Keolis Downer Northern Beaches

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches^[1] is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquarters are located at Brookvale Bus Depot.^[2]

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches

Volgren bodied Volvo B12BLEA on Clarence Street in February 2024
Parent	Keolis Downer
Commenced operation	31 October 2021; 3 years ago (2021-10-31)
Headquarters	Brookvale Bus Depot
Locale	Sydney
Service area	Lower North Shore Northern Beaches
Service type	Bus operator
Depots	3
Fleet	396 (April 2025)
Chief executive	Mark Dunlop
Website	www.kdnorthernbeaches.com.au

History

In October 2019, the Government of New South Wales announced that the bus operations of State Transit were to be contracted out to the private sector.^[3] In May 2021, Keolis Downer was awarded the contract to operate Sydney Bus Region 8.^[4] Keolis Downer Northern Beaches (KDNB) commenced operating on 31 October 2021 with its contract to run for eight years.^[5]

Fleet

As of April 2025, the fleet consists of 396 buses operating from three depots.^[6]

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches have inherited a fleet of 410 buses from the STA. These include Volvo B12BLE's & B12BLEA's, Volvo B7RLE's, Volvo B8RLE's, Volvo B10BLE's, Scania K310UB's, MAN ND323F's & Iveco Metro's.^[7][8][9]

The current fleet is located below:^[6]

Chassis	Body	Picture	Year		Number	Notes
Volvo B10BLE	Phoenix Bus Orana		1998–2000	✓	31	ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLE Euro 3	Custom Coaches CB60 Evo I		2003–2007	✓	11	ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLE Euro 3	Volgren CR228L		2004/05	✓	19	ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLEA Euro 3	Custom Coaches CB60		2005/6	✓	3	ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLE Euro 5	Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II		2007–2011	✓	89	ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLEA Euro 5	Volgren CR228L		2010/11	✓	11	ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems
Volvo B7RLE	Custom CB80 Series I		2011–2013	✓	79	ex State Transit Authority
Iveco Metro	Volgren Optimus		2014/15	✓	7	ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B7RLE	Bustech VST		2015	✓	19	ex State Transit Authority
Scania K310UB	Bustech VST		2016	✓	20	ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems
MAN ND323F	Gemilang Coachworks Eco Double-Decker		2017, 2020	✓	42	ex State Transit Authority
Scania K310UB	Volgren Optimus		2018	✓	9	ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems
Scania K310UB	Custom CB80		2017	✓	5	ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems
Volvo B8RLE	Bustech VST		2019/20	✓	19	ex State Transit Authority
Cummins ISL	Bustech CDi		2017	✓	5	ex Transdev NSW ex U-Go Mobility
Hino Poncho HX	Hino		2021	✓	4	Used for Keoride On Demand services only.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter	Mercedes-Benz					Used for Keoride On Demand services only.

Depots

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates three depots: Brookvale (V), Mona Vale (F) and North Sydney (N).