Torrens Transit is an Australian bus service operator in

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. It operates some services as part of the

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network under contract to the

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. It is a subsidiary of

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, which is a part of the

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History

Torrens Transit MAN NL202 CNG (BUS 1664)

On 23 April 2000, Torrens Transit commenced operating the

East–West contract with 255 buses under contract to the

. In April 2005, Torrens Transit commenced operating the North–South and Outer North East contracts that had previously been run by

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. In July 2011, Torrens Transit commenced operating a new eight-year East–West contract with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria are met. However the North–South and Outer North East area contracts passed to Light-City Buses in October 2011. In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance with these being returned to Torrens Transit. On 10 November 2014, Torrens Transit commenced operating a new service between the CBD and

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with a double deck

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CDi. In June 2018, the Light-City Buses business was integrated with Torrens Transit following Transit Systems purchasing it from

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, doubling the fleet to 700 buses. This marked the return of Light-City routes to Torrens Transit after seven years. On 5 July 2020, Torrens Transit retained its East West, Outer North East and North South contracts and took over the Outer North contract from

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. All four bus contracts will run for 8 years. Additionally, its North–South contract was expanded to include the

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and is operated by

Torrens Connect Torrens Connect is a public transport operator in Adelaide, Australia that commenced operating bus and tram services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure in July 2020. It is ...

, a joint venture between Torrens Transit,

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and John Holland.

Fleet

As at May 2021, the fleet consisted of 862 buses. Buses are painted in

liveries ''v1, v2, New, Hybrid,'' and sometimes in ''All Over Advertising''. In 2000 Torrens Transit inherited a fleet of

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MAN NL202 The MAN NL202 was a low floor single-decker bus built by MAN Nutzfahrzeuge from the late 1980s until 1992. It is derived from the VöV SL-II bus standard. Especially sold in Europe, in particular in Germany, it was replaced by MAN NL262. It was ...

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articulated and

Volvo B59 The Volvo B59 was a rear-engined bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1970 and 1979. The first Volvo B59 was delivered to the Københavns Sporveje (The City Transport Authority in Copenhagen, Denmark) in 1970, and was fitted with ...

s from

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.Adelaide Contractors ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 16/3 December 2000 pp. 54–56

Depots

Torrens Transit operates seven depots in

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, Edinburgh North,

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, St Agnes and

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References

External links

Transit Systems

Adelaide Metro

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