Swan Transit


Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating services in Perth under contract to Transperth. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems.

History

On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midland area with 43 buses.
On 29 September 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Canning Vale and Southern River areas from depots in Canning Vale and Southern River with 119 Mercedes-Benz and Renault buses.
In January 1998, Swan Transit gained further services in the Armadale South and Kalamunda areas followed by Cockburn, Fremantle and the Perth CAT services on 5 July 1998.
In September 2002, Swan Transit purchased the Perth operations of Connex WA. It initially traded as Swan Transit Riverside. Connex would re-enter the market in September 2004 when it purchased Southern Coast Transit from National Express.
In May 2011, Swan Transit commenced an eight-year contract to operate services in the Marmion contract area. The Marmion contract area includes Karrinyup depot which was operated by Path Transit. However, Swan Transit did not retain the Kalamunda contract, which was taken over by Path Transit in October 2012.
As of April 2019, Swan Transit operates the Canning, Claremont, Marmion, Midland and Southern River area contracts.
In October 2019, Swan Transit was successful in retaining its Marmion and Claremont contracts, as well as gaining the Joondalup contract, taking over the Joondalup operations from Transdev WA on 19 January 2020. The three contracts will run for 10 years and expire in January 2030.

Swan Transit South West

TransBunbury & TransBusselton

In January 2015, Swan Transit commenced operating 10 year contracts to operate services in Bunbury and Busselton under the TransBunbury and TransBusselton brands, taking over from South West Coach Lines.

TransAlbany

In July 2017, Swan Transit commenced operating 10 year contracts to operate services in Albany under the TransAlbany brand, taking over from Love's Bus Service.

Fleet

As of January 2020, the Swan Transit fleet consists of 733 buses in Perth, 18 in Albany, 36 in Bunbury and 32 in Busselton.

Depots

As of January 2020, Swan Transit operates 13 depots for its Transperth operations:
Outside Perth, Swan Transit operates three depots in Albany, Bunbury and Busselton for its TransAlbany, TransBunbury and TransBusselton operations respectively.