State Transit Authority of New South Wales
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The State Transit Authority of New South Wales (STA) is an agency of the Government of New South Wales
based in Sydney
, Australia
operating bus and ferry services. The STA is part of transport minister Gladys Berejiklian
's portfolio. The chairman is former New South Wales premier Barrie Unsworth
.
The STA was established in 1989 to replace the Urban Transit Authority of New South Wales. In 2004, the STA's Sydney Ferries business was spun off as a state-owned company, Sydney Ferries Corporation
. As of 2006, the State Transit Authority carries more than 200 million passengers every year on a network of over 300 routes aboard a fleet of some 1900 buses and two ferries.
The Authority comprises three business units:
. The network—comprising buses in the series 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500—is loosely based on the reach of the city's now-defunct tram network (see Trams in Sydney
).
In recent years, Sydney Buses has grown significantly through acquisitions of smaller bus companies as reforms to contracting arrangements encourage consolidation in the industry. This growth has meant that the fleet size has increased without a corresponding drop in the fleet's average age.
Until recently, Sydney Buses operated under the "State Transit" brand.
Sydney Buses operates a number of high-profile services:
Sydney Buses also operates late night services mostly operating on Friday and Saturday nights.
Newcastle Buses & Ferries is a commuter bus and ferry service operating in Newcastle
and Lake Macquarie
. Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates 28 bus routes plus a ferry service across Port Hunter between Newcastle and Stockton
. The network radiates from a bus terminal near CityRail
's Newcastle station, on the waterfront of Newcastle's CBD. Major interchanges are located at the University of Newcastle
, Wallsend, Glendale, Warners Bay, Belmont, Charlestown, Westfield Kotara
and Broadmeadow station.
Trips within a designated area of the Newcastle CBD on State Transit-operated bus services are zero-fare under the Newcastle Alliance's Free City Buses programme. The zero-fare zone operates between 7.30 am and 6.00 pm, seven days a week. The programme receives funding from the Honeysuckle Development Corporation
and the Government of New South Wales
.
service in Western Sydney
, New South Wales
, Australia
. Passengers made 1.7 million journeys with Western Sydney Buses in the 2006-07 financial year. The service is not expected to break even until 2008.
Western Sydney Buses operates along a "transitway" (T-way), which consists of bus-only roadways and bus-only lanes connecting Liverpool railway station and Parramatta railway station via Smithfield
.
In 2002, State Transit won a Ministry of Transport contract to operate T-way services. A newly-formed subsidiary, Western Sydney Buses, operates services on:
Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates services in Newcastle. Newcastle Buses & Ferries also operates a ferry service between Queens Wharf on the Newcastle waterfront and Stockton, across Port Hunter.
For more info see Bus routes in Sydney
.
.
Fares are calculated on the number of sections travelled, where one section is approximately 1.6 km.
State Transit services uses a variety of tickets under the MyZone
structure. These include single ride tickets bought on board buses or from selected resellers, MyBus TravelTen, MyMulti, Pensioner Excursion Ticket and MyMulti DayPass. Multiple use tickets offer benefits to people who travel frequently on buses.
On single ride tickets, the registration number (bus ID) is printed on the top left side, the time of travel, route number and direction of travel is printed on the bottom. For TravelTen tickets, the route number is printed on the left, followed by the section number, then the direction of travel, the time of travel, the registration number (bus ID) and the trip number.
State Transit services use the Automated Fare Collection System and its magnetic stripe multi-ride tickets. In 2006, the 333 Route (Bondi Beach) service was the subject of a prepay only test. The test was successful and further prepay routes have been introduced. In 2009, the STA progressively rolled out prepay only to all CBD bus stops between 7 AM & 7 PM.
Liberal
government combined the agency with the New South Wales Government Railways
to form the Public Transport Commission of New South Wales.
The PTC adopted the logo later to be used by State Rail and, in a modified form, CityRail today. The commission also introduced the blue and white livery that buses have, in one form or another, retained to this day—replacing a green and gold livery inherited from the city's tram rolling stock.
