Keolis Northern Beaches
Australian bus operator
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Keolis Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Australia, 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.[1]
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| Parent | Keolis Australia |
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| Commenced operation | 31 October 2021 |
| Headquarters | Brookvale Bus Depot |
| Locale | Sydney |
| Service area | Lower North Shore Northern Beaches |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Depots | 3 |
| Fleet | 434 (February 2026) |
| Website | www |
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.[2] In May 2021, Keolis Downer was awarded the contract to operate Sydney Bus Region 8.[3] Keolis Downer Northern Beaches (KDNB) commenced operating on 31 October 2021 with its contract to run for eight years. [4] In March 2026, Keolis completed an agreement with Downer to acquire their stake in the joint venture.[5]
Fleet
As of February 2026, the fleet consists of 434 buses operating from three depots.[6]
These include Volvo B12BLE, Volvo B12BLE, Volvo B7RLE, Volvo B8RLE, Volvo B10BLE, Scania K310UBs, MAN ND363Fs, BusTech CDis, Custom Denning Element 2s and Iveco Metros.[7][8][9]
The current fleet is located below:[6]
| Chassis | Body | Picture | Year |  |
Number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo B10BLE | Orana |  |
1998–2000 | ✓ | 32
(All retired) |
ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B12BLE Euro 3 | Custom Coaches CB60 |  |
2003–2007 | ✓ | 11 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B12BLE Euro 3 | Volgren CR228L |  |
2004/05 | ✓ | 19 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B12BLEA Euro 3 | Custom Coaches CB60 | _Custom_Coaches_'CB60'_bodied_Volvo_B12BLEA_at_Railway_Square.jpg) |
2005/6 | ✓ | 17 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B12BLE Euro 5 | Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II |  |
2007–2011 | ✓ | 94 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B12BLEA Euro 5 | Volgren CR228L | 2010/11 | ✓ | 14 | ex State Transit Authority | |
| Volvo B7RLE | Custom Coaches CB80 |  |
2011–2013 | ✓ | 79 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Iveco Metro | Volgren Optimus |  |
2014/15 | ✓ | 7 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B7RLE | Bustech VST |  |
2015 | ✓ | 19 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Scania K310UB | Bustech VST |  |
2016 | ✓ | 20 | ex State Transit Authority |
| MAN ND323F | Gemilang Coachworks Eco Double-Decker | _(cropped).jpg) |
2017, 2020 | ✓ | 42 | ex State Transit Authority
ex CDC NSW |
| Scania K310UB | Volgren Optimus | _(1).jpg){kind=spacer} |
2018 | ✓ | 9 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Scania K310UB | Custom Bus CB80 |  |
2017 | ✓ | 5 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Volvo B8RLE | Bustech VST | .jpg) |
2019/20 | ✓ | 19 | ex State Transit Authority |
| Bustech CDi (Cummins ISL) | Bustech CDi |  |
2017 | ✓ | 6 | ex Transdev NSW |
| Hino Poncho HX | Hino | 2021 | ✓ | 4 | Used for Keoride On Demand services only. | |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | Mercedes-Benz | 2017 | 8 | Used for Keoride On Demand services only. | ||
| Custom Denning Element 2 | Custom Denning | 2024 | ✓ | 68 | Part of Zero Emissions Buses Program. | |
| Yutong ZK6131HG1 | Yutong E12 | 2026 | ✓ | 15 | Part of Zero Emissions Buses Program. | |
| Foton BJ6129EVCA | Foton C12 | 2026 | ✓ | 5 | Part of Zero Emissions Buses Program. |
Depots
Keolis Northern Beaches operates three depots: Brookvale (V), Mona Vale (F) and North Sydney (N).[citation needed]