SBS bus depot and operations in the 80s

• SBS8675B

  29 Aug 11, 18:18

  Still remember the SBS fleet those days:-

  Ang Mo Kio Depot

  Fleet: Merc OF1413, Merc OF1417 (Hawke), Merc 0305, Leyland Atlantean

  Areas of operation: Ang Mo Kio, Serangoon, Yishun (171 under SBS days)

  Bedok North Depot

  Fleet: Albion Viking, Volvo B57, Leyland Atlantean
  Areas of operation: Bedok, Tampines, Pasir Ris, Changi, Somapah

  Bukit Batok Depot

  Fleet: Albion Viking, Volvo B57, Leyland Atlantean

  Areas of operation: South Canal, Bukit Merah, Buona Vista, Ghim Moh, Bukit Timah, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang

  Hougang Depot

  Fleet: Albion Viking, Volvo B57, Merc OF1413, Merc OF1417 (Hawke), Merc 0305, Nissan U31SCN (aircon 3 and aircon 118)

  Areas of operation: Lor 1 Geylang, Sims Ave, Macpherson, Eunos, Bedok, Hougang, Upp Serangoon, Punggol
  

  Jurong Bus Park

  Fleet: Merc OF1413, Merc OF1417 (NZMB), Leyland Olympian

  Areas of operation: Kent Ridge, Clementi, Teban Gardens, Jurong East, Jurong, Boon Lay, Tuas

  Toa Payoh Depot

  Fleet: Leyland Victory, Merc OF1413, Volvo B57, Leyland Olympian

  Areas of operation: Toa Payoh, Bishan, St Michaels’, Potong Pasir

   

  Feel free to add more.

• vicamour

  29 Aug 11, 22:33

  You forgot Woodlands depot for Woodlands services when under SBS.
• SBS8533C

  30 Aug 11, 07:06

  Woodlands Depot usually Volvo B57/Albion Viking/LAs. That's where the Bus Assembly Plant used to be located as well and Sv 170 used to be under WDDEP.

• SBS8675B

  30 Aug 11, 09:46

  Originally posted by SBS8533C:

  Woodlands Depot usually Volvo B57/Albion Viking/LAs. That's where the Bus Assembly Plant used to be located as well and Sv 170 used to be under WDDEP.

  
  The old SBS Woodlands depot was then closed down and shifted to the current Bt Batok depot if I remembered correctly.

  When was the Ayer Rajah Bus Park (ARBP) opened?

• carbikebus

  30 Aug 11, 13:56

  Actually SBST should control Woodlands and SMRT Bukit Batok.

• SBS8533C

  30 Aug 11, 20:14

  Originally posted by SBS8675B:

  
  The old SBS Woodlands depot was then closed down and shifted to the current Bt Batok depot if I remembered correctly.

  When was the Ayer Rajah Bus Park (ARBP) opened?

  On 10th April 1984 - same date as HGDEP opening.

• SBS8675B

  30 Aug 11, 23:26

  Originally posted by SBS8533C:

  On 10th April 1984 - same date as HGDEP opening.

  
  I see, thanks.

  The Albion Vikings and Volvo B57s found on Buona Vista and Bt Merah bus services could be from ARBP then...

• SBS 1000U

  30 Aug 11, 23:31

  Originally posted by SBS8533C:

  Woodlands Depot usually Volvo B57/Albion Viking/LAs. That's where the Bus Assembly Plant used to be located as well and Sv 170 used to be under WDDEP.

  
  How about DM OF1417s and Soon Chow OF1413s???

  Saw in some old pictures that the old 181 had DM OF1417s and Soon Chow OF1413s doing 169, old 182, etc...

• SBS8533C

  31 Aug 11, 05:29

  Originally posted by SBS8675B:

  
  I see, thanks.

  The Albion Vikings and Volvo B57s found on Buona Vista and Bt Merah bus services could be from ARBP then...

  ARBP usually accommodates buses that used to park along North Buona Vista Terminal & Holland Rd/Delta Rd Fringe Car Parks when it just opened.

• SBS8533C

  31 Aug 11, 05:31

  Originally posted by SBS 1000U:

  
  How about DM OF1417s and Soon Chow OF1413s???

  Saw in some old pictures that the old 181 had DM OF1417s and Soon Chow OF1413s doing 169, old 182, etc...

  They were also based there, mostly that depot used to handle SBS Woodlands Services.

• iveco

  1 Sep 11, 11:45

  I think the City side, BMR and BNV routes were from Alexandra (later Ayer Rajah) bus park. BBDEP mainly control northwest and CLE routes.

• iveco

  1 Sep 11, 11:47

  Originally posted by SBS8533C:

  On 10th April 1984 - same date as HGDEP opening.

