public transport
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company which operated
bus
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services from the
South Australia
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n capital
Adelaide
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Adelaide Metro
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network. It was a joint venture between TransAdelaide, which also operates the
train
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system in Adelaide and Australian Transit Enterprises. Transitplus was based in
Aldgate
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in the Adelaide Hills and had two depots located in Aldgate and Mount Barker.
Australian Transit Enterprises trading as Southlink took over Transitplus' services in 2010.SouthLink website Retrieved 22 July 2015
Service Areas
Transitplus serviced the following towns in the Adelaide Hills and suburbs of Adelaide up until 2010:
Aldgate, Balhannah, Blakiston, Bridgewater, Bugle Ranges, Carey Gulley, Cleland, Charleston, Crafers, Eagle on the Hill, Eastwood, Echunga, Flaxley, Frewville, Gemmels, Glen Osmond, Glenalta, Glenside, Green Hill Ranges, Green Hill, Hahndorf, Hawthorndene, Heathfield, Leawood Gardens, Littlehampton, Lobethal, Macclesfield, Meadows, Mount Barker, Mount George, Mount Osmond, Murray Bridge, Mylor, Myrtle Bank, Nairne, Oakbank, Parkside, Piccadilly, Stirling, Strathalbyn, Summertown, Upper Sturt, Uraildla, Urrbrae, Verdun, Woodside.
Routes
Transitplus operated bus routes in the Adelaide Hills were:
*820 : Carey Gully to Burnside Village and Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*821 : Aldgate to Burnside Village and Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*823 : Crafers to Cleland Wildlife Park via Mount Lofty
*830 : Lobethal to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*834 : Lobethal to Verdun Junction
*835 : Lobethal to Mount Barker
*837 : Nairne to Mount Barker
*838 : Mount Barker City Loop (East)
*839 : Mount Barker City Loop (West)
*840 : Mount Barker to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*841 : Nairne to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal) via Littlehampton
*842 : Nairne to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal) via Mount Barker
*850 : Aldgate to Macclesfield
*852 : Mount Barker to Strathalbyn
*853 : Mount Barker to Langhorne Creek
*861 : Glen Osmond to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*863 : Aldgate to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*864 : Mount Barker to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal)
*865 : Aldgate to Adelaide (Currie Street Bus Terminal) via Pomona Road
*866 : Aldgate to Crafers
*868 : Aldgate to Stirling
*892 : Urrbrae to Aldgate via Belair
*893 : Aldgate to Blackwood Station
*894 : Aldgate to Blackwood Station
All the services operated by Transitplus to Adelaide City, terminated at
Currie Street
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Park and Ride
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Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is an intermodal system offering an integrated network of bus, tram, and train service throughout the metropolitan area. The network has an a ...