It operated services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia.

In October 2011 Light-City Buses began operating the Adelaide Metro North-South and Outer North East region services under contract to the Government of South Australia.

[2] The contracts were to run for an initial eight-year term, from October 2011 to June 2019 with an optional four-year extension exercisable if performance criteria were met.

[2] Transfield Services had previously unsuccessfully tendered to operate buses in Adelaide in 2004 in a joint venture with Transdev.

[7][8][9] In April 2013, Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance.