| Agency Name: | TransAdelaide |
| Type: | Government owned corporation |
| Picture Caption: | A Pressed Metal Corporation South Australia bodied MAN SL200 ca. 1997 |
| Formed: | 4 July 1994 |
| Dissolved: | 31 August 2010 |
| Preceding1: | State Transport Authority |
| Superseding: | Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure, branded as Adelaide Metro |
| Jurisdiction: | Adelaide |
| Headquarters: | Adelaide |
| Employees: | 729 (June 2010) |
| Website: | www.transadelaide.com.au |
TransAdelaide was a publicly owned corporation established in 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 responsibilities from the State Transport Authority.
TransAdelaide operated local bus services in Adelaide until April 2000. All metropolitan bus routes were transferred to private companies Light-City Buses, SouthLink and Torrens Transit.
TransAdelaide continued to operate rail services under the Adelaide Metro brand. TransAdelaide was abolished in August 2010, with its staff and functions transferred to the newly created Office of the Rail Commissioner.[1] [2]
TransAdelaide operated all suburban railway services in Adelaide on the Belair, Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor and Tonsley lines.[3]
After retiring the last of the ageing Redhen railcars in 1996, TransAdelaide operated 99 broad-gauge diesel railcars, split into two classes and four types, the diesel-hydraulic 2000/2100 class and the diesel-electric 3000/3100 class.[4] All were maintained by Bombardier Transportation at a central depot adjacent to Adelaide station.
TransAdelaide also operated the Glenelg tram line.
| Class | Image | Type | Top speed | Number | Routes operated | Built | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mph | km/h | Limit mph/h | Limit km/h | |||||||
| 2000 Jumbos | Diesel multiple unit | 87 | 140 | 56 | 90 | 11 | Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor, Tonsley | 1980 | ||
| 2100 Jumbos | Control car | 87 | 140 | 56 | 90 | 18 | Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor, Tonsley | 1980 | ||
| 3000 | Diesel-electric multiple unit | 87 | 140 | 56 | 90 | 30 | All Routes Except Glenelg Tramline | 1987- | ||
| 3100 | Diesel-electric multiple unit | 87 | 140 | 56 | 90 | 40 | All Routes Except Glenelg Tramline | 1988–96 | ||
| Bombardier Flexity Classic | Tram | -- | -- | 50 | 80 | 15 | Glenelg | 2006 | ||
| Alstom Citadis | Tram | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 | Glenelg | 2009 | ||
TransAdelaide inherited some Redhen railcars from the State Transport Authority. The final units were retired in October 1996.
Type H trams were the mainstay of the Glenelg tram line for the 77 years. They operated after the line was converted from a steam railway to an electrified tramway in 1929, through to the trams' retirement in 2006. They were replaced by Bombardier Flexity Classic and Alstom Citadis low-floor trams, which now also run on an extension of the line through Adelaide city centre.