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Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of the Adelaide area, around the capital city of South Australia. It is an intermodal system offering an integrated network of bus , tram , and train services throughout the metropolitan area.
While Adelaide's suburban passenger-rail network does not suffer the chronic delays of its inter-state counterparts, it is comparatively under-developed; Adelaide is the last mainland capital with a non-electric network, with a 10-year $2 billion transport program commencing in 2008–09 to rebuild and electrify the network. [13]
In March 2011, Bombardier Transportation was awarded a contract to build 22 three-carriage trains for the Adelaide rail network, that was in the process of being electrified. [5] [6] [7] The first of the Adelaide trains was delivered in July 2013, and entered service on 23 February 2014 on the Seaford and Tonsley (now Flinders) lines.
Public transport in Adelaide, South Australia, is managed by the State Government's Department for Infrastructure & Transport, branded as Adelaide Metro. Today bus services are operated by contractors: Busways, SouthLink, Torrens Connect and Torrens Transit. [1] Historically bus services in Adelaide were operated by private operators.
Adelaide's council proposed their own scheme backed by different companies, but failed to raise the required capital, and J. H. Packard promoted various plans of his own devising that also never eventuated. [6]: 31–33 [22] By 1901, Adelaide's horse trams were seen by the public as a blot on the city's image.
Chidda has one island platform, that is serviced by Adelaide Metro trains. Trains are scheduled every 30 minutes, seven days a week. Trains are scheduled every 30 minutes, seven days a week. [ 6 ]
Bus services are run under Adelaide Metro which includes the relatively minor rail services. The network covers the entire metropolitan area extending from Gawler in the north, to Sellicks Beach in the south, a distance of over 90 km. The services also extend to Mount Barker, Strathalbyn and several smaller townships in the Adelaide Hills. [4]
SouthLink is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia . It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer , and is a separate business to its sister company LinkSA , which operates buses in regional South Australia.