Newcastle Transport
Parent | Keolis Downer |
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Commenced operation | 1 July 2017 |
Headquarters | Hamilton, New South Wales |
Service area | Newcastle Lake Macquarie |
Service type | Bus, ferry, light rail |
Chief executive | Campbell Mason |
Website | www.newcastletransport.info |
Newcastle Transport is a public transport operator in Newcastle, New South Wales. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates bus, ferry and light rail services under contract to Transport for NSW.
History and operations[]
In November 2015, the Government of New South Wales announced its intention to contract out the operation of Newcastle Buses & Ferries services to the private sector.[1][2] Keolis Downer and a Transit Systems/UGL Rail consortium announced their intentions to bid.[3][4] In December 2016, a ten-year contract was awarded to Keolis Downer effective from 1 July 2017.[5][6]
Ticketing[]
All public transport services under Newcastle Transport utilise the Opal ticketing system.
Services[]
Bus[]
In January 2018, the bus route network was completely redesigned with the number of routes reduced from 27 to 21.[7][8] In the same year, Newcastle Transport began trialling an on-demand bus service[9] within the Lake Macquarie area, servicing the suburbs of Dudley, Mount Hutton and Warners Bay.[10]
Newcastle Transport commenced operations with a fleet of 172 MAN, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo buses.[11] Buses are operated out of depots in Belmont and Hamilton.
Ferry[]
Newcastle Transport operates a passenger ferry service that takes five minutes to cross the Hunter River between Queens Wharf and Stockton. The 1986 built ferries are MV Hunter and MV Shortland.
Light rail[]
Newcastle Transport operates the Newcastle Light Rail between Newcastle Interchange and Newcastle Beach station in Newcastle East with six CAF Urbos 3 trams. The light rail opened in February 2019.[12][13]
References[]
- ^ Building tomorrows Newcastle: A New Approach to Transport Transport NSW 5 November 2015 Archived 16 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Transport for Newcastle: private operator to integrate city’s public transport ABC News 5 November 2015
- ^ Keolis Downer eyes acquisitions ahead of Newcastle public transport bid Sydney Morning Herald 3 December 2015
- ^ Transit Systems and UGL announce intention to jointly bid for Newcastle iso Transit Systems 26 February 2016 Archived 11 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Keolis Downer awarded contract to run light rail, buses and ferries says Baird government Newcastle Herald 12 December 2016
- ^ Keolis Downer awarded Newcastle Transport Contract Keolis Downer 12 December 2016 Archived 10 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Newcastle timetables to change Transport for New South Wales 1 December 2017 Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Transport changes Newcastle Transport Archived 12 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Newcastle Transport Launches on Demand Service". Newcastle Transport. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Newcastle Transport On Demand Information". Newcastle Transport. 18 February 2019.
- ^ Newcastle: all change Australian Bus issue 83 September 2017 page 12
- ^ It's a date – free community open day for Newcastle Light Rail on 17 February Transport for NSW 31 January 2019
- ^ Light rail in Newcastle opening from Monday 18 February Transport for NSW 3 February 2019
- Australian companies established in 2017
- Bus companies of New South Wales
- City of Lake Macquarie
- Ferry companies of New South Wales
- Keolis
- Transport companies established in 2017
- Transport in Newcastle, New South Wales
- Transport in the Hunter Region