In 1980, buses, ferries and trains were again separated, by the Wran
Labor
government. Trains became part of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales while buses and ferries became the preserve of the Urban Transit Authority of New South Wales. Urban Transit operated buses in Sydney and Newcastle, and the Sydney ferry and hydrofoil network.
In 1989, the Greiner
Liberal government renamed Urban Transit the State Transit Authority of New South Wales. The hydrofoils were replaced with high-speed catamarans and the MetroTen ticketing system introduced a few years before was replaced with the Automated Fare Collection System in use today.
In 2004, the Carr
Labor government spun the Sydney Ferries business into a separate Sydney Ferries Corporation
.
-bodied buses (100 Volvo B7RLE
and 100 Scania K-series
has been confirmed with the first to be delivered in 2011. All new STA acquisitions from 1990 onwards have the following features:
All State Transit vehicles are now fitted with digital CCTV surveillance with five cameras aboard each bus to improve security and deter vandalism and anti-social behaviour. The STA continues to improve its environmental impact with a large perfcentage of the fleet being powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as meeting strict emissions regulations with 250 Euro 5 compliant vehicles entering service from 2007.
The following bus models entered service pre-1990 and are still in service:
The following bus models entered service in the 1990s:
The following bus models entered service in the 2000s:
The following bus models entered service in the 2010s:
Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates two vessels, Shortland and Hunter, both of which entered service in 1988, Australia's bicentenary. The vessels are named for Newcastle pioneers Lt. John Shortland
and Vice Admiral John Hunter.
Northern Region
Western Region
Eastern Region
Southern Region
Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
based in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
operating bus and ferry services. The STA is part of transport minister Gladys Berejiklian
Gladys Berejiklian
Gladys Berejiklian MP , an Australian politician, is the Minister for Transport in the O'Farrell Government. Berejiklian is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Willoughby for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003.-Early years and background:Berejiklian was born in...
's portfolio. The chairman is former New South Wales premier Barrie Unsworth
Barrie Unsworth
Barrie John Unsworth was an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1978 to 1991. He served as the 36th Premier from July 1986 to March 1988.-Early years:...
.
The STA was established in 1989 to replace the Urban Transit Authority of New South Wales. In 2004, the STA's Sydney Ferries business was spun off as a state-owned company, Sydney Ferries Corporation
Sydney Ferries
Sydney Ferries is an agency of the New South Wales Government Department of Transport, providing ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River in Sydney, Australia....
. As of 2006, the State Transit Authority carries more than 200 million passengers every year on a network of over 300 routes aboard a fleet of some 1900 buses and two ferries.
The Authority comprises three business units:
- Sydney Buses, which provides commuter, charter and tourist bus services to much of inner metropolitan Sydney and some outer areas in The Hills District;
- Newcastle Buses & Ferries, which provides commuter bus services throughout the Newcastle metropolitan area through to SwanseaSwansea, New South WalesSwansea is a locality and commercial centre at the entrance to Lake Macquarie from the Pacific Ocean in New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area....
and operates the Newcastle-Stockton ferry; - Western Sydney Buses, which operates commuter bus services along the Liverpool to Parramatta bus transitway
Sydney Buses
Sydney Buses is a commuter bus service operating in SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. The network—comprising buses in the series 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500—is loosely based on the reach of the city's now-defunct tram network (see Trams in Sydney
Trams in Sydney
The Sydney tramway network once served Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia. In its heyday, it was the largest in Australia, the second largest in the Commonwealth , and one of the largest in the world. It was extremely intensively worked, with about 1,600 cars in service at any...
).
In recent years, Sydney Buses has grown significantly through acquisitions of smaller bus companies as reforms to contracting arrangements encourage consolidation in the industry. This growth has meant that the fleet size has increased without a corresponding drop in the fleet's average age.
Until recently, Sydney Buses operated under the "State Transit" brand.
