Port Botany Bus Depot

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Port Botany Bus Depot is a bus depot in the Sydney suburb of Port Botany operated by Transdev John Holland.

History

On 8 May 1951 a new depot opened on the corner of Bunnerong Road and Wentworth Avenue, Pagewood.{{cite book|last=Travers|first=Greg|title=From City to Suburb...a fifty year journey|year=1982|publisher=Historic Commercial Vehicle Association|location=Sydney|isbn=0-959601-6-27|page=89}} In the mid-1980s, the depot was relocated to a new site on Bumborah Point Road, Port Botany with the Pagewood site redeveloped as Westfield Eastgardens.

As part of the contracting out of Sydney Bus Region 9, operation of Port Botany depot passed from State Transit to Transdev John Holland on 2 April 2022.[https://web.archive.org/web/20211126031934/https://www.busnews.com.au/industry-news/2111/sydney-region-9-bus-contract-secured-john-holland-transdev Sydney Region 9 bus contract secured: John Holland-Transdev] Australasian Bus & Coach 26 November 2021

As of January 2025, it has an allocation of 162 buses.[http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/sta.php?search=STA&depotreq=Port+Botany State Transit Authority - Port Botany] Australian Bus Fleet Lists

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