public transport
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company which operated
bus
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services from the
South Australia
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n capital
Adelaide
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Adelaide Metro
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network. It was a joint venture between
TransAdelaide
TransAdelaide was a publicly owned corporation established on 4 July 1994 which provided suburban train, tram and bus services in Adelaide, South Australia, under contract to the Government of South Australia. It took over these responsibilitie ...
, which also operates the
train
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system in Adelaide and Australian Transit Enterprises. Transitplus was based in
Aldgate
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The area of Aldgate, the most common use of ...
in the Adelaide Hills and had two depots located in Aldgate and Mount Barker.
Australian Transit Enterprises trading as
Southlink
SouthLink is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer.
History
In April 2000, SouthLink ...
took over Transitplus' services in 2010.SouthLink website Retrieved 22 July 2015
Service Areas
Transitplus serviced the following towns in the Adelaide Hills and suburbs of Adelaide up until 2010:
Aldgate, Balhannah, Blakiston, Bridgewater, Bugle Ranges, Carey Gulley, Cleland, Charleston, Crafers, Eagle on the Hill, Eastwood, Echunga, Flaxley, Frewville, Gemmels, Glen Osmond, Glenalta, Glenside, Green Hill Ranges, Green Hill, Hahndorf, Hawthorndene, Heathfield, Leawood Gardens, Littlehampton, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Meadows, Mount Barker, Mount George, Mount Osmond, Murray Bridge, Mylor, Myrtle Bank, Nairne, Oakbank, Parkside, Piccadilly, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Summertown, Upper Sturt, Uraildla, Urrbrae, Verdun, Woodside.
Routes
Transitplus operated bus routes in the Adelaide Hills were:
*820 : Carey Gully to Burnside Village and Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*821 : Aldgate to Burnside Village and Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*823 : Crafers to Cleland Wildlife Park via Mount Lofty
*830 : Lobethal to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*834 : Lobethal to Verdun Junction
*835 : Lobethal to Mount Barker
*837 : Nairne to Mount Barker
*838 : Mount Barker City Loop (East)
*839 : Mount Barker City Loop (West)
*840 : Mount Barker to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*841 : Nairne to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal) via Littlehampton
*842 : Nairne to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal) via Mount Barker
*850 : Aldgate to Macclesfield
*852 : Mount Barker to Strathalbyn
*853 : Mount Barker to Langhorne Creek
*861 : Glen Osmond to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*863 : Aldgate to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*864 : Mount Barker to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*865 : Aldgate to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal) via Pomona Road
*866 : Aldgate to Crafers
*868 : Aldgate to Stirling
*892 : Urrbrae to Aldgate via Belair
*893 : Aldgate to Blackwood Station
*894 : Aldgate to Blackwood Station
All the services operated by Transitplus to Adelaide City, terminated at
Currie Street
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Park and Ride
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TransAdelaide
TransAdelaide was a publicly owned corporation established on 4 July 1994 which provided suburban train, tram and bus services in Adelaide, South Australia, under contract to the Government of South Australia. It took over these responsibilitie ...
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SouthLink
SouthLink is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer.
History
In April 2000, SouthLink ...
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Torrens Transit
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Adelaide Metro
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