Facts of Volvo B9TL - WAB

Volvo B9TL
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Chassis
The B9TL chassis shared the same design of the B7TL. The key difference from both its predecessor, the B10TL Super Olympian and B7TL, is the new 9.4-litre engine originally designed by Renault. The radiator is located at the rear offside, similar the smaller B7TL. The front module design is shared with other low-floor bus chassis built by Volvo, and independent suspension is fitted at the front axle.
The B9TL was initially offered in 3-axle format, and the 2-axle variant was added in 2006 to replace the B7TL. The driveline comprises a Volvo D9A Euro III engine (rated at 300bhp or 340bhp), which was later replaced by the Volvo D9B Euro IV engine (uses selective catalytic reduction technology; two versions were offered - the D9B260 rated at 260bhp for 2-axle version, and a higher powered D9B310, rated at 310bhp, for 3-axle version), and coupled to a ZF 5/6-speed gearbox. Volvo also offer the Voith 4-speed gearbox as an option.
The front wheels of 3-axle B9TL are usually supplied by ALCOA of the USA, but some buses (including the 3 prototypes) have all their wheels supplied by ALCOA.

Bus Service 2 route

Stages Bus stop no.
1 99009 -->
CHANGI VILLAGE RD
CHANGI VILLAGE TER

1.5 99131 -->
BLK 4

1.5 99049 -->
LOYANG AVE
CHANGI GOLF COURSE

2 99039 -->
ST GEORGE CHAPEL

2.5 99029 -->
AFT CRANWELL RD

3 99019 -->
AFT SCH OF COMMANDO


3.5 98079 -->
LP 41

4 98069 -->
SIA ENGRG CO

4.5 97099 -->
LOYANG WAY
AFT LOYANG AVE

5 97089 -->
OPP SELARANG PK DRUG REH.

5.5 97079 -->
UPP CHANGI RD NORTH
OPP SELARANG CAMP
S'PORE CORPORATION OF REHABILITATIVE ENTERPRISES

6 97069 -->
LLOYD LEAS WK REL CAMP

6.5 97209 -->
CHANGI CHAPEL MUSEUM
CHANGI CHAPEL MUSEUM

7 97059 -->
CHANGI WOMEN'S PRISON
COMPASS GREEN

7.5 97049 -->
CHANGI PRISON
BALLOTA PARK CONDO

8 97039 -->
BEF JLN BENA

9 97019 -->
SALVATION ARMY

9.5 96069 -->
UPP CHANGI RD EAST
MERA TER P/G
CASCADALE

10 96059 -->
CHANGI CT
CHANGI COURT

10.5 96049 -->
OPP TROPICANA CONDO

11 96099 -->
UPP CHANGI RD
OPP MISTRAL PK
MISTRAL PARK

11.5 96089 -->
OPP GRACE INDPENDENT CH

11.5 96079 -->
OS ITE REGIONAL CAMPUS

12 85079 -->
FLEXTRONIC

12.5 85089 -->
BEF JLN CHEMPAKA KUNING
YUGI GDN

13 85069 -->
BEDOK RD
BEDOK MKT PL
PALM WOODS

13.5 85059 -->
BEF JLN CHEMPAKA KUNING
THE SPRINGFIELD

14 85099 -->
NEW UPP CHANGI RD
TANAH MERAH STN


14.5 84069 -->
BLK 55


15 84059 -->
BLK 65
BEDOK GREEN PRI SCH

15.5 84049 -->
BLK 27

16 84039 -->
BEDOK STN

17 84029 -->
OPP BLK 32
PING YI SEC SCH

17.5 84019 -->
OPP CHAI CHEE IND PK

18 83099 -->
CHANGI RD
AFT PERPETUAL SUCCOUR CH

18.5 83079 -->
BEF SIGLAP PLAIN
ST STEPHEN'S SCH

18.5 83059 -->
MASJID KASSIM
THE VERMILLION

19 83049 -->
BEF LOR 110 CHANGI
EAST SHINE

19.5 83029 -->
BEF JAMIYAH HOME
EUNOS PARK

20 82069 -->
AFT GE LIFE CTR
AIA CHANGI

20.5 82049 -->
JOO CHIAT CPLX
JUPITER COURT

21 82029 -->
GEYLANG RD
BLK 14 MKT/FC
TRISTAR INN S'PORE

21.5 82109 -->
CITY PLAZA

21.5 81069 -->
OPP LOR 39 GEYLANG
ASTON MANSIONS

22 81049 -->
AFT LOR 34 GEYLANG
COSY LODGE

22.5 81029 -->
AFT LOR 28 GEYLANG
GEYLANG MANSION

23 80089 -->
BEF LOR 18 GEYLANG
THE PRIMERO

23.5 80069 -->
OPP MOHD SALLEH MQUE
ACCORD APTS

24 80049 -->
BEF GEYLANG DR
GAY WORLD HOTEL

24.5 80039 -->
AFT PEOPLE'S ASSN
PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION

25 80029 -->
KALLANG RD
AFT KALLANG RD ERP GANTRY

25.5 01319 -->
LAVENDER STN

26 01219 -->
VICTORIA ST
HONG WEN SCH

26.5 01129 -->
OPP STAMFORD PR SCH

26.5 01059 -->
BUGIS STN

27 01119 -->
BUGIS JUNCTION
IMPORTS & EXPORTS OFFICE

27.5 01019 -->
BRAS BASAH CPLX

27.5 04159 -->
AFT CHIJMES
CHIJMES

28 04149 -->
HILL ST
GRAND PLAZA PARKROYAL

28.5 04229 -->
HIGH ST CTR

28.5 04239 -->
NEW BRIDGE RD
AFT THE RIVERWALK
THE RIVERWALK APTS

29 05059 -->
HONG LIM PK
CLARKE QUAY STN

29.5 05049 -->
CHINATOWN PT

30 05039 -->
NEW BRIDGE CTR
CHINATOWN CPLX

30.5 05019 -->
OPP PEARL'S CTR
MAJESTIC HOTEL

31 10589 -->
EU TONG SEN ST
NEW BRIDGE RD TER

Bus Service 2

Timetable shown for WAB trips and general trips are available in separate requests.

Bus service no. : 2

Road : CHANGI VILLAGE RD

Bus stop : CHANGI VILLAGE TER

* Scheduled timings are subject to traffic conditions. Please be at the bus stop 5 minutes earlier.
Weekday(Mon-Fri) WAB Timetable
05:39am
05:48am
06:05am
06:14am
06:31am
07:00am
07:10am
07:31am
07:41am
08:02am
08:22am
08:42am
08:52am
09:26am
09:40am
10:08am
10:37am
11:06am
11:36am
12:21pm
12:35pm
01:02pm
01:30pm
01:57pm
02:24pm
02:52pm
03:06pm
03:34pm
03:42pm
03:49pm
04:04pm
04:22pm
04:53pm
05:03pm
05:36pm
05:45pm
06:15pm
06:27pm
06:52pm
07:04pm
07:36pm
08:14pm
08:46pm
09:17pm
09:49pm
10:20pm
10:54pm
11:28pm
11:45pm

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Bus service no. : 2

Road : EU TONG SEN ST

Bus stop : NEW BRIDGE RD TER

* Scheduled timings are subject to traffic conditions. Please be at the bus stop 5 minutes earlier.
Weekday(Mon-Fri) Timetable :
05:59am
06:07am
06:17am
06:27am
06:47am
07:06am
07:15am
07:42am
07:51am
08:11am
08:39am
08:49am
09:09am
09:19am
09:45am
10:34am
11:06am
11:20am
11:49am
12:17pm
12:46pm
01:15pm
01:59pm
02:13pm
02:42pm
03:10pm
03:39pm
03:57pm
04:07pm
04:37pm
04:47pm
05:17pm
05:27pm
05:36pm
05:55pm
06:28pm
07:02pm
07:36pm
08:10pm
08:43pm
09:17pm
09:50pm
10:18pm
10:48pm
11:17pm
11:46pm

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Bus stops accessible to PIWs or WABs.

Service 12

All the bus stops along Service 12 are accessible except these 3 bus stops.
B6 Upper Changi Road East - Expo Halls 1/2/3
B14 Eu Tong Sen Street - After Hosp Drive
B13 New Upper Changi Road - Tanah Merah Stn

Service 21

All the bus stops along Service 21 are accessible except these 7 bus stops.
B08 Balestier Road opposite Balestier Point
B17 Balestier Road after Irrawaddy Road
B04 Thomson road outside Novena Station
B06 Geylang Road opposite Mohd Salleh
B12 Geylang Road after Geylang Lor 34
B14 Geylang Road opposite Geylang Lor 39
B03 Kitchener Road before Tai Hoe Hotel

Service 147

All the bus stops along Service 147 are accessible.

