Outer Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts

The Outer Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts (OSMBSC)[1] are contracts issued by the Government of New South Wales to bus operators in areas surrounding Sydney. These regions include the Hunter Region, Central Coast, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains. In 2014-15, 14.7 million passenger journeys were made on Outer Metropolitan bus services.[2]

History

Red Bus Services' Express bodied Iveco Metro in Transport for New South Wales livery in September 2013

The OSMBSC is made up of ten bus system contract regions, OSMBSC 1 to 10.[3] These regions were declared and appeared in the NSW Government Gazette on 1 August 2008.[3][4]

Unlike the Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts which are put out to open tender, the government has indicated it does not intend to go down this path with the OSMBSCs, but negotiate with the incumbent operators.[5][6]

Like the bus contracts in Sydney, a requirement of the OSMBSC contracts is that operators cease using their own liveries and adopt a standardised white and two blues livery as prescribed by Transport for NSW. This livery was first implemented from 2010. As of 2014, the transition to the standardised livery is ongoing.

The Newcastle Buses & Ferries contract for region 5 was renewed for three years from 1 July 2014.[7]

Regions

Each region can have more than one bus operator. Some of the bus operators are stated in the Transport for New South Wales website.[3]

Hunter, Newcastle & Central Coast

Region Location Operators
1[8] Cessnock, Kurri Kurri Rover Coaches
2[8] Maitland, Raymond Terrace Hunter Valley Buses
3[8] Port Stephens Port Stephens Coaches
4[8] Toronto, Wyee, Morisset Hunter Valley Buses
5 Newcastle, Charlestown Newcastle Buses & Ferries
6[9] Wyong, Tuggerah, Gosford Busways
Coastal Liner
7[9] Gosford, The Entrance Red Bus Services

Blue Mountains

Region Location Operators
8 Katoomba, Springwood, Penrith Blue Mountains Transit

Blue Mountains Transit routes were formerly operated by the Blue Mountains Bus Company until acquired by Blue Mountains Transit in December 2014.

Illawarra

Region Location Operators
9[10] Wollongong North Dion's Bus Service
Premier Charters
10[10] Wollongong South Premier Illawarra

Premier Charters' region 9 routes were operated by Green's Northern Coaches, until taken over in February 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Buses and coaches, Transport for NSW, Retrieved 23 July 2016
  2. ↑ . Audit Office of New South Wales http://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/publications/latest-reports/financial/volume-six-2015-transport/service-delivery/5-service-delivery. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 3 Outer Metropolitan Bus System Contract Regions, Transport for NSW, Retrieved 8 July 2014
  4. ↑ NSW Government Gazette 1 August 2008, Retrieved 8 July 2014
  5. ↑ Annual Report 2012 Bus & Coach Association NSW
  6. ↑ Bus Customers to Benefit from Outer Metropolitan Contract Negotiations Minister for Transport 27 April 2013
  7. ↑ Annual Report 30 June 2014 page 89 State Transit Authority
  8. 1 2 3 4 Outer Metropolitan Sydney Bus Contract Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4, NSW Government Transport and Infrastructure, Retrieved 8 July 2014
  9. 1 2 Outer Metropolitan Sydney Bus Contract Regions 6 and 7, NSW Government Transport and Infrastructure, Retrieved 8 July 2014
  10. 1 2 Outer Metropolitan Sydney Bus Contract Regions 9 and 10, NSW Government Transport and Infrastructure, Retrieved 8 July 2014
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