TransGoldfields is a public bus service in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, owned and maintained by Eastern Goldfields Transport Board. In 2005, the company was upgraded thanks to funding from the state government. The funding boost saw three metropolitan buses added to their fleet, as well as a new name (similar to the state government's metro and state transport services, Transperth

Transperth

Transperth is the brand name of the public transport system in Perth, Western Australia. It is operated by the Public Transport Authority.-History:...

 and Transwa

Transwa

Transwa is Western Australia's regional public transport provider, linking 275 destinations within Western Australia, from Kalbarri in the north to Augusta in the south to Esperance in the east along with the regional centres of Bunbury, Kalgoorlie, Northam, Geraldton and Albany.Transwa is...

) and an overhaul of the existing fleet livery

Livery

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, however most older street buses still sport the original red and yellow Goldenlines stripes on the sides and front. As of January 2009 The Public Transport Authority has taken over the running and operations of TransGoldfields. Four more Metropolitan buses have been added with two wearing red stripes and the other two wearing the existing green stripe.

Public transport

TransGoldfields currently operate public bus services on the following routes:

• 101 Hannans: operates from Central Kalgoorlie to the northern suburbs (including Piccadilly, Lamington and Hannans)
• 102 Boulder
• 103 Boulder via O'Connor

Stops are hourly from 7am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, with limited services on Saturdays.

School services

Most primary and high schools use TransGoldfields to pick up and drop off their students for special occasions. The company also increases fleet numbers during school start and finish times to cope with the demand.

Fleet

The new donated buses are Mercedes

Mercedes-Benz

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0405NH Diesels, however the average age of the rest of the fleet is 24 years. 9 ex Transperth Mercedes-Benz 0405NH's are now in the fleet.

Terminal

Route 1 Departs outside The Palace Chambers and Routes 2 and 3 outside the Exchange hotel.

Sources

• Kalgoorlie Tourism Website; Local Transportation
• Bus News Article, TransGoldfields
• http://www.busaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37438&p=422097&hilit=transgoldfields#p422097
• http://www.perthbus.info/prequery.php?qid=203072674653343537&cid=20

External links

• WA Bus Fleet List: http://www.busaustralia.com/fleetlists/transperth.htm
• Eastern Goldfields Transport Board Annual Report 2004-2005(PDF): http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/3711150a6cce7ec9f669efed482570cb00091447/$file/eastern+goldfields+transport+bd+ar+2004-05.pdf