Withdrawal and amendments of Niteowl and Cityshopper Bus services.

For the Niteowls, 1N and 6N's route does not change with effect from 31st October 2008. 2N to 5N's route have been changed while 7N and 8N's route have been withdrawn. In addition, the operating times of the Niteowls have been changed to 12am to 2am.

For the Cityshopper Services, service 576 have been withdrawn with effect from 31st October 2008. In addition, the operating times of the Cityshopper services have been changed to 1200 to 1630 hrs on weekdays and 1000 to 2100 hrs on weekends and public holidays. They operate as a one-directional service from 1000 to 1200 hrs and as a bi-directional service from 1200 hrs onwards.

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In my opinion, Cityshopper Bus services are introduced as an initiative to attract more consumers to utilise public transport by providing direct and express links from HDB Heartlands to the city. However, the demand of the cityshopper services cause them to be rather unprofitable and hence some amendments are to be made. In my opinion, perhaps the fares for these type of services can be reduced to the same as express services except that standing is now allowed. This will certainly allure more people to utilise public transport.
Regarding about the amendments of Niteowls, I will certainly choose SMRT Nightriders over SBST Niteowls becuase of their longer operating hours and the routes that they ply.