Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts

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The Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts are contracts issued by the Government of New South Wales to metropolitan bus operators in Sydney, Australia, to operate its public bus route network. Since 2005, the government has moved from individual contracts with operators to larger contract regions, leading to the consolidation of bus operators.

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History

State Transit Custom Coaches bodied Volvo B7RLE at Circular Quay in June 2014 in Transport for NSW livery Transport NSW liveried (2514 ST), operated by Sydney Buses, Custom Coaches CB80 bodied Volvo B7RLE on Loftus Street in Circular Quay.jpg
State Transit Custom Coaches bodied Volvo B7RLE at Circular Quay in June 2014 in Transport for NSW livery
Forest Coach Lines Custom Coaches bodied Volvo B7RLE at Sydney Olympic Park in March 2013 in its green version of Transport for NSW's livery Forest Coach Lines (mo 5441) Custom Coaches 'CB80' bodied Volvo B7RLE on Olympic Boulevard at Sydney Olympic Park.jpg
Forest Coach Lines Custom Coaches bodied Volvo B7RLE at Sydney Olympic Park in March 2013 in its green version of Transport for NSW's livery

In February 2004, the Unsworth Review of Bus Services conducted by former Transport Minister and Premier Barrie Unsworth, reported its findings to the Carr Government, recommending that the number of contract areas that existed in Sydney be reduced from 87 to 15 with a lead entity identified for each region to negotiate a contract. [1] This was adopted with the first seven-year performance based contract signed in January 2005. By June 2005, eight had been signed. [2] In some cases the existing operators formed joint venture companies to have a single contract with the government while in other regions there were some takeovers.

The contracts resulted in some consolidation of operators. Harris Park Transport and Moores Tours decided to cease operating at short notice in December 2004. [3] Some of Baxter's Bus Lines routes passed to Connex and Transit First in January 2005. [4] Further consolidation took place after the contracts commenced with Baxter's selling its remaining routes to Westbus in September 2006, Transit First selling out to Connex in February 2007. [5] [6] Veolia (formerly Connex), who operated in regions 10 and 13, took over region 11 operators Crowthers in January 2009 and Caringbah Bus Service in October 2011. [7] [8] The two takeovers resulted in the merger of regions 10 and 11 to form an expanded region 10, reducing the total number of regions to fourteen.

With the contracts coming up for renewal and following a change in government, the O'Farrell Government decided to put the provision of the services out to competitive tender. [9] [10] [11] Transdev NSW was able to negotiate a direct award for regions 10 and 13 after agreeing to provide access to its bus and depot assets at the end of the contracts. [12] The regions operated by State Transit were not included at this stage, however region 6 was tendered out from July 2018. [13]

Under the 2005 contracts, all new buses were purchased by the government and leased to the operators. As a result, when regions have changed hands, all of the post 2005 built buses have remained with the region, with the older buses retained by the outgoing operators.

2020–2023 tenders

With the exception of region 6, the government announced in October 2019 that the contracts for the other thirteen regions will be put out to competitive tender by 2022. [14] These contracts were originally due to expire in 2021 and 2022.

The first three regions to be put out to tender were the three remaining State Transit regions 7 to 9. Tenders for Region 8 opened in June 2020 and closed on 30 September 2020, with Keolis Downer announced as the successful tenderer in May 2021. [15] [16] Tenders for Region 7 opened in August 2020 and closed on 18 December 2020, with Busways announced as the successful tenderer in July 2021. [17] [18] Tenders for Region 9 opened in November 2020, [19] with a joint venture of Transdev and John Holland announced as the successful tenderer in November 2021. [20] The three regions were transitioned to the new operators on these following dates:

Between December 2021 and August 2022, the remaining ten regions were put out to tender in three tranches: [21]

The new contracts of the ten regions commenced between April and December 2023.

