STATE TRANSIT ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001
SYDNEY BUSES | SYDNEY FERRIES | NEWCASTLE SERVICES Table of Contents
About State Transit 1 Performance Highlights 4 Year in Review 5 CEO’s and Chairman’s Foreword 6 Review of Operations 8 Reliability 9 Covenience 13 Efficiency 16 Courtesy – Customer service 19 Comfort 22 Safety and security 24 Sydney Ferries Reform 27 Financial Statements 28 Appendices 108 Index 135 About State Transit - FAQs
State Transit manages one of the largest bus and ferry operations of any city in the world.
State Transit manages one of the largest bus and ferry operations of any city in the world. State Transit operates 3 businesses: Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries and Newcastle Bus and Ferry Services.
Bus Fleet 1,926 buses in Sydney and Newcastle. In this fleet State Transit has - • 492 low floor buses, 25.5% of the fleet • 381 fully wheelchair accessible buses, 19.8% of the fleet • 664 air-conditioned buses, 34.5% of the fleet • 283 CNG powered buses, 14.7% of the fleet
Ferry Fleet 32 ferries in run services in Sydney Harbour and 2 ferries operate on Newcastle Harbour. The ferry fleet consists of four Freshwater class vessels, three Lady class, eleven First Fleeters, three JetCats, seven RiverCats, two HarbourCats and four SuperCats. Sydney Ferries operates across the length and breadth of Sydney Harbour and along the length of the Parramatta River into Parramatta. Newcastle Ferries operates services between Newcastle and Stockton.
Patronage State Transit carries 222 million passengers every year. Every working day State Transit operates more than 15,000 services carrying more than 600,000 passengers to their destinations.
Turnover $483M in 2000/2001.
Employees Over 4,700 employees.
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Routes Sydney Buses operates more than 300 routes in the Sydney metropolitan area, extending to Parramatta in the west. Newcastle Buses operates 56 routes over a large part of the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie. Sydney Buses travel 6 million kilometres every month, Sydney Ferries travel 100,000 kilometres and Newcastle Services travel 788,000 kilometres. More than 100,000 route services are operated every week, 90,000 services by Sydney Buses, 2,000 services by Sydney Ferries and 8,000 services by Newcastle Services.
Safety A high priority is placed on security and safety; all buses are in radio contact with a control room in the Sydney Traffic Management Centre, are fitted with CCTV, door safety systems and special school bus warning systems. 38 ferry wharves are similarly equipped with CCTV and 2 way help points monitored from our ferry control room.
Passenger Information Individual timetables for every bus and ferry service are available from the State Transit information kiosks at central points in the City, selected ticket agencies or off the web at www.131500.com.au or by phoning the Transport Infoline on 131 500. Handy route information is also available at bus stops and ferry wharves. Check out our website www.sta.nsw.gov.au which is linked to www.sydneybuses.nsw.gov.au www.sydneyferries.nsw.gov.au www.newcastle.sta.nsw.gov.au
Tourism Services State Transit operates the Explorer tourist buses, the Airport Express and Harbour Cruises.
Legislation State Transit is established under the Transport Administration Act 1988 and operates, as do all NSW bus and ferry operators, within the regulatory framework of the Passenger Transport Act 1990.
How we design our services At State Transit we design our bus and ferry routes and timetables so that they are simple to understand, frequent, direct, reliable and accessible to the majority of the community. Our experience shows that these characteristics provide the community with better bus services that match their travel demands. Bus services are designed to serve a number of purposes. Buses take people to work, school, university and TAFE, shopping, entertainment, hospitals and to visit friends. People use buses to connect with trains, ferries and other buses as part of the transport network. Bus services that perform two or more of these functions are generally well patronised. As a general rule, 95 percent of people in areas serviced by State Transit are within 400 metres of a bus service operating between 6.00am and 6.30pm Monday to Saturday and within 800 metres of a service at all other times. All routes are designed to provide local communities with connections to their regional centres and district centres. These principles were derived after conducting considerable research of travel demand, customer feedback and examining other successful bus services operated by State Transit.
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Mark Whybrow, Employee Relations New Mercedes Benz Ultra Low Floor with wheelchair access, air conditioned and compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered Syndey Bus