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.
| General Information | |
| Name | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot / 宏茂桥巴士车厂 |
| Address | 15 Ang Mo Kio Street 63, Singapore 569117 |
| Depot Information | |
| Operator | SBS Transit |
| Type | Main bus depot with adjoined bus park |
| Abbreviation | AMDEP |
| Catchment | Bishan, Ang Mo Kio |
| Sub-depots | Braddell Bus Park |
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. Â 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
Double Decker Buses
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.
| Service | Destination | Remarks |
| 45 | Upper East Coast | |
| 265 | ↺ Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 | |
| 268 | ↺ Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 | |
| 268A | Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 (Techplace 2) | Short Trip Service |
No passenger boarding and alighting activities are allowed within Ang Mo Kio Depot.
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Now that SMRT has vacant Seletar I think some Amdep svc will be based here especially those dual control.
Wonder what will happen to 45 265 n 268.? Service 45 can start from yio chu kang bus int 265 n 268 can be extended to seletar depot.
Think svc 21,73,124,125,139,142,155,157 & Toa Payoh feeders all will be based at Braddell Bus Park while 8,26,52,54,56 & 410G/W based at Sengkang West.
Sengkang West is so far, Braddell is much better place to fit in
Braddell bus park parking capacity is limited to 300 buses only.Unless CDE move to somewhere else and that’s why they need some parking lots at Sengkang West too,Worse to worse some will park at Hougang depot.
I feel Bishan-Toa Payoh service will temporarily use Hougang Depot until a new location for the new depot is finalised.Saint Michael’s service will all be based at Braddell Bus Park while majority of Toa Payoh and all Bishan service(50/52/54/56/410) will be based at Hougang Depot.Sengkang-Hougang service will move to Sengkang West depot and Serangoon-Eunos svc will stay at Hougang until Kim Chuan is ready.