A bus depot (or bus garage) is where buses are stored and maintained. They are essential facilities for bus operations, and provide a central location for maintenance, refuelling and bus parking, along with offices and ancillary facilities that support bus operations.
Bus Depots usually come with the following facilities:
- Administrative Offices
- NTWU Canteen
- Staff welfare facilities (e.g. lounges, gym, etc.)
- Bus parking area
- Bus washing machines
- Fuel pumps (Diesel and AdBlue)
- Inspection Lanes
- Workshop (for maintenance and overhaul)
- Bus Operations Control Centre (BOCC) (some depots)
- Bus repainting shop (some depots)
- Electric bus chargers (some depots)
In contrast, bus parks (or out-stations) are compounds that function as bus storage facilities. They provide minimal facilities and usually depend on bus depots on maintenance, refuelling and sometimes washing. However, some bus parks in Singapore function as fully independent bus depots.
Location Map
Bus Depots & Bus Parks
Here is a list of bus depots and bus parks in Singapore catering to public transport:
| Bus Depot / Park | Location | Operator(s) | Remarks |
| Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot (AMDEP) | Ang Mo Kio Street 63 | SBS Transit | East District BOCC |
| Bedok North Bus Depot (BNDEP) | Bedok North Avenue 4 | SBS Transit | East District |
| Braddell Bus Park (BRBP) | Braddell Road | SBS Transit | East District Corporate HQ (SBS Transit Ltd) |
| Bukit Batok Bus Depot (BBDEP) | Bukit Batok Street 23 | SBS Transit | West District |
| Bulim Bus Depot (BUDEP) | Bulim Drive | Tower Transit (Anchor) | Corporate HQ (Tower Transit Singapore Pte Ltd) BOCC |
| SMRT Buses (Tenant) | Gali Batu Zone | ||
| Hougang Bus Depot (HGDEP) | Defu Avenue 1 | SBS Transit | West District |
| Kranji Bus Depot (KJDEP) | Kranji Road | SMRT Buses | Gali Batu Zone |
| Loyang Bus Depot (LYDEP) | Loyang Way | Go-Ahead Singapore | Corporate HQ (Go Ahead Singapore Pte Ltd) BOCC |
| Mandai Bus Depot | Mandai Road | Tower Transit | |
| Seletar Bus Depot (SEDEP) | Yio Chu Kang Crescent | SBS Transit (Anchor) | East District BOCC |
| SMRT Buses (Tenant) | Woodlands Zone | ||
| Sengkang West Bus Depot | Seletar West Road 1 / 2 | SBS Transit | |
| Soon Lee Bus Park / Depot (SLBP) | Soon Lee Road | SMRT Buses (Anchor) SBS Transit (Tenant) |
West District BOCC |
| Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (UPDEP) | Business Park Drive | SBS Transit | BOCC |
| Woodlands Bus Depot (WLDEP) | Woodlands Industrial Park E4 | SMRT Buses | Woodlands Zone BOCC |
| Woodlands Bus Park (WLBP) | North Coast Avenue | SMRT Buses | Woodlands Zone / Gali Batu Zone |
Some bus depots are paired with bus parks for additional handling capacity of buses. Buses permanently stationed at bus parks regularly return to their bus depots for maintenance, refuelling, washing and more, depending on the facilities provided at the bus park. For instance, the former Ayer Rajah Bus Park had its own fuelling pumps and bus wash owing to its far distance away from its parent Bukit Batok Bus Depot, and buses only head back to Bukit Batok for maintenance works. Other paired bus depots/bus parks include Woodlands Depot / Woodlands Bus Park and Bedok North Depot / former Changi Bus Park.
As part of the gradual implementation of the Bus Contracting Model starting in 2016, newer bus depots are owned by the Government and leased out to bus operators who have won their respective bus package contracts.
In addition to parking buses at Bus depots and Bus parks, bus operators may carry out overnight parking at bus interchanges should there be insufficient parking spaces at bus depots.
