Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating

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services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of

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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

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and Southern River areas from depots in Canning Vale and Southern River with 119

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and

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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

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) would re-enter the market in September 2004 when it purchased Southern Coast Transit from

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. In May 2011, Swan Transit commenced an eight-year contract to operate services in the Marmion contract area. The Marmion contract area includes Karrinyup depot which was operated by

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. However, Swan Transit did not retain the Kalamunda contract, which was taken over by Path Transit in October 2012. As of April 2019, Swan Transit operates the Canning, Claremont, Marmion, Midland and Southern River area contracts. In October 2019, Swan Transit was successful in retaining its Marmion and Claremont contracts, as well as gaining the

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contract, taking over the Joondalup operations from

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on 19 January 2020. The three contracts will run for 10 years and expire in January 2030.

Swan Transit South West

TransBunbury & TransBusselton

In January 2015, Swan Transit commenced operating 10 year contracts to operate services in Bunbury and

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under the

TransBunbury TransBunbury is the public bus transportation system in Bunbury, Western Australia, consisting of 10 public routes as well as 30 school routes.

and TransBusselton brands, taking over from

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TransAlbany

In July 2017, Swan Transit commenced operating 10 year contracts to operate services in Albany under the

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brand, taking over from

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Transit Systems 17 July 2017

Depots

As of January 2020, Swan Transit operates 13 depots for its Transperth operations: *

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* Ellenbrook * Mount Claremont * Karrinyup * Midvale *

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* Champion Lakes (Southern River) * Craigie (Beenyup) * Mundaring *

* Wangara * Ridgewood (Nowergup) Outside Perth, Swan Transit operates Four depots, Albany, Bunbury,

and

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for its TransAlbany, TransBunbury, TransBusselton and TransGoldfields operations respectively.

References

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* Bus companies of Western Australia Public transport in Perth, Western Australia Transport companies established in 1996 Australian companies established in 1996 {{Transit Systems