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

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. It took over these responsibilities from the State Transport Authority. TransAdelaide operated local bus services in Adelaide until 22 April 2000. All metropolitan bus routes have since been transferred to private companies

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, 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. TransAdelaide operated all suburban railway services in Adelaide on the

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, Gawler, Grange, Noarlunga Centre, Outer Harbor and Tonsley lines. 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.Annual Report year ended 30 June 2010
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at a central depot adjacent to Adelaide station. TransAdelaide also operated the Glenelg tram line.

Fleet table

Past fleet

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

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low-floor trams, which now also run on an extension of the line through Adelaide city centre.

References

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