Bulim Bus Depot

Coordinates: 1°21′40″N 103°42′18″E / 1.361019°N 103.705100°E / 1.361019; 103.705100 Bulim Bus Depot will be the fourth and the first SMRT bus depot to be built by the Land Transport Authority. It will house bus services from Clementi, Jurong East and Bukit Batok (Bus 41, 49, 66, 77, 78, 79, 96, 97, 97e, 98, 98M, 106, 143, 143M, 173, 173A, 177, 183, 189, 189A, 282, 284, 285, 333, 334, 335, 941, 945, 947 & 990, including NightRider NR5, Premium 542 and 543), eventually it will reduce overcrowding along the key depots, Bukit Batok Bus Depot (freeing up 4 new bus services), Soon Lee Bus Park (freeing up 11 new bus services) and Kranji Bus Depot. It will be located off Jurong West Avenue 2.

When it opens on 17 August 2015, bus 77 and 106 will be the key tenants for using Bulim Bus Depot.

The depot will accommodate about 500 buses and will be equipped with facilities for daily bus operations, bus maintenance and a rest area for bus drivers. It is scheduled for completion by 2015.^[1]

History

Announced by LTA 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 it is bringing in over the next few years. The operator’s existing bus depots and bus park are reaching full capacity, and the new facility is necessary to support the higher number of buses as the overall bus capacity is progressively increased under the Bus Service Enhancement Programme (BSEP).^[1]

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