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| Parent | Transit Systems |
|---|---|
| Commenced operation | 13 October 2013; 12 years ago (2013-10-13) |
| Headquarters | Smithfield |
| Service area | Sydney |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Depots | Bankstown Hoxton Park Smithfield Burwood Kingsgrove Leichhardt Tempe South Granville Bradbury Macquarie Fields Smeaton Grange |
| Fleet | 1239 (April 2025) |
| Chief executive | Graeme Legh |
| Website | www.transitsystems.com.au |
Transit Systems NSW, formerly known asTransit Systems Sydney,[1] is a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a subsidiary ofTransit Systems.
In November 2012,Transit Systems was awarded a contract byTransport for NSW to operateregion 3 bus services inWestern Sydney, taking over services operated byBusabout,Hopkinsons,Metro-link andWestbus. Transit Systems also took over route T80 on theLiverpool–Parramatta T-way fromWestern Sydney Buses.[2][3] Operations commenced on 13 October 2013.
On 1 July 2018, Transit Systems took over the operation ofregion 6 fromState Transit on an eight-year contract operating services in theCanterbury-Bankstown,Eastern Suburbs,Inner West,North Shore andSt George regions.[4][5]
In December 2022, after a tendering process, Transit Systems successfully retained region 3 and was additionally awarded the services in region 13, which would be consolidated into region 3. The new contract for the combined region began on 6 August 2023, with region 13 services taken over fromTransdev NSW.[6] The seven-year contract will expire on 30 November 2030.[7]In addition to region 3, in February 2023, Transit Systems was awarded the contract for region 2, which includes region 15 consolidated into region 2. The new contract for the combined region 2 began on 8 October 2023, with services taken over fromInterline Bus Services andBusabout.[8] The region 2 contract will expire on 28 June 2031.[9]
Transit Systems operates out of three depots in Region 2 inBradbury,Macquarie Fields andSmeaton Grange, four depots in Region 3 inBankstown,Hoxton Park,Smithfield andSouth Granville, and four in Region 6 inBurwood,Kingsgrove,Leichhardt andTempe.
As of April 2025, Transit Systems NSW operates a fleet of 1239 buses[10] with 119 of them being electric.[11] Many of these buses were inherited from other operators such asWestbus,Metro-link Bus Lines,Hopkinsons, Interline, Busabout, Transdev and State Transit when Transit Systems took over their operations.[12]
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