Service 196

All the bus stops along Service 196 are accessible except these 4 bus stops.
B02 Collyer Quay - Clifford Pier
B15 AYE - Blk 431
B11 AYE - After Clementi Swimming Complex
B14 Eu Tong Sen Street - After Hospital Drive

Service 198

All the bus stops along Service 198 are accessible except these 5 bus stops.
B15 AYE - Blk 431
B13 AYE - Blk 426
B11 AYE - After Clementi Swimming Complex
B16 AYE - Blk 506
B20 AYE - Faber Hills Condo

Bus Guide

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Bus-Guide iris

Overview

iris is the acronym for Intelligent Route Information System. Through iris, we hope to provide information services to enhance your travel experience with SBS Transit. iris currently offers 2 applications to help you better plan your journeys: iris NextBus and iris Journey Planner.
iris Journey Planner helps you plan the best way to get to your destination by providing travel solutions on our bus, LRT and/or NEL, based on the cheapest fare, shortest walking distance or shortest travelling time.
iris NextBus is our latest iris service and it offers bus arrival time estimation on a real time basis. You now have the convenience of knowing how many minutes away your bus is from your bus stop or how long more before the next bus departs from the bus interchange. iris NextBus is on trial at the moment and we would like to invite you to be among the first to try out the service and give us your feedback. This will help us enhance iris NextBus to serve you better.

iris Next Bus

Want to find out when the next bus is arriving at your bus stop? Need help to plan your bus travel and avoid unnecessary wait at the bus stops? The iris NextBus allows you to do just that.

SBS Transit's FAQ

www.sbstransit.com.sg/

Sometimes, two buses of the same service arrive at the same time with one bus being overcrowded and the other almost empty. Why?

The reason for this is largely due to adverse traffic conditions on the road and other conditions such as road closure, diversions, weather, accidents etc. Indeed, more than 70% of our delays or bunching are due to these reasons. For example, assuming 3 buses started out being 10min apart which was sufficient to cater to the demand along the route (see below).
Bus 1 did not meet any problems and hence, was able to run on schedule. Bus 2 encountered a jam while Bus 3 did not encounter any problems. Hence, the time between Bus 1 and Bus 2 was lengthened, while the time between Bus 2 and Bus 3 was shortened (see below).

By taking more than its share of passengers Bus 2 slowed down as a result, while Bus 3 picked up fewer passengers which caused it to speed up. Bus 2 was thus caught in a vicious cycle that came to a head when the third bus caught up.
To the passenger on the ground, he would have waited 15min and it would seem that Bus 2 was crowded while Bus 3 was relatively empty. In the above situation, adding more buses is not a solution, as the same buses will end up being caught in the jam. More bunching will occur when they do eventually emerge from the traffic slowdown.
We assure our commuters that we try as far as possible to ensure that our buses arrive at regular intervals including adjusting the assignment of buses to suit real time conditions though there is a limit to how changes can be made.

Why does the Bus Captain drive so slowly?

We hope commuters can appreciate that traffic conditions on the road can vary. Our schedules, however, can only be planned to meet what is usually the expected traffic condition at the various times of the day. There will be times when the traffic conditions are unusually clear or congested and this often results in buses being too early or late.When traffic conditions are especially clear, our Bus Captains are required to regulate speed if they notice that they are ahead of schedule. This ensures that the Bus Captains keep the arrival times at the bus stops as close to the planned schedule as possible to avoid any disruption like bus bunching.From the perspective of the passengers on board the bus, the journey seems slow but to the passengers waiting at the bus stops along the route, they expect their bus to arrive on time as scheduled. Nonetheless, we will monitor our buses closely and make appropriate adjustments to the running time when necessary.

Why is it that bus services serving my estate do not go to where I want directly but requires me to transfer?

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to have a direct service, as there are literally thousands of possible service combinations and limited number of buses to fulfill this demand.Hence, SBS Transit must trade-off between the needs of an individual and the majority of passengers who stand to benefit from a particular service.Nevertheless, SBS Transit tries to provide as many links as possible to improve the connectivity. In 2005 alone, SBS Transit introduced more than 20 new services in order to serve the needs of our passengers.

Courtesy of SBS Transit