Originally posted by 5454:

Really sad to see them go  actually instead of making away with dis bus SMRT should just keep them and maybe redeploy them as training bus or WT or put them on services like 177,882,925,975,981.

Not 177! I seriously doubt that the bus can climb up the hill. The 852 UDs already have trouble climbing up the short slope from BB East Ave 3 to Ave 6.

I shall miss this bus. The rides are slow but smooth. Its not bumpy and doesnt vibrate like some L113s.

Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

What bus ter are u taking about, i know of Bukit Panjang Interchange which is a perm structure that look like a temp int, but there are no BP Bus Ter in SG

Oops typo. It should be interchange.

LTA said its a temp structure here:

http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_261474.html

A covered linkway is planned to connect DTL Petir station, Bukit Panjang LRT station and the temporary bus interchange. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will also work with other agencies to study how future development at the reserve site beside the two stations can be integrated to link these facilities.

3 svc 88 buses at RI bus stop, towards Pasir Ris. 3rd bus totally empty.

How about amending 920 and 922 when the DTL comes up.

Start at Upp Bt Timah Rd, outside the future Petir Stn.
Petir Rd (EXP)
Jelebu Rd
BP Ring Rd
...
BP Ring Rd
BP Rd
Upp Bt Timah Rd
BP Bus Ter

This can serve to bring BP residents closer to the MRT stn.

Or maybe they will be relocating the Bus Ter, since its called BP Temporary Bus Ter.

Erm...

Its not possible cos the program consists of several modules. The problematic one is ~50 pages long when printed out.

The computers are using excel97. Since the programme can work prefectly fine on most computers, I wonder if it has something to do with the settings of that particular com. Like the Add-Ins or something?

Originally posted by jayh272416:

EW Connect 600

Boon Lay to Pasir Ris

Jurong West St 64
Boon Lay Way
Toh Tuck Ave
PIE
Jln Toa Payoh
PIE
Macpherson Rd
Paya Lebar Rd
PIE
Tampines Ave 5
Tampines Ave 4
Tampines Ave 7
Tampines Ave 9
Tampines ave 12
Pasir Ris Dr 8
Pasir Ris Dr 1
Pasir Ris St 52
Pasir Ris Dr 3

601

Jurong East to Tampines

Jurong East St 13
Jurong East Ctrl
Boon Lay Way
Commonwealth Ave West
Clementi Rd
AYE
Keppel Rd
ECP
Fort Rd
Mountbatten Rd
Amber Rd
Marine Parade Rd
Still Rd South
ECP
PIE
TPE
Tampines Ave 7
Tampines Ctrl 3
Tampines Ctrl 1

Fare: $3, unlimited rides with 1h transfer time. frequency 10 mins.

Erm.. My idea was to have a transfer hub at Jalan Toa Payoh. But 601 doesnt pass there. 1 hr seems to be just enough for 1 transfer, so I guess unlimited rides not needed.

Originally posted by tvcnq:

Getting from East to West of Singapore takes really loooong, as observed by many ppl here. Even MRT takes >1hr. Since singapore like to 'hub' everything, how abt creating a express bus hub. The pair of bus stops outside Trellis Towers along PIE sounds good so I designed 3 routes to pass by there. (Some minor roads skipped)

Boon Lay to Punggol (Svc 651)
Boon Lay Int
Boon Lay Ave
JW Ave 1
JE Ave 1
PIE
Jalan Toa Payoh
PIE
CTE
AMK Ave 5
Buangkok Green
Sengkang East Rd/Way
Punggol Rd
Punggol Int

Yew Tee to Pasir Ris (Svc 652)
CCK Drive (Yew Tee MRT)
CCK Ave 4/Way/Rd
Bt Panjang Rd
Pending Rd
Petir Rd
BKE/PIE
Jalan Toa Payoh
PIE
Bedok North Ave 3
Tampines Ave 1/2
Loyang Ave
Pasir Ris Drive 1/6/3
Pasir Ris Int

Sembawang to Harbourfront (Svc 653)
Sembawang Int
Canberra Rd
Sembawang Rd
Yishun Ave 7/2
Lentor Ave
SLE/CTE/PIE
Jalan Toa Payoh
Thomson Rd (Express)
CTE
Tiong Bahru Rd
Lower Delta Rd
Telok Blangah Rd
Harbourfront Int

506 can be amended to serve IMM to better serve JE. 966 can also skip the Bukit Panjang portion and go straight to Woodlands. So ppl from East/NE can now get quickly to West/NW. Any comments?

