Light-City Buses

Light-City Buses

Custom Coaches CB80 bodied Scania K280UB on King William Street in September 2014
Parent Transfield Services
Founded 2 October 2011
Service area Adelaide
Service type Bus services
Fleet 376 (October 2014)

Light-City Buses is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transfield Services.

History

Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II bodied Scania K320UA on Currie Street in June 2014
Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II bodied Scania K230UB on Currie Street in July 2014

In October 2011 Light-City Buses commenced operating the Adelaide Metro North-South and Outer North East region services under contact to the Government of South Australia.[1] The two contract regions cover 43% of the bus services in Adelaide.[2]

The contracts are to run for an initial eight-year term, from 2 October 2011 to 30 June 2019 with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria is met.[2] Transfield Services had previously unsuccessfully tendered to operate buses in Adelaide in 2004 in a joint venture with Transdev.[3] The two contracts had been operated by Torrens Transit since April 2005[4][5][6] and between 2000 and 2005 by Serco.[7][8][9]

In April 2013 Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance.[10][11][12]

Light-City Buses also operate charter buses from their St. Agnes and Morphettville Depots

Bus Fleet

As at October 2014, the fleet consisted of 376 buses.[13] Buses are painted in Adelaide Metro livery.

Routes

Light City Buses operate the following routes:

North-South Contract Area

200, 202, 203, 206, 208, 209F, 235, 238, 239, 241, 245, 248, 251, 252, 253, 254, 262, 263, 265, 271, 273, 300, 320, 361, 600, 601, 605, 645, 646, G10, G20, G21, G22X, G30F, N10, N21, N202, N254, N262

Outer North East(O-Bahn) Contract Area

500, 501, 502, 503, 506, 507, 528, 541, 542, 543, 545, 546, 548, 556, 557, 559, 591A, 591C, C1, C2, G40, M44, 544, N1, N502, N541

Light City Buses also operate a number of School Bus Routes and Industrial Bus Routes.

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Depots

Light–City Buses operate three depots in Morphettville, St Agnes and Wingfield.[13]

The company does not list in the White Pages nor the Yellow Pages in Adelaide so its telephone number cannot be ascertained.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Transfield Services awarded $567 million Adelaide metropolitan bus contract Transfield Services 29 April 2011
  2. 1 2 Report on the Adelaide Metro Bus Service Contracts Minister for Transport August 2011
  3. ↑ Report on the Auditor-General’s Examination of Certain Bus Contracts and the Probity of Processes Leading up to the Awarding of the Contracts Auditor General 12 September 2005
  4. ↑ "New Metropolitan Bus Contracts for Adelaide" Minister for Urban Development & Planning 17 February 2005
  5. ↑ Serco bus drivers end strike ABC News 19 February 2005
  6. ↑ Moscaritolo, Maria (30 April 2011). "Big changes for Adelaide buses". Adelaide Advertiser.
  7. ↑ "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Announced" Australian Bus Panorama 15/4 February 2000 page 21
  8. ↑ "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results" Australian Bus Panorama 15/5 April 2000 page 29
  9. ↑ Competitive Tendering for Bus Services Seventh International Conference on Competition & Ownership in Land Passenger Transport June 2001
  10. ↑ Bus company Transfield stripped of eight routes and fined for being late Adelaide Advertiser 24 April 2013
  11. ↑ Bus company stripped of routes ABC News 25 April 2013
  12. ↑ SA operator forfeits routes due to poor performance Australasian Bus & Coach 26 April 2013
  13. 1 2 Light-City Buses Bus Australia
  14. ↑ http://www.adelaidemetro.com.au

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