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TransAlbany
Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midland, Western Australia, Midland area with 43 buses. On 29 September 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Canning Vale and Southern River, Western Australia, Southern River areas from depots in Canning Vale and Southern River, Western Australia, Southern River with 119 Mercedes-Benz buses, Mercedes-Benz and Renault Trucks, Renault buses. In January 1998, Swan Transit gained further services in the Armadale, Western Australia, Armadale South and Kalamunda areas on 5 July 1998. In September 2002, Swan Transit purchased the Perth operations of Connex WA, resulting services gain in Claremont, Western Australia, Claremont and Belmont, Western Australia, Belmont areas. It initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love's Bus Service
Love's Bus Service was an Australian school bus service, operating in Cairns. In 2022 It was re-branded and dissolved into Sunbus Cairns, one of Kinetic Group's (parent company) Bus companies. History Love's Bus Service was established in 1975 when the business of Cooper, Benger was acquired. Love's operated the Bunbury urban services until it was put out to tender, and passed to South West Coach Lines. By 2002, Love's had an operation in Kerang, Victoria.Queensland ''Fleetline'' issue 280 October 2002 page 155 In 2002, Love's commenced operating in Queensland, purchasing the Cairns based school services of Stagecoach. In July 2013, Love's commenced operating the TransAlbany network under contract to the Public Transport Authority. Upon being re-tendered, the TransAlbany services were taken over by Swan Transit in July 2017 with 17 buses. The Cairns business was sold to the Kinetic Group Kinetic Group (formerly known as AATS Group) is an Australian-based multinational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Transit
Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midland area with 43 buses. On 29 September 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Canning Vale and Southern River areas from depots in Canning Vale and Southern River with 119 Mercedes-Benz and Renault buses. In January 1998, Swan Transit gained further services in the Armadale South and Kalamunda areas on 5 July 1998. In September 2002, Swan Transit purchased the Perth operations of Connex WA, resulting services gain in Claremont and Belmont areas. It initially traded as Swan Transit Riverside. Connex (now Transdev) would re-enter the market in September 2004 when it purchased Southern Coast Transit from National Express. In May 2011, Swan Transit commenced an eight-year contract to operate services in the Marmion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TransAlbany
Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority (Western Australia), Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midland, Western Australia, Midland area with 43 buses. On 29 September 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Canning Vale and Southern River, Western Australia, Southern River areas from depots in Canning Vale and Southern River, Western Australia, Southern River with 119 Mercedes-Benz buses, Mercedes-Benz and Renault Trucks, Renault buses. In January 1998, Swan Transit gained further services in the Armadale, Western Australia, Armadale South and Kalamunda areas on 5 July 1998. In September 2002, Swan Transit purchased the Perth operations of Connex WA, resulting services gain in Claremont, Western Australia, Claremont and Belmont, Western Australia, Belmont areas. It initially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Transport Authority (Western Australia)
The Public Transport Authority (PTA) is a statutory authority that oversees the operation of all public transport in Western Australia. History The Public Transport Authority was formed on 1 July 2003 in accordance with the ''Public Transport Authority Act 2003'' as the body overseeing the provision of public transport in Western Australia. It operates bus, ferry and train services in Perth under the Transperth brand, regional road coach and train services in regional Western Australia under the Transwa brand and manages school bus services.Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2015 Public Transport Authority Services The Public Transport Authority runs many services. They are: * |
Transit Systems
Transit Systems Group is an Australian-based public transport company, which also operates overseas through its subsidiary Tower Transit Group. Transit Systems Group is a subsidiary of the Kelsian Group, formerly SeaLink Travel Group. History In the 1980s and early 1990s, Lance Francis, Graham Leishman and Neil Smith together operated Transdev Queensland, Bayside Buslines in Brisbane, Peninsula Bus Lines on the New South Wales Central Coast and Sunliner Express on the east coast. Graham Leishman previously also operated a bus company with his father in 1971. After Sunliner Express collapsed in 1991, all were either sold or liquidated. In 1995, Francis, Leishman and Smith won the Midland bus contract in Perth in 1995 and founded Swan Transit, the first business unit of Transit Systems. The Midland operations commenced on 21 January 1996, and was the first time since 1962 that an urban service bus in Perth was operated by a privately-owned operator. Swan Transit was awarded four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmion, Western Australia
