Transit Systems NSW, previously known as Transit Systems Sydney,[1] is a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems.
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| Parent | Transit Systems |
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| Commenced operation | 13 October 2013 |
| Headquarters | Smithfield |
| Service area | Sydney |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Depots | Bankstown Hoxton Park Smithfield Burwood Kingsgrove Leichhardt Tempe South Granville Bradbury Macquarie Fields Smeaton Grange |
| Fleet | 1242 (November 2024) |
| Chief executive | Clint Feuerherdt |
| Website | www.transitsystems.com.au |
History
editIn November 2012, Transit Systems was awarded a contract by Transport for NSW to operate region 3 bus services in Western Sydney, taking over services operated by Busabout, Hopkinsons, Metro-link and Westbus. Transit Systems also took over route T80 on the Liverpool–Parramatta T-way from Western Sydney Buses.[2][3] Operations commenced on 13 October 2013.
On 1 July 2018, Transit Systems took over the operation of region 6 from State Transit on an eight-year contract operating services in the Canterbury-Bankstown, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, North Shore and St George regions.[4][5]
In December 2022, after a tendering process, Transit Systems successfully retained region 3 and was additionally awarded the services in region 13, which would be consolidated into region 3. The new contract for the combined region began on 6 August 2023, with region 13 services taken over from Transdev NSW.[6] The seven-year contract will expire on 30 November 2030.[7] In addition to region 3, in February 2023, Transit Systems was awarded the contract for region 2, which includes region 15 consolidated into region 2. The new contract for the combined region 2 began on 8 October 2023, with services taken over from Interline Bus Services and Busabout.[8] The region 2 contract will expire on 28 June 2031.[9]
Depots
editTransit Systems operates out of three depots in Region 2 in Bradbury, Macquarie Fields and Smeaton Grange, four depots in Region 3 in Bankstown, Hoxton Park, Smithfield and South Granville, and four in Region 6 in Burwood, Kingsgrove, Leichhardt and Tempe.
Fleet
editAs of November 2024, Transit Systems NSW operates a fleet of 1242 buses[10] with 112 of them being electric.[11] Many of these buses were inherited from other operators such as Westbus, Metro-link Bus Lines, Hopkinsons, Interline, Busabout, Transdev and State Transit when Transit Systems took over their operations.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Transit Systems Sydney". Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.
- ^ Transit Systems awarded Sydney buses contract Archived 25 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Transit Systems 7 November 2012
- ^ Cut costs or bus contracts will go to private sector, minister tells drivers Archived 5 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Morning Herald 7 November 2012
- ^ Transit Systems Boosts Inner West Bus Services Archived 29 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 13 February 2018
- ^ Routes transferred from State Transit Authority to Transit Systems upon privatisation of Contract Region 6 on 1 July 2018 Archived 12 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine Sydney Bus routes
- ^ "Transit Systems retains and adds Greater Sydney Bus Contracts". Transit Systems. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Kelsian Awarded New Sydney Bus Services Contract". Australian Securities Exchange. Kelsian. 22 December 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Transit Systems Continues To Grow Its Government Bus Portfolio". Transit Systems. 20 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "ASX Announcement: Kelsian Awarded New Sydney Bus Services Contract" (PDF). ASX. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Australian Bus Fleet Lists - Transit (NSW) Liverpool Pty Ltd (Transit Systems) Fleet Lists". fleetlists.busaustralia.com. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Electric Buses". Transit Systems. July 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Transit Systems NSW". Australian Bus Fleet Lists. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
External links
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Media related to Transit Systems Sydney at Wikimedia Commons