Bulim Bus Depot

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Bulim Bus Depot

  • 武林巴士车厂
  • Depot Bas Bulim
  • புலிம் பேருந்து பணிமனை
Bus depot
General information
Location21 Bulim Drive
Singapore 648170
Coordinates 1°21′40″N103°42′18″E / 1.361019°N 103.705100°E / 1.361019; 103.705100 Coordinates: 1°21′40″N103°42′18″E / 1.361019°N 103.705100°E / 1.361019; 103.705100
Operated by Tower Transit Singapore
Other information
Website www.towertransit.sg
History
Opened6 December 2015;6 years ago (2015-12-06)

Bulim Bus Depot is the first bus depot to be built by the Land Transport Authority in Singapore. It houses the buses of 30 bus services under the Bulim Bus Package. It is located along Bulim Avenue in Jurong West. Since 31 July 2015, the Bulim Bus Depot is being operated by Tower Transit Singapore. The depot was officially opened by Hong Kah MP Amy Khor on 6 December 2015. [1]

The depot accommodates about 500 buses and will be equipped with facilities for daily bus operations, bus maintenance and a rest area for bus drivers. [2]

History

Announced by Land Transport Authority on 23 April 2013, the bus depot will be the first depot that LTA is developing and funding, as part of the review of the enhanced structural assistance that Government is providing the bus industry announced in Committee of Supply (COS) 2012. The depot is intended to accommodate the additional buses that will be brought in over the next few years.

On 17 August 2014, part of the depot was opened for parking of SMRT's buses. [3] The operator's existing bus depots and bus park were reaching full capacity, and the new facilities were necessary to support the growing number of buses as the overall bus capacity is progressively increased under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP). [2]

On 31 July 2015, Land Transport Authority handed over the depot to Tower Transit Singapore which then allowed Tower Transit to prepare for its operations early, including fitting out the depot and training its bus captains and technicians. [4] Despite its handover to the operator, SMRT Buses was still allocated to parking space in the depot.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bulim Bus Depot officially opens". Channel Newsasia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "New Bus Depot To Support Bus Fleet Expansion Under BSEP". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Bulim Bus Depot". Land Transport Guru. 31 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bulim Bus Depot Handed Over to Tower Transit Singapore". Land Transport Authority. 31 July 2015.


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