Hougang Bus Depot
Hougang Bus Depot
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| General information | |||||
| Location | 4 Defu Avenue 1 Singapore 539536 | ||||
| Coordinates | 1°20′46″N 103°53′33″E / 1.345995°N 103.892454°E | ||||
| System | Bus depot | ||||
| Owned by | SBS Transit Ltd | ||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||
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| Opened | 1984 | ||||
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Hougang Bus Depot is an SBS Transit West District bus depot[1] located in Hougang, Singapore. It is the oldest bus depot in Singapore with an estimated fleet of around 700 buses operating out of the depot.
History
Hougang Bus Depot started operations in 1984 when the north-east which is Hougang and Serangoon was developed and previously, all operations had been on Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot and Bedok North Bus Depot respectively.
The depot is also home to ComfortDelGro Engineering (CDGE)'s assembly facility since 1994, relocating it from MacKenzie Road and Woodlands. All locally-assembled buses are produced here, which is SBS Transit's Volvo Olympians, Volvo B10TLs, Dennis Tridents, Volvo B9TL (CDGE) and Volvo B9TL (Wright Eclipse Gemini 2) until 2018, and Big Bus Tours Wright StreetDeck Electroliner.
In April 2024, the training center located at the depot was moved to the Ulu Pandan Bus Depot to combine driver and technician training in the same facility.[2]
With the closure of Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot on 3 January 2025, around two-thirds of its of buses were shifted to Hougang Bus Depot the next day while buses under the Sengkang-Hougang Package were shifted to the newly opened Sengkang West Bus Depot.[3]
Hougang Bus Depot will remain operational until Kim Chuan Bus Depot opens in 2027, at which point its operations will be restricted to the Bishan-Toa Payoh Bus Package.
References
- ^ "ComfortDelGro, SBS Transit to move out of Braddell headquarters ahead of lease expiry in 2026". The Straits Times. 18 June 2025. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "Bus drivers use mixed-reality simulator to learn how to help passengers with different needs". The Straits Times. 24 September 2024. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ Loi, Esther (6 October 2025). "New Ang Mo Kio bus depot with staff quarters by 2030". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 23 December 2025.