Transdev John Holland Buses is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A joint venture between Transdev and John Holland, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW. It is a separate company to the former Transdev NSW, wholly owned by Transdev, which operated buses in other regions of Sydney prior to August 2023.

Yarra Journey Makers, another Transdev and John Holland joint venture, operates the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne since December 2024.

History In October 2019, the New South Wales state government announced that the bus operations of State Transit were to be contracted out to the private sector. In November 2021, the contract was awarded to Transdev John Holland Buses (TJHB) with operations to commence on 3 April 2022.

Fleet

As of July 2026, the fleet consists of 472 buses, including 25 electric buses.

Transdev John Holland Buses inherited a fleet of 474 buses from the STA, which included Volvo B12BLEs, Mercedes-Benz O500LEs, Volvo B12BLEAs, Scania K310UBs, Scania K280UBs, Volvo B8RLEs and Custom Denning Elements.

The current fleet is located below: ChassisBodyPictureYearNumberNotesVolvo B12BLE Euro 3Custom Coaches CB602005–2007✓7ex State Transit Authority ex KeolisVolvo B12BLE Euro 5Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II2006-2010✓71ex State Transit Authority ex KeolisVolvo B12BLEA Euro 3Custom Coaches CB60 2005–2006✓12ex State Transit AuthorityVolvo B12BLEA Euro 5Volgren CR228L2010-2011✓79ex State Transit Authority ex Transit SystemsVolvo B8RLEVolgren Optimus2018-2019✓29ex State Transit AuthorityVolvo B8RLEBustech VST2019-2020✓27ex State Transit AuthorityScania K280UBBustech VSTM2014✓27ex State Transit AuthorityScania K280UBBustech VST2010-2011✓28ex State Transit AuthorityScania K280UBCustom Bus CB802013✓8ex State Transit AuthorityScania K310UBBustech VST2016✓14ex State Transit AuthorityScania K310UBCustom Bus CB802018-2019✓44ex State Transit AuthorityScania K310UB 14.5mVolgren CR228L2008✓1ex State Transit AuthorityScania K360CAVolgren Optimus2026✓???Part of the 50 new articulated busesMercedes-Benz O500LE CNGCustom Coaches CB60 Evo II2007-2011✓79ex State Transit Authority ex Transit SystemsMercedes-Benz O500LE Euro 5Custom Coaches CB60 Evo II2009-2010✓20ex State Transit AuthorityMercedes-Benz O500LE Euro 5Custom Bus CB802005–2007✓1ex State Transit Authority Supplied by Mercedes-Benz Australia as a replacement unit for O500LE CNG unit 4878 destroyed in a fire at Hillsdale 29/7/11.Custom Denning Element Custom Denning2021-2023✓19ex State Transit Authority ex Transit Systems ex BuswaysCustom Denning Element 2Custom Denning2024-present✓6

Former fleet

ChassisBodyPictureYearNumberNotesVolvo B10BLEOrana1997-1998✓7 (All transferred to Keolis Downer then withdrawn in 2025-2026)ex State Transit Authority

Depots Transdev John Holland Buses operate out of three depots, these are:

Port Botany (P) Randwick (R) Waverley (W)

See also Yarra Trams – the Melbourne tram network operated by Yarra Journey Makers, another joint venture between Transdev and John Holland Transdev NSW – another Transdev bus operation in Sydney

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