SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by carbikebus @ Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:32 +0800

carbikebus — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:32 +0800

http://www.batfa.com/new_car_toyota_coaster_bus.htm

Think Bus Plus are interested in this while other possible option is the new Sprinter Low floor 20 seater Minibus

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by CS Pang @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:28:36 +0800

CS Pang — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:28:36 +0800

Originally posted by sbst275:

SMRT says mid 2008, to replace Nissan buses on Zaobao

日产 was mentioned

That means Nissan will be gone forever?

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by CS Pang @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:25:58 +0800

CS Pang — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:25:58 +0800

Originally posted by TIB1018B:

TIB1258A onwards I suppose.

Anyway TIB1248D-TIB1257C (1st batch of CSS buses to be transferred to SMRT) was registered somewhere in September 2004, just a few months after SMRT took over from Tibs.

Transferred around the time when 605 is gonw...='(

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by CS Pang @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:24:57 +0800

CS Pang — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:24:57 +0800

Originally posted by SBS7484P:

i be surprised if theyre gonna put volvos in the list.. why smrt dun like volvos?

Volvos are SBS favorities

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by CS Pang @ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:21:51 +0800

CS Pang — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:21:51 +0800

Originally posted by vivienlee:

SMRT should had continue wif CSS 608 route operations until the Nissan bus reached their 17 yrs lifespan

Agree agree

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by sv966 @ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:29:27 +0800

sv966 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:29:27 +0800

Minibuses usually have a shorter lifespan than full-sized ones, and some of the pioneer buses in Bus Plus have been around since at least 10 years ago. As it is, a number of them are quite cui liao =P

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by ^tamago^ @ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:49:49 +0800

^tamago^ — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:49:49 +0800

the 22-seaters should be to replace the Coaster’s.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by Scania N113CRB luver @ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:44:32 +0800

Scania N113CRB luver — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:44:32 +0800

Wah, tender for maintenance/repair of Turbochargers for buses, tender for air bellows and tender for level adjusting valves for buses. Nice.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by SBS9888Y @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:49:23 +0800

SBS9888Y — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:49:23 +0800

Originally posted by sBs_boy:

Upgrade the current fleet with a 22 seater bus?? I doubt that it will be on normal passenger service. More like private housing services.

With regards on upgrading buses, tenders for bus parts has always been appearing on the papers. This is more like stocking up for their maintainance department. Its not something rare to begin with.

probably for their premium services.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by sBs_boy @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:37:07 +0800

sBs_boy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:37:07 +0800

Originally posted by rx7Savanna:

Something interesting I had found on SMRT website..

http://www.smrt.com.sg/tenders/invitations.asp

notice tender number: 7, 8 and 15. looks like they are going to buy new buses and further upgrading their existing buses on a large scale...

less new buses, more old buses. >.<

Upgrade the current fleet with a 22 seater bus?? I doubt that it will be on normal passenger service. More like private housing services.

With regards on upgrading buses, tenders for bus parts has always been appearing on the papers. This is more like stocking up for their maintainance department. Its not something rare to begin with.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by rx7Savanna @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:14:19 +0800

rx7Savanna — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:14:19 +0800

Something interesting I had found on SMRT website..

http://www.smrt.com.sg/tenders/invitations.asp

notice tender number: 7, 8 and 15. looks like they are going to buy new buses and further upgrading their existing buses on a large scale...

less new buses, more old buses. >.<

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by service_238 @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:44:10 +0800

service_238 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:44:10 +0800

Originally posted by TIB1018B:

If only Scania K230UB in SMRT livery

photoshop it and let us see?

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by TIB1018B @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:45:05 +0800

TIB1018B — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:45:05 +0800

If only Scania K230UB in SMRT livery

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by SBS7484P @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:06:37 +0800

SBS7484P — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:06:37 +0800

Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

The whine and cry of a ZF gearbox will soon be over. ZF has introduced the ZF Ecolite. Busfans from UK mentioned that this gearbox doesnt even whine at all. So it might even sound like Allison. Really, theres really very little whine, almost no whine at all!

lol.. B9TL oso no whine derh.. hahah.. imagine a B9 that got KUB catcall.. lols

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by AntiDennisLance @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:45:37 +0800

AntiDennisLance — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:45:37 +0800

Originally posted by sBs_boy:

They were talking about the Old Nissan UDs..

Not New UDs..

There is no such thing as old or new Nissan UD's now. The old UD's (TIB43J, TIB44G, TIB85M - TIB112T, TIB121S - TIB145Z, TIB251A - TIB336P, TIB390G) are all gone long long time ago. TIB362M to TIB377X are actually the same age as the UD's that came from CSS. They were all bought at around the same time.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by AntiDennisLance @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:00 +0800

AntiDennisLance — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:41:00 +0800

Originally posted by ZYX2005:

i whine about the ZF whine gone cuz i love the whineing of the Zf gearbox. The catcall even better. super rare in this island to get the catcall unless u sit the scania k230Ubs.

