Originally posted by lemon1974:dun think the balance bendies will retire anytime soon. most should be getting extension due to the fact that the E6 DD are not here yet.
tender closed in Feb and usually, they will take 3-6 months to evaluate and award.the contract.. so if they award in May....the earliest the DDs will come should be in Sept? 2-3 months to source/produce + shipment?
The Tridents may get lifespan extension as well..
Originally posted by SMB315C:The Tridents may get lifespan extension as well..
Nope
Originally posted by SMB315C:The Tridents may get lifespan extension as well..
VSOs and Tridents won’t get extension
Originally posted by SMB315C:The Tridents may get lifespan extension as well..
I think no as
"We aim to have all buses fully wheelchair accessible by 2020" - LTA
Originally posted by TIB987K:
About 95% fleet new buses fitted with ramps in end Sept 2017? Obviously it is pure bullshit info by LTA. As there are still so many 0405Gs under SMRT and somemore get lifespan extension.
Somehow I felt that LTA wasted too many new A95s on those newly introduced bus services like 147e, 12e, 7A/7B etc (I wonder how is the loading for these routes). There could be put to better use to replace those old fleets instead.
Originally posted by SMB315C:The Tridents may get lifespan extension as well..
Tridents and B10TLs can last 19 years. Like Dennis Trident case, the first bus, SBS9671E, will be de-registered on 4 November 2020.
They will be replaced by Euro 6 double deckers. The tender is only for replacing Tridents and B10TLs. Euro 5 double deckers were all given to SMRT. Now, they are still having more Euro 5 double deckers under LTAEBS (Bus Storage at Government Related Depots).
Originally posted by TIB987K:
Oops.. Forgot about that hahaha...
Originally posted by SMB315C:Oops.. Forgot about that hahaha...
Tridents lifespan expire in 2018 (accordingly to sgwiki). So there are chance they might get 1 yr extension until the E6 DD came in. Seem like there are many tridents in sv74 nowadays.
Originally posted by SBS8676Z:About 95% fleet new buses fitted with ramps in end Sept 2017? Obviously it is pure bullshit info by LTA. As there are still so many 0405Gs under SMRT and somemore get lifespan extension.
Somehow I felt that LTA wasted too many new A95s on those newly introduced bus services like 147e, 12e, 7A/7B etc (I wonder how is the loading for these routes). There could be put to better use to replace those old fleets instead.
Loading on 12e is 20-30 pax, a SD would be a luxury.
147e can get upto 45-60 pax during peak hours. Quite good and ok to ply DDs.
7A/7B depends on which bus comes first. Bunching is even more common now. DDs are okay for this service but maybe need to reduce the fleet.
12e is the one where DDs should be immediately swapped out for SDs.
Originally posted by lemon1974:Tridents lifespan expire in 2018 (accordingly to sgwiki). So there are chance they might get 1 yr extension until the E6 DD came in. Seem like there are many tridents in sv74 nowadays.
Yup weekdays always see about 3 tridents on 74
Sometimes got 1 trident cameo either on 132 or 165
Originally posted by lemon1974:Tridents lifespan expire in 2018 (accordingly to sgwiki). So there are chance they might get 1 yr extension until the E6 DD came in. Seem like there are many tridents in sv74 nowadays.
yup ! mostly all DT going to SP liao now everyday can see different DT spamming on 51 74 80 87 132 147 165
Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:Loading on 12e is 20-30 pax, a SD would be a luxury.
147e can get upto 45-60 pax during peak hours. Quite good and ok to ply DDs.
7A/7B depends on which bus comes first. Bunching is even more common now. DDs are okay for this service but maybe need to reduce the fleet.
12e is the one where DDs should be immediately swapped out for SDs.
7A/B is quite okay since they will change to service 7 after terminating points.
147e max 2 trips you can see lower deck fully seated and a few pax at upper deck.Still can use a couple of SDs and deploy 2 A95 on parent svc.
12e can use 4 SD / 3 DD.Maybe should skip Bedok South...
Chinatown bound svc mostly get pampered..
Should have take 5884/5885/5902 from SMRT and deploy each to Amdep,Hgdep and Sldep.
Originally posted by Lsk138:yup ! mostly all DT going to SP liao now everyday can see different DT spamming on 51 74 80 87 132 147 165
HGDEP tend to put all their outgoing oldest fleets to spares. Still remember those days when the whole lots of MK3s were all thrown out to spares just before their retirement.
Surprisingly the 8 remaining DM3500s under HGDEP are all with perm status instead of thrown out to spares.
SBS3863H
(SLBP 241) > (SLBP SP)
On 198 today with Marking remove with liquid paper on coinbox. Not sure which is the replacement bus.
Originally posted by Kira™:SBS3863H
(SLBP 241) > (SLBP SP)
On 198 today with Marking remove with liquid paper on coinbox. Not sure which is the replacement bus.
Should be SG5561C...
The Dennis Tridents will still have up to 2020 / 2021 to retire.
The Volvo B10TLs will still have up to 2022 / 2023 to retire.
Originally posted by 23ispolo:Should be SG5561C...
Did you see 5561 on service 241 today?
SG5150E
SG5151C
SG5487K
SG5488G
SG5513S
SG5514P
SG5515L
SMRT --> SBST (UNDER LTA STORAGE)
these are the 7 buses without logo which park near SLE inside SEDEP.
dun think i have saw 5150/5151/5487/5488 on SEDEP services at all.
mr edwinlee95 edit SGWIKI few days ago saying that SG5513S TO SG5515L are SMRT AMDEP TRG. not sure how he get the info though.
SMB1351R >> WLDEP 901 [ Seen on service 901 for a month and weeks already. Since early march then so for. ]
Originally posted by lemon1974:SG5150E
SG5151C
SG5487K
SG5488G
SG5513S
SG5514P
SG5515LSMRT --> SBST (UNDER LTA STORAGE)
these are the 7 buses without logo which park near SLE inside SEDEP.dun think i have saw 5150/5151/5487/5488 on SEDEP services at all.
mr edwinlee95 edit SGWIKI few days ago saying that SG5513S TO SG5515L are SMRT AMDEP TRG. not sure how he get the info though.
Don’t worry,Next week i go Sedep then only i can confirm if its storage or not.
Originally posted by lemon1974:SG5150E
SG5151C
SG5487K
SG5488G
SG5513S
SG5514P
SG5515LSMRT --> SBST (UNDER LTA STORAGE)
these are the 7 buses without logo which park near SLE inside SEDEP.dun think i have saw 5150/5151/5487/5488 on SEDEP services at all.
mr edwinlee95 edit SGWIKI few days ago saying that SG5513S TO SG5515L are SMRT AMDEP TRG. not sure how he get the info though.
4 from SBST and 3 from SMRT?For TTS 974?
Originally posted by carbikebus:4 from SBST and 3 from SMRT?For TTS 974?
Actually all 7 were transfer to SBST from SMRT on around 29/3 for storage. That time only update as 4 buses transfer only. All 7 buses are without logo.
no idea for which new service n dunno why SBST did not take them for SEDEP service. Guess they are reserve for some other purpose
Originally posted by carbikebus:Don’t worry,Next week i go Sedep then only i can confirm if its storage or not.
Help check what's the rego of the SMRT new livery A22 inside SEDEP as well.. If it's still parking there..
Originally posted by SMB315C:Help check what's the rego of the SMRT new livery A22 inside SEDEP as well.. If it's still parking there..
park near where? is it 3075A?