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Service 36
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Operator History:
- 01 Dec 1997 – 31 Oct 2001: Singapore Bus Services Ltd
- 01 Nov 2001 – 17 Sep 2016: SBS Transit Ltd
- 18 Sep 2016 – Present: Go Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd (formerly known as Go Ahead Loyang Pte Ltd)
History:
Service 36
- 1997 (01 Dec): Re-numbered from Service 16E between Bt Merah Int and Changi Airport as a peak hour one-directional semi-express service on weekdays
- 1998 (06 Sep): Amended to loop at Tomlinson Rd, amended to ply Marine Parade Rd/Siglap Link, Amber Rd, Mountbatten Rd, Marina Centre and converted to a full day trunk service
- 2000: Serves new bus stop opposite SATS Flight Kitchen along Airport Blvd
- 2002 (07 Jul): Skips the bus stop outside Orchard Emerald along Orchard Rd
- 2003: Serves additional bus stop opposite Mandarin Gdns along Siglap Rd
- 2005 (02 Jul): Amended to ply Grange Rd with the partial closure of Somerset Rd
- 2007: Serves additional bus stop outside Victoria Sch along Marine Parade Rd
- 2007 (11 Nov): Amended to serve Changi Airport PTB3
- 2009 (03 Dec): Designated wheelchair-accessible bus service (WAB)
- 2013 (28 Jul): Serves new pair of bus stops outside One Amber and outside Tg Katong Rd South Playground along Tg Katong Rd South
- 2016 (18 Sep): Operations transferred to Go Ahead Loyang Pte Ltd from SBS Transit Ltd
- 2017 (22 Oct): Amended to serve Changi Airport PTB4
Service 36T
- 2018 (Jul): Introduced as trips of Service 36 terminating at Changi Airport PTB2
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Service 36 should not be cut or rationalised due to TEL4, as it still has very healthy demand patterns and remains the only Marine Parade-Airport and Airport-City link, as well as being FASTER than the TEL from Marine Parade to Orchard. This is evident in Service 36 in between Marine Parade and the City being overcrowded during peak hours, and sometimes even during non-peak hours. In fact, Marine Parade/East Coast commuters even prefer taking Service 14 with NO express sectors, as even that is faster than the TEL. If any rationalisation is to be undertaken, it should be more of a division of Service 36 into the following services:
Service 36 (Changi Airport – Amber Road)
Original route until Marine Parade, then loop via Marine Parade Road -> Amber Road -> Mountbatten Road -> East Coast Road -> Still Road South, effectively replacing the looping sector of Service 47. Could also be potentially extended via Service 196’s routing to Shenton Way if 196 gets rationalised.
Service 47 (Changi Business Park – Tomlinson Road)
Original route until Marine Parade, then loop at Tomlinson Road via Service 36’s current routing. Since the only part of Service 36’s routing that is height-restricted is Changi Airport, Service 47 can utilise DDs.
Service 636 (Changi Airport – Tomlinson Road)
Current route of Service 36 but runs express from Changi Airport Ter 4 to Suntec. I believe that commuters would be willing to pay premium fares for this express service from the airport to the city, effectively becoming a Airport City Direct service.
By splitting Service 36 as such, it would be much easier to run necessary buses with the demand, would allow for DDs to help Service 14 along the East Coast/Marine Parade-Orchard sector, as well as introduce an express service from the airport to the city, allowing travelers with potential heavy luggage to be separated from regular commuters on Service 36, and offering a quick and cheap alternative to the EWL and Taxis in that sector.
Do feel free to pen your thoughts below 🙂
I think this bus service can now be moved to Tampines Bus Package instead since East Coast Bus Depot is operational!