Transdev John Holland Buses is a bus operator in
Sydney, Australia. A joint venture between
Transdev
Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020.
History
The group was formed by the merger of ...
and
John Holland, it operates services in
Sydney Bus Region 9 in the
Eastern Suburbs under contract to
Transport for NSW
Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an List of New South Wales government agencies, agency of the Government of New South Wales, New South Wales Government established on 1 Novem ...
. It is a separate company to
Transdev NSW
Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...
, wholly owned by Transdev, which operates buses in other regions of Sydney.
History
In October 2019, the
Government of New South Wales announced that the bus operations of
State Transit were to be contracted out to the private sector. In November 2021, the contract was awarded to Transdev John Holland Buses (TJHB) with operations to commence on 3 April 2022.
Fleet
As of July 2022, the fleet consists of 488 buses operating out of three depots.
Transdev John Holland Buses inherited a fleet of 474 buses from the STA, which included
Volvo B10BLE
The Volvo B10BLE was a rear-engined low-entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1993 and 2004. The first prototypes were built in 1992, but mass production started in 1993, only a year after the high-floor B10B. It ...
s,
Volvo B12BLEs,
Mercedes-Benz O500LEs (both CNG and Euro 5),
Volvo B12BLEA
The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with a rear-mounted transverse engine. It superseded the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single-decker buses in Europe and Australia.
The B12BLE features the ...
s,
Scania K310UB
The Scania K series is a series of chassis in Scania AB, Scania's city bus and coach (bus), coach range with Longitudinal engine, longitudinally, straight-up mounted engine at the rear, replacing the K- (Scania K94, K94, Scania K114, K114, Scani ...
s,
Scania K280UBs,
Volvo B8RLEs and
Custom Denning Elements.
The current fleet is located below:
Depots
Transdev John Holland Buses operate out of three depots, these are:
*
Port Botany (P)
*
Randwick (R)
*
Waverley (W)
See also
*
Transdev NSW
Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...
- another Transdev bus operation in Sydney
References
{{Transdev
Bus companies of New South Wales
Bus transport in Sydney
Transdev
Transport companies established in 2022
2022 establishments in Australia
Joint ventures