My Friend send me an intresting thread... Old bus in sg...
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clarinet said:wow... that was like donkey years ago
yup.. just finished school then...
now, i wish i could find a bus WITHOUT aircon for my first grandchild to sit... let him zhai see a bit muhahaha
afbug said:
Yeah ...... those colourful tickets At that time the bus conductor will come to u n ask how much? mine is always half price
then he will take out from his pouch a ticket and punch a hole on it! and pay on the spot!Dat time feeder bus service on 5cents then up 10cents to 15cents to 25cents and now almost 70cents
what a raise!!!One thing I remeber is the rear seat of the old buses. Alot of them used to be loose, so when the driver brakes suddenly, the whole seat used to lurch foward.
Bus drivers racing each other at night along Upper Thompson Road & Sembawang Road.
Bus drivers racing each other at night along Upper Thompson Road & Sembawang Road.
Photography is such a powerful tool. I noticed that for one, the posted fotos didn't get comments like - "underexposed!" "noisy, what camera is that!?" - but stirs the soul and touches the heart. I remember how I used to enjoy the cheap thrills of having free rides when the bus is too crowded for the conductor to sell me the bus ticket.
from the days of Leyland, Volvo, Merc, Saab-Scania buses... manual flipping of the service number plates, standing passengers furiously slapping onto warm seat vacated by other passengers, etc.
wow, those were the good days. feeder trunk service 15cents, children below 1.2 (or 1.5m? can't remember) pay only 25cents irrespective of distance travelled.
in the days of OMO (one-man-operated) ticketing machines, a lot of fare cheats purposely pay the minimum amount and travel the maximum distance.
i once saw an underpaid commuter kena fxxked by the bus driver until shoik shoik then opened the exit door...
wow, those were the good days. feeder trunk service 15cents, children below 1.2 (or 1.5m? can't remember) pay only 25cents irrespective of distance travelled.
in the days of OMO (one-man-operated) ticketing machines, a lot of fare cheats purposely pay the minimum amount and travel the maximum distance.
i once saw an underpaid commuter kena fxxked by the bus driver until shoik shoik then opened the exit door...
I still remember when the bus is super crowded and the Mat Rockers jamming their compo with heavy metal music and u are standing beside them. :sweat:
how come no one mentioned about the time when raining and all windows closed.... hot, stuffy, sweaty, smelly in the bus..... worse of all windows all foggy until cannot see outside... dun even know wheather got overshot the stop a not..... Best of all outside the bus is much cooler than the inside of the bus...
- And all those drawings on the windows when they fog up.
- Then have to wipe a circle to see outside otherwise can't know which stop.
- And all those folded tickets tucked behind the seats where the metal handrail & backboard meets.
- And the water reservour that slides up & down the window ledge after it rains...
Last 2 pt hard to describe,.u guys understand?:bsmilie:
- Then have to wipe a circle to see outside otherwise can't know which stop.
- And all those folded tickets tucked behind the seats where the metal handrail & backboard meets.
- And the water reservour that slides up & down the window ledge after it rains...
Last 2 pt hard to describe,.u guys understand?:bsmilie:
When did they stop the colourful tickets and started the OMO?
Seems that we have a bunch of pp here in the 30s.
Seems that we have a bunch of pp here in the 30s.
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