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Path Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth bus services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer.

For the rapid transit system in New York City, see PATH (rail system).

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History

On 29 September 1996, Path Transit commenced operating services in the Marmion and Wanneroo areas from depots in Joondalup and Karrinyup with 191 Mercedes-Benz and Renault buses.[1][2][3][4]

In January 1998, Path Transit gained further services in the Joondalup North area[5][6][7] followed on 5 July 1998 by services in the Morley area.[8][9][10] In 1998, a new depot was opened in Wangara.[11] In May 2011, Path Transit lost the Joondalup contract area to Transdev WA and lost the Marmion area to Swan Transit, but retained operation of the Morley contract area. However, in October the following year, Path Transit took over the Kalamunda contract from Swan Transit.[12][13]

In March 2015, Keolis Downer clinched a $163 million deal to acquire Path Transit's private parent company Australian Transit Enterprises.[14]

In October 2019, Path secured a 10-year contract to operate regional bus services in Geraldton.

As of November 2020, Path Transit continues to operate the Kalamunda and Morley area contracts.[15][16]

Depots

Path Transit operates six depots in total at Bayswater, Walliston, Malaga, Redcliffe, Welshpool, and Geraldton.[17][18]

  • Walliston bus depot

References

  1. [1]
    Private companies awarded preferred tenderer status for bus service contracts Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 28 June 1996
  2. [2]
    "Additional contract areas" Australian Bus Panorama issue 12/1 August 1996 page 28
  3. [3]
    "New operators take over" Fleetline issue 245 November 1996 page 206
  4. [4]
    "Competitive Tendering" Australian Bus Panorama issue 12/3 December 1996 pages 24-26
  5. [5]
    First stage of contracting out remainder of Transperth's bus service completed Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 23 December 1997
  6. [6]
    "Privatisation" Fleetline issue 253 March 1998 page 63
  7. [7]
    "Privatisation Progress" Australian Bus Panorama issue 13/5 April 1998 page 23
  8. [8]
    Names of private sector tenderers to take over MetroBus services announced Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 22 April 1998
  9. [9]
    Private sector will take over remaining Transperth services this Sunday Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Transport 2 July 1998
  10. [10]
    "Metrobus Tenders Announced" Australian Bus Panorama issue 14/1 August 1998 page 29
  11. [11]
    "Path Opens a New Depot" Australian Bus Panorama issue 14/3 December 1998 page 24
  12. [12]
    "History". Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  13. [13]
    "Public Transport Authority Annual Report 2011-12" (PDF). Public Transport Authority. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  14. [14]
    Operator ATE Sold Archived 20 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Australasian Bus & Coach 11 March 2015
  15. [15]
    Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2015 Archived 7 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Transperth page 41
  16. [16]
    "Proposed Bus Depot Locations" (PDF). Transperth. April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  17. [17]
    Home Archived 19 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Path Transit
  18. [18]
    Fact Sheet: Path Transit WA Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Keolis Downer November 2015
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