A SYDNEY bus driver has been stood down without pay after his abusive tirade against Asian passengers was caught on camera.

The student passengers were travelling on the 343 bus through Zetland in Sydney when the abuse started on Saturday night.

In the footage, which was posted to YouTube, the passengers can be seen repeatedly pushing the stop button.

A female student pressed the button too early, and the bus driver yelled “Her mistake is not my problem. Get off!”

The girl’s fellow passengers reassured her she didn’t have to get off the bus, and she stayed on board.

Later in the video, a group of students can be seen pushing the button repeatedly — which no longer works — and yelling “Why can’t we get off?”

The bus driver responds, “Because you didn’t press the button. The buzzer went for the next stop. This is the next stop.”

A woman protests saying “I pressed it, it doesn’t work,” to which he responds “Not my problem.”

As the students continue to protest, the bus driver tells them to “speak English”.

“The door’s that way, go,” he adds.

State Transit chief executive officer Steffen Faurby apologised to the passengers.

“The bus operator failed to perform his duties to the expectations and standards and State Transit takes this seriously,” he said in a statement to The Daily Telegraph.

“The employee has been stood down without pay pending further investigation and explanation.

“State Transit apologises to the customers involved.

“State Transit is a proud, culturally diverse organisation and this behaviour will not be tolerated.”