Livery

A requirement of the contracts is that operators adopt a white and two blues livery as prescribed by Transport for NSW, this was implemented from 2010. Forest Coach Lines' 2005 contract did not require their buses to be repainted blue, hence the livery applied to their buses saw the blue replaced with green. This loophole was closed when the region was tendered in 2012. [29]

Current contracts

Since October 2023, there are 10 contract regions in Sydney, each of which is tied to a geographical area. Current contracts commenced prior to 2018 operate for five years, with an option to extend for a further three years. Contracts commenced and awarded since 2018 are for an eight-year period. All of these contracts were awarded via open tender. [30]

RegionService areaCurrent operatorsStart date of
current contract		End date of
current contract (if known)
1 Blacktown LGA, Penrith LGA Busways 10 December 202328 June 2031 [31]
2 Campbelltown LGA, Liverpool LGA, Camden LGA Transit Systems 8 October 2023 [32] 28 June 2031 [33]
3 Liverpool LGA, Fairfield LGA, Cumberland LGA, Canterbury-Bankstown LGA Transit Systems6 August 202330 November 2030 [24] [34]
4 Hills District CDC NSW April 202328 June 2031 [35]
6 Inner West Transit Systems1 July 201830 June 2026 [36]
7 Northern Suburbs Busways9 January 20229 January 2030 [37]
8 Northern Beaches Keolis Downer Northern Beaches 31 October 202131 October 2029 [38] [39]
9 Eastern Suburbs Transdev John Holland 3 April 20222 April 2030 [40]
10 Sutherland Shire, Georges River LGA, Canterbury-Bankstown LGA U-Go Mobility
Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service (route 989)		1 July 202330 November 2030 [41]
14 Ku-ring-gai LGA, Northern Beaches CDC NSW21 May 202329 June 2030 [42]

Region details

Region 1

Region 1 covers the outer western suburbs between Blacktown, Penrith, Windsor and Richmond. It also operated route 740 services via the M2 Hills Motorway to Macquarie Centre, which ceased in May 2019. [43] [44] [45]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by the Area 1 Management Company consortium of incumbent operators Busways, Hawkesbury Valley Buses and Westbus. Following a competitive tendering process, on 6 October 2013 Busways took over all services in the region in its own right. [9] [10] [30] [46] [47] [48] In February 2023, following another competitive tendering process, Busways successfully retained and was awarded a seven-year contract for Region 1. The contract will commence in December 2023. [27]

Region 2

Region 2 initially covered the south western suburbs between Liverpool, Ingleburn and Hoxton Park. Other principal suburbs are Bringelly and Glenfield. [43] [49]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by the Area 2 Management Company consortium of incumbent operators Busabout and Interline. Following a competitive tendering process, on 1 June 2014 Interline took over all services in the region in its own right. [50] [51]

Nine years later, in February 2023, following another competitive tendering process, Transit Systems was awarded a new contract for the region. [28] The region also consolidated region 15 and expanded to cover Camden, Narellan and Macarthur, as well as services to Wollongong. The new contract commenced on 8 October 2023, with Transit Systems taking over Region 2 services from Interline and Region 15 services from Busabout.

Region 3

Region 3 initially covered the south western suburbs between Parramatta, Liverpool and Bonnyrigg. Other principal suburbs are Cabramatta, Fairfield and Wetherill Park. [43] [52]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by the Area 3 Management Company consortium of incumbent operators Baxter's Bus Lines, Busabout, Hopkinsons, Metro-link and Westbus which operated all routes except Liverpool–Parramatta T-way route T80 which was operated by Western Sydney Buses. Baxter's sold its routes to Westbus in September 2006. [5] [9] [10] [53]

Following a competitive tendering process, on 13 October 2013, Transit Systems took over the operation of the region. [30] [47] Nine years later, in December 2022, following another competitive tender process, Transit Systems retained and was awarded a seven-year contract for the region. [23] The region also consolidated region 13 and expanded to cover Lidcombe, Granville, Bankstown and Burwood. The new contract commenced on 6 August 2023, with Transit Systems taking over Region 13 services from Transdev NSW. [24]

Region 4

Region 4 covers The Hills district including Parramatta, Pennant Hills, Castle Hill and Rouse Hill. Other principal suburbs are Dural, Blacktown and Baulkham Hills. It also operates services via the M2 Hills Motorway to Macquarie Centre, Chatswood, Milsons Point and the Sydney CBD. [43] [54]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by incumbent operator Hillsbus. [50] Hillsbus successfully bid to retain the region with a new contract commencing on 1 August 2014. [55]

Following the short notice cessation of operations by Harris Park Transport, its routes in the Hills District were taken over by Hillsbus on 20 December 2004, then transferred to Sydney Buses as part of region 7 on 28 January 2005, with six routes returning to Region 4 on 25 September 2005. [56] [57]

Following a tendering process, CDC NSW (parent company of Hillsbus) retained and was awarded an eight-year contract for Region 4 in November 2022. [22] The new contract commenced in April 2023. [58] The Hillsbus brand was phased out in favour of the CDC NSW brand.

