SINGAPORE – A new multi-storey bus depot will be built in Ang Mo Kio Street 63, with works slated to begin in 2026 and be completed by 2030.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) called a tender for its design and construction on Sept 19. The depot will be five storeys tall, with a 10-storey staff quarters building that can house some 350 transport workers, including bus captains.

The new 4.5ha depot – which will occupy around 70 per cent of the site of the former SBS Transit Ang Mo Kio bus depot – will accommodate parking and maintenance for 450 buses, up from 438 buses in the previous depot.

It will fit at least 50 bendy buses that are 18m in length on its upper two floors, as well as 400 single- and double-deck buses that are 12.5m long on the remaining floors.

The upcoming depot will have operational facilities such as a bus operations control centre, administration office, crew resting areas, a lounge for bus captains, and a canteen.

It will include environmentally sustainable features such as green roofs, solar power systems and rainwater recycling systems.

Operations at the former SBS Transit Ang Mo Kio bus depot ceased in January, and buses previously housed there were

moved to Sengkang West

The remaining portion of the site not taken up by the upcoming bus depot has been zoned for business use, according to the Urban Redevelopment Authority Draft Master Plan 2025.

Responding to queries from The Straits Times, LTA said on Oct 2 that the new depot will feature large-scale, high-powered electric vehicle charging systems to support the deployment of electric buses.

According to tender documents published on government procurement p...