Wubb Clutched April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 Delivery of the 300 Mercedes Citaro buses for SBS has began http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-7153-1-13...-0-0-0-0-0.html ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathism Neutral Newbie April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 awesome! lemme guess, busses with lesser seats! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddilac Neutral Newbie April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 awesome! lemme guess, busses with lesser seats! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathism Neutral Newbie April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 with a layout like that, doesnt that leave much lesser standing room? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcw75 Hypersonic April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 What's that on the floor? A dead body? Looks like the leg of Homer Simpson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good-Carbuyer 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 Delivery of the 300 Mercedes Citaro buses for SBS has began http://www.daimler.com/dccom/0-5-7153-1-13...-0-0-0-0-0.html Years back in Europe, this model nicknamed 'fire-truck', notorious for catching fire with passengers on-board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Supersonic April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 (edited) The bus looks nice n comfort. But how come sbs transit buy so many single deck buses? Edited April 22, 2011 by 13177 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeromania 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 (edited) The bus looks nice n comfort. But how come sbs transit buy so many single deck buses? coz all the double decker buses were destroyed by FT bus drivers and decided it's not practical? Edited April 22, 2011 by Aeromania Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5936 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 hope they have seat bekts for drivers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiyotakamli Supersonic April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 long time never take bus lol, will try out this mercedes bus one day:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonTan 2nd Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 What a lousy design! Looking at the rear portion, seems that only one line of standing passenger possible. Not possible to stand two rows, as backside will be rubbing with backside or c--k rubbing with the sitting passenger. This bus will make more people to squeeze at the front and exit!! Poor design from the look of the narrow rear recessed floor space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike1234 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 Wa kinda weird leh... I thought SBS always would only use Volvo or Scania... Then SMRT would be the Citaro bus.... Now SBS also started to use Citaro? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nf0rc3r 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 i think the bag on the floor contains the handles? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 (edited) Wa kinda weird leh... I thought SBS always would only use Volvo or Scania... Then SMRT would be the Citaro bus.... Now SBS also started to use Citaro? Not true. SBS used to have Merc 0405s in their fleets. Those have already or are in the midst of being laid up. Not too long ago actually. Edited April 22, 2011 by Happily1986 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike1234 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 Not true. SBS used to have Merc 0405s in their fleets. Those have already or are in the midst of being laid up. Not too long ago actually. Kinda suprised ma... SBS got a Volvo B7RLE as a demonstrator... Somemore SBS mostly used Volvo thus i'm kinda surprised as they decided Citaro over the demonstrator unit... Anyway, SMRT also purchased the Citaro (11 units)...Not the commonly seen Mercedes Benz OC500LE And SBS also got the Citaro bus (300 units) Kind of coincidence Anw info i gotten is from wiki Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily1986 5th Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 Kinda suprised ma... SBS got a Volvo B7RLE as a demonstrator... Somemore SBS mostly used Volvo thus i'm kinda surprised as they decided Citaro over the demonstrator unit... Anyway, SMRT also purchased the Citaro (11 units)...Not the commonly seen Mercedes Benz OC500LE And SBS also got the Citaro bus (300 units) Kind of coincidence Anw info i gotten is from wiki SMRT is kind of finicky as a buyer. They actually got one Citaro demonstrator bus for free for their own "trial test". Pilot tested for 1 year which concluded a few months ago. I think it was favourable hence they bought a few of the Citaros. If i am not wrong the buy went through Cycle and Carriage. SBS and SMRT are quite different when it comes to buying buses. For one, SBS can whack alot more buses. I think Daimler bang balls when they heard that SBS bought 1100 KUBs from Scania. Secondly, SMRT almost always buy CBU buses while SBS prefers to buy them CKD with the bodyworks assembled inhouse by their sister company Comfort Delgro Engineering. I think first batch might be CBU but the subsequent majority are all assembled locally sans the chassis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porche 5th Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 the one who decide to get this is a no brainer, less seats less standing space means less ppl can board the bus. What's next claim to need to have more buses or increase frequency, bus fares up again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike1234 1st Gear April 22, 2011 Share April 22, 2011 the one who decide to get this is a no brainer, less seats less standing space means less ppl can board the bus. What's next claim to need to have more buses or increase frequency, bus fares up again FYI, these low board buses are designed for easier access for disabled ppl via the back door ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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