Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mounta ...
, Australia, operating on behalf of
Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales ...
. It is a subsidiary of
Transdev Australasia
Transdev Australasia is an operator of bus, ferry, light rail and rail services in Australia and New Zealand. It is a subsidiary of French-based, international Transdev. It was formed in 2013 by grouping the operations of Veolia Transport Aust ...
. It is a different subsidiary to
Transdev John Holland, which is 75% owned by Transdev and operates in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.
With origins tracing back to February 1935, Transdev NSW was renamed from Veolia Transport NSW in July 2013 after the global rebranding of its parent company Veolia Transdev to simply
Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020.
History
The group was formed by the merger of ...
. During this time,
Transdev Shorelink, another Transdev bus operation in Sydney, was absorbed into Transdev NSW.
Between November and December 2022, after a competitive tendering process, Transdev NSW was unsuccessful in retaining all of its existing bus operations. Its operations will be taken by bus companies and Transdev NSW will cease to be a public bus operator in August 2023. However, it will still continue to operate charter bus operations.
History
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The origins of the company that is now Transdev NSW can be traced back to February 1935 when GH Ramsay commenced a bus service between
Sutherland station and
Woronora River
The Woronora River is a perennial river of the Sydney Basin, located in the Sutherland Shire local government area of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, approximately south of the Sydney central business district, in New South Wales, Australia.
'W ...
. It was sold to Mayman Brothers in 1948 and Doug and Barry Smith in 1966 trading as Woronora Bus Company. Following the opening of the
Alfords Point Bridge
Alfords Point Bridge is a twin concrete and steel box girder road bridge that carries Alford Point Road as state route A6 across the lower Georges River between Padstow Heights in the City of Bankstown and Alfords Point in the Sutherland Shi ...
in September 1973 the service was extended to
Padstow station
Padstow railway station is located on the East Hills line, serving the Sydney suburb of Padstow. It is served by Sydney Trains T8 Airport & South line services.
History
Padstow station opened on 21 December 1931 when the line was extended f ...
. The operation was renamed Menai Bus Service.
[History of Our Bus Services]
Veolia Transport
In August 1988, Menai Bus Service was purchased by Ron Deane who at the time operated
Deanes Coaches
Deanes Coaches was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches on Sydney's North Shore.
History
Deanes Coaches was formed in August 1955 as Turramurra-Bobbin Head Bus Service when Ron Deane purchase route 166 T ...
on the
North Shore. In March 1989 the
Hurstville
Hurstville is a suburb in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD and is part of the St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Georges Riv ...
to
Bankstown
Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...
and
Lugarno
Lugarno is a suburb in the St George area of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the local government area of the Georges River Council, 23 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district ...
services of
Peakhurst Coaches were purchased, although the latter was sold in August 1989 to
Punchbowl Bus Company
Punchbowl Bus Company is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Region 5, servicing the Hurstville, Roselands, Bankstown, Strathfield and surrounding suburbs. It also operates bus services in Goulburn and Crookwell in the Souther ...
. In July 1989, the business of Hadfields Bus Lines,
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was purchased and at this point, all the operations were rebranded as Southtrans.
[ In October 1990, three routes were transferred from ]South Western Coach Lines
South Western Coach Lines was an Australian bus company operating services in the Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, South West and Sutherland Shire regions of Sydney.
Background
In the late 1950s, Max Holman operated Seven Hills Bus Lines with WA ...
, followed in December 1990 by two routes from Sutherland Bus Service.
Other bus companies subsequently acquired were:[
* Carss Park Chartered Tours & Bus Lines in December 1993
* Kogarah-Carss Park Bus Service (Blythe's), ]Bexley
Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Char ...
in April 1994
* Pioneer Coaches
Pioneer Coaches was an Australian bus and coach company based in Bexley, New South Wales. The company was noted for its immaculate blue and red livery, known affectionately as "the blue bus".
History
In October 1918, Cornelius Bossley "Con" Iff ...
in January 2001
* Crossley Bus Lines, Revesby in November 2001
* Transit First
Transit First was an Australian bus company operating in the south-western suburbs of Sydney.
History
Transit First's origins can be traced back to August 1982 when Peter Threlkeld purchased Holswothy Bus Co with 15 buses and services between ...
in February 2007[Westway / Transit First]
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
* Crowthers
Crowthers is an Australian coach charter coach company in Sydney. Until January 2009 it operated route bus services in the Sutherland Shire.
History
In the early 1900s, S Crowthers and Sons Pty Ltd established a small bus service in Thirroul, N ...
, Caringbah
Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is south of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of Sutherland Shire.
