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Post by snoggle on Oct 11, 2017 9:54:55 GMT
Just a few snippets of things happening in Singapore The first is about 50 new Volvo hybrid buses being ordered for use from 2018. This is the first main order for such buses. Also mentions about a BYD electric bus on trial with Go Ahead Singapore. The second is more about taxis. Comfort Delgro, owners of Metroline, are facing renewed competition for taxi business in SG. Seems they are lagging behind rivals which is causing issues for their share price and earnings. Third is a video clip about the success of the route contracting model that Singapore have used. Some nice shots of buses in Singapore doing their thing. Fourth is about yet another failure on the MRT - this time from defective pumps causing flooding on the N-S line. Singaporeans are still not used to their MRT service being disrupted. The media also have this trick of always asking an acedemic to comment and criticise whatever the transport operator does! The last one is about reliability issues with the Bukit Panjang LRT system. This is a distributor network in NW SG and links the MRT to large housing estates. It uses airport shuttle type trains to provide service. I've seen it but not used it. 50 new hybrid buses on orderComfort Delgro need to raise their gameBus contracting model successNorth South MRT line floodingBukit Panjang LRT reliabilityIn about ten days time the last main section of the MRT Downtown line will open creating a major cross Singapore artery. It will also be the longest fully automatic metro line in Singapore. |
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Post by snoggle on Jan 28, 2019 18:02:55 GMT
And just to prove that Singapore, like most of Asia, can build multiple metro lines at the same time here is news of yet another addition to the MRT network. Plans for the first stage of the Cross Island Line have been announced by the Land Transport Authority. This will run in the eastern and north eastern parts of Singapore initially and will extend westwards in subsequent phases. The planning for stages 2 and 3 continues because part of the alignment is rather controversial given it could cut across a nature reserve with unique bioversity. Channel News Asia article on Cross Island LineThis new line will be in addition to the following new lines or extensions - the new Thomson East Coast Line from Woodlands North to Sungei Bedok will open in 4 phases - the new Jurong Region line in the western part of Singapore - a new section of the Circle Line adding three new stations and actually making the line a complete circle - a short extension to the Downtown line from Expo to Sungei Bedok to connect with the Thomson East Coast line - a possible extension to the Thomson East Coast line into Changi Airport (dependent on Terminal 5 at the airport being built) There is also supposed to be some form of transit link from Woodlands North to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The present border link is done with buses. All of the above is in addition to a lot of investment in walking and cycling routes to try to reduce car dependency. Makes us look as if we aren't trying.  |
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Post by snoggle on Apr 26, 2019 10:46:54 GMT
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Post by ThinLizzy on Apr 26, 2019 14:49:34 GMT
They look absolutely amazing. Shame we wont be seeing any in London any time soon |
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Post by snoggle on Apr 26, 2019 14:55:13 GMT
They look absolutely amazing. Shame we wont be seeing any in London any time soon I agree. I'm still not sure though about the vivid green livery chosen for all Singapore buses. Good to see ADL's willingness to put support facilities in the Far East and also develop flexible vehicle designs paying off. They've done it for Lothian, they've done it for the USA, for Berlin and Swiss Post Bus and now for Singapore. At some point in the next few years I hope to get back to Singapore to explore the extended MRT network but also catch up with what they've been doing with the buses. I do wish they'd produce a proper bus map though - it's very hard to work out what goes where especially as many services run as loops through the Central Business District. |
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Post by ThinLizzy on Apr 27, 2019 8:33:46 GMT
They look absolutely amazing. Shame we wont be seeing any in London any time soon I agree. I'm still not sure though about the vivid green livery chosen for all Singapore buses. Good to see ADL's willingness to put support facilities in the Far East and also develop flexible vehicle designs paying off. They've done it for Lothian, they've done it for the USA, for Berlin and Swiss Post Bus and now for Singapore. At some point in the next few years I hope to get back to Singapore to explore the extended MRT network but also catch up with what they've been doing with the buses. I do wish they'd produce a proper bus map though - it's very hard to work out what goes where especially as many services run as loops through the Central Business District. I think the green sits pretty well on the ADL, but agree it needs something like a little bit more white to break it up a bit |
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Post by TNL33036 on Aug 26, 2020 10:46:39 GMT
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Post by TNL33036 on Oct 2, 2020 1:47:49 GMT
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Post by busman on Oct 2, 2020 12:50:53 GMT
Interesting to note that Singapore tenders are for whole batches of routes, rather than individual routes. Surely that is a more efficient way to work than TfL’s current process. Larger tenders may have greater complexity, but there will be fewer tenders to deal with and most importantly operators would be able to offer lower prices based on the larger volume of work on offer. |
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Post by mark on Oct 14, 2020 12:34:48 GMT
Interesting to note that Singapore tenders are for whole batches of routes, rather than individual routes. Surely that is a more efficient way to work than TfL’s current process. Larger tenders may have greater complexity, but there will be fewer tenders to deal with and most importantly operators would be able to offer lower prices based on the larger volume of work on offer. [ br] There are other differences between the Singapore approach and that adopted by TfL. In Singapore the garages and vehicles are owned by the LTA. Whilst awarding a package of routes might have some advantages it also means that an operator could lose everything at one go - think of the demise of Bexleybus. |
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