Sydney Buses operates a number of high-profile services:
- Metrobus: The MetrobusMetrobus (Sydney)Metrobus is a high frequency, high capacity public transportation network in Sydney that links key employment and growth centres. Metrobuses run every 10 minutes during peak periods, 15 minutes during off-peak weekday periods, and 20 minutes on weekends, with the intention of making timetables...
services are high-frequency accessible services. There are currently thirteen Metrobus routes - L90Sydney bus route L90Sydney bus route L90 is a limited-stop commuter bus service operating from Palm Beach to Railway Square in Sydney, Australia. It is the longest commuter bus route in Sydney. The service is operated by Sydney Buses. Early morning and late night services are operated as an all-stops route 190 service...
: The 'L90' bus service is the longest bus route that Sydney Buses operates. - 333: Bondi Beach Prepay Only, the city's first prepay only limited stops bus service.
- 370: Operates between Coogee, Kensington, Zetland, St Peters, Newtown, Glebe, Annadale, and Leichhardt.
- 373: A 24-hour Service that operates between Coogee, Randwick and the City.
- 380: A 24-hour Service that operates between North Bondi, Bondi Beach, Bondi Junction, Paddington, Darlinghurst and City - Circular Quay, with some services operating up to Watsons Bay and Dover Heights.
- 400: MetroLine, connecting Burwood, the Airport, the University of New South WalesUniversity of New South WalesThe University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and Bondi Junction. - 555: Free CBD Shuttle, a zero-fare service operating along George and Elizabeth Streets between Circular Quay and Central Railway Station. Operating from 9:30am-3:30pm on weekdays (Thursdays operating till 9pm) and from 9:30am-6:00pm on weekends.
- 890,891,892 & 895: Prepay express routes connecting the CBD with the University of New South WalesUniversity of New South WalesThe University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
which are State Transit's most profitable. There are also routes 890 & 892 which are not prepaid services, operate to/from Circular Quay and operate on limited peak hour services only.
Sydney Buses also operates late night services mostly operating on Friday and Saturday nights.
- 130: "Pumpkin bus" operating a loop service around Freshwater, Dee Why, Narraweena, Frenchs Forest and Allambie.
- 151: A daily late night service operating between Mona Vale, Dee Why, Brookvale, Manly, Spit Junction and the City.
- 998: A zero-fare late-night service connecting The Rocks and QVB on Saturday and Sunday late nights.
- 999: A zero-fare late-night service connecting Kings Cross and Central station on Friday and Saturday late nights.
Newcastle Buses & Ferries
Newcastle, New South Wales
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
and Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)
Lake Macquarie is Australia's largest coastal salt water lake, covering an area of in the Hunter Region of New South Wales with most of the City of Lake Macquarie's residents living near its shores. It is connected to the Tasman Sea by a short channel. Lake Macquarie is twice as large as Sydney...
. Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates 28 bus routes plus a ferry service across Port Hunter between Newcastle and Stockton
Stockton, New South Wales
Stockton is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. It is the only suburb of Newcastle that lies north of the Hunter River.-Geography:...
. The network radiates from a bus terminal near CityRail
CityRail
CityRail is an operating brand of RailCorp, a corporation owned by the state government of New South Wales, Australia. It is responsible for providing commuter rail services, and some coach services, in and around Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong, the three largest cities of New South Wales. It is...
's Newcastle station, on the waterfront of Newcastle's CBD. Major interchanges are located at the University of Newcastle
University of Newcastle, Australia
The University of Newcastle is an Australian public university that was established in 1965. The University's main and largest campus is located in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle in New South Wales...
, Wallsend, Glendale, Warners Bay, Belmont, Charlestown, Westfield Kotara
Westfield Kotara
Westfield Kotara is a shopping centre located in the suburb of Kotara in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1965 as Kotara Fair. In 2003 the shopping centre was purchased by the Westfield Group....
and Broadmeadow station.
Trips within a designated area of the Newcastle CBD on State Transit-operated bus services are zero-fare under the Newcastle Alliance's Free City Buses programme. The zero-fare zone operates between 7.30 am and 6.00 pm, seven days a week. The programme receives funding from the Honeysuckle Development Corporation
Honeysuckle Development Corporation
Honeysuckle Development Corporation is a corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for a major urban renewal project on the harbourfront of Newcastle, New South Wales, the state's second-largest city....
and the Government of New South Wales
Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
.
