Light-City Buses was an Australian bus service operator in

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. It operated services as part of the

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network under contract to the

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. It was a subsidiary of

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, formerly known as Transfield Services. In June 2018, the business was purchased by

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History

In October 2011 Light-City Buses commenced operating the

North-South and Outer North East region services under contract to the

. The two contract regions covered 43% of the bus services in Adelaide.Report on the Adelaide Metro Bus Service Contracts
Minister for Transport August 2011 The contracts were to run for an initial eight-year term, from 2 October 2011 to 30 June 2019 with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria were met.

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had previously unsuccessfully tendered to operate buses in

in 2004 in a

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with

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. The two contracts had been operated by

since April 2005 and between 2000 and 2005 by

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. In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance. In June 2018,

acquired the business, including 370 buses and 700 employees.

Fleet

As at April 2018, the fleet consisted of 366 buses.Light-City Buses
Australian Bus Fleet Lists Buses were painted in

livery.

Depots

Light–City Buses operated three depots in

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, St Agnes and Wingfield.

References

External links

Adelaide MetroBroadspectrumAdelaide Metro Contract Area Map (as of December 2013)
{{Adelaide public transport, state=collapsed Broadspectrum Bus companies of South Australia Transport in Adelaide Transport companies established in 2011 Transport companies disestablished in 2018 2011 establishments in Australia Defunct bus companies of Australia Australian companies disestablished in 2018 ja:アデレード・メトロ pt:Metropolitano de Adelaide