Transdev John Holland Buses is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A joint venture between Transdev and John Holland, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW. It is a separate company to the former Transdev NSW, wholly owned by Transdev, which operated buses in other regions of Sydney prior to August 2023.
Parent | Transdev (75%) John Holland (25%) |
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Commenced operation | 3 April 2022 |
Locale | Sydney |
Service area | Eastern Suburbs |
Service type | Bus operator |
Depots | 3 |
Fleet | 479 (March 2024) |
Chief executive | Rachel Spencer |
Website | www |
In October 2019, the Government of New South Wales announced that the bus operations of State Transit were to be contracted out to the private sector.[1] In November 2021, the contract was awarded to Transdev John Holland Buses (TJHB) with operations to commence on 3 April 2022.
As of March 2024, the fleet consists of 479 buses operating out of three depots.[2][3][4]
Transdev John Holland Buses inherited a fleet of 474 buses from the STA, which included Volvo B10BLEs, Volvo B12BLEs, Mercedes-Benz O500LEs (both CNG and Euro 5), Volvo B12BLEAs, Scania K310UBs, Scania K280UBs, Volvo B8RLEs and Custom Denning Elements.[2][3][4]
Transdev John Holland Buses operate out of three depots, these are:[5][6]