Western Sydney Buses
Formed in 2002, Western Sydney Buses operates route T80, a bus rapid transitBus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
service in Western Sydney
Western Sydney
Western Sydney is a major region of Sydney, Australia. It has a number of different definitions but one consistently used is the region composed of the 11 councils which until recently were all members of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils:* Auburn Council* Bankstown City Council*...
, New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Passengers made 1.7 million journeys with Western Sydney Buses in the 2006-07 financial year. The service is not expected to break even until 2008.
Western Sydney Buses operates along a "transitway" (T-way), which consists of bus-only roadways and bus-only lanes connecting Liverpool railway station and Parramatta railway station via Smithfield
Smithfield, New South Wales
* Highest Recorded Temperature: 44.2 °C* Lowest Recorded Temperature: -2.3 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: August-Demographics:...
.
Network
Sydney Buses operates services in the following areas:- 100 series - Northern Beaches
- 200 series - Northern District and North Shore
- 300 series - Eastern Suburbs
- 400 series - Inner West and Southern Suburbs
- 500 series - North Western Suburbs
- 890 series - University Of New South Wales
- 990 series - Late Nights City
In 2002, State Transit won a Ministry of Transport contract to operate T-way services. A newly-formed subsidiary, Western Sydney Buses, operates services on:
- The Liverpool-Parramatta T-wayLiverpool-Parramatta T-wayThe Liverpool-Parramatta T-way is a bus rapid transit line in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. "T-way" is short for rapid bus transitway.- Route and services :...
in Western Sydney
Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates services in Newcastle. Newcastle Buses & Ferries also operates a ferry service between Queens Wharf on the Newcastle waterfront and Stockton, across Port Hunter.
For more info see Bus routes in Sydney
Bus routes in Sydney
Bus routes in Sydney, Australia are generally numbered with three digits, the first digit referring to the region in which the bus route primarily operates.-Metrobus:...
.
Tickets and fares
Sydney Buses and Western Sydney Buses services charge fares on the basis of distance. Newcastle Buses & Ferries bus services charge fares on the basis of travel time. Journeys on Newcastle buses within a certain area of the CBD are zero-fare during the day. Fares are set by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South WalesIndependent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales is an independent body that oversees regulation in water, gas, electricity and transport industries in NSW...
.
Fares are calculated on the number of sections travelled, where one section is approximately 1.6 km.
State Transit services uses a variety of tickets under the MyZone
MyZone
MyZone is a public transport fare structure in the Greater Sydney area of New South Wales, Australia. It covers transport on CityRail trains, the publicly-owned Sydney Buses network, private buses, and the publicly-owned Sydney Ferries network throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, as well as in...
structure. These include single ride tickets bought on board buses or from selected resellers, MyBus TravelTen, MyMulti, Pensioner Excursion Ticket and MyMulti DayPass. Multiple use tickets offer benefits to people who travel frequently on buses.
On single ride tickets, the registration number (bus ID) is printed on the top left side, the time of travel, route number and direction of travel is printed on the bottom. For TravelTen tickets, the route number is printed on the left, followed by the section number, then the direction of travel, the time of travel, the registration number (bus ID) and the trip number.
State Transit services use the Automated Fare Collection System and its magnetic stripe multi-ride tickets. In 2006, the 333 Route (Bondi Beach) service was the subject of a prepay only test. The test was successful and further prepay routes have been introduced. In 2009, the STA progressively rolled out prepay only to all CBD bus stops between 7 AM & 7 PM.
History
In view of its political sensitivity, the agencies responsible for public transport in New South Wales are frequently restructured. Buses and ferries were the responsibility of the Department of Government Transport until 1972, when the AskinRobert Askin
Sir Robert William Askin GCMG, was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party of Australia. He was born in 1907 as Robin William Askin, but always disliked his first name and changed it by deed poll in 1971...
Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
government combined the agency with the New South Wales Government Railways
New South Wales Government Railways
The New South Wales Government Railways was the government department that operated the New South Wales Government's railways until the establishment of the Public Transport Commission in 1972. Although later known officially as the Department of Railways, New South Wales, it was still generally...
to form the Public Transport Commission of New South Wales.
The PTC adopted the logo later to be used by State Rail and, in a modified form, CityRail today. The commission also introduced the blue and white livery that buses have, in one form or another, retained to this day—replacing a green and gold livery inherited from the city's tram rolling stock.
In 1980, buses, ferries and trains were again separated, by the Wran
Neville Wran
Neville Kenneth Wran, AC, CNZM, QC was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 until 1986. He was National President of the Australian Labor Party from 1980 to 1986 and Chairman of both the Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1986...
Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
government. Trains became part of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales while buses and ferries became the preserve of the Urban Transit Authority of New South Wales. Urban Transit operated buses in Sydney and Newcastle, and the Sydney ferry and hydrofoil network.
In 1989, the Greiner
Nick Greiner
Nicholas "Nick" Frank Hugo Greiner AC, is an Australian businessman and former politician. He was the 37th Premier New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. He was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1988. He is married...
Liberal government renamed Urban Transit the State Transit Authority of New South Wales. The hydrofoils were replaced with high-speed catamarans and the MetroTen ticketing system introduced a few years before was replaced with the Automated Fare Collection System in use today.
In 2004, the Carr
Bob Carr
Robert John "Bob" Carr , Australian statesman, was Premier of New South Wales from 4 April 1995 to 3 August 2005. He holds the record for the longest continuous service as premier of NSW...
Labor government spun the Sydney Ferries business into a separate Sydney Ferries Corporation
Sydney Ferries
Sydney Ferries is an agency of the New South Wales Government Department of Transport, providing ferry services on Sydney Harbour and the Parramatta River in Sydney, Australia....
.
Fleet
The State Transit Fleet consists of over 2100 buses operating in both Sydney and Newcastle from 13 depots. The State Transit Authority is currently in the process of updating its bus fleet with the purchase of 505 new vehicles in late 2006 and the refurbishment of more than 100 vehicles acquired in the early 1990s. An order for 200 Custom Coaches CB80Custom Coaches CB80
The Custom Coaches CB80 is new-generation bus body built by Australian company Custom Coaches and launched at the Australian Bus & Coach Show in 2009...
-bodied buses (100 Volvo B7RLE
Volvo B7RLE
Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single-deck citybus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 to supplement the B7L single-decker, which was unsuccessful in both countries. It is similar to the B7L's predecessor, the B10BLE...
and 100 Scania K-series
Scania K-series
Scania K-series is a series of bus with longitudinally, straight-up mounted Euro IV engine at the rear. For the 5- and 6-cylinder engines Scania is using exhaust gas recirculation system to fulfill the legal Euro IV emission standard...
has been confirmed with the first to be delivered in 2011. All new STA acquisitions from 1990 onwards have the following features:
- Full Air Conditioning
- Fabric Seating
- High visibility electronic destination equipment
- Accommodation for two wheelchairs (with exception to a few acquisitions between 1990 and 2000)
All State Transit vehicles are now fitted with digital CCTV surveillance with five cameras aboard each bus to improve security and deter vandalism and anti-social behaviour. The STA continues to improve its environmental impact with a large perfcentage of the fleet being powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as meeting strict emissions regulations with 250 Euro 5 compliant vehicles entering service from 2007.
The following bus models entered service pre-1990 and are still in service:
- 200 - Mercedes-Benz O305 - Pressed Metal Corporation 'MkIV'
- 247 - Mercedes-Benz O405 - Pressed Metal Corporation 'MkV'
- 50 - MAN SL202 - Pressed Metal Corporation 'MkV'
The following bus models entered service in the 1990s:
- 49 - Scania L113TRBL 14.5m - Ansair 'Orana' (currently undergoing refurbishment)
- 4 - Mercedes-Benz O405 - Pressed Metal Corporation 'PMC160'
- 100 - Scania L113CRB CNG - Ansair 'Orana' (currently undergoing refurbishment)
- 2 - Scania L113CRB CNG - Ansair 'Commuter'
- 156 - Scania L113CRL - Ansair 'Orana' (currently undergoing refurbishment)
- 2 - Mercedes-Benz O405N - Ansair 'Orana'
The following bus models entered service in the 2000s:
- 4 - Volvo B10B - Custom Coaches '200' series
- 124 - Volvo B10BLEVolvo B10BLEThe Volvo B10BLE is a low-entry city bus chassis which was popular in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Australia. It was launched around 1992 with the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus. It was the successor of the citybus version of Volvo B10B and is used as a base for single-deck...
