A site at Macquarie Park will become Sydney’s first purpose-built electric bus depot, with the awarding of the contract to build the facility and release of new concept designs marking key milestones for the project.
Fulton Hogan Construction Pty Ltd has been awarded the design and construct contract to build the purpose-built depot which will feature both standard (75kW) and fast (150kW) plug-in chargers to suit operational requirements.
Construction of the $145 million depot, funded by the New South Wales and Federal governments, is expected to begin early 2026 and be operational in 2028.
Subject to final design, the Macquarie Park depot, located alongside the M2 on Talavera Road, will operate about 150 buses that will service areas from the northwest suburbs to Ryde, Parramatta and the lower north shore.
These new buses will support the existing Ryde and Willoughby bus depots that were opened in 1953 and 1958 respectively.
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The Macquarie Park depot will employ 160 staff, including drivers, maintenance workers and administration personnel.
Each electric bus can travel up to 300 kilometres on a single charge, providing quieter, smoother and cleaner public transport that will progressively replace the entire diesel and gas fleet in Sydney over the coming decade.
The Zero Emissions Bus Program will deliver more than 1,200 new electric buses by 2028, with up to 300 hitting the road in coming months.
John Graham, Minister for Transport for the New South Wales Government said, building a new bus depot a central part of Sydney is an important milestone.
“Passengers can look forward to a smoother ride as we phase out the oldest diesel buses first,” said Graham.
For more information, visit: www.transport.nsw.gov.au/
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