Torrens Transit Torrens Transit Torrens Transit is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. On 23 April 2000 Torrens Transit commenced operating the Adelaide Metro East-West contract with 255 buses under contract to the Government of South Australia. In April 2005 Torrens Transit commenced operating the North-South and Outer North East contracts that had previously been run by Serco. In July 2011 Torrens Transit commenced operating a new eight-year East-West contract with an optional four-year extension exercisable
River Torrens jammed, and in trying to free them the weir's designer John Langdon was crippled. The weir was rebuilt from 1928 to 1929 with its footbridge relocated and the centre section replaced. The gates can now be fully raised and the river allowed to flow unimpeded. The "Popeye" boats are privately owned recreational ferries that operate on the lake between Elder Park and the Adelaide Zoo. The first boat was launched on the Torrens Lake by Gordon Watts in 1935. It was a boat, built on the banks of the Torrens to hold up to 20 passengers and named "Popeye 1".