Redland company buys into London bus service

[ozbob]

Redland company buys into London bus service

--> http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/1421606/redland-company-buys-into-london-bus-service/

[ozbob]

Australian public transport innovator acquires first international fleet

--> http://www.transitsystems.com.au/articles/315-australian-public-transport-innovator-acquires-first-international-fleet

[ozbob]

Interesting interview on 612 ABC Breakfast this morning  re this move into London ..

Hopefully will be up on the blog later this morning ...

[ozbob]

612 ABC Brisbane Breakfast with Spencer Howson

Redland City ferry company to run 20 bus routes in London

11 June 2013 , 8:09 AM by Spencer Howson

A Redland City transport company has won the right to run 20 bus routes in London.

Transit Systems - which operates the Bay Islands Taxi Service and Stradbroke Ferries - will soon be responsible for 111 million passengers a year.

To give you a comparison - the entire Translink network here in southeast Queensland carries 120 million passengers a year.

Adam Leishman is Business Development Director with Transit Systems and he's off to London to head up the new operation:

Click --> here!

[nathandavid88]

A candidate to take over BT? 

[ozbob]

Sent to all outlets:

11th June 2013

Closed bus shop in Brisbane?

Greetings,

Transit Systems - which operates the Bay Islands Taxi Service and Stradbroke Ferries has
acquired a contract to operate buses in London. How ironic it is that the market in Brisbane is
restricted like a 'closed shop' that they cannot contest.

In Lord Mayor Graham Quirk's coming budget, we expect rates to rise to cover the
increasingly costly Brisbane Transport bus service. Ratepayers already pay $400 worth of
subsidies to Brisbane Transport each year. Much of this is used to run air all around the
city rather than adopt an efficient network design based on connections as proposed by TransLink.

Separating Brisbane Transport from BCC will reduce the size of local government by 20% and
will halt the cannibalisation of BCC's core functions by the bus operations. It would free
up councillor's time to focus on the core business of council - residents, rates, roads,
rubbish and redevelopment rather than running corporate businesses. It would allow money
for new buses to come from the market rather than ratepayers or taxpayers.

We call on all bus businesses within Australia and internationally to actively lobby the
Queensland Government to open up bus contracts to international competition and for
TransLink to begin taking Expressions of Interest (EOIs).

Best wishes
Robert

Robert Dow
Administration
admin@backontrack.org
RAIL Back On Track http://backontrack.org

References:

Speed limit review - and BCC bus review handed to Translink
http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/06/speed-limit-review-and-bcc-bus-review-handed-to-translink.html

Redland City ferry company to run 20 bus routes in London
http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/06/redland-city-ferry-company-to-run-20-bus-routes-in-london.html

Australian public transport innovator acquires first international fleet
http://www.transitsystems.com.au/articles/315-australian-public-transport-innovator-acquires-first-international-fleet

[#Metro]

A candidate to take over BT?

Isn't it funny, when asked how costs would go down but service would go up, the guy said network redesign to get more customers.
Funny that.

[ozbob]

Brisbanetimes --> Redland company takes wheel of London's big red buses

[Otto]

I used to work for Graham Leishman when he was a Director of Bayside Buses. Together with Lance and Neil, they turned the company around from a failing business into a strong growing business. I would say that Bayside would be a major player today had it not been for the collapse of Sunliner Express.

[SurfRail]

The 120 million figure is way off, unless they clarify that it's bus patronage only.

[somebody]

The 120 million figure is way off, unless they clarify that it's bus patronage only.

Needs to be bus+ferry to get close.  I'm sure that's what they are thinking of.

[Set in train]

I cannot understand the tardiness of those making decisions in newsrooms, this story is 9 - 10 days old at least:

http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/1545300/from-bloomfield-st-cleveland-to-oxford-st-london/

The comments above that are attached to the story are 9 days old.


Then we have this one from April 10:
http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/1421606/redland-company-buys-into-london-bus-service/

Now 612 and Brisbane Times use Brian's story from the Bayside Bulletin.

I love Qld media, they always think they can hold onto news and present it as fresh when it is well and truly old.

Back to the story itself, great success, they know how to turn transit businesses around. Legacy of their Bayside buses now as Veolia is a great example.

[Set in train]

Owner being interviewed on 612 now. Most likely be uploaded to their website soon after.

If not, e-mail austin.stephen@abc.net.au for it to be uploaded.