Fleet History

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ACT Bus Fleetwiki has compiled Historical Fleet Summaries dating back to 1970. This table sets out fleet counts per year from 1970 to present day.

Bus totals by year

Date Rigid buses Articulated buses Total % /
%
Special Use buses [1] Historical Fleet buses
30 June 1970 122 - 122 - 6 -
30 June 1971 168 - 168 ↑ 46 - 6 -
30 June 1972 168 - 168 - 6 -
30 June 1973 178 - 178 ↑ 10 - 6 -
30 June 1974 197 - 197 ↑ 19 - 18 -
30 June 1975 270 - 270 ↑ 73 - 7 -
30 June 1976 358 1 359 ↑ 89 - 3 1
30 June 1977 378 2 380 ↑ 21 - 3 1
30 June 1978 352 2 354 ↓ 26 - 3 3
30 June 1979 354 18 372 ↑ 18 - 3 4
30 June 1980 325 22 347 ↓ 25 - 5 5
30 June 1981 328 22 350 ↑ 3 - 5 5
30 June 1982 329 22 351 ↑ 1 - 1 5
30 September 1983 338 26 364 ↑ 13 - 1 5
31 October 1984 348 27 375 ↑ 11 - 1 5
30 June 1985 370 27 397 ↑ 22 - 1 5
30 June 1986 360 30 390 ↓ 7 - 1 5
30 June 1987 369 30 399 ↑ 9 - 1 5
31 July 1988 382 49 431 ↑ 32 - 6 No details available
31 October 1989 397 55 452 ↑ 21 - 1 No details available
31 October 1990 419 51 470 ↑ 18 - - No details available
27 September 1991 420 33 453 ↓ 17 - - 4
30 June 1992 409 35 444 ↓ 9 - 2 No details available
30 June 1993 383 35 418 ↓ 26 - 3 No details available
8 July 1994 387 35 422 ↑ 4 - 3 No details available
31 December 1995 358 35 393 ↓ 29 0.25 / - 3 No details available
31 December 1996 354 35 389 ↓ 4 2 / - 3 No details available
31 December 1997 332 35 367 ↓ 22 7 / - 3 No details available
31 December 1998 334 34 368 ↑ 1 9 / - - No details available
31 December 1999 326 34 360 ↓ 8 9 / - - No details available
31 December 2000 313 34 347 ↓ 13 9 / - - No details available
31 December 2001 313 34 347 9 / - - No details available
31 December 2002 313 34 347 9 / - - No details available
31 December 2003 313 34 347 9 / - - No details available
31 December 2004 340 34 374 ↑ 27 20 / - - No details available
31 December 2005 333 34 367 ↓ 7 26 / - - No details available
31 December 2006 344 33 377 ↑ 10 28 / - - No details available
31 December 2007 345 33 378 ↑ 1 26 / - - No details available
31 December 2008 360 33 393 ↑ 15 29 / - - No details available
31 December 2009 373 33 406 ↑ 13 32 / - - No details available
31 December 2010 399 33 432 ↑ 26 39 / - - 2
31 December 2011 398 33 431 ↓ 1 48 / - - 2
31 December 2012 373 34 407 ↓ 24 56 / - - 2
31 December 2013 373 45 418 ↑ 11 61 / - - 2
31 December 2014 388 33 421 ↑ 3 64 / - - 3
31 December 2015 387 33 420 ↓ 1 70 / - - 3
31 December 2016 391 33 424 ↑ 4 75 / - 6 2
31 December 2017 398 34 432 ↑ 8 79 / 0.2 6 2
31 December 2018 406 44 450 ↑ 18 85 / 0.2 6 2
31 December 2019 412 44 456 ↑ 6 83 / 0 - 2
31 December 2020 418 44 462 ↑ 6 91 / 0.2 2 2
31 December 2021 412 44 456 ↓ 6 92 / 0 2 2
31 December 2022 412 44 456 92 / 0 3 2
31 December 2023 409 44 453 ↓ 3 96 / 2.6 2 2
31 December 2024 412 44 456 ↑ 3 100 / 8 2 2

Notes:

  1. "Special Use buses" includes: Charter buses, School-only buses and dedicated-service buses


Bus makes by year

1970 - 2000

Year AEC Leyland Volvo MAN Mercedes-Benz Renault Dennis Other Total
1970 111 11 122
1971 157 11 168
1972 155 11 2 168
1973 165 11 2 178
1974 170 11 2 14[1] 197
1975 185 48 23 14[2] 270
1976 165 74 66 48 * 6[3] 359
1977 125 71 77 106 * 1[4] 380
1978 85 70 77 121 * 1[5] 354
1979 73 69 77 153 * 372
1980 44 69 77 157 * 347
1981 34 69 77 170 * 350
1982 12 69 77 173 * 20 351
1983 69 77 172 * 46 * 364
1984 67 68 172 * 68 * 375
1985 68 71 172 * 86 * 397
1986 68 60 175 * 86 * 1 390
1987 68 63 175 * 86 * 7 399
1988 53 54 174 * 87 * 63 * 431
1989 41 21 173 * 85 * 132 * 452
1990 31 168 * 86 * 183 * 2[6] 470
1991 1 137 * 85 * 228 * 2[7] 453
1992 97 * 83 * 262 * 2[8] 444
1993 45 84 * 289 * 418
1994 31 82 * 309 * 422
1995 64 * 329 * 393
1996 54 * 335 * 389
1997 12 * 335 * 20 367
1998 8 335 * 25 368
1999 335 * 25 360
2000 322 * 25 347

Notes:
* - includes articulated buses

  1. 1974: 8 Ford, 4 Bedford, 1 Thornycroft, 1 BMC
  2. 1975: 8 Ford, 4 Bedford, 1 Thornycroft, 1 BMC
  3. 1975: 1 Ford, 4 Bedford, 1 BMC
  4. 1977: 1 Bedford
  5. 1978: 1 Bedford
  6. 1990: 2 Scania
  7. 1991: 2 Scania
  8. 1990: 2 Scania

2001 - 2024

Year Renault Dennis Irisbus Scania MAN Yutong Other Total
2001 322 * 25 347
2002 322 * 25 347
2003 322 * 25 347
2004 306 * 25 20 23 374
2005 280 * 25 20 42 367
2006 279 * 25 20 53 377
2007 279 * 25 20 54 378
2008 278 * 25 20 54 16 393
2009 278 * 25 20 54 29 406
2010 265 * 25 20 64 58 432
2011 223 * 25 20 72 91 431
2012 179 * 14 20 89 * 105 407
2013 163 * 17 20 113 * 105 418
2014 153 9 20 134 * 105 421
2015 126 8 19 162 * 105 420
2016 105 0 19 195 * 105 424
2017 90 0 19 216 * 105 2[1] 432
2018 69 0 19 256 * 105 1[2] 450
2019 76 19 256 * 105 456
2020 41 19 296 * 105 1 462
2021 37 18 296 * 105 456
2022 37 18 296 * 105 456
2023 15 18 303 * 105 12 453
2024 17 296 * 105 34 4[3] 456

Notes:
* - includes articulated buses

  1. 2017: 1 BYD, 1 Volvo
  2. 2018: 1 BYD
  3. 2024: 4 Custom Denning