Caringbah once st ...
in January 2009[Crowther's Coaches]
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
* Caringbah Bus Service in October 2011[Caringbah Bus Service]
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
Crowthers remained as charter operator as of January 2016. Caringbah Bus Service also remained as a charter operator under their previous charter operation name Tiger Tours until May 2015, when the business was purchased by Dunn Motor Traction and merged into its Telford's Bus & Coach operations.
In September 1999, Southtrans was sold to French transport company Connex (a subsidiary of the then Vivendi Environnement, now Veolia Environnement
Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French Multinational corporation, transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water resource management, water m ...
) and became Connex Southtrans.[ It was renamed to Connex NSW in 2002.][Transdev NSW]
Australian Bus Fleetlists In January 2005, the Granville and Bankstown routes of Baxter's Bus Lines
Baxter's Bus Lines is an Australian bus charter company in Sydney. Until August 2006, it operated route bus services in Western Sydney.
History
Baxter's Bus Lines was founded by Roy Baxter and his son Garry after the Merrylands based services o ...
were transferred to Connex and Transit First and became part of Region 13.
In April 2006, the company was renamed Veolia Transport NSW as part of a global re-branding exercise of the company. Soon after, Veolia undertook a re-organisation and simplification of its route services across Region 13 in September 2006 and Region 10 in November 2007. However, many of the altered Region 10 bus routes were later restored to their original state due to a severe decline in passenger numbers and high levels of passenger complaints. The idea to make bus services "straighter" did not have a welcome reception with passengers who preferred convenience as opposed to speed for the sake of it on shorter routes.
In February 2007, Veolia bought out its Region 13 partner Transit First
Transit First was an Australian bus company operating in the south-western suburbs of Sydney.
History
Transit First's origins can be traced back to August 1982 when Peter Threlkeld purchased Holswothy Bus Co with 15 buses and services between ...
which included the transfer of 86 buses, 15 routes and the lease on the current Bankstown Airport
Bankstown Airport is an airport and business park located in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, approximately from the Sydney Central Business District (CBD), Australia and west of Sydney Airport. It is situated on of land and has three paral ...
depot.[ This purchase also saw Veolia move their head office from ]Taren Point
Taren Point is a small suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
Surrounded by the suburbs of S ...
to Bankstown Airport. In January 2009, Region 11 operator Crowthers was purchased[ followed in October 2011 by fellow Region 11 operator Caringbah Bus Service.][
In March 2011, ]Veolia Transport
Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the ...
worldwide merged with French-German company Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020.
History
The group was formed by the merger of V ...
, to form Veolia Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020.
History
The group was formed by the merger of V ...
. As a result, in July 2013, Veolia Transport NSW was renamed Transdev NSW. Later that year, fellow Transdev Australasia
Transdev Australasia is an operator of bus, ferry, light rail and rail services in Australia and New Zealand. It is a subsidiary of French-based, international Transdev. It was formed in 2013 by grouping the operations of Veolia Transport Aust ...
subsidiary Transdev Shorelink, was also absorbed into the Transdev NSW business. Rebranding of all Transdev NSW buses to the new Transdev logo took place in mid 2014. A new website for all Transdev NSW public bus operations was opened on 8 September 2014.
Between November and December 2022, Transdev NSW was not awarded new contracts for all its three bus regions. Region 10 services will be taken over by U-Go Mobility in July 2023, Region 12 services taken over by CDC NSW
CDC NSW is an Australian bus operator in New South Wales, Australia. It is an umbrella brand of ComfortDelGro Australia established in 2017 to cover the latter's New South Wales operations, some of which had been owned by ComfortDelGro since 2005 ...
in April 2023, and Region 13 services taken over by Transit Systems NSW
Transit Systems NSW, previously known as Transit Systems Sydney, is a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems.
History
In November 2012, Transit Systems was awarded a contract by Transport for ...
on 6 August 2023. After that, Transdev NSW will cease to exist as a public bus operator but will remain as a charter bus operator. Transdev's other operations in Sydney such as Transdev John Holland (buses in Eastern Suburbs), Transdev Sydney Ferries
Transdev Sydney Ferries, formerly Harbour City Ferries, is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia, and is the operator of ferry services in the Sydney Ferries network since July 2012. It currently operates the ferry network under a contract until ...
and Transdev Sydney (light rail) will continue as usual.
Operations
Transdev NSW operates the Region 10, 12 and 13 commuter bus services under contract to Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales ...
. Regions 10 services were operated by the company (then Connex) since the early 2000s. Region 11 and 13 services became fully operated by the company after the acquisition of other bus companies such as Transit First
Transit First was an Australian bus company operating in the south-western suburbs of Sydney.
