Light-City Buses Explained

Light-City Buses
Parent:Broadspectrum
Founded:2 October 2011
Ceased:June 2018
Service Area:Adelaide
Service Type:Bus services
Depots:3
Fleet:364 (June 2018)

Light-City Buses was an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operated services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It was a subsidiary of Broadspectrum, formerly known as Transfield Services. In June 2018, the business was purchased by Torrens Transit.

History

In October 2011 Light-City Buses began operating the Adelaide Metro North-South and Outer North East region services under contract to the Government of South Australia.[1] The two contract regions covered 43% of the bus services in Adelaide.[2]

The contracts were to run for an initial eight-year term, from October 2011 to June 2019 with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria were met.[2] Transfield Services had previously unsuccessfully tendered to operate buses in Adelaide in 2004 in a joint venture with Transdev.[3] The two contracts had been operated by Torrens Transit since April 2005[4] [5] [6] and between 2000 and 2005 by Serco.[7] [8] [9]

In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance.[10] [11] [12]

In June 2018, Torrens Transit acquired the business, including 370 buses and 700 employees.[13] [14]

Fleet

As at June 2018, the fleet consisted of 364 buses.[15] Buses were painted in Adelaide Metro livery.

Depots

Light–City Buses operated three depots in Morphettville, St Agnes and Wingfield.[15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.broadspectrum.com/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=504970&A=SearchResult&SearchID=8438776&ObjectID=504970&ObjectType=55 Transfield Services awarded $567 million Adelaide metropolitan bus contract
  2. http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/HOUSEOFASSEMBLY/BUSINESSOFTHEASSEMBLY/RECORDSANDPAPERS/TABLEDPAPERSANDPETITIONS/Pages/TabledPapersandPetitions.aspx?TPLoadDoc=true&TPDocType=0&TPP=52&TPS=1&TPItemID=618&TPDocName=Adelaide%2BMetro%2BBus%2BContracts.pdf Report on the Adelaide Metro Bus Service Contracts
  3. http://www.audit.sa.gov.au/spec-reps/0509-transport/report.pdf Report on the Auditor-GeneralÂ’s Examination of Certain Bus Contracts and the Probity of Processes Leading up to the Awarding of the Contracts
  4. "New Metropolitan Bus Contracts for Adelaide" Minister for Urban Development & Planning 17 February 2005
  5. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-02-19/serco-bus-drivers-end-strike/1521800 Serco bus drivers end strike
  6. Web site: Moscaritolo. Maria. Big changes for Adelaide buses. 30 April 2011. Adelaide Advertiser. 4 January 2012. 27 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110827131725/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/transfield-are-on-the-buses/story-e6frede3-1226047081478. live.
  7. "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Announced" Australian Bus Panorama 15/4 February 2000 p. 21
  8. "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results" Australian Bus Panorama 15/5 April 2000 p. 29
  9. http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/6309/1/thredbo7-workshopA-Wallis-Bray.pdf Competitive Tendering for Bus Services
  10. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bus-company-transfield-stripped-of-eight-routes-and-fined-for-being-late/story-e6frea83-1226628706365 Bus company Transfield stripped of eight routes and fined for being late
  11. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/bus-company-stripped-of-routes/4649034 Bus company stripped of routes
  12. http://www.busnews.com.au/news/industry/1304/sa-operator-forfeits-routes-due-to-poor-performance SA operator forfeits routes due to poor performance
  13. Web site: Torrens Transit acquires local rival Light City Buses. News Pty Limited Australia. 9 May 2018. 9 August 2018. 9 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809192453/https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/torrens-transit-acquires-local-rival-light-city-buses/news-story/cbbdd92f307dfbbcc0fc472cf8a52bb4. live.
  14. Web site: Torrens Transit acquires Light City Buses. Transit Systems. 4 June 2018. 9 August 2018. 9 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809184246/https://www.transitsystems.com.au/news/2018/6/4/lcb-acquisition. live.
  15. http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/adm.php?flsummary=LCB Light-City Buses

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