The trip to and from school is set to get easier for students at fast-growing colleges in Adelaide’s north, east and south thanks to new bus services being rolled out across the metropolitan area.

Sixteen new hybrid buses will be purchased and progressively rolled out across the Adelaide Metro network over the next three years, supporting Riverbanks College in Angle Vale, Aldinga Payinthi College in Aldinga and Morialta Secondary College in Rostrevor.

Three new services will be introduced from 29 January – the start of Term 1 – with two of these services providing Morialta Secondary College with its first dedicated bus route since it opened last year.

Two morning and two evening services will transfer students between the Paradise Interchange and Morialta Secondary College (route 620/621), with an additional two services being rolled out along the route in 2026 to keep up with expected enrolments.

Aldinga Payinthi College will also receive an extra service to transfer students between the school and Sellicks Beach (route 788), with this to be increased to four by 2026. 

Riverbanks College will also benefit from an extra service scheduled to start next year. The bus will transfer students along route 489 to Smithfield and Munno Para interchanges.

Until the new buses are manufactured, services will be maintained by leased buses.

The construction of all 16 Scania buses, worth around $11.75 million, will be carried out by South Australian company BusTech, supporting local jobs and backing the industry.

Additional services are initially targeting recently opened schools in areas where student enrolment and demand is expected to grow.

These new services will be able to expand and be redirected to other locations to relieve any strain on the network.