Region 6

Region 6 covers the Inner West and southern suburbs with services extending to the Sydney CBD, Chatswood, Taronga Zoo, Westfield Eastgardens, Bondi Junction, Hurstville and Miranda. Principal suburbs are Ashfield, Burwood, Campsie, Leichhardt, Rockdale and Sydney Olympic Park. The region operates out of Burwood, Kingsgrove, Leichhardt and Tempe depots. [43] [59]

When the region was established in 2005, the region was operated by incumbent operator State Transit. The contract was renewed 1 July 2013 for five years without a competitive tendering process. [60]

In May 2017, the government announced the operation of region 6 would be contracted out to the private sector. [61] [62] The contract was awarded to Transit Systems with operations commencing on 1 July 2018. [63] [64]

Region 7

Region 7 covers the north western suburbs with services extending to the Sydney CBD. Principal suburbs are Chatswood, Epping, Macquarie Park, North Sydney, Ryde and Parramatta. The region operates out of Ryde depot and Willoughby depot. [43] [65]

When the region was established in 2005, the region was operated by incumbent operator State Transit. State Transit permanently took control of a few former Harris Park Transport services in September 2005, and the region expanded to cover the whole of Carlingford, Epping and include North Rocks, West Pennant Hills and Beecroft for the first time.

The contract was renewed on 1 July 2013, and again on 1 July 2017 for five years without a competitive tendering process. [60] [66] The contract was put out to competitive tender in 2020 and was awarded to Busways, with operations commencing on 9 January 2022. [18]

Region 8

Region 8 covers the lower North Shore and Northern Beaches with services extending to the Sydney CBD. Principal suburbs are Brookvale, Chatswood, Manly, Mosman, North Sydney and Palm Beach. The region operates out of Brookvale, Mona Vale, North Sydney depots. [43] [67]

When the region was established in 2005, the region was operated by incumbent operator State Transit. The contract was renewed on 1 July 2013, and again on 1 July 2017 for five years without a competitive tendering process. [60] [66] The contract was put out to competitive tender in 2020 and was awarded to Keolis Downer Northern Beaches, with operations commencing on 31 October 2021. [16] [38]

Region 9

Region 9 covers the Eastern Suburbs with services extending to the Sydney CBD and Leichhardt. Principal suburbs are Bondi Junction, Botany, Maroubra, Mascot, Randwick and Surry Hills. The region operates out of Port Botany, Randwick and Waverley depots. [43] [68]

When the region was established in 2005, the region was operated by incumbent operator State Transit. The contract was renewed on 1 July 2013, and again on 1 July 2017 for five years without a competitive tendering process. [60] [66] The contract was put out to competitive tender in 2021 and was awarded to Transdev John Holland, with operations commencing on 3 April 2022. [69] [20]

Region 10

Region 10 initially covered the south western suburbs between Bankstown, Sutherland and Engadine. Other principal suburbs are Hurstville, Menai, and Miranda. It also operates services to Burwood, Parramatta and Liverpool. [43] [70]

When the region was established in 2005, it was operated by incumbent operator Connex that was later rebranded Veolia Transport, Veolia Transdev then Transdev NSW.

Region 11 was absorbed into Region 10 in September 2009. [43] Region 10 then covered all of the Sutherland Shire. Caringbah Bus Service's routes were taken over by Veolia in October 2011. [8]

On 1 January 2013, Transdev NSW commenced a new contract that was awarded without a competitive tendering process. Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service continue to operate route 989 from Bundeena as a subcontractor to Transdev. [12] [71] [72] In December 2022, following a competitive tender process, U-Go Mobility was awarded a seven-year contract for region 10. [25] [26] The region also consolidated region 5 and expanded to cover Lakemba, Punchbowl, Roselands and Mortdale. The new contract commenced on 1 July 2023, with U-Go Mobility taking over Region 10 services from Transdev NSW and Region 5 services from Punchbowl Bus Company.

