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:
| Chassis | Body | Picture | Year | Number | Notes | |
| Volvo B10BLE | Orana | 1998–2000 | ✓ | 32 | ex State Transit Authority | |
| Volvo B12BLE Euro 3 | Custom Coaches CB60 | 2003–2007 | ✓ | 11 | ex State Transit Authority ex Transdev John Holland | |
| Volvo B12BLE Euro 3 | Volgren CR228L | 2004/05 | ✓ | 19 | ex State Transit Authority | |
| Volvo B12BLEA Euro 3 | Custom Coaches CB60 | 2005/6 | ✓ | 17 | ex State Transit Authority | |
| Volvo B12BLE Euro 5 | Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II | 2007–2011 | ✓ | 94 | ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems | |
| Volvo B12BLEA Euro 5 | Volgren CR228L | 2010/11 | ✓ | 14 | ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems | |
| 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 ex Transit Systems | |
| MAN ND323F | Gemilang Coachworks Eco Double-Decker | 2017, 2020 | ✓ | 42 | ex State Transit Authority ex CDC NSW | |
| Scania K310UB | Volgren Optimus | 2018 | ✓ | 9 | ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems | |
| Scania K310UB | Custom Bus CB80 | 2017 | ✓ | 5 | ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems | |
| Volvo B8RLE | Bustech VST | 2019/20 | ✓ | 19 | ex State Transit Authority | |
| Bustech CDi | Bustech CDi | 2017 | ✓ | 6 | ex Transdev NSW ex U-Go Mobility | |
| 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 | ✓ | 13 |