Parent | Transit Systems |
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Founded | 23 April 2000 |
Headquarters | Mile End |
Service area | Adelaide |
Service type | Bus services |
Depots | 4 |
Fleet | 332 (January 2015) |
Website | www.transitsystems.com.au/torrens |
Torrens Transit 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 Transit Systems.
On 23 April 2000 Torrens Transit commenced operating the Adelaide Metro East-West contract with 255 buses under contract to the Government of South Australia.
In April 2005 Torrens Transit commenced operating the North-South and Outer North East contracts that had previously been run by Serco.
In July 2011 Torrens Transit commenced operating a new eight-year East-West contract with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria is met. However the North-South and Outer North East area contracts passed to Light-City Buses in October 2011.
In April 2013 Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance with these being returned to Torrens Transit.
On 10 November 2014, Torrens Transit commenced operating a new service between the CBD and Adelaide Airport with a double deck Bustech CDi.
As at January 2015, the fleet consisted of 332 buses. Buses are painted in Adelaide Metro livery. Torrens Transit inherited a fleet of Dennis Dart, MAN NL202, MAN SL202, Volvo B58 articulated and Volvo B59s from TransAdelaide.
Torrens Transit operate four depots in Camden Park, Mile End, Newton, Port Adelaide.