Region 14

Region 14 initially covered the Forest district including Chatswood, Belrose, Frenchs Forest, Terrey Hills, St Ives and Gordon. It also operates services to the Sydney CBD. [43] [73]

When the region was established in 2005, it was operated by incumbent operator Forest Coach Lines. [9] [10] [74] It successfully bid to retain the region with a new contract commencing on 1 April 2013. [30] [47]

In October 2019, the NSW Government announced that it would open 13 out of the 14 contracts for competitive tender. In January 2022, tendering was opened for Regions 12, 14 and 4, closing on 14 April 2022. Transport for NSW has also indicated that Regions 12 and 14 may be procured together. [75] [76] In November 2022, CDC NSW (parent company of Forest Coach Lines) retained and was awarded a seven-year contract for Region 14. [22] The region also consolidated Region 12 and expanded to cover the Upper North Shore and Hornsby to Hawkesbury River area, including Hornsby, Berowra and Brooklyn. The new contract commenced on 21 May 2023, with the Forest Coach Lines brand was phased out in favour the CDC NSW brand, and CDC NSW taking over Region 12 services from Transdev NSW. [58]

Former regions

Region 5

Region 5 covered the south western suburbs between Strathfield, Bankstown and Hurstville. Other principal suburbs are Lakemba, Punchbowl, Roselands and Mortdale. It also operates services to Strathfield and Sydney Olympic Park. [43] [77]

Harris Park Transport routes operated in the St George area and Moore's Tours routes were transferred to Punchbowl Bus Co on 20 December 2004. [78] [79]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by incumbents Pleasure Tours and Punchbowl Bus Company. The Pleasure Tours routes were taken over by Punchbowl Bus Co on 10 July 2005. [50] [78] [79] Punchbowl Bus Co successfully bid to retain the region with a new contract commencing on 1 July 2014. [30] [80] Eight years later, in December 2022, following another competitive tender process, Punchbowl Bus Co was unsuccessful in retaining the contract. U-Go Mobility was awarded a seven-year contract for region 10 which also consolidated region 5. Region 5 ceased to exist and U-Go Mobility took over bus services from Punchbowl Bus Co on 1 July 2023. [25] [26]

Region 11

Region 11 covered the Miranda, Cronulla, Bundeena area in the Sutherland Shire. Other principal suburbs were Caringbah and Kurnell. [43] [81]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by incumbent operators Caringbah Bus Service, Crowthers and Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service. Crowthers' routes were taken over by Veolia Transport on 1 January 2009. [7] Region 11 was absorbed into Region 10 on 21 September 2009. [43] [82]

Region 12

Region 12 covered the Upper North Shore and Hornsby to Hawkesbury River area with a limited peak hour service extending to the Sydney CBD. Principal suburbs are Chatswood, Gordon, Hornsby, Berowra and Brooklyn. [43] [83]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by incumbent operator Shorelink, which was rebranded TransdevTSL Shorelink in 2008 [84] and then Transdev Shorelink in 2010. [9] [10] [74]

Following the merger of Transdev and Veolia Transport, Transdev Shorelink was merged into Transdev NSW. It successfully bid to retain the region with a new contract commencing on 1 June 2013. [30] [47]

In October 2019, the NSW Government announced that it would open 13 out of the 14 contracts for competitive tender. Transport for NSW also indicated that Regions 12 and 14 may be procured together. In January 2022, tendering was opened for Regions 12, 14 and 4, closing on 14 April 2022. [85] [76] In November 2022, CDC NSW was successfully awarded the contract for region 14 which also consolidated region 12. [22] Region 12 ceased to exist and CDC NSW took over the services from Transdev NSW on 21 May 2023. [58]

Region 13

Region 13 covered the south western suburbs between Lidcombe, Granville, Bankstown and Liverpool. Other principal suburbs are Burwood and Parramatta. [43] [86]

When the region was established in 2005, services were operated by incumbent operators Connex (that was later rebranded Veolia Transport, Veolia Transdev then Transdev NSW) and Transit First. Some of the routes were previously operated by Baxter's Bus Lines and were transferred to Connex and Transit First on 1 January 2005. [4] [87] In February 2007. Connex purchased Transit First. [6]

On 1 May 2013, Transdev NSW commenced a new contract that was awarded without a competitive tendering process. [12] [71] [88] In December 2022, following a competitive tender process, Transit Systems NSW was awarded the contract for region 3 which also consolidated region 13. [23] Region 13 ceased to exist and Transit Systems took over the services from Transdev on 6 August 2023. [24]

Region 15

Region 15 covered the south western suburbs between Campbelltown and Camden . Other principal suburbs were Narellan and Macarthur. It also operated services to Wollongong. [43] [89]

