LinkSA

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LinkSA
File:LinkSA Logo.png
File:Link SA Gawler Station.jpg
A Link SA BCI Citirider bus at Gawler railway station in November 2025
ParentKeolis
Commenced operation2008
Service areaAdelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Mid Murray, Murraylands and Victor Harbor
Service typeBus services
AllianceSouthLink
Depots5
Fleet156 (November 2024)
Websitewww.linksa.com.au

LinkSA is a regional bus operator in South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Keolis, and is a separate business to its sister company SouthLink, which operates Adelaide Metro buses in metropolitan Adelaide.

History

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LinkSA was founded in 2008 when Australian Transit Enterprises purchased Barossa Valley Coaches and merged it with its Murray Bridge Passenger Services.[1][2][3] In March 2015, it was included in the sale of Australian Transit Enterprises to Keolis Downer.[4]

In October 2023, LinkSA was awarded new eight-year contracts to continue operating bus services in Barossa, Fleurieu, Northern Adelaide Hills and Mount Gambier, with the potential to be extended to 2035. The new contracts began on 1 October that year.[5]

It operates services in the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Mid Murray, Murraylands and Victor Harbor regions.[6]

Fleet

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As of November 2024, the fleet comprised 156 buses out of five depots, located at Murray Bridge, Mount Barker, Goolwa, Nuriootpa (Barossa Valley) and Suttontown (Mount Gambier).[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Home (October 2009) LinkSA
  2. ^ South Australian Regional Operator LinkSA Australian Bus issue 32 January 2011 page 43
  3. ^ A Race Against Time: Bus Suppliers Pull Together Volvo Buses 4 April 2012
  4. ^ Operator ATE Sold Australasian Bus & Coach 11 March 2015
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  7. ^ Link SA Australian Bus Fleet Lists, Retrieved 9 November 2024
  8. ^ Contact Us LinkSA, Retrieved 9 November 2024