Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (SBS Transit)

SBS Transit Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot is a bus depot located within the Yio Chu Kang industrial area, supporting bus operations mainly around Bishan, Ang Mo Kio, Yio Chu Kang, New Bridge Road and Shenton Way.

Currently owned and operated by SBS Transit, the depot is part of SBS Transit East District. It should not be confused with SMRT’s Ang Mo Kio Depot, which has since been demolished. This depot is also slated for demolition in the near future, with a demolition tender issued in September 2024.

The Depot

Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (commonly abbreviated AMDEP) is a main bus depot located along Ang Mo Kio Street 63, within the Yio Chu Kang industrial estate just north of Yio Chu Kang MRT Station and Yio Chu Kang Sports Hall. The depot supports bus operations mainly around Bishan, Ang Mo Kio, Yio Chu Kang, New Bridge Road and Shenton Way.

The main depot building contains offices and a canteen, and is attached to a sheltered bus workshop for repairs and maintenance works. A sheltered bus refuelling point with multiple sawtooth berths is located next to the main building. Separated vehicular entrance and exit lead to Ang Mo Kio Street 63.  The adjoined bus park occupies the most space within the depot, with a total of 438 parking lots.

SBS Transit’s Bus Operation Control Center (BOCC) is located at AMDEP, which oversees all SBS Transit East District operations, covering buses based in Bedok North Depot and Braddell Bus Park.

In December 2016, the bus park of the nearby Sungei Seletar Bus Depot was used as a parking facility for buses based out of AMDEP.

Historical Background

Ang Mo Kio Depot began operations in 1978 under Singapore Bus Services (SBS), and has been in operation ever since, as one of the oldest bus depots around. It occupies 63,955 sq m of land within the Yio Chu Kang industrial estate, and cost around S$6 million to build. SBS Transit holds the land tenure lasting 26 years from 1 March 1994 (as per 2018 SBS Transit Annual Report). In the 2019 SBS Transit Annual Report, the land lease was extended by 4 years and 9 months to 30 years and 9 months, ending 1 December 2024.

Demolition

In September 2024, ComfortDelGro called for a tender (reference number TQ24A1039) for Proposed Delineation & Demolition Works to Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot.

Ceasing of Operations

Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot is expected to cease operations after December 2024. Based on an October 2024 job posting by SBS Transit, the Human Resource Officer role would be “based at Ang Mo Kio Depot until the end of December 2024. After that, it will be split between two locations: Braddell Headquarters and Sengkang West Bus Depot.”

Depot Fleet:

Ang Mo Kio Depot currently houses the following models of buses:

Single Deck Buses

• MAN A22
• Mercedes-Benz Citaro
• Scania K230UB
• Volvo B5LH

Double Decker Buses

• MAN A95
• Volvo B9TL

Significant incidents:

A depot fire on 10 March 1999 resulted in the loss of several buses, among them being SBS456U, SBS7195B and SBS9013E. Exact details are unknown.

On 07 March 2010 (~3:30am), six buses were burnt down in a depot fire which started within the bus park. These buses were SBS7440T, SBS9163E, SBS9174Z, SBS9188J, SBS9619H and SBS9888Y, all of which were written off after the incident. The incident marked the first loss of a Volvo B9TL and the Volvo B10TL Demonstrator.

Bus services:

Ang Mo Kio Depot also functions as the terminating point for Services 45, 265 and 268.

No passenger boarding and alighting activities are allowed within Ang Mo Kio Depot.

Gallery:

External Links & References:

• NewspaperSG – $25 m SBS investment (nlb.gov.sg)

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