Bulim Bus Depot

Bulim Bus Depot 武林巴士车厂 Depot Bas Bulim புலிம் பேருந்து பணிமனை
General information
Location	21 Bulim Drive Singapore 648170
Coordinates
Operated by	Tower Transit Singapore
Other information
Website	www.towertransit.sg
History
Opened	6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)
Location

Bulim Bus Depot is a bus depot located along Bulim Avenue in Jurong West, Singapore. The first bus depot to be built by the Land Transport Authority, it serves 30 bus services under the Bulim Bus Package. Since 31 July 2015, the Bulim Bus Depot has been operated by Tower Transit Singapore. The depot was officially opened by Hong Kah MP Amy Khor on 6 December 2015.

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.

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. 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).

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.

After the handover to the Tower Transit Singapore, SMRT Buses remained in the depot until December 2024, when they came to a mutual agreement with SBS Transit to swap their parking spaces in Soon Lee Bus Depot and Bulim Bus Depot respectively.