I've only taken the 7 once before, from Clementi to Bugis. However, after spending 90 minutes on that journey (half of it was on the stretch between Tanglin Road and Victoria Street - seriously) I wasn't really looking forward to repeating the experience. (On an unrelated note, on that trip, at the stretch along Holland Road, about 75% of the passengers were Caucasian. Whoa.)I got to the bus stop outside Lucky Plaza at 2:58 pm. The electronic signboard said (as seen in the photo above) that the bus would arrive in 8 minutes. It was more like 17 (due to the heavy traffic along Orchard Road - something that someone should look into). At that point, it was raining, the bus stop was crazily crowded, and I was wet and annoyed and wishing I took the MRT. Finally I managed to climb on and head for the upper deck. Thankfully there were seats left (wasn't the case last time). My joy was short-lived though. The bus, moving out from the bus lane, quickly got stuck in the Orchard traffic. The two girls sitting in front of me starting complaining to their dad, saying, "This is taking more than 20 minutes". They then starting singing, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", which was kinda cute, and at least was more interesting than staring out at the traffic below. Eventually the jam let out and I got off at Victoria Street. I checked my watch - 3:30 already. I was annoyed that a journey I could have taken in 15 minutes on the MRT (even with switching of trains and all) had taken so long on a bus. Sigh.
Arrival at Lucky Plaza bus stop ~ 2:58 pm
Arrival of bus ~ 3:15 pm
Disembarkation at Bugis Junction ~ 3:30 pm
Fare ~ $0.71
2 comments:
haha... the famous bus 7, took that quite a few times between tuition and bugis national library.
Yeah, I know. You've taken it before, right, so you know that around the Orchard stretch it is one ride you quickly become impatient with. Haha.
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