Keolis Downer Northern Beaches


Keolis Downer Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquarters are located at Brookvale Bus Depot.

History

In October 2019, the Government of New South Wales announced that the bus operations of State Transit were to be contracted out to the private sector. In May 2021, Keolis Downer was awarded the contract to operate Sydney Bus Region 8. Keolis Downer Northern Beaches commenced operating on 31 October 2021 with its contract to run for eight years.

Fleet

As of April 2025, the fleet consists of 403 buses operating from three depots.
These include Volvo B12BLE's & B12BLEA's, Volvo B7RLE's, Volvo B8RLE's, Volvo B10BLE's, Scania K310UB's, MAN ND323F's, Bustech CDi's, Custom Denning Element 2's & Iveco Metro's.
The current fleet is located below:
ChassisBodyPictureYearNumberNotes
Volvo B10BLEOrana1998–2000✓32ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLE Euro 3Custom Coaches CB602003–2007✓11ex State Transit Authority
ex Transdev John Holland
Volvo B12BLE Euro 3Volgren CR228L2004/05✓19ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLEA Euro 3Custom Coaches CB602005/6✓17ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B12BLE Euro 5Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II2007–2011✓94ex State Transit Authority
ex Transit Systems
Volvo B12BLEA Euro 5Volgren CR228L2010/11✓14ex State Transit Authority
ex Transit Systems
Volvo B7RLECustom Coaches CB802011–2013✓79ex State Transit Authority
Iveco MetroVolgren Optimus2014/15✓7ex State Transit Authority
Volvo B7RLEBustech VST2015✓19ex State Transit Authority
Scania K310UBBustech VST2016✓20ex State Transit Authority
ex Transit Systems
MAN ND323FGemilang Coachworks Eco Double-Decker2017, 2020✓42ex State Transit Authority
ex CDC NSW
Scania K310UBVolgren Optimus2018✓9ex State Transit Authority
ex Transit Systems
Scania K310UBCustom Bus CB802017✓5ex State Transit Authority
ex Transit Systems
Volvo B8RLEBustech VST2019/20✓19ex State Transit Authority
Bustech CDi Bustech CDi2017✓6ex Transdev NSW
ex U-Go Mobility
Hino Poncho HXHino2021✓4Used for Keoride On Demand services only.
Mercedes-Benz SprinterMercedes-Benz20178Used for Keoride On Demand services only.
Custom Denning Element 2Custom Denning2024✓13

Depots

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches operates three depots: Brookvale (V), Mona Vale (F) and North Sydney (N).