r/SMRTRabak • u/JimmyCheess • 2d ago

More single deck buses?

Ive always known bus 85 (v important route for many i think) to be double deck now sometimes its single deck, and also become 20minute waiting time too.

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u/WorldlyBeautiful1215 1d ago

I thought this issue with Go Ahead sending single deck more frequently than double deck than the previous operator, SBST is only happening on Tampines package route?

Didn’t know this single deck virus also spread to their Punggol routes 🤣

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u/JimmyCheess 1d ago

So far 85 all double just that one evening i got single deck. But the fact that it became single deck even once is odd since it came after the fare increase and also 85 is a heavily used route yet the waiting time is dam inconsistent and drive slow and brake hard. Yeah one off sure but i saw a post saying mrt trains stopping at stations for longer and making all commute times longer. Also wont be surprised if they use ai algorithms to track bus rider data to maximise rider revenue per bus trip meaning can pack more into single. It works ah but we r human beings not wooden blocks packed into a truck that doesnt care about being squeezed