What do y'all think abt this? I thought it might not be such a bad idea. Maybe can charge $3 with one free transfer.

Originally posted by SBS8033D:

Cityshopper 580 is introuduced again!

1. Boon Lay Ave(B05 as starting point)
2. Boon Lay Dr
3. Boon Lay Way
4. Jurong West St 51
5. Jurong West Ave 1
6. Jurong East Ave 1
7. Jurong Town Hall Rd
8. PIE
9. Jalan Toa Payoh
10. Whampoh Nth
11. Serangoon Rd
12. CTE
13. Moulmein Rd
14. Newton Rd
15. Newton Circle
16. Scotts Rd(except Far East Plaza)
    
17. Orchard Rd
18. Bras Basah Rd
19. Temasek Blvd
20. Temasek Ave
21. ECP
22. AYE
23. Jurong Town Hall Rd
24. Jurong East Ave 1
25. Jurong West Ave 1
26. Jurong West St 51
27. Boon Lay Way
28. Boon Lay Dr
29. Boon Lay Ave(B06 as endong point)

This service is not the former 580 which only goes at teban garden and West Coast. It goes at Jurong East And West area and I think it will give demands like 579

Dont use expressways just for the sake of using expressways leh. You can actually go from PIE to scotts road by using stevens road, like 190. Can extend to Boon Lay also to benefit more ppl.

Hi all,

I encountered this problem using a VB programme in excel. Basically, I have this excel database of people. The programme will calculate the number of people in the different departments and summarise it into a table on a separate sheet.

This programme works fine on most computers. However, on one particular computer, it gives me a totally different set of data (wrong data). Can anyone tell me whats the problem? Is there some settings on excel that I have to take note?

BTW, Im using excel97.

Thanks in advance.

Originally posted by Pangster:

Sorry if I were to ask a stupid question, but how did you know that 48 is going to be extended soon?

SBST applied to extend 48 to Kent Ridge and PTC approved it. It was mentioned somewhere in this forum some time ago. So I assume SBST is gg to extend 48 soon.

I feel that the bus takes too long. Even getting from TP, the nearest housing estate, to orchard takes 20 mins. This only takes less than 10 mins by train, assuming you can get onto one. But I guess the demand is there from those who are sick of the crowded trains.

Originally posted by scaniaB7RLE:

SBS transit service 164 [yio chu kang - kent ridge]:

• yio chu kang ter
• ang mo kio ave 9
• ang mo kio ave 4
• ang mo kio ave 5
• ang mo kio ave 6
• ang mo kio ave 3
• CTE [express]
• PIE [jln toa payoh]
• whitley rd
• bukit timah rd
• farrer rd
• holland rd [non-stop]
• holland ave
• commonwealth ave
• north bouna vista rd
• lower kent ridge rd
• kent ridge crescent
• kent ridge ter

 

purpose of route: to provide a fast link from ang mo kio - kent ridge without changing of NS > EW > svc 95 or 96. i would accept comments and feedbacks. thk you.

 

depot control: AMDEP/ARBP

The part from Bt Timah road onwards seem to duplicate 48 a lot leh, especially since 48 is going to be extended to Kent Ridge soon.

Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

ok, sorry..................

Its okay. Peace...

Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:

Bedok no space lah.....

This thread is on route suggestions, most (if not all) of which are never going to be implemented. So I suggest that we stop all these comments about space in interchanges and let the imagination run. Even if there is no space now, who knows about the future?

Getting from East to West of Singapore takes really loooong, as observed by many ppl here. Even MRT takes >1hr. Since singapore like to 'hub' everything, how abt creating a express bus hub. The pair of bus stops outside Trellis Towers along PIE sounds good so I designed 3 routes to pass by there. (Some minor roads skipped)

Boon Lay to Punggol (Svc 651)
Boon Lay Int
Boon Lay Ave
JW Ave 1
JE Ave 1
PIE
Jalan Toa Payoh
PIE
CTE
AMK Ave 5
Buangkok Green
Sengkang East Rd/Way
Punggol Rd
Punggol Int

Yew Tee to Pasir Ris (Svc 652)
CCK Drive (Yew Tee MRT)
CCK Ave 4/Way/Rd
Bt Panjang Rd
Pending Rd
Petir Rd
BKE/PIE
Jalan Toa Payoh
PIE
Bedok North Ave 3
Tampines Ave 1/2
Loyang Ave
Pasir Ris Drive 1/6/3
Pasir Ris Int

Sembawang to Harbourfront (Svc 653)
Sembawang Int
Canberra Rd
Sembawang Rd
Yishun Ave 7/2
Lentor Ave
SLE/CTE/PIE
Jalan Toa Payoh
Thomson Rd (Express)
CTE
Tiong Bahru Rd
Lower Delta Rd
Telok Blangah Rd
Harbourfront Int

506 can be amended to serve IMM to better serve JE. 966 can also skip the Bukit Panjang portion and go straight to Woodlands. So ppl from East/NE can now get quickly to West/NW. Any comments?

Originally posted by tanjun:

Fantasy route service 49 from Pasir Ris to Jurong East.

 

 

I used to suggest this route previously but it has been amended to ply Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Suntec, CBD areas. Thus, it provides quick links from Pasir Ris to Marine Parade, Suntec, Marina Centre, Shenton Way and NUS and Teban Gdns.

 

 

 

Service 49A is a bus service that skips CBD areas and provides an even faster link than 49 from the east to NUS areas. It operates in one direction only and during weekdays morning and evening peak hours

 

Overall, service 49 acts as an alternative to the east-west line.

Nice job linking Pasir Ris to Marine Parade and West Coast to CBD. But I dont see how it provides a quick link from Pasir Ris to the West. The route would take at least 1hr to get from Pasir Ris to NUS and another 30mins to get to JE. I would suggest going via West Coast Highway instead of West Coast Road. Maybe dont loop around the Tanjong Katong area so much too.

49A shd be renumbered 49e. 'A' routes are short service ones and shouldnt be used in routes that skip stops. Might cause confusion.

Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

As mention by this topic

http://www.sgforums.com/forums/1279/topics/319482?page=24

Its SBS9487X on 168 ...

Oh oops. Didnt see the post.

OOT: Maybe Tamago should update the begineer's thread soon. Those new buses like K230s are not there.

DD SPOTTED IN BUKIT PANJANG!!

I was having lunch at BPP today. My friend suddenly pointed at the window and commented: "Since when did SBS come to Bukit Panjang?" I was stunned when I saw a VO (Or is it LO? Cant really tell from the side) with pax on board along Bukit Panjang Road, turning into BP Ring Road. It was abt 1.40pm.

At first, I thought it was a chartered bus (Does SBST allow chartered DDs?) but it turned out to be a hopelessly lost 168. Lol. Didnt manage to catch the rego though. Really wondered how the BC ended up in BP. Its so far off its route.

Originally posted by SBS8033D:

........ it will just be the same fare.....

and my 508 can work a lot lot more in the Toa Payoh area

Perhaps you can extend it to Bishan and AMK. Something like the Stadium Direct services, passing through more heartland areas b4 zooming to the National Stadium.

Just curious, how often do you go bird park? I think 508 should pass by nearby attactions like Science Centre too to increase demand.

Originally posted by Oceane:

So far the general public view of K230s on airport services wasn't too good. Alot of people are complaining that there are lesser seats, meaning they got to stand for the journeys throughout the expressways.

