link light rail extension see south link link light rail . custom coaches cb80 bodied scania k320ua on king william street in september 2014 parent keolis downer founded april 2000 headquarters lonsdale service area adelaide service type bus services depots 6 fleet 373 october 2014 website www.southlink.com.au 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 . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 depots 4 see also 4.1 references 5 external links history edit volgren cr224l bodied scania l94ub in 2006 mitsubishi fuso rosa at hallett cove station in september 2014 in april 2000 southlink commenced operating the adelaide metro outer south services with 82 buses under contract to the government of south australia . 1 2 3 4 in april 2005 southlink commenced operating the outer north contract that had previously been run by serco . 5 6 in july 2011 southlink commenced an eight year contract with an optional four year extension exercisable if performance criteria is met for the outer north and outer south areas . it also commenced operating the hills area services that had been operated by transitplus . 7 8 9 fleet edit as at october 2014 the fleet consisted of 373 buses . 10 depots edit southlink operate depots in aldgate seaford pooraka elizabeth lonsdale and mount barker . 4 see also edit adelaide metro buses in adelaide transport in adelaide references edit adelaide bus tendering results announced australian bus panorama 15 4 february 2000 page 21 adelaide bus tendering results australian bus panorama 15 5 april 2000 page 29 competitive tendering for bus services seventh international conference on competition & ownership in land passenger transport june 2001 a b history southlink new metropolitan bus contracts for adelaide minister for urban development & planning 17 february 2005 serco bus drivers end strike abc news 19 february 2005 report on the adelaide metro bus service contracts minister for transport august 2011 new contractors for adelaide bus services department of planning transport & infrastructure 29 april 2011 provision of bus passenger transport services for the adelaide metro public transport network tenders sa southlink bus australia external links edit company website adelaide metro retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title southlink & oldid 672540482 categories bus companies of south australiatransport in adelaide2000 establishments in australiahidden categories use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian englishuse dmy dates from january 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 july 2015 at 06 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view