In the 1980s and early 1990s, Lance Francis, Graham Leishman and Neil Smith together operated Bayside Buslines in Brisbane, Peninsula Bus Lines on the New South Wales Central Coast and Sunliner Express on the east coast[citation needed].
In April 2005, Torrens Transit commenced operating the North–South and Outer North East contracts.
In the same year, Stradbroke ferries was acquired, and the Big Red Cat operation was merged into it.
In January 2015, Swan Transit commenced 10-year contracts to operate services in Bunbury and Busselton under the TransBunbury and TransBusselton brands.
In November 2015, Transit Systems sold all of its marine operations to SeaLink Travel Group, which includes:[2][9] American on-demand transport company Bridj was brought over and the first Bridj on-demand service in Australia commenced in December 2017.
[12] His position was not replaced and Tower Transit operations were overseen by Paul Cox as CFO and Charlie Beaumont as COO.
[13] In April 2019, Transit Systems entered into the Melbourne bus market for the first time by acquiring Sita Buslines.
Feuerherdt and Transit Systems co-founder and chairman Neil Smith took up a combined 18% shareholding in Sealink.
[2] In its first four years, Swan Transit was awarded five bus contracts in Perth and they commenced operations between 1996 and 1998.
Swan Transit also commenced 10-year contracts to operate services in Bunbury and Busselton under the TransBunbury and TransBusselton brands in January 2015.
Due to continuous poor performance by Light-City Buses, eight of their routes were stripped off and were returned to Torrens Transit in April 2013.
[41] In October 2023, Transit Systems took over region 2 from Interline Bus Services and Busabout.
[42] Transit Systems acquired on-demand transport company Bridj in October 2017 following the cessation of its operations in the United States earlier that year.
[48] Transit Systems plans to introduce more Bridj on-demand services into other Australian cities as well as London.
[49] Transit Systems Victoria is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne's western suburbs, formed following the acquisition of Sita Bus Lines in April 2019, with rebranding of the former business formally taking place in November 2020.
[56] Transit Systems formerly had three ferry operations in Queensland until they were sold to SeaLink Travel Group.
[2][9] Gladstone Ferries is a passenger and vehicular ferry operation in Gladstone, Queensland, transporting workers to Curtis Island to support the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant on the island.
Prior to this, Transit Systems also owned the Big Red Cat ferry operation, acquired in 2007.