I hope that with K230 on airport services, fleet addition can occur so as to

1) reduce the waiting time
2) give more seats to tired passengers who have taken a long journey on the plane.

It may be better for those with luggages coz merc's steps and narrow aisle is not exactly very ideal for luggages.

Originally posted by jayh272416:

merge 231 with 235 = rubbish. Now the people living at blk 56 wan go toa payoh west area how

Its only one bus stop out of the whole route that is affected. I dont think the demand is that high anyway. Those ppl can walk to nearby lor 3 to board the bus, provided they set up a bus stop near Kheng Cheng pri sch.

231 has really bad off-peak loads, (Just saw a 231 with a grand total of 1 pax on board) so why not combine 231 with 235, esp since you r championing for the removal of 231 anyway. :)

Originally posted by jayh272416:

True. In that case, make 231 AM/NN peak service. Other instances muz take 59.

Also can merge 231 with 235, like I suggested a few months back. Hopefully, this can increase the loads and SBST will then deploy more buses. The new service can also stop outside Chung Hwa Clinic to serve the Shop & Save ppl. For the 56/105/153 ppl, they will have to cross over to the interchange.

Originally posted by jayh272416:

Maybe can make 105 go Boundary Rd -> Upp Serangoon Rd -> Serangoon Ctrl instead, like 103. So can stop at B01A/B02A Serangoon ctrl

Perhaps 58 is to link Serangoon Ave 2/3/Stn to Bishan Int? Might also be to reduce duplication with 156.

Originally posted by catinthehat:

ok ... let me mod it to

 

1 Soon Lee Depot to Bedok (via NTU)

 

Soon Lee Depot - Pioneer Road North - (NTU) - Jalan Bahar - PIE - Clementi Ave 6 - C'wealth Avenue West - C'wealth Ave - Farrer Road - Adam Road - PIE - Whitley Road - Thomson Road - Keng Lee Road - Norfolk Road - Owen Road - Oxford Road - Rangoon Road - Serangoon Road - Lavender St - Kallang Road - Sims Avenue - Aljunied Road - Geylang East Central - Ubi Ave 2 - Kaki Bukit Ave 1 - Bedok Reservoir Road - Bedok North Road - Bedok Int

 

NTU students get link to clementi :)

Do you mean for it to loop inside NTU? It seems too long to me. Perhaps there can be more express sectors like PIE from from Geylang to Bedok Reservoir. As what jay suggested, using Bt Timah Rd/Newton Rd instead of Adam Rd/PIE/Thomson Rd might not be a bad idea too.

Originally posted by jayh272416:

You meant north 5?

Anyway, you might want to reroute it such that it goes Dr -> Ave 3 -> Ave 4 -> Dr -> Etc. That will be able to allow passengers to alight from the bus at Bs 01 and 02 avenue 4 and go to the mall faster than to loop around the area. On the other hand, you can make it  go Woodlands Rd ->Stagmont Ring -> Choa Chu Kang Link -> North 5 to shorten it a little.

 

My suggestion! Bishan to CCK

Bishan St 13
Bishan St 11
Bishan St 21
Marymount Lane
Upp Thomson Rd
Thomson Rd
Whitley Rd
PIE
Eng Neo Ave (express)
Bt Timah Rd
Upp Bt Timah Rd
Jln Anak Bukit
Old Jurong Rd
Bt BAtok East Ave 2
Bt Batok East Ave 6
Bt Batok West Ave 5
Bt Batok Rd
CCK Way
CCK Ave 4
CCK Int.

Oops. I meant north 7 cos I intended for it to pass by Yew Tee. Using Stagmont Ring would be a good idea too. Can provide a fast link from Yew Tee to Woodlands Road/Upp Bt Timah Road.

I second the CCK-Bishan link!! I think that there is a lack of services from West to Central/NE. That was the intention of 84. Perhaps it would be better to extend it to AMK/Serangoon? Maybe skip the Bt Timah Rd part, cos it duplicates 852.