Light-City Buses

Light-City Buses

Parent Broadspectrum
Founded 2 October 2011
Service area Adelaide
Service type Bus services
Fleet 381 (September 2016)

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 Broadspectrum.

History

Custom Coaches bodied Scania K320UA on Currie Street in June 2014
Custom Coaches 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 September 2016, the fleet consisted of 381 buses.[13] Buses are painted in Adelaide Metro livery.

Depots

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

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 Australian Bus Fleet Lists

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