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Service 850. Yishun to Bt Merah via Orchard and Shenton Way.
Exact final fleet not determined. Some perm regoes (not all perm together at the same time):
TIB244X
TIB245T
TIB246R
TIB247M
TIB248K
TIB249H
TIB264M
TIB265K
TIB266H
TIB267E
TIB268C
TIB269A
TIB270U
TIB273L
TIB274J
TIB275G
TIB276D
TIB279X
TIB280R
TIB281M
TIB282K
TIB283H
TIB287Y
TIB288U
TIB300S
TIB301P
TIB302L
TIB317U
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Originally posted by off_service:
A little OT but I wonder why the TS did not consider the option of 965 > NEL (SKG - HBF) > 61/93/100/963. I live in the North and this has proven that I can reach HBF in less than an hour, even inclusive of waiting times on few occasions.
I did think of it before but after trying out a few other different options beforehand I had no more bandwidth to try new ways - was getting late to work too often and if the 965-NEL-61/93/100/963 way played me out I would be in more hot soup. Anyway I found a method which was efficient and would probably be the most efficient and i stuck to it - take 851/852/853 to Yio Chu Kang MRT bus stop and take service 573 direct to Alexandra road. Definitely less than 45 minutes because that 573 driver somehow always manages to negotiate the CTE jam very very efficiently. And I got to sit all the way!
Edited by AntiDennisLance 17 Oct `08, 1:02PM
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Originally posted by MS:
I don't take public transport which includes my company transport and never thought that it's a long term solution to commuting in Singapore because I do not like to be dictated on the time I travel. Most of my colleagues drive and we all enjoy it. I enjoy every moment in my G5-GT. My boss drives a 520i and he strictly prefers not to go public. My brethren in office drives his 147 and even though known for being delicate, he still prefers it. I have another colleague who used to drive a F355 and a vintage W124 have never considered taking the bus. Also another colleague who'd rather wait for her husband to come by in his S40 rather than to take the public transport. This is because if you can afford, why not?
ERP and maintenance costs to me is within the my financial boundaries. Petrol prices is within tolerance. All you need is better management. We have a government who can vacuum very well so no choice.
But in exchange, I get unlimited movement. I am not bonded by location, distance nor timings. I can meet up my friend in our usual haunt in dempsey hill Ben&Jerry in 30mins and still make it within reasonable means. I can go anywhere I want in the night, organize road trips to Penang and enjoy the drive up. Boy... driving in a convoy is very fun actually. You need to experience it before you can know it. When possible, I will go to the race track and enjoy speeding and cornering. I don't drink frequently. Even if I do, I will take a cab or there's a designated driver in our group.
In regards to traffic jams, if I am jamed with a car, I will also get the same jams in the bus and worse still, stuck in a more slow moving vehicle.
My car accelerates rather quickly, so the only thing I need to worry about is accidents and TP when I drive which is a compromise I am prepared to make. I have never a single day regretted going from public to personal transport. And I dread the moment I need to use the public transport even though I can survive with that too. If I feel like it, I will keep my car at home and ride my motorcycle instead. Never will I need to resort to public transport. It is only used as a final resort to travel but never should it be a priority.
Of course, not everyone will enjoy sitting behind the wheel or the handlebar. Let everyone who has found his preferred mode of transport enjoy every single minute. Do not let inferiority complex be a reason why you should feel ashamed of taking the public transport for it is your money, your choice.
LOL I am not sure the "numbers" mentioned are real but he's made his point.
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Originally posted by tanjun:
From your description, I think you are previously working at Alexandra Rd near Pasir Panjang Rd.U can try 855 and transfer to 51, 93, 100 at Queensway.
Yes I tried that many times before, but it is the least effective option.
1. 855 waiting time is 15 minutes.
2. 855 no seats by the time reach my bus stop (2nd bus stop after bus interchange), stand for one hour plus plus.
3. Upp Thomson Road can get bad jams, 100% jam at Thomson Plaza area, and at Macritchie Viaduct.
4. Farrer Road to Queensway prone to jams.
5. 51, 93, 61 and 100 waiting time is about 15 minutes. These services all bunch together. When they come, they all come together, it is never a (15 divide by 4) mins wait.
So by this way I can leave home at 7:30am and still be late for work at 9:30am and kena scolding from boss.
Edited by AntiDennisLance 16 Oct `08, 1:34PM
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Originally posted by Oceane:
Admire your close distance between work and home... some, not as fortunate as you, got to pack in the buses just to get to work.
I suffered for 3 years when I was working in Alexandra... take the sucky NSL and NEL to HBF then change a bus... total travel was 3 hours everyday. Now I finally have a reverse of situation... yeah I know I am very fortunate. Therefore after 7pm sometimes I will drive colleagues staying faraway from office back to their doorstep (e.g. Tampines or Clementi).
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Originally posted by bus555:
erm the 812 EDS no. on the right instead on the left LOL!!??
I think it is configurable... the EDS is just like a computer monitor. You decide what you want to type on the screen and what words to animate at what time. I think it may even be possible to make it put the service number on the left the move it to the right at the next minute or make the number ticker tape from left to right and back if the EDS maker want to provide the API. It is just about the EDS controller's firmware and software programme.
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I like buses but I hate taking them... as well as the MRT. The following is one of the many reasons:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7667499.stm
That news is in the UK but I think it applies here pretty much as well.
Since my office moved to Yishun I have completely stopped taking ANY form of public transport... been walking to work everyday and if I needed to go anywhere out of Yishun, I drive my red plate car (and tear the $20 coupon if I need to drive in the day).
Luckily I can still do quite a bit of bus spotting when I walk between home and office :)
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Originally posted by nenepokey:
so it's in the sch itself?!
Yah that bus is meant to go into schools and park there and set up shop what. Saw it turning in to Chung Cheng Yishun from St 61 as I was driving out of HDB carpark. The bus made a pretty wide turn. By the time I swung the car around back to the same spot the bus had gone into the school, cannot take pic easily. Went to the side of the school and took two spy pics of the bus while it is in the compound (tree, fence etc all in between me and bus).
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TIB1124C on svc 851 toward Yishun today (27 Jul) along Lentor Ave at about 12:15pm.
=> Either something very wrong with the steering/articulator or very wrong with the driver's brain. Bus violently swing from left to right then left to right repeatedly as it travels along the left most lane like a fish wiggling along in water or like a centipede wiggling along, all the while alternating between left signal and right signal light. Continued like this all the way from SLE exit till junction of Yishun Ave 1. I was in middle lane but I moved to right most lane to totally "siam" the mad bus/driver before I dare to overtake!
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