SouthLink
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Parent | Keolis Downer |
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Founded | April 2000 |
Headquarters | Lonsdale |
Service area | Adelaide |
Service type | Bus services |
Depots | 6 |
Fleet | 373 (October 2014) |
Website | www.southlink.com.au |
SouthLink 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 Keolis Downer.
History
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In April 2000 SouthLink commenced operating the Adelaide Metro Outer South services with 82 buses under contract to the Government of South Australia.[1][2][3][4]
In April 2005 SouthLink commenced operating the Outer North contract that had previously been run by Serco.[5][6]
In July 2011 SouthLink commenced an eight-year contract with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria is met for the Outer North and Outer South areas. It also commenced operating the Hills area services that had been operated by Transitplus.[7][8][9]
Fleet
As at October 2014, the fleet consisted of 373 buses.[10]
Depots
SouthLink operate depots in Aldgate, Seaford, Pooraka, Elizabeth, Lonsdale and Mount Barker.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Announced" Australian Bus Panorama 15/4 February 2000 page 21
- ↑ "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results" Australian Bus Panorama 15/5 April 2000 page 29
- ↑ Competitive Tendering for Bus Services Seventh International Conference on Competition & Ownership in Land Passenger Transport June 2001
- 1 2 History SouthLink
- ↑ "New Metropolitan Bus Contracts for Adelaide" Minister for Urban Development & Planning 17 February 2005
- ↑ Serco bus drivers end strike ABC News 19 February 2005
- ↑ Report on the Adelaide Metro Bus Service Contracts Minister for Transport August 2011
- ↑ New Contractors for Adelaide bus services Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure 29 April 2011
- ↑ Provision of Bus Passenger Transport Services for the Adelaide Metro Public Transport Network Tenders SA
- ↑ SouthLink Bus Australia