oc500le in june 2016 parent northern territory government founded 1978 headquarters stuart park service area darwin and palmerston routes 24 hubs darwin cbd casuarina palmerston depots 1 operator buslink territory transit website www.transport.nt.gov.au public bus darwin darwinbus is a public bus service which operates in darwin and palmerston in the northern territory . 1 darwinbus is owned by the northern territory government with services operated under contract by both buslink and territory transit formerly darwin bus service . 1 2 3 in december 2013 it was announced that darwin bus service would be privatised . 4 5 in july 2014 transit systems was announced as the successful tenderer . 6 7 8 in october 2014 transit systems took over the former darwin bus service bus operation and is operating as territory transit . 9 10 fleet edit as at may 2014 the buslink fleet consisted of 145 buses 11 and the former darwin bus service fleet consisted of 36 buses . 12 references edit a b darwin bus service . bus australia . 2008 03 02 . archived from the original on 2008 04 18 . retrieved 2008 05 04 . buslink . bus australia . 2008 04 13 . archived from the original on 2007 11 14 . retrieved 2008 05 04 . public transport . northern territory government . northern territory transport group . retrieved 2008 05 04 . nt government to privatise darwin buses nt news 6 december 2013 darwin bus service to be sold off abc news 6 december 2013 new providers for darwin bus service department of transport 6 july 2014 move to nt bus news 7 july 2014 transit systems secures darwin urban bus services contract 8 july 2014 transit systems website retrieved 6 november 2014 transit systems welcomed to the top end retrieved 2 october 2014 territory transit home page retrieved 11 october 2014 buslink australian bus fleet lists darwin bus service australian bus fleet lists external links edit media related to darwinbus at wikimedia commons www.transport.nt.gov.au public bus darwin buslink territory transit v t e bus transport in australia cities adelaide brisbane bunbury cairns darwin geelong gold coast hobart ipswich kalgoorlie logan city mackay melbourne newcastle perth rockhampton sunshine coast sydney townsville toowoomba wagga wagga states and territories queensland retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title darwinbus & oldid 726586345 categories bus companies of the northern territorytransport in darwin northern territory1978 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian englishcommons category with page title same as on wikidata 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2016 at 02 49 . 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