  
  Was HGDEP the replacement for the old bus park @ Ulu Bedok? That might explain why BN and HG controlled BDK route group.

• SBS 1000U

  4 Sep 11, 22:42

  Originally posted by iveco:

  
  Was HGDEP the replacement for the old bus park @ Ulu Bedok? That might explain why BN and HG controlled BDK route group.

  
  Where was this old bus park at Ulu Bedok on it current location now???

• C151 039/040

  23 Oct 11, 15:28

  AMDEP - 6xxx Buses

  ARBP / ALDEP - 1xxx Buses

  BBDEP / WLDEP - 3xxx Buses

  BNDEP - 4xxx Buses

  HGDEP - 2xxx Buses

  JRBP - 7xxx Buses

  TPDEP - 5xxx Buses

• iveco

  24 Oct 11, 10:35

  Originally posted by C151 039/040:

  AMDEP - 6xxx Buses

  ARBP / ALDEP - 1xxx Buses

  BBDEP / WLDEP - 3xxx Buses

  BNDEP - 4xxx Buses

  HGDEP - 2xxx Buses

  JRBP - 7xxx Buses

  TPDEP - 5xxx Buses

  It should be AMDEP getting 5xxx buses and BRBP/TPDEP getting the 6xxx ones.

   

  Also, many 1xxx LAs came from BBDEP.

• SBS8533C

  24 Oct 11, 20:43

  Originally posted by C151 039/040:

  AMDEP - 6xxx Buses

  ARBP / ALDEP - 1xxx Buses

  BBDEP / WLDEP - 3xxx Buses

  BNDEP - 4xxx Buses

  HGDEP - 2xxx Buses

  JRBP - 7xxx Buses

  TPDEP - 5xxx Buses

  
  There was no AMDEP in the past. Previously there was Paya Lebar Depot (PLDEP), the successor of AMDEP.
  
  The 5XXX series falls under PLDEP.

• iveco

  26 Oct 11, 10:30

  Where in Paya Lebar? Is it near Kim Chuan?

• SBS8533C

  26 Oct 11, 11:00

  Originally posted by iveco:

  
  Was HGDEP the replacement for the old bus park @ Ulu Bedok? That might explain why BN and HG controlled BDK route group.

  Yes, and anyway the Ulu Bedok Depot was based at Bedok Rd.

• SBS8533C

  26 Oct 11, 11:01

  Originally posted by iveco:

  Where in Paya Lebar? Is it near Kim Chuan?

  Paya Lebar Rd, just near Kim Chuan area..

• iveco

  27 Oct 11, 11:23

  Originally posted by SBS8533C:

  Paya Lebar Rd, just near Kim Chuan area..

  
  Not far from present HGDEP.

• SBS 1000U

  9 Nov 11, 21:36

  Is it true that Braddell Bus Park is SBS oldest depot???

• Scania

  9 Nov 11, 22:54

  Originally posted by C151 039/040:

  AMDEP - 6xxx Buses

  ARBP / ALDEP - 1xxx Buses

  BBDEP / WLDEP - 3xxx Buses

  BNDEP - 4xxx Buses

  HGDEP - 2xxx Buses

  JRBP - 7xxx Buses

  TPDEP - 5xxx Buses

  Wrong for Toa Payoh and AMK. The 2XXX were Bedok (not North) then Hougang, Toa Payoh was 6XXX and Paya Lebar's 5XXX which was then used for AMK buses.

• starscream_07

  13 Nov 11, 08:55

  Originally posted by SBS8533C:

  Yes, and anyway the Ulu Bedok Depot was based at Bedok Rd.

  Info from a friend who stayed at Bedok North in the late 60s-70s :-

  "The current location of Anglican High School (end of Upper Changi Rd and Jln Tapisan Ayer, <<if you get hold of the older street directories you can find this road) was the location of the Old Bedok Depot and the Old Upper Changi Road 13.3 km bus terminal. Not sure if both combined though "

  Another thing, was the name really 'Ulu' Bedok Depot? Because Ulu Bedok Village was located at around Chai Chee...

  * Extra info > I've read from others stating that this old Bedok Depot was somewhere near Somapah, which I don't think is right (from the above story). What I can say was Somapah Terminal was at the junction of current Upper Changi Rd East & Simei Rd. I've seen it before.

  SS

• iveco

  13 Nov 11, 15:36

  Somapah terminal not where the Expo station now stands?

• starscream_07

  13 Nov 11, 19:59

  Nope, not at the Expo. I still remember passing Somapah terminal while going towards Changi Pt. around yr 1985-87. Double confirmed by referring to the 1985 bus guide and bus map. No Simei Rd back then.