North Sydney Bus Depot is a bus depot in the
Sydney suburb of
Neutral Bay
Neutral Bay is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Neutral Bay is around 1.5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.
Neutral Bay takes ...
operated by
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquar ...
.
History
On 3 June 1909, the North Sydney Tram Depot opened to replace the
Ridge Street Tram Depot. On 15 September 1940, a bus depot opened on the adjacent site. With the closure of the
North Sydney tram network in June 1958 and the opening of
Willoughby Bus Depot
Willoughby Bus Depot is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Willoughby operated by Busways.
History
Willoughby Bus Depot opened on 1 July 1958 on the site of a former tannery. It operated routes, which were a combination of tram replacement ro ...
in July 1958, the tram depot closed and sold for redevelopment as the Big Bear Shopping Centre, while the bus depot was downgraded to a satellite depot. In October 2021 it was included in the transfer of
region 8 from
State Transit to
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquar ...
.
As of September 2023, it has an allocation of 61 buses.
State Transit Authority - North Sydney
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
References
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Service NSW
Bus garages
Industrial buildings in Sydney
Neutral Bay, New South Wales
Tram depots in Sydney
Transport infrastructure completed in 1909
1909 establishments in Australia