SouthLink
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| Parent | Keolis Downer |
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| Founded | April 2000 |
| Headquarters | Mount Barker |
| Service area | Adelaide |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Alliance | LinkSA |
| Depots | 2 |
| Fleet | 85 (February 2025) |
| Website | www |
SouthLink is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Department for Infrastructure & Transport. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer.
History
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In April 2000, Australian Transit Enterprises (ATE) won a contract to operate its Adelaide Metro Outer South services, with 82 buses.[1][2][3][4] The service was named SouthLink. ATE also formed a joint venture with TransAdelaide to operate Adelaide Hills area services under the Transitplus name.
In April 2005, SouthLink began operating the Outer North Adelaide Metro contract that had previously been run by Serco.[5][6][7][8] In 2010, following the dissolution of its Transitplus partner TransAdelaide, ATE took over full operation of the Adelaide Hills area services and also operated them as SouthLink. [9][10]
In July 2011, SouthLink began an eight-year contract for the Outer North, Outer South and Hills areas, with an optional four-year extension exercisable based upon performance criteria.[11][12]
In March 2015, SouthLink was included in the purchase of ATE by Keolis Downer.[13][14]
In July 2020, SouthLink's Outer North and Outer South bus contracts were taken over by Torrens Transit and Busways respectively, while retaining its Hills contract.[15][16][17]
Fleet
[edit]As at February 2025, the fleet consisted of 85 buses.[18]
Depot
[edit]SouthLink operates one depot in Aldgate.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Announced Australian Bus Panorama issue 15/4 February 2000 page 21
- ^ Private Contractors Scoop TransAdelaide Truck & Bus Transportation March 2000 page 86
- ^ Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Australian Bus Panorama issue 15/5 April 2000 page 29
- ^ History SouthLink
- ^ New metropolitan bus contracts for Adelaide Australasian Bus & Coach March 2005 page 13
- ^ Serco bus drivers end strike ABC News 19 February 2005
- ^ New Adelaide Bus Service Contracts Transit Australia April 2005 page 118
- ^ Adelaide Metropolitan Bus Contracts Australian Bus issue 9 May 2005 page 7
- ^ End of the line for TransAdelaide ABC News 6 September 2010
- ^ TransAdelaide no more Railway Digest November 2010 page 18
- ^ New contractors for Adelaide bus services Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure 29 April 2011
- ^ Metropolitan Bus Contracts Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure 2 December 2015
- ^ Australian Transit Enterprises sold Coach & Bus Week issue 1183 7 April 2015 page 14
- ^ Keolis takes ATE Australian Bus Panorama issue 30/6 May 2015 page 15
- ^ Private operators named for Adelaide's tram network InDaily 10 March 2020
- ^ Adelaide Bus and Public Transport Contracts Announced Australasian Bus & Coach 10 March 2020
- ^ UGL and John Holland to operate Adelaide trams Metro Report International 12 March 2020
- ^ a b SouthLink Australian Bus Fleet Lists
External links
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Media related to SouthLink at Wikimedia Commons
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