang Interchange(twds Shenton Way), departure time is around 0915hrs
  
  Actually SBS9482J runs a trip from Upp East Coast Ter twds Yio Chu Kang in the morning, it reaches Marine Parade(near Still Rd South) around 0625hrs... (approx) will update again

• Acx1688

  15 Jan 14, 10:58

  Jan 15
  
  SBS9469Z spotted 0926 Amber Rd (twds Clementi)
  
  Should reach Collyer Quay around 0950hrs...

• SBS5111G

  15 Jan 14, 17:05

  A/P shift v03X to confirm 80% for mon n fri

  Sv.2 9430J

  Sv.5 9442A

  Sv.6 9312S

  Sv.9 9338T,other batch 2 Olympian perm (muz someone Cfm again)

  Sv.10 9320T,9667T

  Sv.12 9317D,9354X,9437R

  Sv.13 (muz get someone Cfm again)

  Sv.14 (9552R)

  Sv.23 (Mostly running bigger chance)

  Sv.25 (9383L n 1 more)

  Sv.28 (9518R,9625P,9622Y n other BNDEP one)

  Sv.30 (9379A,9416B)

  Sv.31 (quite big chance from CGP)

   

• Acx1688

  16 Jan 14, 17:38

  Originally posted by SBS5111G:

  A/P shift v03X to confirm 80% for mon n fri

  Sv.2 9430J

  Sv.5 9442A

  Sv.6 9312S

  Sv.9 9338T,other batch 2 Olympian perm (muz someone Cfm again)

  Sv.10 9320T,9667T

  Sv.12 9317D,9354X,9437R

  Sv.13 (muz get someone Cfm again)

  Sv.14 (9552R)

  Sv.23 (Mostly running bigger chance)

  Sv.25 (9383L n 1 more)

  Sv.28 (9518R,9625P,9622Y n other BNDEP one)

  Sv.30 (9379A,9416B)

  Sv.31 (quite big chance from CGP)

   

  HAr?! not related to wat TS wants...

• Chrismartin13601

  16 Jan 14, 21:49

  Yes, only specific reports like those posted by Acx1688 on these VO3X please- I've travelled on all the others so I'm going to be just looking for these; 9460Y on the 30 9469Z on the 196 9482J does 2nd run on 548, timing notes required for its duty on the 13 9487X on the 125 9524Y on the 31 9550X on the 107 Especially reports from later in the day or on the PM shift much appreciated! Even just one report can help, for example because AcX1688 reported 9469Z I can work out it must have been on the 0904 Bedok to Clementi on the 196 which should work the 1128 Clementi to Bedok - there is a non WAB line which is due at Amber Road at 0928 which fits perfectly with the report of it at 0926!
• service_238

  16 Jan 14, 23:38

  Originally posted by Chrismartin13601:

  Yes, only specific reports like those posted by Acx1688 on these VO3X please- I’ve travelled on all the others so I’m going to be just looking for these;

  9460Y on the 30 9469Z on the 196 9482J does 2nd run on 548, timing notes required for its duty on the 13 9487X on the 125 9524Y on the 31 9550X on the 107

  Especially reports from later in the day or on the PM shift much appreciated! Even just one report can help, for example because AcX1688 reported 9469Z I can work out it must have been on the 0904 Bedok to Clementi on the 196 which should work the 1128 Clementi to Bedok – there is a non WAB line which is due at Amber Road at 0928 which fits perfectly with the report of it at 0926!

  9460 on the 30 starts its Bedok run on 0732hr and 1606hr, from Boon Lay at 0948hr and 1814hrs - Split Shift

  9482 on the 548 does 13 at 1107hr, 1501hr from Yio Chu Kang, 1253hr 1644hr from Upp East Coast - also Split Shift

  Can't help you with the rest for now. Good luck!

• Acx1688

  17 Jan 14, 15:19

  SBS9550X on 107 departing Hougang Int (0915hrs approximately) is confirmed

• SBS5111G

  17 Jan 14, 15:56

  More A/P shift (mon-fri) 80-100% Cfm status

  Sv.43 (9419T,9532Z)

  Sv.45 (to confirm)

  Sv.51 (9382P,9478Y,9596P)

  Sv.52 (to confirm)

  Sv.54 (9486Z S-Shift)

  Sv.55 (9378C,9449G)

  Sv.56 (All S Shift)

  Sv.58 (All S Shift)

  Sv.60 (not sure)

  Sv.62 (not sure)

  Sv.64 (9501M)

  Sv.65 (a lot from ARBP n CGP)

  Sv.70 (to comfirm)

  Sv.72 (to comfirm)

  Sv.74 (plenty from HGDEP n BBDEP)

• SBS5111G

  17 Jan 14, 16:01

  Sv.78 (to comfirm)

  Sv.79 (not sure)

  Sv.81 (some muz Cfm but 9573E A/P shift)

  Sv.86 (9577U,9644J)

  Sv.87 (9626L)

  Sv.89 (plenty of them)

  Sv.97 (9465J)

  Sv.98 (not sure)

  Sv.107 (9324H,9390R,9436T,9600K,9658U some muz Cfm)

  Sv.133 (9520H)

  Sv.139 (S Shift)

  Sv.147 (9427U,9472M,9547G,9539E)

  Sv.153 (9280A,9428S,9480P,9505C,9660L)

• Acx1688

  21 Jan 14, 14:38

  Chris,
  
  Confirmed sightings SBS9460Y 1123hrs(Sunday) Old Airport Rd twds Boon Lay
  
  SBS9524Y(0753hrs) Marine Parade Rd(Opp Tao Nan School) twds Tampines

• Chrismartin13601

  21 Jan 14, 22:49

  9524Y also a Sunday report?! I'm carefully logging the weekday reports, keep them coming! A huge thanks to service_238- that's exactly the kind of info I'm after and should help me pick those two up provided they stay on that duty and don't get deregistered.
• Acx1688

  22 Jan 14, 11:02

  SBS9524Y is a weekday sighting...

• Gus.chong

  23 Jan 14, 15:56

  SBS9579P is on 14 today...spotted at Concorde Hotel S'pore bus stop at around some ten to twenty minutes past 8am.

• Chrismartin13601

  24 Jan 14, 20:20

  It must have been on a different duty to when you previously saw it- unless it got Marine Parade to Toa Payoh and back in 30 mins!!!

  Originally posted by Acx1688:

  SBS9524Y is a weekday sighting...

  
  
• Acx1688

  27 Jan 14, 11:42

  SBS9524Y have swopped duties...
  
  Goes the same for SBS9469Z(it used to be at Mountbatten Rd, before turning to Amber Rd at 0700hrs, now it is on a later shift due to the redeployment of WEG IIs on rt.196)
  
  0753hrs along Marine Parade Rd(Tao Nan School) is the more accurate one, been seeing the bus at this timing for 2 weeks consecutively...
  
  SBS9579P on rt.65 on Jan 25 1321hrs(somerset station twds Harbourfront)