Bus Observations (2015)
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* Fresh painted A22 heading back to WLBP @ 1418hr...
* SMB1525G shows "LAST BUS 187" @ 1425hr...
* SMB3022C rubbish bin broke into half...
* SMB3033X offside rear compartment panel slightly dislodged...
* SMB3525T shows "804" @ 1426hr...
* TIB1038T, TIB1243S repainted rims... -
Spotted Enviro with training bus desto at Tiong Bahru Plaza with a few BCs yesterday afternoon
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Originally posted by carbikebus:
Spotted Enviro with training bus desto at Tiong Bahru Plaza with a few BCs yesterday afternoon
851 soon
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TIB714G got air con like no air con..inside the bus so hot...
Both TIB714G and TIB715D ticket machine has no more ink...
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Svc 45 partial sequence: SBS3413Z > SBS3199S (Split shift?) > SBS1991J > SBS8812Y > SBS8430R > SBS2617J > SBS8813U > SBS8815P
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* Freshly painted new A22 on its way back to WLBP outside KJ stn @ 1438hr...
* SMB204P, SMB205L, SMB260B, SMB283K, SMB1460J, SMB1541J, SMB1588A, SMB3113Z, SMB5011X shiny rims...
* SMB331E has Batch 2 rearside vent...
* SMB352U right wing-mirror cover missing...
* SMB1314Z offside sideswiped...
* SMB3513C engine has whining sound...
* SMB5018C blue-tinted upperdeck windscreen & loud engine...
* TIB704K front panel has black tape to hold it...
* TIB1056R, TIB1155M repainted rims... -
* SBS3719S rear 161 lighting almost invisible...
* SMB333A, SMB337P, SMB3552P shiny rims...
* TIB1154R, TIB1228L repainted rims... -
* SBS6790P, SMB295B, SMB343X, SMB1326P, SMB1431T shiny rims...
* SMB245X left wing-mirror cover missing...
* SMB1312D rear MAN logo missing "A"...
* SMB1427G rearside panels dented...
* SMB1517E rearside bumper scratched...
* SMB3049B doorside sideswiped, floorboard slightly damaged... -
- SBS7320G (CGBP 291) with new black interior CCTVs, similar to those on the Batch 3 Wrights...
- TIB1143Y (WLDEP 912) tailights all spoilt, only the third brake light on the engine cover working...
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* SMB1446B, SMB1471C, SMB1599T shiny rims...
* SMB1561B offside panel dented...
* TIB1067J warm rear...
* TIB1088Z rearside bumper missing... -
Not sure to post this on this thread or Accident/Breakdown thread..coz i do not know what exactly happened...
SBS8346B on service 66 was spotted parking at the entrance into PIE before Shell Kiosk stop towards JE at around 4pm. BC was at the pavement talking to 2 passengers. After about 5 mins, BC boarded the bus with the 2 pax and started driving slowly towards Shell Kiosk stop, but no one flagged so the bus go past the stop and turned left onto Jalan Jurong Kechil with EDS still on. Bus only had that 2 pax.
Problem is:
1) No sign of other vehicle, and bus could carry on journey, so cannot be accident.
2) No ambulance, so cannot be pax fall down, and BC will not be able to resume service anyways.
3) Not downroute, since bus was kind of blocking the entrance into PIE..and cannot be BC allow pax to board the bus there??So what really happened??
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there is a new bus-stop u/c right after jurong east int traffic light junction, around the left bend & just before JEM (or rather just outside the jurong east int office)
hmm... for 98 & 990?
it will be good though for JEM & big box patrons
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* SBS6780T, SMB285E, SMB314E, SMB1415R, SMB1580X, SMB3522B, SMB3544M, SMB3545K shiny rims...
* SMB187E has weird whistling engine sound...
* SMB263T, SMB1312D left wing-mirror support cover missing...
* SMB329M rearside panel dented...
* SMB1474U finished Inspection at WLDEP, heading bavk to KJ @ 1455hr along Wlands Ave 3...
* SMB3560R, SMB5027B, SMB5032K blue-tinted upperdeck windscreen...
* SMB5031M rear EDS not working...
* TIB1024H rearside bumper missing...
* TIB1091M repainted rims... -
* SBS2995S using 193 side desto as front...
* SBS9663D still have rimcap...
* SMB57Y rear rego "7" slightly different...
* SMB1376U has an extra rear rego lighting...
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17 February 2015: Most of the sawtooth berths at Boon Lay Bus Interchange have extremely long queues (two or more rows beyond the metal structures) by the time the buses arrive. The queue on 243 was too long, so I went to take 179, which has 100% double decker buses at high frequency, with very little demand. When I was on the bus, I noticed the traffic congestion on the roads around Boon Lay Bus Interchange was more severe than usual. For the first time in my life, I actually saw vehicles piling up from Jurong West Central 3 to the MRT tracks and along Jurong West Street 63, and almost quite near to Jurong West Street 65.
While traffic congestion is common on roads around every bus interchange (eg. Jurong East and Clementi) across the island, I do not think it is common to see extremely long queues at sawtooth berths, even at this hour (6-7pm).
In my opinion, I feel that the LTA should create bus service(s) that provides alternative to heavily utilised bus services - at least during peak hours - for people staying in Jurong West Gek Poh and Pioneer to go home.
The LTA may want to create a bus stop along Boon Lay Way, next to Boon Lay MRT Station, and have bus services there bringing people to N7. N8 and N9, and to the MRT. The direction of travel is actually against the traffic congestions during peak hours, so the ride should be quite smooth.
Alternatively, the LTA may want to remove a sizeable number of bus services at Boon Lay Bus Interchange and transfer them to other bus interchanges, such as Joo Koon Bus Interchange. It may want to build a larger Jurong East Bus Interchange and transfer even more bus services there.