History
Transit First's origins can be traced back to August 1982 when Peter Threlkeld purchased Holswothy Bus Co with 15 buses and services between ...
in the late 2000s and early 2010s. As a result, the smaller Region 11 was merged into the larger neighbouring Region 10. Transdev NSW also took responsibility for Transdev Shorelink routes in Region 12 in 2014, resulting in Transdev NSW operating in both northern and southern Sydney.
In November 2012, Transdev Shorelink retained the contract to operate Region 12, and this contract was passed on to Transdev NSW in 2014. Also in January 2013, Veolia were granted seven year extensions to their Region 10 and 13 contracts. In November 2022, the contract for Region 12 was awarded to rival operator ComfortDelGro Australia
ComfortDelGro Australia is a major Australian public transport company. Founded in October 2005 as ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, a joint venture between Singapore-based ComfortDelGro (51%) and Australian Cabcharge (49%), today it is a fully owned sub ...
. Existing services operated by Transdev NSW will be taken over by CDC NSW
CDC NSW is an Australian bus operator in New South Wales, Australia. It is an umbrella brand of ComfortDelGro Australia established in 2017 to cover the latter's New South Wales operations, some of which had been owned by ComfortDelGro since 2005 ...
in May 2023.
Transdev NSW operates bus routes from depots at Bankstown Airport
Bankstown Airport is an airport and business park located in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, approximately from the Sydney Central Business District (CBD), Australia and west of Sydney Airport. It is situated on of land and has three paral ...
, Kingsgrove
Kingsgrove is a suburb in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Kingsgrove is south of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, Bayside Council and the Geo ...
, Menai, Mount Kuring-gai, Revesby, South Granville and Taren Point
Taren Point is a small suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
Surrounded by the suburbs of S ...
. Transdev operates three of Sydney's Metrobus routes: M90 between Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
and Burwood, M91 between Hurstville
Hurstville is a suburb in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD and is part of the St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Georges Riv ...
and Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
and M92 between Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
and Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
. Transdev also operates one bus route to the Sydney CBD
The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main commercial centre of Sydney. The CBD is Sydney's city centre, or Sydney City, and the two terms are used interchangeably. Colloquially, the CBD or city centre is often refer ...
: 594 from North Turramurra
North Turramurra is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Turramurra is located north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Counci ...
.
Transdev jointly operated the temporary North West Night Bus (NW1 & NW2) with Hillsbus
Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of C ...
from May 2019 until November 2019. The bus service stopped at stations along the Metro North West Line
Metro North West Line is a rapid transit rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The first–and currently the only line on the Sydney Metro network, it commenced operation on 26 May 2019, running between and .
The line will be ...
on Sunday to Wednesday nights. Transdev also used to operate the Station Link
Buses account for close to six per cent of trips each day in the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, forming a key part of the city's public transport system. The network initially evolved from a privately operated system of feeder serv ...
services (SLx series) between September 2018 and May 2019, while the Epping to Chatswood rail link was closed for upgrading and conversion to Sydney Metro Northwest
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. The Station Link stopped at Epping Epping may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Epping, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
** Epping railway station, Sydney
* Electoral district of Epping, the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* Epping Forest, Kearns, a he ...
, Chatswood, Macquarie Park
Macquarie Park () is a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Macquarie Park is located 13 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ryde.
Macqu ...
, Eastwood Eastwood may refer to:
Places
;in Australia
*Eastwood, New South Wales
**Eastwood railway station
**Electoral district of Eastwood
*Eastwood, South Australia
;in Canada
* Eastwood, Ontario
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;in the Ph ...
, Macquarie University
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, Beecroft and St Leonards St Leonards may refer to:
Places Australia
*St Leonards, New South Wales
**St Leonards railway station
*St Leonards, Tasmania, suburb of Launceston
*St Leonards, Victoria
Canada
*St. Leonard's, Newfoundland and Labrador
New Zealand
* St L ...
stations. Like the North West Night Bus, it was jointly operated with Hillsbus
Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of C ...
.
Fleet
As of July 2022, the fleet consists of 462 buses.Transdev NSW
''Australian Bus Fleet Lists'' Most of the buses have white liveries. The fronts of the older white buses were originally yellow and were repainted when the company was rebranded as Veolia in April 2006. Buses dedicated to the Metrobus operation (54 as of July 2022) have a red livery applied, there was also dedicated free shuttle bus liveries though this was later removed. Since 2010 the Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales ...
white and blue livery progressively began to be applied to the bus fleet.
References
External links
*
Bus Australia Shorelink gallery
Bus Australia Veolia Transport gallery
Bus Australia Transdev NSW gallery
{{Transdev
Bus companies of New South Wales
Bus transport in Sydney
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Transport companies established in 1935
Australian companies established in 1935
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