Adelaide Metro
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The Adelaide Metro is the name for the public transport system of Adelaide, South Australia, governed by the Public Transport Division of the South Australian Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. It is operated by four companies under contract and consists of three modes of transport, buses, trams and trains, with the majority of services to and from the Central business district (CBD). Vehicles are typically painted with the Yellow-Red-Blue Adelaide Metro livery to allow easy identification. The system uses a unified system for ticketing, called Metroticket.
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[edit] Buses
The focus of Adelaide's public transport system is the large fleet of diesel and natural gas powered busses. The majority of services terminate at the CBD or at a suburban interchange. Buses get priority on many roads and intersections in Adelaide, with dedicated bus lanes and 'B'-light bus only phases at many Traffic lights.
[edit] Operators
The Adelaide Metro buses are owned and operated by:
- Torrens Transit - Servicing north-eastern, inner north, inner south, eastern, western and north-western suburban bus network.
- Australian Transit Enterprises, trading as SouthLink – Servicing the far south and far north
- Transitplus - regional bus services and the Adelaide Hills
[edit] Go Zones
Many arterial roads leading towards the CBD may have several routes servicing it, allowing for high frequency "Go-Zones", with a maximum wait of 5, 10 or 15 minutes during weekdays. These are:
- Prospect Road
- Main North Road
- O-Bahn Busway to Modbury:
- Para Hills
- Golden Grove
- Tea Tree Gully
- Surry Downs
- Hope Valley
- Payneham Road
- Magill Road
- Magill Road/Coora Avenue
- The Parade
- Kensington Road
- Glen Osmond Road
- Unley Road
- Goodwood Road
- South Road
- Sir Donald Bradman Drive (JetBus to Adelaide Airport)
- Henley Beach Road
- Grange Road
- Port Road
- Torrens Road/Hawker Street
[edit] O-Bahn Busway
Main Article: O-Bahn Busway
The Adelaide Metro's most frequented route is the O-Bahn guided busway to Modbury. It is the world's fastest and longest guided busway, with a maximum permitted speed of 100km/h (62mph) and a length of 12km (7.4 miles). The track has three stations, Klemzig Station, Paradise Interchange and Tea Tree Plaza Interchange at the Modbury end. Buses leave the track at Paradise or Tea Tree Plaza to continue services on roads, eliminating the need for passenger transfer. The JetBus service from Adelaide Airport uses the O-Bahn and continues to Elizabeth or Golden Grove.
[edit] Trains
See also: Railways in Adelaide, List of Adelaide railway stations
Adelaide has a large yet under-utilised suburban rail network. It is the last of the diesel-electric suburban networks in Australia, other cities having fully electric networks. The rail network is operated by TransAdelaide and consists of 94 diesel-electric railcars[1]. The fleet is primarily made up of 3000 Class railcars.
[edit] Lines
There are six rail lines in the Adelaide Metro network, all terminating at Adelaide Railway Station in the CBD, and all on broad gauge track. These are:
- Gawler: Heading north and terminating at Gawler Central station, Gawler, this is the most frequented line in the network and is 42km long.
- Noarlunga Centre: Heading south and terminating at Norlunga Centre, 30kms long.
- Tonsley: a 4km branch off the Noarlunga line to Tonsley Station.
- Outer Habor: Heading north-west and terminating at Outer Harbor Station, 22kms long.
- Grange: branching off the Outer Harbor line to Grange Station, 6km long.
- Belair: Heading south-east and winding though the Adelaide hills to terminate at Belair, 22km long.
[edit] Trams
Main article: Glenelg Tram
Adelaide once had an extensive tram network, but now just has a single line between the Victoria Square in the CBD and Mosley Square on the beachfront at Glenelg, a distance of 12km. The line is along roadway in the city from the terminus to South Terrace and to Brighton Road in Glenelg. The majority of the line is on a dedicated corridor though the western suburbs.
There are plans approved to extend the line from Victoria Square to Adelaide Railway Station and further ahead to the University SA CityWest Campus on North Terrace, along with a proposal to replace the Outer Harbour train line with a tram service. There are plans still in the proposal stage to expand on the North Terrace tram line and continue it through Morphett, Currie and Grote streets in the Adelaide CBD.
The line is operated by TransAdelaide from the Glengowrie depot. Heritage H-Class trams are currently used on the line along with several new Bombardier Flexity Classic low floor trams with vigilance control. Eventually there will be 11 Flexity trams operating on weekdays, and H-Class trams operating only on weekends, holidays and special occasions and are due to be fitted with vigilance control plus electromagnetic track brakes.
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