mercedes benz oc500le in october 2005 parent transdev australasia founded 29 september 1996 service area perth service type bus services depots 8 fleet 548 november 2015 website www.transdevwa.com.au transdev wa is an australian bus company operating services in perth under contract to transperth . it is a subsidiary of transdev australasia . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 depots 4 references 5 external links history edit jw bolton bodied renault pr180 .2 in november 2006 on 29 september 1996 southern coast transit commenced operating services in the rockingham area from depots in mandurah and rockingham with 57 mercedes benz and renault buses . 1 2 3 4 it was owned by victorian bus operators the donric group and skybus super shuttle . 5 in august 1997 two denning double decker coaches were acquired from aat kings and australian pacific touring to operate a mandurah to perth service . 6 7 on 5 july 1998 the belmont and claremont area services were added . 8 9 10 in june 1999 it was sold to national express 11 12 who in september 2004 sold it to connex . 13 14 15 it was rebranded as veolia transport and in july 2013 as transdev perth then later as transdev wa . connex had previously operated services in perth before selling its operations to swan transit in september 2002 . 16 as at june 2015 transdev wa operate the central area transit joondalup fremantle rockingham area contracts . 17 fleet edit as at november 2015 the fleet consisted of 548 buses . 18 depots edit transdev wa operate eight depots in east perth joondalup mandurah nowergup palmyra perth rockingham and wangara . references edit private companies awarded preferred tenderer status for bus service contracts minister for transport 28 june 1996 additional contract areas australian bus panorama issue 12 1 august 1996 page 28 new operators take over fleetline issue 245 november 1996 page 206 competitive tendering australian bus panorama issue 12 3 december 1996 pages 24 26 contracted operations australian bus panorama issue 12 2 october 1996 page 33 launch of double decker perth mandurah bus service minister for transport 27 august 1997 deckers for southern coast australian bus panorama issue 13 2 october 1997 page 28 names of private sector tenderers to take over metrobus services announced minister for transport 22 april 1998 private sector will take over remaining transperth services this sunday minister for transport 2 july 1998 metrobus tenders announced australian bus panorama issue 14 1 august 1998 page 29 acquisition of second bus company in australia national express 1 june 1999 change of contractor ownership australian bus panorama issue 15 1 august 1999 page 39 sale of australian bus operations national express 3 september 2004 connex pursues further development in australia connex 7 september 2004 national express sells buses the age 22 september 2004 connex wa sale approved by government minister for planning & infrastructure 1 september 2002 annual report for year ended 30 june 2015 transperth page 41 transdev perth bus info external links edit company website transperth retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transdev wa & oldid 705410972 categories bus companies of western australiapublic transport in perth western australiatransdev group companies1996 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian english 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 17 february 2016 at 09 52 . 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