Light-City Buses

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. 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 for continued poor performance.

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

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.