Metro Tasmania

Metro Tasmania
Overview
Brands	Metro Hobart Coaches
Mode	Commuter bus Bus rapid transit
Owner	Government of Tasmania
Area	Tasmania (Statewide)
Business
Key People	Nick McKim (Minister for Sustainable Transport) Heather Haselgrove (CEO) Ron Ward (Chairperson)
Founded	1955 (in current form)
Operations
Fleet	218 buses[1]
Network	800 commuter bus routes
Depots	6
Wharves	0
Ticketing	"Greencard" smart card
Patronage	10,099,000 (annually)[1]
Transport in Hobart | v · public transport in the Australian state of Tasmania. For bus timetable and route information see the Metro website. It operates only buses, as there are no longer any public transport trains, trams or trolley buses operating in Tasmania, and the few passenger ferries in Hobart are small independent operations. As such it is by far the largest transport network in the state, and has its three major operations in the largest population centres of Hobart, Launceston, and the North-West. History Metro Tasmania's history goes back over 100 years. Its precursor, The Hobart Electric Tram Company began operation in 1893, one of the earliest such operators in the world. The Hobart City Council purchased the company in 1913 and operated as Hobart Municipal Tramways. A Metro tasmania bus In 1955 a statutory authority, the Metropolitan Transport Trust (MTT) was formed, this entity took over the Tramways from the Hobart City Council along with the Launceston Municipal Tramways, which had been operated by the Launceston City Council since 1911. On commencement MTT operated trams, trolley, petrol and diesel buses. In 1960 MTT acquired the operations of Norton Coaches which provided bus services in the Burnie area. This resulted in the MTT operating transport services in the South, North and North-West regions of Tasmania. MTT continued to operate until rebranded in the 1990s as Metro. Metro Tasmania Pty Ltd is a state-owned company established in February 1998. In May 1999 Metro purchased Hobart Coaches which operated services to New Norfolk, Richmond, Blackmans Bay and the Channel area; outlying areas of Hobart. Hobart Coaches is now the regional services division of Metro. In December 2008, Metro sold its New Norfolk services to O'Driscoll Coaches.[2] Operations Metro Tasmania is a growing network catering to the changing needs of Tasmania's main population centres. Currently employing 413 people (76 per cent of whom work in Hobart), it has over 200 buses on 800 routes which do more than 630,000 trips per year covering over 10.5 million kilometres. Metro owns and operates six interchanges, 1,800 bus stops, and 200 permanent shelters. The service caters for an average of 10,099,000 passenger trips (boardings) per annum. References ^ a b Annual Report 2009-2010, Metro Tasmania, 2010. ^ Clark, Nick (10 December 2008). "Valley bus privatised". The Mercury. http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2008/12/10/43505_tasmania-news.html.  External links Metro Tasmania website Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую Pointer analysis Etiquette in Australia and New Zealand Look at other dictionaries: Metro — is an abbreviation of metropolitan, and is the name of many products and services relating to urban areas, especially public transport systems. Contents 1 Public transport 1.1 Rapid transit systems …   Wikipedia Tasmania — Tasmanie Tasmania (Tasmanie) …   Wikipédia en Français Metro Claremont — Metro Full name Metro Football Club Founded 1941 Ground North Chigwell, Claremont …   Wikipedia Launceston, Tasmania — Infobox Australian Place type = city name = Launceston state = tas imagesize = 270 caption = Launceston City pop = 99,675 pop footnotes = Census 2006 AUS | id = 61505 | name = Greater Launceston (Statistical Subdivision)|quick =… …   Wikipedia Burnie, Tasmania — Infobox Australian Place | type = city name = Burnie state = tas caption = A view of Burnie CBD and ports from a hillside suburb pop = 19,030 (2004) [http://www.burnie.net/html/919 929.htm] poprank = est = timezone = AEST utc = +10 timezone dst=… …   Wikipedia Montagu Bay, Tasmania — Montagu Bay Hobart, Tasmania Postcode: 7018 Coordinates …   Wikipedia Somerset, Tasmania — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Somerset state = tas caption = lga = Waratah Wynyard Council postcode = 7322 est = pop = 3,078 pop footnotes= elevation= elevation footnotes= maxtemp = mintemp = rainfall = stategov = Braddon fedgov …   Wikipedia Rosny, Tasmania — Infobox Australian Place name = Rosny caption = loc x = loc y = coordinates = coord|42|52|24|S|147|21|17|E|display=inline,title state = tas type = suburb lga = City of Clarence city = Hobart postcode = 7018 near nw = (Tasman Bridge) near n =… …   Wikipedia Association football in Tasmania — Association football (soccer) in Tasmania is organised by Football Federation Tasmania. Football Federation Tasmania is a member of the Football Federation Australia (FFA) which controls the sport at a national level in Australia. While… …   Wikipedia Northern Premier League (Tasmania) — Sport Football (soccer) Founded 1912 No. of teams 9 Country(ies)  Australia …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”