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Torrens Transit is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. ==History== On 23 April 2000 Torrens Transit commenced operating the Adelaide Metro East-West contract with 255 buses under contract to the Government of South Australia.〔"Adelaide Bus Tendering Results Announced" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 15/4 February 2000 page 21〕〔"Adelaide Bus Tendering Results" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 15/5 April 2000 page 29 〕〔(Competitive Tendering for Bus Services ) Seventh International Conference on Competition & Ownership in Land Passenger Transport June 2001〕 In April 2005 Torrens Transit commenced operating the North-South and Outer North East contracts that had previously been run by Serco.〔"New Metropolitan Bus Contracts for Adelaide" Minister for Urban Development & Planning 17 February 2005〕〔(Serco bus drivers end strike ) ''ABC News'' 19 February 2005〕 In July 2011 Torrens Transit commenced operating a new eight-year East-West contract with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria is met.〔(Report on the Adelaide Metro Bus Service Contracts ) Minister for Transport August 2011〕 However the North-South and Outer North East area contracts passed to Light-City Buses in October 2011.〔(Transfield Services awarded $567 million Adelaide metropolitan bus contract ) Transfield Services 29 April 2011〕〔(Bus firm vows jobs safe under contract changes ) ''ABC News'' 29 April 2011〕 In April 2013 Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance with these being returned to Torrens Transit.〔(Bus company Transfield stripped of eight routes and fined for being late ) ''Adelaide Advertiser'' 24 April 2013〕〔(Bus company stripped of routes ) ''ABC News'' 25 April 2013〕〔(SA operator forfeits routes due to poor performance ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 26 April 2013〕 On 10 November 2014, Torrens Transit commenced operating a new service between the CBD and Adelaide Airport with a double deck Bustech CDi.〔(Double-decker buses back on our streets with express service between the city and Adelaide Airport ) ''Adelaide Advertiser'' 26 October 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torrens Transit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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