Southlink & Link SA

Through Southlink and LinkSA, Keolis Downer plays a key role in South Australia’s vibrant tourism industry. We operate commercial services for events such as the Day on the Green, service the growing cruise ship market out of Adelaide and move fans to and from the Adelaide oval for sporting and cultural events.

Keolis Downer bus operators Southlink and LinkSA serve an area that stretches in a 200 km radius from Adelaide.

Our success is evidenced by our ability to continually retain and win new contracts. We have also concentrated on innovations and efficiencies that ensure the business is both robust and providing excellent service. The ‘can do’ attitude of our team drives new thinking.

Accreditations

Bus Operator Accreditation
ISO9001 Quality Management Systems – Audit and Certify

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Yarra Trams

Trams are the primary mode of public transport for inner suburban residents, and they connect Melburnians with employment, social, cultural and educational activities. The trams also provide vital connections with train and bus services, creating one of the largest transport networks in the world.

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Newcastle Transport

Keolis Downer has embarked on a journey to improve public transport in Newcastle. Under a new 10-year contract, we are now responsible for designing and operating Newcastle Transport bus and ferry services and for the opening of the Newcastle Transport Hub in the heart of the city.

About Newcastle Transport

G:Link Light Rail

The Gold Coast light rail G:link is the newest light rail in Australia and the first in a greenfield site. It runs the spine of the famous Australian holiday destination coastline. It is also the first piece of public transport infrastructure in Australia with funding contributions from three levels of Government.

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Hornibrook Bus

Hornibrook operates public and school bus services on the Redcliffe Peninsula adjacent to the magnificent Moreton Bay in Brisbane’s northernmost reaches. We service the train stations at Sandgate and Petrie to give our customers access to the vast Queensland Rail (QR) network and also operate services from Redcliffe into Brisbane city.

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Through Southlink and LInkSA, Keolis Downer plays a key role in South Australia’s vibrant tourism industry. We operate commercial services for events such as the Day on the Green, service the growing cruise ship market out of Adelaide and move fans to and from the Adelaide oval for sporting and cultural events.

About Southlink & Link SA

Path Transit

Path Transit commenced operations in Perth in 1996. We currently operate public and school bus services in the north-eastern and eastern suburbs from bus depots located in Malaga, Bayswater, Welshpool and Kalamunda. Path Transit operates the three circle line route services in one of Western Australia’s premier regional towns, Kalgoorlie.

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Fast Facts & Figures

Staff

Vehicles

Depots

million passenger journeys per year

weekly services

vehicle km per year (Southlink)

vehicle km per year (LinkSA)

Southlink contracts: first won in 2000, renewed in 2011 until 2019 with a four-year extension

LinkSA contracts: 85 contracts generally for 7 plus 4 plus 4 years

Southlink

The successful Keolis Downer business Southlink operates three of the six metropolitan bus regions in Adelaide. It also enjoys the top three on-time performance results for those six regions and consistently exceeds all of its contractual KPIs.

In keeping with the broader network design expertise of Keolis Downer, Southlink has helped the client by reworking bus timetables to encourage interchange onto the rail network at Gawler. This ensures a quicker trip for customers and a more efficient use of the state’s transport assets.

Southlink is probably the only Keolis Downer business to run buses within a zoo! The service moves customers within the grounds of the Monarto Zoo near Murray Bridge so that they can get close up to the lions, giraffes and other animals.

LinkSA

Keolis Downer bus operator LinkSA provides route, school and commercial services in some of the most picturesque regions of South Australia, including the Barossa Valley, and on the Murray Bridge to the Adelaide corridor.

LinkSA is proud of our community engagement and connection with the towns and regions we service. We are especially proud of our determination to ‘keep local’ to help keep money and work in regional towns. We employ local mechanics to maintain buses in the regional towns where they are fuelled. The business has acquired a number of smaller bus companies over the duration of the contracts, and most of their staff have been retained – a testament to the positive way we run our company.

The entrepreneurial spirit is encouraged at LinkSA, as in all Keolis Downer operators. We adapted taxi fleet technology to create Dial-a-Ride, an on-call bus service for people in the towns of Victor Harbour, Murray Bridge, Gawler and the Barossa. These services ensure that people can remain connected within their community while delivering value for money to the state.

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