Marmion is a northern coastal suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Joondalup. History Marmion was named after Patrick Marmion, master whaler, who operated a whaling station in the area in 1849. There are still some remains of the old whaling station in the adjacent suburb, Sorrento. A monument to Marmion can be found in Geneff Park in Padbury Circle, Sorrento. Prior to white settlement, the Whadjuk Aboriginal people, who called the area Mooro, gathered abalone and other shellfish in large numbers off the nearby reefs. The area was popular with fishermen in the 1930s, and numerous boatsheds and shacks were built there, as well as a whaling station. A townsite was gazetted in the area in 1940, but it remained largely undeveloped until the late 1950s, when the postal district of Marmion was approved. At first, the only development in the area was the primary school, opened in 1956 as a two-teacher school and nicknamed "Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beckenham, Western Australia
Beckenham is a list of Perth suburbs, suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells. History This suburb has seen many name changes. It was previously known as Buckingham, it once shared a "common usage" name of Waverley with East Cannington, Western Australia, East Cannington, and has one of the oldest and most well respected primary schools in Western Australia.Carden, F.G. Along the Canning: A History of the City of Canning, City of Canning, 1st Edition 1968, 2nd edition, 1991, The Canning River (Western Australia), Canning River runs along the southwestern outskirts of Beckenham. In 2011 Beckenham released many new divisions of land. See also * Beckenham railway station References External links {{PerthAU-geo-stub Suburbs of Perth, Western Australia Suburbs in the City of Gosnells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albany, Western Australia
Albany ( ; nys, Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, the state capital. The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbour, which is a part of King George Sound. The central business district is bounded by Mount Clarence to the east and Mount Melville to the west. The city is in the local government area of the City of Albany. While it is the oldest colonial, although not European, settlement in Western Australia - predating Perth and Fremantle by over two years - it was a semi-exclave of New South Wales for over four years until it was made part of the Swan River Colony. The settlement was founded on 26 December 1826 as a military outpost of New South Wales for the purpose of forestalling French ambitions in the region. To that end, on 21 January 1827, the commander of the outpost, Major Edmund Lockyer, formally took possession for the British Crown of the portion of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South West Coach Lines
South West Coach Lines is a bus and coach operator in South West Western Australia. It is a subsidiary of the Australian Transit Group. History South West Coach Lines was founded in 1977 by David and Lenita Adams. In January 1986, it commenced operating the Bunbury City Transit service (since renamed TransBunbury). In November 2007 the business was purchased by Veolia Transport and in July 2013 became part of Transdev Australasia. It operates express coach services, school services and bus charters. In December 2009, South West Coach Lines commenced operating three services in Busselton under the TransBusselton brand under contract to the Public Transport Authority. Upon being re-tendered, the routes passed to Swan Transit from 1 January 2015."PTA calls tenders for town services in south-west WA" ''Australian Bus'' issue 64 July 2014 page 8 South West Coach Lines operate 14 school services and express coach services connecting Perth with various destinations in South West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TransBunbury
TransBunbury is the public bus transportation system in Bunbury, Western Australia, consisting of 10 public routes as well as 30 school routes.Regional Town Bus Service Public Transport Authority History Bunbury City Transit was established in January 1986. On 2 May 2011 it was rebranded as TransBunbury.Operations Until 31 December 2014, the service was operated by South West Coach Lines. Upon being re-tendered, it passed to Swan Transit, with a new 10-year contract commencing on 1 January 2015."PTA calls tenders for town services in south-west WA" ''Australian Bus'' issue 64 July 2014 p. 8 The SmartRider card is valid for use on TransBunbury services.Terminus TransBunbury's main terminus is ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busselton
Busselton is a city in the South West region of the state of Western Australia approximately south-west of Perth. Busselton has a long history as a popular holiday destination for Western Australians; however, the closure of the Busselton Port in 1972 and the contemporaneous establishment of the nearby Margaret River wine region have seen tourism become the dominant source of investment and development, supplemented by services and retail. The city is best known for the Busselton Jetty, the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere. History Pre European settlement and 19th century Before white settlement in 1832, and for at least 40,000 years, the Busselton area was home to the Noongar Aboriginal people from the Wardandi and Bibulman language/ancestral groups. The colonisation of Western Australia in 1829 had a major impact on the life of the Noongar people. Many towns in the Busselton area, such as Wonnerup, Yallingup and Carbunup River, still hold their origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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