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Have a great day out on the Adelaide O-Bahn & Glenelg Tram

Innovation and Excellence

Reliability and safety are the hallmarks of the Adelaide O-Bahn guided busway. These qualities have been achieved through engineering innovation that allows buses to travel at high speed in complete safety and mechanical excellence that has resulted in very few bus breakdowns.

Special maintenance and recovery vehicles equipped with guide wheels are used for bus recovery and track maintenance. In the event of a mechanical problem, buses travelling the O-Bahn at up to 100km/h can stop in less than two bus lengths.

In the event of tyre damage on the front axle, the wheels are equipped with a metal inner tyre that prevents full deflation, allowing a loaded bus with deflated tyres to be driven up to 16km at a speed of 50km/h.

Engineering innovation excellence also extends to the busway itself, with special consideration given to aesthetics, economy and efficiency throughout the design process. The extensive landscaping along the busway complements the well designed infrastructure.

 Fast Facts

• At 12 kilometres long, the Adelaide O-Bahn is the longest and fastest guided bus service in the world, travelling at speeds up to 100km/h.
  
  
• More than 7 million passengers a year, including local, interstate and overseas visitors use the O-Bahn. The system is capable of moving 18,000 people an hour in each direction.
  
  
• The busway consists of 5,800 sleepers, 5,600 pylons drilled to a depth of 3 metres, 4,200 track pieces, 25 bridges, 8 pedestrian overpasses and a 60 metre-long tunnel.
  
  
• Compared with equivalent rail systems, the O-Bahn is almost 50 per cent cheaper to operate while providing a faster, more flexible service than many other transit systems.
  
  
• At the time of building, the entire O-Bahn project, (including the bus fleet) cost $98 million.

Discover Adelaide’s “fast track” to a world of shopping

The Adelaide O-Bahn is a fast guided busway that travels through Adelaide's River Torrens Linear Park to an exciting world of shopping. Your journey takes you through beautiful parklands and past native birds and wildlife to Tea Tree Plaza Interchange and one of Adelaide’s premier shopping centres - Westfield Tea Tree Plaza.

On arrival, browse through Myer, Target, Big W, K-Mart, and over 200 specialty stores and Hoyts nine Cinemas showing the latest hit movies for your enjoyment.

 

Catch the Adelaide O-Bahn to the Tea Tree Plaza Interchange

• The longest guided busway in the world
• Travel at speeds up to 100kms per hour
• Enjoy scenery along the way, including the green parklands of the River Torrens Linear Park
• Cross 12 bridges
• Arrive in around 20 minutes
• Tea Tree Plaza Interchange is located at Westfield Tea Tree Plaza Shoppingtown
• Contact Westfield Tea Tree Plaza for opening times - ph: 8264 4011
• Hoyts nine Cinemas are open daily 10am - 12am

What Bus Do I Catch?

To Tea Tree Plaza
O-Bahn buses depart from Currie or Grenfell streets in the City. Buses with a 540 series number, or buses J1, J2, J3, F40 and M44 all travel the entire length of the O-Bahn track to Tea Tree Plaza Interchange.

JetBus Airport Services
J1, J2, & J3,buses also have the added bonus of travelling to and from the Adelaide Airport via the O-Bahn. More information about JetBus services.

To Paradise & Klemzig only
The remaining 500 series buses (503, 504, 506, 507,556, 557, 558 & 578) and the T500, T501 will only travel as far as Paradise Interchange via Klemzig Station.

With so many buses travelling along the O-Bahn you’ll never have to wait more than 15 minutes from 6 am to 10.30 pm weekdays and 9.30 am to 10.30 pm on weekends. More information about the Mega Go Zone.

 

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Timetable Information

ADELAIDE O-BAHN Airport and City to Tea Tree Plaza I/Change ADELAIDE O-BAHN Tea Tree Plaza I/Change to City and Airport	Monday to Friday 8am- 5pm	Saturday 8am- 5pm	Sunday & Public Holidays
	approx. every 5 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes
	approx. every 5 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes
GLENELG TRAM City to Glenelg	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 20 minutes
GLENELG TRAM Glenelg to City	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 20 minutes
ADELAIDE FREE CITY LOOP (clockwise and anticlockwise)	approx. every 15 minutes (both directions)	approx. every 30 minutes (both directions)	approx. every 30 minutes (both directions)
ADELAIDE FREE BEELINE	approx. every 5 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes	approx. every 15 minutes

 Take a tram ride to all year seaside fun!

Holiday time is all year round at Adelaide’s favourite beachside location! And the best way to get there is on the Glenelg Tram - South Australia’s only remaining operating Tram service - that runs along Glenelg's Jetty Road and into a cosmopolitan atmosphere of shopping, restaurants, entertainment and amusements that are open every day of the year, with markets every weekend along the foreshore. Soak up the sun, enjoy the view from the Stamford Grand Hotel, stroll among the numerous historic buildings or visit the many seaside attractions. Then hop back onto the Tram and you'll be back in the City in just 29 minutes!

Travel FREE along Jetty Road!

You can travel along Jetty Road, Glenelg, completely FREE OF CHARGE! on the Tram! From the Moseley Square terminus to Jetty Road stop 19, jump on and off the Tram at your leisure and never pay a cent! Now that’s a great way to enjoy one of South Australia’s biggest and best tourist attractions!

 

 

 

Seaside fun at Glenelg

• Adelaide's premier seaside shopping, restaurant and entertainment destination
• Swimming, windsurfing, sailing and bike hire
• Beautiful parks and leisure areas
• Exciting community events including markets every weekend
• The Rodney Fox Shark Museum
• Historic 'Buffalo' Museum and Restaurant
• Historic walks throughout Glenelg
• Bay Discovery Centre

 

TRAM FACT FILE

The historic Glenelg Tram line dates back to 1873, when it was set up as a private railway. It came under the control of the South Australian Railways in 1899. Our historic H-type tram carriages carry nearly 2 million people each year.

Destination - The tram line runs from Victoria Square, in the City, to Adelaide’s most popular beachside centre, Glenelg.

Fleet - TransAdelaide operates 21 of the original 30 H-type trams.

Length - Each H-type tram is 16.5 metres in length.

Route - Adelaide’s only operating tram line is 10.8 kilometres in length.

Speed - The trams can travel at speeds of up to 80 kilometres per hour.

Capacity - Each H-type tram has the capacity to carry a total of 94 passengers - 64 seated and standing room for another 30. Often during peak periods and other times of heavy passenger loading, coupled sets of two trams are joined and operated together.

Time - The journey between the City and Glenelg takes around 30 minutes.

Power Source - The H-type trams are powered by four 65hp 600 volt DC motors.

In May 2003, Premier Mike Rann and Transport Minister Michael Wright announced a $56 million upgrade for the Glenelg Tram Service.

The upgrade includes eleven articulated air-conditioned light rail vehicles which will be fully accessible, with low floor entry and provision for wheelchairs, environmentally friendly with low noise, negligible local pollutants and aesthetically pleasing designs.

Two of Adelaide’s new trams came into service on Monday 9 January 2006. A total of eleven new trams have been ordered for Adelaide.

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