Perth Central Area Transit

The Perth Central Area Transit System (Perth CAT), or simply CAT, is a set of three bus routes in the centre of Perth, a bus route in Fremantle, and 4 bus routes in Joondalup. Also included is the Rockingham City Centre Transit System. Unlike all other Transperth services, all CAT routes are zero-fare.

Bus fleets

The current Perth CAT bus fleet consists of 23 Volgren bodied Mercedes-Benz O 500LE units that are fuelled by compressed natural gas. In addition to the designated fleet, several "silver-and-green" buses of the same type are used as spares.

The Fremantle CAT fleet consists of 3 Mercedes-Benz O405NH units and the Joondalup CAT fleet consists of 2 Dennis Dart SLF units.

The current fleet of natural gas-powered buses was progressively introduced from August 20, 2005, and replaced sixteen Scania-DAB MidCity Series II 0860S.

The CAT buses were replaced by the original City Clipper which ran through the original sections of Perth.

Perth CAT

There are three CAT routes: the Yellow CAT, the Red CAT and the Blue CAT, which replaced the City Clipper bus services on 23 September 1996; these CAT services are operated by Southern Coast Transit.

= Blue CAT =

The Blue CAT is between Perth and Northbridge areas, including Barrack Street Jetty and Esplanade Busport. Blue CAT runs as bus route number 1. Blue CAT has 22 stops including:

= Fremantle CAT =

There is one Fremantle CAT route: the orange Fremantle CAT. It goes to tourist destinations in Fremantle. This CAT service is operated by Southern Coast Transit. Fremantle CAT has 27 stops including:

Key

¹ - interchange with Blue CAT ² - interchange with Red CAT ³ - interchange with Yellow CAT ^T - interchange with train ^B - interchange with bus ^CR - interchange with CircleRoute ^F - interchange with Ferry

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External links

* [http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/ServiceInfo/HighFrequencyServices/tabid/143/Default.aspx High frequency services (Transperth)]