State Transit Authority of New South Wales

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State Transit
Overview
Mode Commuter bus
Bus rapid transit
Ferry
Owner NSW Government
Area Sydney, Newcastle
Business
Key People John Watkins (Minister)
John Lee (CEO)
Barrie Unsworth (Chairman)
Founded 1989
Operations
Fleet 1900 buses
Network 300 routes
Depots 12
Wharves 2
Ticketing Automated Fare Collection System
Patronage 200 million (annually)
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The State Transit Authority of New South Wales (STA) is an agency of the Government of New South Wales based in Sydney, Australia operating bus and ferry services. The STA is part of the transport minister's portfolio. The chairman is former New South Wales premier Barrie Unsworth.

The STA was established in 1989 to replace the Urban Transit Authority of New South Wales. In 2004, the STA's Sydney Ferries business was spun off as a state-owned company, Sydney Ferries Corporation.

The Authority comprises three units:

  • Sydney Buses, which provides commuter, charter and tourist bus services to the Northern Beaches, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, Parramatta, Ryde, Hills District and North Shore areas of Sydney
  • Newcastle Buses & Ferries, which provides commuter bus services to Newcastle, Stockton and Swansea; and operates the Newcastle-Stockton ferry
  • Western Sydney Buses, which operates commuter bus services along the Liverpool to Parramatta bus transitway

The State Transit Authority carries more than 200 million passengers every year on a network of over 300 routes aboard a fleet of some 1900 buses and two ferries.

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[edit] Sydney Buses

[edit] Network

Sydney Buses operate over 300 routes, mainly in the eastern half of the city, where they have a near-monopoly. The Sydney Buses network is loosely based on the reach of the city's now-defunct tram network (see Trams in Sydney). Sydney Buses operates services in the following regions:

Sydney Buses also operates tourist, cross-suburban, school and university services.

[edit] Fleet

Sydney Buses maintains a fleet of close to 1900 buses, operating from depots located at

[edit] MAN AG

  • SL202 (29 with Voith gearbox, 20 with ZF gearbox, 1 with Allison gearbox) - fleet numbers 3253-3302
  • 11.220 HOCL-R-NM - fleet numbers 3662-3691

[edit] Mercedes-Benz buses

  • O305 (PMC MkII, MkIII and MkIV bodies) - fleet numbers 1951, 1966-3070, 3072-3082
  • O305G (PMC Articulated bodies, 2556 and 2579 have ZF 5HP500 Gearboxes) - fleet numbers 2550-2579
  • O405 (PMC MkV bodies, including two CNG-powered buses) - 3071, 3083-3252, 3305-3380
  • O405 (PMC160 bodies) - fleet numbers 3381-3398
  • O405N (Ansair 'Orana' bodies) - fleet numbers 3405, 3406
  • O405NH CNG (Custom Coaches 'Citaro' bodies) - fleet numbers 1100-1107, 1109-1160, 1162-1196, 1200-1233, 1235-1405

[edit] Scania

  • L113CRB CNG (two prototypes with Ansair 'Commuter' bodies, the remainder with Ansair 'Orana' bodies) - fleet numbers 3409, 3410, 3461-3510, 3512-3661
  • L113TRB 6x2 14.5m Bus (Ansair 'Orana' bodies) - fleet numbers 3411-3460
  • L113CRL (Ansair/AP 'Orana' bodies) - fleet numbers 3511, 3692-3846

[edit] Volvo

  • B10BLE (AP/Phoenix 'Orana' bodies) - fleet numbers 3847-3971
  • B12BLE (Custom CB60 bodies, 5-speed ZF Gearbox) - fleet numbers 1406-1435, 1500-1556, 1558-1560
  • B12BLE (Custom CB60 bodies, 6-Speed ZF Gearbox) - fleet numbers 1561-1610
  • B12BLE (Volgren CR228L bodies, 6-Speed ZF Gearbox, MkII electronics) - fleet numbers 1611-1660
  • B12BLEA (Custom CB60 bodies, articulated chassis, 6-Speed ZF Gearbox, MkII electronics) - fleet numbers 1661-1701, 1703, 1705-1742


[edit] Newcastle Buses & Ferries

Newcastle Buses & Ferries is a state-owned bus and ferry service in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the State Transit Authority of New South Wales (STA). Newcastle Buses & Ferries operates 28 bus routes plus a ferry service between Newcastle and Stockton.

Newcastle Buses provides a free bus service in the Newcastle CBD during daylight hours, around Newcastle Beach, Newcastle Station, Civic Station, Wickham Station and Marketown[1]. If you travel outside the free zone, regular fares are charged. Newcastle Buses & Ferries uses Automated Fare Collection System ticketing, and will be part of the Tcard smart card system when it becomes operational.


[edit] Western Sydney Buses

Established in 2003, the STA's Western Sydney Buses unit operates route T80, a rapid bus transit service on the Liverpool-Parramatta T-way.


[edit] History

[edit] Department of Government Transport

[edit] Public Transport Commission

The New South Wales Public Transport Commission was created in 1972 by the merger of the New South Wales Government Railways and the New South Wales Department of Government Transport, which operated buses and ferries. It was broken up in 1980 into the State Rail Authority and Urban Transit Authority.

The Public Transport Commission instituted the blue and white livery on government buses, which survives in a modified form to this day, and a short-lived blue and white livery on Sydney suburban trains.

[edit] Urban Transit Authority

The New South Wales Urban Transport Authority operated buses and ferries from 1980, after the division of the New South Wales Public Transport Commission, with trains going to the New South Wales State Rail Authority. It became the State Transit Authority of New South Wales in 1989.

[edit] State Transit Authority

Sydney Ferries was separated from the authority and corporatised in 2004.


[edit] External links

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