Swan Transit

Swan Transit
ParentTransit Systems
Founded21 January 1996 (1996-01-21)
LocalePerth
Service areaTransperth
Service typeBus
Depots22
Fleet1435 (November 2024)
Chief executiveMichael Mcgee
Websitewww.transitsystems.com.au/wa-perth-swan-transit-bus-services Edit this at Wikidata
Old logo of Swan Transit

Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth bus services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems.

History

On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midland area with 43 buses.[1][2][3]

On 29 September 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Canning Vale and Southern River areas from depots in Canning Vale and Southern River with 119 Mercedes-Benz and Renault buses.[4][5][6][7]

In January 1998, Swan Transit gained further services in the Armadale South and Kalamunda areas on 5 July 1998.[8][9][10]

In September 2002, Swan Transit purchased the Perth operations of Connex WA, resulting services gain in Claremont and Belmont areas.[11] It initially traded as Swan Transit Riverside. Connex (now Transdev) would re-enter the market in September 2004 when it purchased Southern Coast Transit from National Express.[12][13]

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 Path Transit. However, Swan Transit did not retain the Kalamunda contract, which was taken over by Path Transit in October 2012.[14][15]

As of April 2019, Swan Transit operates the Canning, Claremont, Marmion, Midland and Southern River area contracts.[16][17]

In October 2019, Swan Transit was successful in retaining its Marmion and Claremont contracts, as well as gaining the Joondalup contract, taking over the Joondalup operations from Transdev WA on 19 January 2020.[18][19] The three contracts will run for 10 years and expire in January 2030. [citation needed]

Swan Transit South West

TransBunbury & TransBusselton

In January 2015, Swan Transit commenced operating 10 year contracts to operate services in Bunbury and Busselton under the TransBunbury and TransBusselton brands, taking over from South West Coach Lines.[20][21]

TransAlbany

In July 2017, Swan Transit commenced operating 10 year contracts to operate services in Albany under the TransAlbany brand, taking over from Love's Bus Service.[22][23][24]

Depots

Karrinyup bus depot

As of November 2024, Swan Transit operates 15 depots for its Transperth operations:

Outside Perth, Swan Transit operates four depots, Albany, Bunbury, Busselton and Kalgoorlie, for its TransAlbany, TransBunbury, TransBusselton and TransGoldfields operations respectively.

References

  1. ^ Preferred tenderer to provide Midland public bus services announced Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 12 September 1995
  2. ^ "Competitive Tendering" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/3 October 1995 page 30
  3. ^ "Swan Transit" Australian Bus Panorama issue 12/1 August 1996 page 25
  4. ^ Private companies awarded preferred tenderer status for bus service contracts Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 28 June 1996
  5. ^ "Additional contract areas" Australian Bus Panorama issue 12/1 August 1996 page 28
  6. ^ "New operators take over" Fleetline November 1996 page 206
  7. ^ "Competitive Tendering" Australian Bus Panorama issue 12/3 December 1996 pages 24-26
  8. ^ First stage of contracting out remainder of Transperth's bus service completed Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 23 December 1997
  9. ^ "Privatisation" Fleetline March 1998 page 63
  10. ^ "Privatisation Progress" Australian Bus Panorama issue 13/5 April 1998 page 23
  11. ^ Connex WA sale approved by Government Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Planning & Infrastructure 1 September 2002
  12. ^ Sale of Australian bus operations National Express 3 September 2004
  13. ^ National Express sells buses The Age 22 September 2004
  14. ^ "History". Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2011-12" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  16. ^ Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2015 Archived 7 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transperth page 41
  17. ^ "Proposed Bus Depot Locations" (PDF). Transperth. April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Transit Systems Perth bus contracts renewed, expanded". Australasian Bus & Coach. 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Transit Systems Group Continues To Expand Its Services In Perth". Transit Systems. 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  20. ^ Provision of Bunbury Regional Town Bus Service Archived 23 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Tenders WA 16 December 2014
  21. ^ Provision of Busselton Regional Town Bus Service Tenders WA 16 December 2014
  22. ^ Provision of the Albany Regional Town Bus Services Tenders WA 24 April 2017
  23. ^ New Contract Awarded Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transit Systems 4 May 2017
  24. ^ Seamless Transition in Albany Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Transit Systems 17 July 2017

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