Bus service time checkpoints

• carbikebus

  29 May 16, 08:12

  i start with service 2:Changi V - NBR.

  Checkpoint 1:Upp Changi Rd North(Women Prison)

  Upp Changi Rd East(Changi Ct)

  Upp Changi Rd(ITE)

  New Upp Changi Rd(Bedok MRT)

  Changi Rd(Joo Chiat Cplx)

  Kallang Rd(Lavender Stn)

  New Bridge Rd(Chinatown Pt)

  Return leg is the same,This checkpoint is where all the timings is critical..

   

   

   

   

• SBS6853S

  29 May 16, 08:29

  103:

  S'goon Int

  Bef St Helier Ave

  Opp Blk 953

  Greenwich V

  Seletar Camp G

  Bef W Camp Rd

  ST Airport Svcs

  Yishun SAFRA

  Yishun Temp Int

   

  and vice versa

• sgbuses

  29 May 16, 12:42

   

  Under BSRF, checkpoints in Transperth parlance act like "timed stops":

  

  "For example, I catch the bus every morning. It's supposed to pick me up at 7:01am but it always comes at 6:56-6:58am, because there's not much traffic at that time of the morning.

  We zoom down the road and providing nobody gets on the bus (or it only has to stop once or twice), the bus ends up becoming another 1 or 2 minutes earlier than it should be.

  Then when we get to a timed stop 5 minutes early, the bus stops and waits there to use up all that extra time, which means the bus should run on time for the next block of stops in between there and the next timed stop."

  This is practiced by TT Perth. Timed stops are published in printed timetables, so passengers know the buses will arrive at these fixed times:

  

  BCM/GCM operators intend to adopt the same practice:

  "The driver announces over the intercom: "Ladies and gentlemen, the bus will be held at this stop for two minutes to regulate the service."

  This London scenario may soon become commonplace for bus users in Singapore."

  Checkpoints were already in place since the mid-2000s under SBS Transit, but they were enforced in a more subtle manner:

  "When traffic conditions are especially clear, our Bus Captains are required to regulate speed if they notice that they are ahead of schedule. This ensures that the Bus Captains keep the arrival times at the bus stops as close to the planned schedule as possible to avoid any disruption like bus bunching."

• SMB42P

  29 May 16, 23:41

  302: (BSRF service)

  CCK INT (0.0km)
  Yew Tee MRT (2.6km)
  Opp Blk 666 (4.0km)
  Bet Blks 306/307 (7.0km)
  CCK INT (7.5km)

  307: (As reflected on timetable)

  CCK INT (0.0km)
  Yew Tee MRT (3.0km)
  Opp CCK MRT (6.4km)
  Opp CCK Polyclinic (9.6km)
  CCK INT (11.4km)
  

• carbikebus

  30 May 16, 07:12

  Originally posted by SMB42P:

  302: (BSRF service)

  CCK INT (0.0km)
  Yew Tee MRT (2.6km)
  Opp Blk 666 (4.0km)
  Bet Blks 306/307 (7.0km)
  CCK INT (7.5km)

  307: (As reflected on timetable)

  CCK INT (0.0km)
  Yew Tee MRT (3.0km)
  Opp CCK MRT (6.4km)
  Opp CCK Polyclinic (9.6km)
  CCK INT (11.4km)

  How about other CCK service then?

• SMB42P

  30 May 16, 22:17

  Originally posted by carbikebus:

  How about other CCK service then?

  Unsure..for 172 i have to double confirm... once i board the services and confirm i will update

• SMB42P

  8 Jun 16, 21:26

  190: (As reflected on timetable)

  CCK INT (0.0km)
  Blk 604 (2.8km)
  Zhenghua Pri (3.7km)
  Blk 270 (4.4km)
  Aft Tanglin CC (14.1km)
  Far East Plaza (16.4km)
  Dhoby Ghaut Stn (18.4km)
  NBR Ter (22.0km)

  NBR Ter (0.0km)
  YMCA (3.1km)
  Somerset Stn (4.2km)
  Thong Teck Building (5.9km)
  Raffles Town Club (8.1km)
  Blk 223 (17.4km)
  CCK INT (21.9km)

   

  172: (As reflected on timetable)

  CCK INT (0.0km)
  Opp ChengTai Nursery (4.2km)
  Bef LCK RD (8.6km)
  Opp Nanyang Ave (10.5km)
  BOON LAY INT (14.3km)

  BOON LAY INT (0.0km)
  Bef Nanyang Ave (3.9km)
  Aft LCK RD (6.0km)
  ChengTai Nursery (10.5km)
  CCK INT (14.7km)