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 ready production line, which is SBS Transit's Leyland & Volvo Olympians (some B10TL), Dennis Trident (3-Axle) and Volvo B9TL till December 2017.
In April 2024, the training center located at the depot was moved to the Ulu Pandan Bus Depot (UPDEP) 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 Bus Package were shifted to the newly opened Sengkang West Bus Depot.[3] Operation at Braddell Bus Park was also moved to Hougang Bus Depot in December 2025, ahead of the expiration of the land lease in August 2026.[4]
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. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ Kok, Yufeng (20 June 2025). "ComfortDelGro to move its corporate headquarters to Labrador Tower in November". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 20 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.