Upcoming Bus Depots:
Bus depots in the future are fully owned by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and leased to operators as part of the Bus Contracting Model. To accommodate over a thousand additional buses in the next few years, more bus depots are being constructed across the island.
| Bus Depot / Bus Park | Description |
| East Coast Bus Depot (final name TBC) |
Multi-storey bus depot located next to East Coast Integrated Depot (EWL, DTL and TEL). Estimated completion in 2024. |
| Gali Batu Bus Depot | Multi-storey bus depot next to the Downtown Line’s Gali Batu MRT Depot, likely intended for the future Choa Chu Kang-Bukit Panjang Bus Package. Estimated completion in 2023. |
| Kim Chuan Bus Depot | Multi-storey bus depot at Kim Chuan, co-located with Kim Chuan MRT Depot expansion. Estimated completion in 2025. |
| Lorong Halus Bus Depot |
Future multi-storey bus depot at Lorong Halus. Estimated completion in 2029. |
| Pasir Panjang Bus Depot | Future multi-storey bus depot at Pasir Panjang. Estimated completion in 2029. |
| Simpang Bus Depot | Future Multi-storey bus depot at Simpang. |
| Tengah Bus Depot | Multi-storey bus depot at Tengah, co-located with Tengah MRT Depot. Estimated completion in 2026. |
| To be announced | Planned bus depot in Tuas co-located with Cross Island Line rail depot, on the site of the former Raffles Country Club [Link] |
Defunct
| Bus Depot | Operator | Location | Closed |
| Changi Bus Park | SBS Transit | Upper Changi Road East | 2016 |
| Ayer Rajah Bus Park | SBS Transit | Ayer Rajah Crescent | 2018 |
| Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | SMRT Buses | Ang Mo Kio Street 62 | 2022 |
Defunct SBS bus depots include
- Alexandra Depot (249 Alexandra Road)
- Bedok Depot (1440 Bedok Road)
- Bukit Timah Depot
- Changi/Somapah Depot
- Jurong Depot (4 Penjuru Road, replaced by Soon Lee Depot)
- Paya Lebar Depot
- Toa Payoh Depot
- Woodlands Depot (950 Woodlands Road; near present-day Kranji MRT station and Singapore Turf Club)
Wonder how Bndep able to tank in buses from Bedok & Tampines respectively?I knew there’s a few overnight parking at Bedok,Tampines and Tampines concourse Int but again the combined package has over 600 buses.
BPJ/GB service excluding 920 & 922 will be parking at Woodlands Bus Park after the Mandai handover on September.Refuelling will be done at Woodlands Depot and any periodic maintenance will be done at Kranji Depot.Also SMRT Woodlands service like 960,961,962 & 964 will be overnight parking @ Mandai Depot.
Kranji Depot:67,188,190,307,927,971,976,983 & 985.
Woodlands Bus Park:75,176,184,970,972,973,975 & 979.
Bulim Depot:61,172,180 & 991.
Choa Chu Kang Temp Interchange:300,301 & 302.
Woodlands Depot:178,187,925,926 & 950.
Woodlands Regional Interchange:900,901,903,904,911,912 & 913.
Mandai Depot:960,960e,961,962 & 964.
I also agree maybe Svc like 960/960e, 961, 962, 964 may park at Mandai Depot due to their route. Maybe can add 985 also since it is from Lorong 1 Geylang.
Why not Svc 927 also park at Mandai Depot? Since it is near SIngapore Zoo, last bus can terminate at Singapore Zoo bus stop and proceed to travel down Mandai Road to Mandai Depot.
My depot deployment would be as such:
KJ: 67, 188, 190, 970, 971, 972, 973, 975, 976, 979, 983
WLBP: 75, 176, 184, 900, 901/901M, 903, 904, 911, 912/912A/912B, 913/913M
WLDEP: 178, 187, 925, 926, 950
CCK Temp Int: All CCK Feeder Services (Topping up: Go to Mandai rather than WLDEP/WLBP)
BPJ Int: BP Feeder Services (Topping up: Go to Bulim/Mandai rather than WLDEP/WLBP)
Bulim Depot: 61, 172, 180, 991
Mandai Depot: 927, 960/960e, 961, 962, 964, 985
If I’m not mistaken Ulu Pandan & Seletar is now a standalone depot which doesn’t belong to any district like they used to be with West & East respectively.
Current District depots is like usual where Soon Lee(HQ),Bukit Batok & Hougang(Semi-HQ).Hougang based BCs involved in an accident no need to travel all e way to Soon Lee unless there’s serious cases.
East District will be Ang Mo Kio(HQ),Braddell and Bedok North Depot.
In future there might be a new depot for Bukit Batok,Soon Lee,Ang Mo Kio/Braddell,Bedok & Woodlands.Ulu Pandan will have an option of extending up to 50-60 lots if SLA give the clearance to demolish the heavy vehicle park beside the Zone B bus park.
We are the residents living just opposite the ulu pandan depot. My unit is facing directly the green structures which looks like repair workshops to me. I am concerned about the noise. Why are the workshops not facing the main road instead? Will techinicians be working at night?
There will be noise barrier and yes Technicians do work at night.Buses and trains need to be well maintained to be serviceable.At first I also shocked by LTA decided to built there instead of Toh Tuck or Ayer Rajah