When the region was established in 2005, the region was operated by incumbent operator Busways. Following a competitive tendering process, on 1 June 2014 Busabout took over the operation of the region. [50] [90] [91] Nine years later, in February 2023, following another competitive tender process, Transit Systems NSW was awarded the contract for region 2 which also consolidated region 15. [28] Region 15 ceased to exist and Transit Systems took over the services from Busabout on 8 October 2023. [92]

Patronage

Patronage by Sydney Metropolitan Bus Contract region from 2017 to 2020 SMBC 2017-2020.jpg
Patronage by Sydney Metropolitan Bus Contract region from 2017 to 2020
Diagram showing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sydney Metropolitan bus patronage from 2020-2022 Sydneybuspatronagecovid.png
Diagram showing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sydney Metropolitan bus patronage from 2020-2022
Annual Patronage per Region from 2017 to 2022 [93]
RankRegionOperator2017201820192020 [a] 2021 [a] 2022Total
 % Change
2017–19		Total
 % Change
2019–21 [a]
19State Transit (till 2022) Transdev John Holland (from 2022)71,684,64268,363,58967,869,61435,720,36426,054,38835,152,671-5.32%-61.61%
26State Transit (2017) Transit Systems (from 2018)48,246,29155,169,99860,451,34933,740,93725,600,93233,320,621+25.30%-57.65%
38State Transit (till 2021) Keolis Downer (from 2021)26,159,68428,983,47930,943,72218,285,04415,553,33419,595,983+18.29%-49.74%
47State Transit (till 2022) Busways (from 2022)29,555,76131,614,29234,263,44818,706,53414,447,20419,451,964+15.93%-57.83%
54Hillsbus22,147,49324,708,50124,554,21212,111,6899,517,58913,288,118+10.87%-61.24%
61Busways Western Sydney12,139,97913,236,87113,816,2618,838,9526,700,6138,121,394+13.81%-51.50%
73Transit Systems12,173,95712,879,29213,245,1898,128,2375,985,5207,249,537+8.80%-54.81%
813Transdev NSW8,364,1058,873,3539,204,1345,907,7294,464,8435,358,299+10.04%-51.49%
910Transdev NSW and
Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service		7,777,1728,196,5368,672,3755,549,2774,178,3175,132,273+11.51%-51.82%
1014Forest Coach Lines4,851,2995,169,6145,632,0713,360,1493,023,2213,572,495+16.09%-46.32%
115Punchbowl Bus Company3,538,8523,850,0454,134,1862,758,7162,239,2152,785,475+16.82%-45.84%
122Interline Bus Service3,664,1003,928,5934,432,1472,797,0682,131,4622,473,229+20.96%-51.91%
1312Transdev NSW3,412,4003,601,8863,997,5762,335,6401,813,0762,285,795+17.15%-54.65%
1415Busabout3,075,4453,876,0033,852,9542,483,7491,832,2222,082,117+25.28%-52.45%
TOTAL256,791,180272,452,052285,069,238160,724,085121,815,166159,869,971+11.01%-57.27%
Annual Patronage per Region from 2023 [94]
RankRegionOperator20232024Total
 % Change
2023–24
19Transdev John Holland49,418,431
26Transit Systems45,549,877
38Keolis Downer25,248,170
47Busways25,311,396
54Hillsbus17,796,352
63 (and 13 [b] )Transit Systems (and Transdev NSW until Aug 2023)16,332,004
71Busways Western Sydney10,506,591
810 (and 5 [c] )Transit Systems (Transdev NSW, Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service and Punchbowl Bus Company until Jul 2023)8,888,797
914 (and 12 [d] )CDC NSW (Forest Coach Lines and Transdev NSW until May 2023)7,607,426
102 (and 15 [e] )Transit Systems (Interline Bus Service and Busabout until Oct 2023)5,651,214
TOTAL212,310,258
  1. 1 2 3 Patronage was lower than previous years due to people staying at home and not taking public transport to school or work during the COVID-19 pandemic
  2. ↑ 2023 numbers include patronage data from Region 13 before it was merged with Region 3 in August 2023
  3. ↑ 2023 numbers include patronage data from Region 5 before it was merged with Region 10 in July 2023
  4. ↑ 2023 numbers include patronage data from Region 12 before it was merged with Region 14 in May 2023
  5. ↑ 2023 numbers include patronage data from Region 15 before it was merged with Region 2 in October 2023

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  3. ↑ Important Notice Harris Park Transport
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