Day 2: 991 Route extension

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Day 2: 991 Route extension

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As I was unable to catch 991 on her first day of extended operations(thanks, NS 😭), the next day when I came out I immediately headed to Choa Chu Kang Interchange to film her on her new extension. As it turned out, I did not even have to reach Choa Chu Kang Interchange to catch 991 on her new extension; while on the way I encontered SG5959P(MAN ND323F(A95) Batch 4 Euro VI Specifications) on 991 right in front of my 172, an OC500LE. Shortly after my 172 pulled into CCK, SG5959P pulled in as well, and I settled into a wait for it to depart on 991 again, purposely missing an A22 Euro V in the process(gaining the humour of another commuter who wondered why I didnt board it even though I was waiting for 991, to which I explained I was waiting for a DD,and she laughed it off 😂). 10mins later, right on schedule, SG5959P pulled into the departure berth to start another run on 991, and as per custom, I was the first passenger to board.

At boarding, there were barely any passengers - in fact, only a total of 3 passengers boarded, myself included, and this gave me the advantage of being able to film the upper deck in detail, including the PIDS behind the staircase, without blocking anyone, and after getting good footage of the upper deck I proceeded to my favourite seat, the frontmost seat on the right hand side, to film the entire trip of SG5959P. Departing from CCK, I had the rare luxury of having the upper deck all to myself; in fact, for the first half of the trip, this held true as the demad at that timing was very low! However, passing through Bukit Gombak, the bus started to get progressively more crowded, mostly with students who had just finished school but there were other commuters as well. Partly due to the incomplete construction of the Bukit Batok West residential area, the bus encountered no demand until it stopped at Millenia Institute, taking on many passengers from the 3 schools in the area(MI, Bukit Batok Secondary and Princess Elizabeth Primary) and the bus was moderately packed as it passed by my church, and a number of passengers boarded at that bus stop too, and the bus was moderately packed by the time it turned into Bukit Batok Central, although there were still seats here and there.
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Re: Day 2: 991 Route extension

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SG1201T Citaro wrote: Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:18 am purposely missing an A22 Euro V in the process(gaining the humour of another commuter who wondered why I didnt board it even though I was waiting for 991, to which I explained I was waiting for a DD,and she laughed it off 😂).
I also missed an A22 on 61 in Eunos to take SMB5890A back in 2016 (at that time there were only there Batch 1 A95s present). I simply seated at the benches so that no one will find out I purposely missed that A22 8-)
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Re: Day 2: 991 Route extension

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Tan_CJ wrote: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:18 pm
SG1201T Citaro wrote: Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:18 am purposely missing an A22 Euro V in the process(gaining the humour of another commuter who wondered why I didnt board it even though I was waiting for 991, to which I explained I was waiting for a DD,and she laughed it off 😂)
I also missed an A22 on 61 in Eunos to take SMB5890A back in 2016 (at that time there were only there Batch 1 A95s present). I simply seated at the benches so that no one will find out I purposely missed that A22 8-)
My custom is to wait in the queue so that when my target bus comes Im the first to board - done that so many times with SG5999Z and the 858 A24s, among others :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Rep buses
MAN Lion's City DD L 3 Door Concept Bus, SG5999Z(BNDEP
7
)
O530 Citaro, SG1201T(
LYDEP
)
MAN NL323F(A22), SMB235A(ex-WLDEP
187
)
MAN NG363F(A24), SMB8030X(AMDEP
858
)
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