- Ansair 'Orana' (currently undergoing refurbishment) - 4 - Mercedes-Benz O405 - Custom Coaches '516'
- 299 - Mercedes-Benz O405NH CNG - Custom Coaches 'Citaro'
- 170 - Volvo B12BLEVolvo B12BLEThe Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with an engine mounted on the rear overhang. It replaced the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single deck buses in Europe and Australia....
- Custom Coaches 'CB60' - 50 - Volvo B12BLE - Volgren 'CR228L'
- 80 - Volvo B12BLEA Articulated - Custom Coaches 'CB60'
- 2 - Volvo B12BLEA Articulated - Custom Coaches 'CB60 Evo II
- 270 - Volvo B12BLE Euro 5 - Custom Coaches 'CB60 Evo II'
- 254 - Mercedes-Benz O500LE CNG - Custom Coaches 'CB60 Evo II'
The following bus models entered service in the 2010s:
- 20 - Mercedes-Benz O500LE (diesel) - Custom Coaches 'CB60 Evo II'
- 150 - Volvo B12BLEA Articulated - Volgren 'CR228L' Euro 5
Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates two vessels, Shortland and Hunter, both of which entered service in 1988, Australia's bicentenary. The vessels are named for Newcastle pioneers Lt. John Shortland
John Shortland
John Shortland was a naval officer, the eldest son of John Shortland. Shortland joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman and went to Quebec in a transport commanded by his father. From 1783 to 1787 he served in the West Indies. In 1787 he was master's mate in the Sirius when the First Fleet sailed...
and Vice Admiral John Hunter.
Depots
Sydney Buses operates all over Sydney. At present there are 12 depots serving the Sydney metropolitan area. The depots (depot code indicated) are located at (By Region):Northern Region
- North Sydney (N)North Sydney, New South WalesNorth Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney...
- Brookvale (V)Brookvale, New South WalesBrookvale is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Brookvale is located 16 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region.-History:The first development in...
- Mona Vale (F)Mona Vale, New South WalesMona Vale is a suburb in northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 28 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of Pittwater Council. Mona Vale is also part of the Northern Beaches region.-...
Western Region
- Willoughby (M)Willoughby, New South WalesWilloughby is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Willoughby is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Willoughby....
- Ryde (Y) or (G)Ryde, New South WalesRyde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located 13 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and 8 km east of Parramatta. Ryde is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Ryde and part of the Northern Suburbs area...
Eastern Region
- Randwick (R)Randwick, New South WalesRandwick is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Randwick is located 6 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Randwick...
- Port Botany (P)Port Botany, New South WalesPort Botany is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Port Botany is located 12 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district, is in the local government area of the City of Randwick...
- Waverley (W)Waverley, New South WalesWaverley is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Waverley is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council....
Southern Region
- Burwood (B)Burwood, New South WalesBurwood is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Burwood is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Burwood Council....
- Leichhardt (L)Leichhardt, New South WalesLeichhardt is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Leichhardt...
- Kingsgrove (K)Kingsgrove, New South WalesKingsgrove is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kingsgrove is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Rockdale, the City of Hurstville and the City of Canterbury...
- Tempe (T)Tempe, New South WalesTempe is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tempe is located 9 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Marrickville Council....
External links
- Transport Info - timetable and fare information
- State Transit Authority - corporate information
- Sydney Buses - corporate information
- Newcastle Buses & Ferries - corporate information
- Transport for NSW - corporate information