Light-City Buses

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.

Light-City Buses

Custom Coaches bodied Scania K280UB on King William Street in September 2014
Parent	Broadspectrum
Founded	2 October 2011
Ceased operation	June 2018
Service area	Adelaide
Service type	Bus services
Depots	3
Fleet	364 (June 2018)

History

A Custom Coaches bodied Scania K320UA on Currie Street in June 2014

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.^[1][2][3] The two contract regions covered 43% of the bus services in Adelaide.^[4]

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.^[4][5] Transfield Services had previously unsuccessfully tendered to operate buses in Adelaide in 2004 in a joint venture with Transdev.^[6] The two contracts had been operated by Torrens Transit since April 2005^[7][8] and between 2000 and 2005 by Serco.^[9][10]

In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes (190, 195, 196, 230-232, W90 and W91) for continued poor performance.^[11][12][13] In June 2018, Torrens Transit acquired the business.^[14][15][16]

Fleet

As at June 2018, the fleet consisted of 364 buses.^[17] Buses were painted in Adelaide Metro livery.

Depots

Light-City Buses operated three depots in Morphettville, St Agnes and Wingfield.^[17]