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My worst bus ride: Stuffy, smells of exhaust fumes and wiper breaks down in heavy rain

STOMPer Jasmine says most of the buses for SMRT Bus Service 852 are poorly maintained, and the situation became most unbearable yesterday (December 13).

She said:

"Well, in general, most of the SMRT Bus Service 852 I have taken are quite old and the air con systems are not working well resulting in them being very stuffy during the journey, especially if it is during a hot afternoon.

"Today was the worst!

"The bus 852 (TIB840A) I boarded had a very strong smell of exhaust fumes, and it was also quite stuffy.

"Worse still, the wiper malfunctioned when it started to rain heavily during the middle of the bus journey, until the driver had to call HQ.

"Whatever happened to bus maintenance and the ever increasing bus fares?"

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peace_ofmind said   on 17 Dec, 2009   Report as offensive  
be glad if u r staying in Yishun and still have 852... check ptc website, it was supposed to be cutback to Yio Chu Kang but not approved by the Authorities.
calebleeyw1 said   on 28 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
Heard that SMRT will be phasing out all the ELBO Scanias as well as the Nissan UDs. The new Merc OC500LEs replacing the fleet.
calebleeyw1 said   on 28 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
Anyway service 852's fleet has been improved recently due to the Nissan UDs being laid up. Mainly the CAC Merc 0405s are being deployed now, as well as the Lances.
porqupine said   on 27 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
Cant you just wait for the next bus if you dont like the smell?
YouAreNuts said   on 24 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
They are just sitting inside their office and waiting for you to complain and then BINGO!!, raise fares for better buses or service.
kuchingkurap said   on 23 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
No. Lemon said this round not increase fare, but increase GST.
nits_nap said   on 19 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
SHUCKS!!!! pls dun complain anymore... make do with the current world class transport... dun give them another reason to increase the fares....
windwind said   on 18 Dec, 2008   Report as offensive  
keep on complain, so that they have a reason to increase the bus fare because public demend a better bus. I don't care, I don't take buses.