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**GeneKoh** · 14-11-2007, 10:16 PM

I can't stand the excuses that SBS gives for bus services that come one every half an hour (service 3 during peak hours particularly) and every bus is full... I always get late for work because of them...

There was once I left an hour early, but i ended up being half an hour late for work... After watching 3 packed buses drive by without stopping and also made to watch the sunrise from my place bus-stop... When I wrote to SBS, I got a stupid standard-issue excuse that traffic conditions are to blame...

If 2 or 3 buses come at one time after 45 mins, I believe... One bus every half an hour and packed, I find it hard to believe...

**yellowDuck** · 14-11-2007, 10:24 PM

Taking bus is one of the best way to kill time. If u are free and got nothing to do, take a ride

wcong · 14-11-2007, 10:27 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by -Niko-
	ic.. haha damai has indeed changed alot.. feel like visiting the sch one day but no idea the old teachers still there not.. 21? hmm, I nv like to take that bus cos always slow and crowded. Normally, I walked to e stop @ Ubi for 66 65 or 22 or take 385(now 60) to Jln Tgn and change.. and smehow, I will try to catch bus 22 cos alot of St hilda's student will be taking it =D

at the time when i board it like ard a handfull of passengers nia.

wcong · 14-11-2007, 10:31 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by GeneKoh
	I can't stand the excuses that SBS gives for bus services that come one every half an hour (service 3 during peak hours particularly) and every bus is full... I always get late for work because of them... There was once I left an hour early, but i ended up being half an hour late for work... After watching 3 packed buses drive by without stopping and also made to watch the sunrise from my place bus-stop... When I wrote to SBS, I got a stupid standard-issue excuse that traffic conditions are to blame... If 2 or 3 buses come at one time after 45 mins, I believe... One bus every half an hour and packed, I find it hard to believe...

LOLS!
what bus service is that?

Hmm. today similar thing happen la. 2 sv 36 packed, then the 3rd on came right behind, DMAN EMPTY. lucky i wasnt that stupid to squeeze in those first 2 buses.. (:

wcong · 14-11-2007, 10:35 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by burtonho1990
	1 - lol my legs like stuck =) when sitting 2 - some buses need some oiling in the gear 3- some bus number too little , some bus too many :handsup:

hmm.
1. How tall are you? for me (i'm 1.64m), in a normal seat, theres still leg room. unless you're 1.85m and above..

2. eh, which part you mean?

3. if SBS, they have at least 25-30 buses per service. for SMRT, its lesser (as they're smaller)...

wcong · 14-11-2007, 10:38 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by xiiaomeii
	i gt a comments on bus 27 from changi to hougang.. during the highway waaa.. i felt like siting in a boat thenx a bus -,- sometime stand ..during7~10 eu will felt like falling down

O.o!
the bus swerve left and right ar?

**rocky** · 15-11-2007, 04:07 PM

they suck. enough said.

**burtonho1990** · 15-11-2007, 07:47 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by wcong
	hmm. 1. How tall are you? for me (i'm 1.64m), in a normal seat, theres still leg room. unless you're 1.85m and above.. 2. eh, which part you mean? 3. if SBS, they have at least 25-30 buses per service. for SMRT, its lesser (as they're smaller)...

er i 1.74m bro u try if my height lol

gear la the engine there .... i guess u sit too many new buses at the moment ( from yr album) nv tried the mecerdes one

not exactly ...... what 25 buses 1 number ? u gota be kidding :surprised:

wcong · 15-11-2007, 09:20 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by burtonho1990
	er i 1.74m bro u try if my height lol gear la the engine there .... i guess u sit too many new buses at the moment ( from yr album) nv tried the mecerdes one not exactly ...... what 25 buses 1 number ? u gota be kidding :surprised:

Mercedes Benz O405 (the 1986 oldies which are still working on SBS..) or Mercedes Benz O405G (the SMRT Pininfania Bodied Bendies), both i have taken before.
no no. my house that area only have the wheelchair bus (the double deck), and the whole of service 60's fleet is made up of MB O405, so i've sat on them since... long long time ago..

to me, its spacious (for the old one), just that the rear radiator suck.
engine heat can be felt even inside the bus.

alot of people will say its the gear's fault.
if they gear's fault, the bus cant move le lor.
its the engine belt actually. it wears and tears after a trillion++ rpms a day..

and 30 buses to 1 service, aint kidding. thats SBST.
but remember, out of the 30 buses, some do breakdown.. :notimpressed2:

**burtonho1990** · 15-11-2007, 09:32 PM

LOL u bus pro la next time work with them -(

wcong · 15-11-2007, 10:05 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by burtonho1990
	LOL u bus pro la next time work with them -(

not really pro. but i'm better at the technical terms...

**idiiotpiiggy** · 15-11-2007, 10:11 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by wcong
	not really pro. but i'm better at the technical terms...

but have you ever thought of working in a bus company ?

**GeneKoh** · 16-11-2007, 01:02 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by wcong
	3. if SBS, they have at least 25-30 buses per service. for SMRT, its lesser (as they're smaller)...

You gotta be kidding me!?!?... You may know the models and technical specs, but do you actually know their system well? I've noted down the buses and drivers for the Service 3 (the only service that runs by my place)... Only about 10 buses and drivers plying that route, 5 in the morning, 5 at night...

	Quote:			Originally Posted by wcong
	LOLS! what bus service is that? Hmm. today similar thing happen la. 2 sv 36 packed, then the 3rd on came right behind, DMAN EMPTY. lucky i wasnt that stupid to squeeze in those first 2 buses.. (:

Again, I'm using the bus service 3 that plies from Punggol to Tampines as an example... Every morning I've to watch a sunrise from the bus stop, because the buses are just too packed to stop, and I'm always late because it take 30 - 45 mins for one bus to arrive.

Not to mention I always have to wait for 3 buses to zoom past before finally being able to squeeze onto the 4th bus... Do the math...