After all, the regional centre is Jurong East, not Boon Lay. I do not understand why Boon Lay Bus Interchange is the regional bus interchange when the infrastructure is more compatible at Jurong East (eg. Jurong East has two MRT lines, whereas Boon Lay only has one).
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Originally posted by JurongWestresident:
17 February 2015: Most of the sawtooth berths at Boon Lay Bus Interchange have extremely long queues (two or more rows beyond the metal structures) by the time the buses arrive. The queue on 243 was too long, so I went to take 179, which has 100% double decker buses at high frequency, with very little demand. When I was on the bus, I noticed the traffic congestion on the roads around Boon Lay Bus Interchange was more severe than usual. For the first time in my life, I actually saw vehicles piling up from Jurong West Central 3 to the MRT tracks and along Jurong West Street 63, and almost quite near to Jurong West Street 65.
While traffic congestion is common on roads around every bus interchange (eg. Jurong East and Clementi) across the island, I do not think it is common to see extremely long queues at sawtooth berths, even at this hour (6-7pm).
In my opinion, I feel that the LTA should create bus service(s) that provides alternative to heavily utilised bus services - at least during peak hours - for people staying in Jurong West Gek Poh and Pioneer to go home.
The LTA may want to create a bus stop along Boon Lay Way, next to Boon Lay MRT Station, and have bus services there bringing people to N7. N8 and N9, and to the MRT. The direction of travel is actually against the traffic congestions during peak hours, so the ride should be quite smooth.
Alternatively, the LTA may want to remove a sizeable number of bus services at Boon Lay Bus Interchange and transfer them to other bus interchanges, such as Joo Koon Bus Interchange. It may want to build a larger Jurong East Bus Interchange and transfer even more bus services there.
After all, the regional centre is Jurong East, not Boon Lay. I do not understand why Boon Lay Bus Interchange is the regional bus interchange when the infrastructure is more compatible at Jurong East (eg. Jurong East has two MRT lines, whereas Boon Lay only has one).
No wonder! Today at 6.40pm i saw two buses OS on 187 route. first was 249 and second was 1552C...
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SMB224G Giveway/Bus Lane stix out. Glue stains can be seen under light. Case of theft?
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Sv.168 weekdays sequence I've observed
A/P shift (BNDEP 10 buses) (AMDEP 4 buses)
3107H>7656M>7672R>7570B>7666J>3394U>7610U (last car to woodlands 11:30PM)>7617B>3008K>7589Z>7603R (first car at 5.30am from WRI to bedok)>7606H>7561C>7597A (last car 11:30pm to bedok)
S shift (AMDEP)
7663S
7667G (end PM at WRI Ard 8PM than OS)
3266G (AM 4 trip start ard 5:45am end trip ard 11am,PM 2 trip start 4:35pm end 7:10pm than OS)
3656P (AM 3 trip start ard 6am end trip ard 10am, PM 2 trip start 4:40pm end 7:20pm)
3821D (AM 3 trip,PM 3 trip start at Bedok end at WRI Ard 8PM than OS)
S shift (BNDEP)
3336M (last trip from WRI to Bedok 7+PM)
3690P (AM 3 trip end ard 10+AM at bedok,PM 3 trip end ard 8PM)
7573T (last trip from WRI TO Bedok ard 6.40PM)
9522C
9647B (last trip from WRI 7+PM)
E shift
3639P
9526S
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Weekends for sv.168 I've observed but no fixed slot but at least will come out
bndep
3008K
3107H
3639P
3690P
7561C
7570B
7573T
7656M
7617B
7589Z
amdep
7610U
7603R
7663S
7667G
3266G
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SMB237U (WLDEP 187) - Has a fish hanging above the dashboard. 年年有余!
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Originally posted by SBS5111G:
Sv.168 weekdays sequence I've observed
A/P shift (BNDEP 10 buses) (AMDEP 4 buses)
3107H>7656M>7672R>7570B>7666J>3394U>7610U (last car to woodlands 11:30PM)>7617B>3008K>7589Z>7603R (first car at 5.30am from WRI to bedok)>7606H>7561C>7597A (last car 11:30pm to bedok)
S shift (AMDEP)
7663S
7667G (end PM at WRI Ard 8PM than OS)
3266G (AM 4 trip start ard 5:45am end trip ard 11am,PM 2 trip start 4:35pm end 7:10pm than OS)
3656P (AM 3 trip start ard 6am end trip ard 10am, PM 2 trip start 4:40pm end 7:20pm)
3821D (AM 3 trip,PM 3 trip start at Bedok end at WRI Ard 8PM than OS)
S shift (BNDEP)
3336M (last trip from WRI to Bedok 7+PM)
3690P (AM 3 trip end ard 10+AM at bedok,PM 3 trip end ard 8PM)
7573T (last trip from WRI TO Bedok ard 6.40PM)
9522C
9647B (last trip from WRI 7+PM)
E shift
3639P
9526S
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7340Z (BNDEP 2) after removed ad not restickered again
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Originally posted by azharjj:
there is a new bus-stop u/c right after jurong east int traffic light junction, around the left bend & just before JEM (or rather just outside the jurong east int office)
hmm... for 98 & 990?
it will be good though for JEM & big box patrons
Maybe a hint for a new service? Good move for this new bus stop. Only thing is that Jurong East Int is getting crowded...
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Suspect the 65xx Citaros (except SBS6500K) are Batch 3 Citaros.
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Originally posted by SBS3004X:
Suspect the 65xx Citaros (except SBS6500K) are Batch 3 Citaros.
Why? Any special features over the SBS6342A - SBS6500K batch?