Based on route distances,Roads & Overall loads
SBS Transit
240,Especially for Peak Hours,Maybe 1 perm S will do
334,Need at least 2 perm DDs,Bursting loads from JE to JW.Wonder why they dont reintroduced DD back after that LO cameos.
285 definately need DDs during peaks rather than crossover
268?269?AMK In charge care to explain?
TPY ones route are too short to have DDs,Ditto for Bishan.

SMRT Buses
911 need another bendy
811 1 rigid should go to 812 in xchange for bendy
920??Peak hours??
941 & 945 need a bendy

911 heavily needs one more bendy even though each shift there is 1 or 2 supporting TIB1188T. I find rainy days unbearable for 911

Originally posted by TIB1049L:

911 heavily needs one more bendy even though each shift there is 1 or 2 supporting TIB1188T. I find rainy days unbearable for 911

Agreed,One rigid should go to either 903/912 or 913

307 need 2/3 trips bendy in the morning

Originally posted by carbikebus:

Agreed,One rigid should go to either 903/912 or 913

I think should trade 1 rigid for 1 bendy for 901.

Originally posted by carbikebus:

920??Peak hours??

Erm. Am peak im not so sure , but for PM peak , just increase its freq will do. Thats my opinion .

Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

Erm. Am peak im not so sure , but for PM peak , just increase its freq will do. Thats my opinion .

Agreed. Might as well put the Bendy on 911.

The problem with 911 is that demand is much higher for the Street 82 sector with the Street 13 having a relatively lower demand such that buses may run empty from the checkpoint during off-peak hours. The best way to solve this would be to have additional split shift 911Es doing additional trips for the Street 82 sector during peak hours.

Originally posted by TIB1171R:

Agreed. Might as well put the Bendy on 911.

Agreed. But 920 seriously need to increase its freq. Waiting time is absurd . Together with the load , sure will be packed.

Another thing is , 922 route is quite short , but why the BC have a 10mins break? Erm maybe carbikebus can answer this , is it stressful to drive short routes as well?

hehe. if rigid come to 912, i’d love it!

Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

Agreed. But 920 seriously need to increase its freq. Waiting time is absurd . Together with the load , sure will be packed.

Another thing is , 922 route is quite short , but why the BC have a 10mins break? Erm maybe carbikebus can answer this , is it stressful to drive short routes as well?

SL of Service 922 can be considered 1 of the most relax yet sianz route to drive.. SL simply take his time to drive slowly along Fajar Rd and Segar Rd.. Prehaps stressful because of early arrival penalty?

As for Service 920, add 1 more buses will do instead of bendy... That's if the weather is alright... Should it rains and the timing falls during the schools' dismissal period (especially West View Pri Sch), good luck to that sway driver... If really that sway enough, it might cause bunch up with another Service 920 bus which is very rare (in the case of bunching up of buses..)

Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

Erm. Am peak im not so sure , but for PM peak , just increase its freq will do. Thats my opinion .

A few years back (in 2005), for AM peak, the bus can be "full house" from Jelapang Rd all the way to opp West Spring Sec Sch bus stop... Now it should be the same? (or worst?)

Townlink 291 should need Double Deckers.

If Sv 325 was not amended to ply Hougang Ave 2, can place a S-shift DD on it

Originally posted by bus555:

Townlink 291 should need Double Deckers.

291 used to have VO2x and VO3x. I guess, the problem with 291 is that many passengers are not willing to move to the upper deck as the route is short enough to deter them from going up. Thus, it would probably be better if they put full SDs with super good Freq rather than mixture of DDs and SDs with longer freq. I guess, from a commuter point of view, full SDs with good freq will always be a better choice.

Originally posted by carbikebus:

941 need a bendy

YES.. 941 does need a few bendies to cope the load in the morning.

Originally posted by sBs_boy:

291 used to have VO2x and VO3x. I guess, the problem with 291 is that many passengers are not willing to move to the upper deck as the route is short enough to deter them from going up. Thus, it would probably be better if they put full SDs with super good Freq rather than mixture of DDs and SDs with longer freq. I guess, from a commuter point of view, full SDs with good freq will always be a better choice.

Then I just hope Townlink 291 at least have perm Scania N113CRB perm. Always I see the Townlink 291 Mark III fleets escept SBS591L of course.

Originally posted by bus555:

Then I just hope Townlink 291 [b]at least have perm Scania N113CRB perm. Always I see the Townlink 291 Mark III fleets escept SBS591L of course.[/b]

SBS3695B Is a Scania N113 CRB and its perm 291

I think SMRT is already contented by putting TIB525K on 911. TIB525K is the sole S-Shift bus that operates only the route to Street 81/82/83.

And there were a lot of cases this year when 912 got rigid. TIB754R, TIB825U are just 2 out of the many of them

Originally posted by gorby107:

If Sv 325 was not amended to ply Hougang Ave 2, can place a S-shift DD on it

Must say thanks to 101 and 72 which help to cover the load for 325.

Originally posted by carbikebus:

Based on route distances,Roads & Overall loads
SBS Transit
240,Especially for Peak Hours,Maybe 1 perm S will do
334,Need at least 2 perm DDs,Bursting loads from JE to JW.Wonder why they dont reintroduced DD back after that LO cameos.
285 definately need DDs during peaks rather than crossover
268?269?AMK In charge care to explain?
TPY ones route are too short to have DDs,Ditto for Bishan.

SMRT Buses
911 need another bendy
811 1 rigid should go to 812 in xchange for bendy
920??Peak hours??
941 & 945 need a bendy

941 cant have a bendy unless its boarding berth is shifted to where it used to be when it was under SBST , 945 from what i heard from the driver whom i knew , he says that 945 cant use bendy as it serves the small road at hillgrove secondary & Blk 324 Bt Batok St 32 that stretch of route , the road is small and with a bendy is going to be inconvienient , maybe its because of the L-plates as they like to stop at roadsides around that area

I think that bendies deployed on feeder/intratowns services are more suitable than dds because that commuters are lazy to climb up and down the stairs.

Originally posted by tanjun:

I think that bendies deployed on feeder/intratowns services are more suitable than dds because that commuters are lazy to climb up and down the stairs.

I would prefer 10.3 , 10.6 or 11m ADD to be deployed on feeder svc, in SBST perspectives . Cuz if SBST were to buy bendies , they have to upgrade their facilities.

Originally posted by carbikebus:

Based on route distances,Roads & Overall loads
SBS Transit
TPY ones route are too short to have DDs,Ditto for Bishan.

410 peak period the bus can be really packed,but like u said the route too short,but the service can do with 1 or 2 crossover for AM & PM peak.

Originally posted by SBS1985C:

SBS3695B Is a Scania N113 CRB and its perm 291

Yeah I know but very hard to catch it

Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

I would prefer 10.3 , 10.6 or 11m ADD to be deployed on feeder svc, in SBST perspectives . Cuz if SBST were to buy bendies , they have to upgrade their facilities.

Why should they buy short DDs and deploy them on Feeders when results has shown that people will not go up to the upper deck due to the distance of the route that people are travelling ?