TransAdelaide

TransAdelaide was a publicly owned corporation established on 4 July 1994 which provided suburban train, tram and bus services in Adelaide, South Australia, under contract to the Government of South Australia. It took over these responsibilities from the State Transport Authority.

TransAdelaide

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Government owned corporation overview
Formed	4 July 1994
Preceding Government owned corporation	State Transport Authority
Dissolved	31 August 2010
Superseding agency	Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, branded as Adelaide Metro
Jurisdiction	Adelaide
Headquarters	Adelaide
Employees	729 (June 2010)
Website	www.transadelaide.com.au
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TransAdelaide operated local bus services in Adelaide until 22 April 2000. All metropolitan bus routes have since been transferred to private companies Light-City Buses, SouthLink and Torrens Transit.

TransAdelaide continued to operate rail services under the Adelaide Metro brand. TransAdelaide was abolished on 31 August 2010 with its staff and functions were transferred to the newly created Office of the Rail Commissioner.[1][2]

TransAdelaide operated all suburban railway services in Adelaide on the Belair, Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor and Tonsley lines.[3]

After retiring the last of the aging Redhen railcars in 1996, TransAdelaide operated 99 broad-gauge diesel railcars, split into two classes and four types, the diesel-hydraulic 2000/2100 class and the diesel-electric 3000/3100 class.[4] All were maintained by Bombardier Transportation at a central depot adjacent to Adelaide station.

TransAdelaide also operated the Adelaide-Glenelg tram line.

Fleet Table

Class	Image	Type	Top speed				Number	Routes operated	Built
			mph	km/h	Limit   mph/h	Limit   km/h
2000 Jumbos		Diesel Multiple Unit	87	140	56	90	11	Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor, Tonsley	1980
2100 Jumbos		Control Car	87	140	56	90	18	Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor, Tonsley	1980
3000		Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit	87	140	56	90	30	All Routes Except Glenelg Tramline	1987-
3100		Diesel-Electric Multiple Unit	87	140	56	90	40	All Routes Except Glenelg Tramline	1988-96
Bombardier Flexity Classic		Tram	--	--	50	80	15	Glenelg	2006
Alstom Citadis		Tram	--	--	--	--	6	Glenelg	2009

Past fleet

Double set and single Type H trams at the Moseley Square terminus, Glenelg in May 2005 before the square and tram fleet were upgraded

TransAdelaide inherited some Redhen railcars from the State Transport Authority. The final units were retired in October 1996.

Type H trams were the mainstay of the Glenelg tram line for the 77 years between the line being converted from a steam railway to electrified tramway operation in 1929 and the trams' retirement in 2006. They were replaced by Bombardier Flexity Classic and Alstom Citadis low-floor trams, which now also run on an extension of the line through Adelaide city centre.

References

1. End of the line for TransAdelaide ABC News 6 September 2010
2. Annual Report year ended 30 June 2011 Office of the Rail Commissioner
3. Timetable Information TransAdelaide
4. Annual Report year ended 30 June 2010 TransAdelaide