New bus service guides
Has anyone noticed the new bus guides? There are two new bus services guides: one for Yishun Town and another for Woodlands Town.
If you’re keen, you can get a copy from MRT stations (I picked up mine from Marsiling MRT station and Yishun MRT station). Alternatively, softcopy is available on the web (click here).
However, only SMRT bus routes are shown. This means that a number of SBS services that ply the two towns are left out. For your benefit, you may wish to note the following additions to make the map complete:
- 160: Jurong East to Woodlands/Johor Bahru
- 170: Queen St to Woodlands/Johor Bahru
- 161: Woodlands to Sengkang/Hougang
- 168: Woodlands to Tampines/Bedok
- 39: Yishun to Pasir Ris/Tampines
- 85: Yishun to Sengkang/Punggol
On another note, such maps are not new. SBS Transit had done something similar, which they call it “SBS Transit Guide”. However, the guide only mapped out the feeder network. Attached is a snapshot for your reference.
So which do you prefer? I prefer a map comprising all bus services, regardless of which company the bus services belong to. Maybe TransitLink should step in and make the operators work hand-in-hand to provide integrated information leaflets for public.
[Post note: Four more town guides are available online for Choa Chu Kang Town, Bukit Batok Town, Bukit Panjang Town and Sembawang Town. Updated SBS Transit Guide (as at Feb 07) is also available at bus interchanges and MRT stations.]
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3 comments:
Dear Daniel,
Thank you for sharing the information about the 2 new bus guides. I must say lots of effort has gone into producing such publications and I sincerely hope that commuters will pick them up and really utilize them.
Being two public listed entities on the stock exchange and direct competitors, it is inevitable that neither of the two operators, SBST and SMRT, would collaborate to put their services on one bus guide. It not only contravenes their interests, but also does not boost their branding efforts.
I fully support your suggestion for a neutral party like TransitLink to step in and act as a coordinating party to enable a smooth and successful joint-collaboration between the two transport operators. Alternatively, LTA can play such a role too.
Once again, thanks for the writeup.
Regards,
Maz
Dear Maz,
I think passengers have suffered for too long in silence about the lack of integrated information, in which the problem is due to "competition" as you have rightly pointed out.
You may be delighted to know that LTA has already provided support to TransitLink to produce an integrated bus journey planner. This tool is the same as SBS Transit iris Journey Planner, except that it includes all bus routes of the two main operators.
Regards,
Daniel Chin
I wish all the operating buses here in SGP will bear a road route of each bus service number they are plying respectively.This allow commuters to decide where to drop off and to connect to the next bus to reach thier destination or sudden changed of plan.Example will be the MRT train that has such route display.Thanks
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