Light-City Buses

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Former Australian bus service operator

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::summary Former Australian bus service operator ::

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FieldValue
nameLight-City Buses
imageLight-City Buses Scania K280UB (BUS 1568).jpg
image_captionCustom Coaches bodied Scania K280UB on King William Street in September 2014
parentBroadspectrum
founded2 October 2011
ceasedJune 2018
service_areaAdelaide
service_typeBus services
depots3
fleet364 (June 2018)
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Light-City Buses was an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. A subsidiary of Broadspectrum, it operated services from October 2011 until June 2018. as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure. In June 2018, the business was purchased by Torrens Transit.

History

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In October 2011. Light-City Buses began operating the Adelaide Metro North-South and Outer North East region services under contract to the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure. The two contract regions covered 43% of the bus services in Adelaide.

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. Transfield Services had previously unsuccessfully tendered to operate buses in Adelaide in 2004 in a joint venture with Transdev. The two contracts had been operated by Torrens Transit since April 2005 and between 2000 and 2005 by Serco.

In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes (190, 195, 196, 230-232, W90 and W91) for continued poor performance. In June 2018, Torrens Transit acquired the business.

Fleet

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

Depots

Light-City Buses operated three depots in Morphettville, St Agnes and Wingfield.

References

References

  1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219092220/http://webapps.transportsa.com.au/news/templates/dtei_template2010.aspx?articleid=1628&zoneid=1 New contractors for Adelaide bus services] [[Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure]] 29 April 2011
  2. Transfield Services]] 29 April 2011
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171103200814/http://spb.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/Michelle%20Spagnoletti%20-%20Procurement%20and%20Contract%20Management.pdf Metropolitan Bus Contracts] Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure 2 December 2015
  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012126/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+Metro+Bus+Contracts.pdf Report on the Adelaide Metro Bus Service Contracts] Minister for Transport August 2011
  5. Changes ahead in Adelaide ''[[Australian Bus]]'' issue 45 May 2011 page 4
  6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425154408/http://www.audit.sa.gov.au/spec-reps/0509-transport/report.pdf Report on the Auditor-General's Examination of Certain Bus Contracts and the Probity of Processes Leading up to the Awarding of the Contracts] Auditor General 12 September 2005
  7. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131228110332/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-02-19/serco-bus-drivers-end-strike/1521800 Serco bus drivers end strike] ''[[ABC News (Australia). ABC News]]'' 19 February 2005
  8. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827131725/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/transfield-are-on-the-buses/story-e6frede3-1226047081478 Big changes for Adelaide buses] ''[[Adelaide Advertiser]]'' 30 April 2011
  9. Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Announced ''[[Australian Bus Panorama]]'' issue 15/4 February 2000 page 21
  10. "Adelaide Bus Tendering Results" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 15/5 April 2000 page 29
  11. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130704223739/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] ''Adelaide Advertiser'' 24 April 2013
  12. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131211145521/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-24/bus-company-stripped-of-routes/4649034 Bus company stripped of routes] ''ABC News'' 25 April 2013
  13. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012331/http://www.busnews.com.au/news/industry/1304/sa-operator-forfeits-routes-due-to-poor-performance SA operator forfeits routes due to poor performance] ''[[Australasian Bus & Coach]]'' 26 April 2013
  14. [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 Torrens Transit acquires local rival Light City Buses] ''[[News.com.au]]'' 9 May 2018
  15. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180809184246/https://www.transitsystems.com.au/news/2018/6/4/lcb-acquisition Torrens Transit acquires Light City Buses] [[Transit Systems]] 4 June 2018
  16. Transit Systems expands in Adelaide and Sydney ''Australian Bus'' issue 88 July 2018 page 5
  17. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241204074602/https://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/adm.php?flsummary=LCB Light-City Buses] Australian Bus Fleet Lists

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