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Hougang Bus Depot is an
SBS Transit SBS Transit Ltd (abbreviation: SBS or SBST) is a multi-modal public transport operator in Singapore operating bus and rail services. With a majority of its shares owned by Singaporean multinational transport conglomerate ComfortDelGro Corporati ...
West District bus depot located in
Hougang Hougang () is a planning area and mature residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore. It is the largest housing estate in Singapore based on land area, and is home to 247,528 residents as of 2018. Hougang planning area is bo ...
,
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
. As of today, it is the oldest bus depot in Singapore with an estimated fleet of 650 buses operating out of the depot. 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 Bedok North Bus Depot is an SBS Transit East District bus depot located in Bedok, Singapore. Bedok North Bus Depot started operations in 1982 after the completion of the stretch of road within Bedok North Industrial Park. It replaces the forme ...
respectively. With the opening of Sengkang West Bus Depot, around half of its parking fleet of buses were shifted to the new premises while Hougang Bus Depot now facilitates as parking space for buses from the closure of Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot since January 2025. Hougang Bus Depot will continue to exist until the Lorong Halus Bus Depot is ready in 2030. In April 2024, a training center located at the depot was moved to the
Ulu Pandan Bus Depot Ulu Pandan Bus Depot is the fourth bus depot (after Seletar Bus Depot) to be built by the Land Transport Authority in Singapore. The depot is intended to accommodate additional buses that are being introduced over the years, as the overall bus ...
to combine driver and technician training in the same facility.


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