Adelaide Metro

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The Adelaide Metro is the name for the public transport system of Adelaide, South Australia, governed by the [Public Transport Division] of the South Australian Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. It is operated by four companies under contract and consists of three modes of transport, buses, trams and trains, with the majority of services to and from the Central business district (CBD). Vehicles are typically painted with the Yellow-Red-Blue Adelaide Metro livery to allow easy identification. The system uses a unified system for ticketing, called Metroticket.

Contents

1 Buses

1.1 Operators
1.2 Go Zones
1.3 O-Bahn Busway

2 Trains

2.1 Lines

3 Trams
4 External links

Buses

Buses ready for peak hour on Grenfell Street

The focus of Adelaide's public transport system is the large fleet of diesel and natural gas powered busses. The majority of services terminate at the CBD or at a suburban interchange. Buses get priority on many roads and intersection in Adelaide, with dedicated bus lanes and 'B'-light bus only phases at many Traffic lights.

Operators

The Adelaide Metro buses are owned and operated by:

Torrens Transit - Servicing north-eastern, inner north, inner south, eastern, western and north-western suburban bus network.
Australian Transit Enterprises, trading as SouthLink – Servicing the far south and far north
Transitplus - regional bus services and the Adelaide Hills

Go Zones

Many arterial roads leading towards the CBD may have several routes servicing it, allowing for high frequency "[Go-Zones]", with a maximum wait of 5, 10 or 15 minutes during weekdays. These are:

Prospect Road
Main North Road
O-Bahn Busway to Modbury:
*Para Hills
*Golden Grove
*Tea Tree Gully
*Surry Downs
*Hope Valley
Payneham Road
Magill Road
*Magill Road/Coora Avenue
The Parade
Kensignton Road
Glen Osmond Road
Unley Road
Goodwood Road
South Road
Sir Donald Bradman Drive ([JetBus] to Adelaide Airport)
Henley Beach Road
Grange Road
Port Road
Torrens Road/Hawker Street

O-Bahn Busway

A Mercedes articulated bus exiting The Adelaide O-Bahn

Main Article: O-Bahn Busway

The Adelaide Metro's most frequented route is the O-Bahn guided busway to Modbury. It is the world's fastest and longest guided busway, with a maximum permitted speed of 100km/h (62mph) and a length of 12km (7.4 miles). The track has three stations, Klemzig Station, Paradise Interchange and Tea Tree Plaza Interchange at the Modbury end. Buses leave the track at Paradise or Tea Tree Plaza to continue services on roads, eliminating the need for passenger transfer. The JetBus service from Adelaide Airport uses the O-Bahn and continues to Elizabeth or Golden Grove.

Trains

TransAdelaide’s 3000 & 3100-class diesel-electric railcars are the backbone of the suburban network

Adelaide has a large yet under-utilised suburban rail network. It is the last of the diesel-electric suburban networks in Australia, other cities having fully electric networks. The rail network is operated by TransAdelaide and consists of 94 diesel-electric railcars[link]. The fleet is primarily made up of 3000 Class railcars.

Lines

There are six rail lines in the Adelaide Metro network, all terminating at Adelaide Railway Station in the CBD, and all on broad gauge track. These are:

Gawler: Heading north and terminating at Gawler Central station, Gawler, this is the most frequented line in the network and is 42km long.
Noarlunga Centre: Heading south and terminating at Norlunga Centre, 30kms long.
*Tonsley: a 4km branch off the Noarlunga line to Tonsley Station.
Outer Habor: Heading north-west and terminating at Outer Harbor Station, 22kms long.
*Grange: branching off the Outer Harbor line to Grange Station, 6km long.
Belair: Heading south-east and winding though the Adelaide hills to terminate at Belair, 22km long.

Trams

A H-Class tram (foreground) and Flexity tram (background) on Jetty Road, Glenelg

Main article: Glenelg Tram

Adelaide once had an extensive tram network, but now just has a single line between the Victoria Square in the CBD and Mosley Square on the beachfront at Glenelg, a distance of 12km. The line is along roadway in the city from the terminus to South Terrace and to Brighton Road in Glenelg. The majority of the line is on a dedicated corridor though the western suburbs.

There are plans approved to extend the line from Victoria Square to Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace, along with a proposal to replace the Outer Harbour train line with a tram service.

The line is operated by TransAdelaide from the Glengowrie depot. Heritage H-Class trams are currently used on the line along with several new Bombardier Flexity Classic low floor trams with vigilance control. Eventually there will be 11 Flexity trams operating on weekdays, and H-Class trams operating only on weekends, holidays and special occasions and are due to be fitted with vigilance control plus electromagnetic track brakes.

External links

Bus stations and Bus routes of Australian cities
Bus stations	Sydney	Melbourne	South-East Queensland (Brisbane)	Perth	Adelaide	Canberra
Bus routes	Sydney	Melbourne	South-East Queensland (Brisbane)	Perth	Adelaide	Canberra
Transportation in Australia

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