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Parent | Keolis Downer |
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Commenced operation | 31st October 2021 |
Headquarters | Brookvale Bus Depot |
Locale | Sydney |
Service area | Lower North Shore Northern Beaches |
Service type | Bus operator |
Depots | 3 |
Fleet | 396 (April 2025) |
Website | www |
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]
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]
As of April 2025, the fleet consists of 403 buses operating from three depots. [6]
These include Volvo B12BLE's & B12BLEA's, Volvo B7RLE's, Volvo B8RLE's, Volvo B10BLE's, Scania K310UB's, MAN ND323F's, Bustech CDi's, Custom Denning Element 2's & Iveco Metro's. [7] [8] [9]
The current fleet is located below: [6]
Chassis | Body | Picture | Year | ![]() | Number | Notes |
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Volvo B10BLE | Orana | ![]() | 1998–2000 | ✓ | 32 | ex State Transit Authority |
Volvo B12BLE Euro 3 | Custom Coaches CB60 | ![]() | 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 | ✓ | 17 | ex State Transit Authority |
Volvo B12BLE Euro 5 | Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II | ![]() | 2007–2011 | ✓ | 94 | ex State Transit Authority |
Volvo B12BLEA Euro 5 | Volgren CR228L | ![]() | 2010/11 | ✓ | 14 | ex State Transit Authority |
Volvo B7RLE | Custom Coaches CB80 | ![]() | 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 |
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 Bus CB80 | ![]() | 2017 | ✓ | 5 | ex State Transit Authority |
Volvo B8RLE | Bustech VST | ![]() | 2019/20 | ✓ | 19 | ex State Transit Authority |
Bustech CDi (Cummins ISL) | Bustech CDi | ![]() | 2017 | ✓ | 6 | ex Transdev NSW |
Hino Poncho HX | Hino | 2021 | ✓ | 4 | Used for Keoride On Demand services only. | |
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | Mercedes-Benz | 2017 | 8 | Used for Keoride On Demand services only. |
Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates three depots: Brookvale (V), Mona Vale (F) and North Sydney (N).