ZYX

The old Nissan U31SCN's had lovely catcalls. Too bad they are all gone.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by ZYX2005 @ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:23 +0800

ZYX2005 — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:08:23 +0800

Originally posted by Scania N113CRB luver:

The whine and cry of a ZF gearbox will soon be over. ZF has introduced the ZF Ecolite. Busfans from UK mentioned that this gearbox doesnt even whine at all. So it might even sound like Allison. Really, theres really very little whine, almost no whine at all!

i whine about the ZF whine gone cuz i love the whineing of the Zf gearbox. The catcall even better. super rare in this island to get the catcall unless u sit the scania k230Ubs.

i wish more bus models will use Zf6HP5X4 series...

incidentally it is my opinion that OC500LE shd come with ZFs

ZYX

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by Scania N113CRB luver @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:30:05 +0800

Scania N113CRB luver — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:30:05 +0800

Originally posted by I miss old annoucements:

I hope they don't get ZF gearbox. Voith gearbox is much more quieter.

The whine and cry of a ZF gearbox will soon be over. ZF has introduced the ZF Ecolite. Busfans from UK mentioned that this gearbox doesnt even whine at all. So it might even sound like Allison. Really, theres really very little whine, almost no whine at all!

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by sBs_boy @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:18 +0800

sBs_boy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:26:18 +0800

Originally posted by I miss old annoucements:

Well, Volvo MKIV DM3500s are quieter than the Striders because DM3500 uses Voith while Strider uses ZF. Vehicles that are more suitable for Voith should use Voith and those suitable for ZF should use ZF.

Its not because its quiet that the bus is more suitable of using that particular gearbox.

Both ZF Mk3s and Voith Mk3s make the same amount of noise. This is the same when u apply to Mk4s DM with ZF and Voith. They are about the same..

based on your theory, seems that both ZF and Voith are not suitable for Mk3s and Mk4s DM. Maybe they should use Allison instead ?

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by sBs_boy @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:23:45 +0800

sBs_boy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:23:45 +0800

Originally posted by TIB1224Y:

But then if said local market prefers ZF, then how leh...

ZF seems to be the norm here, 150 ZF B9TL versus 50 Voith B9TL...

Voith just doesn't work for all vehicles... Some B9TL bus captains say 'four gear' slower than 'six gear' in pick-up (initial acceleration)

While Habit Bendy BC would say that 'three gear' accelerate faster than 'four gear' ones...

It just depends on the combination... Curry works well with fish head, mutton, Asian food on general... But will it work well with french fries, burger and Western food? Not all the time.

The reason for B9 using ZF was the fact that there was a report release by KMB stating that by using ZF, the buses could save additional of about 11% fuel.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by TIB1224Y @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:58 +0800

TIB1224Y — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:07:58 +0800

She will recommend 'SPH', and talk about the legacy of her SMRT leadership and how she magically added 700 train trips (Straits Times and TV) and one bus to service 190 (My Paper report).

I would not like to spend time with ex-DFS/Metro CEO...

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by manjieass @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:04:12 +0800

manjieass — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:04:12 +0800

i think tib will be the one..

2moro i ask sph kk??

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by I miss old annoucements @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:40:32 +0800

I miss old annoucements — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:40:32 +0800

Originally posted by jayh272416:

personally I think SMR would be better lah. But then since there's alr. the TIB rego, might as well stick with it.

I had also thought of SMR. We can have SMR0001A as the first new bus and TIBS merged with SMRT so there's no need to retain TIB.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by jayh272416 @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:37:05 +0800

jayh272416 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:37:05 +0800

personally I think SMR would be better lah. But then since there's alr. the TIB rego, might as well stick with it.

SMRT Buses New Fleets replied by I miss old annoucements @ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:32:37 +0800

I miss old annoucements — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:32:37 +0800

Originally posted by TIB1224Y:

But then if said local market prefers ZF, then how leh...

ZF seems to be the norm here, 150 ZF B9TL versus 50 Voith B9TL...

Voith just doesn't work for all vehicles... Some B9TL bus captains say 'four gear' slower than 'six gear' in pick-up (initial acceleration)

While Habit Bendy BC would say that 'three gear' accelerate faster than 'four gear' ones...

It just depends on the combination... Curry works well with fish head, mutton, Asian food on general... But will it work well with french fries, burger and Western food? Not all the time.

Well, Volvo MKIV DM3500s are quieter than the Striders because DM3500 uses Voith while Strider uses ZF. Vehicles that are more suitable for Voith should use Voith and those suitable for ZF should use ZF.

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