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
HMAS Torrens (D67) 1917, "Torrens" operated throughout Maritime Southeast Asia. In June, the destroyer docked at Singapore for a refit. after which "Torrens" and the other five River class vessels sailed for the Mediterranean. After escorting a convoy from Port Said to Malta, and refits at the island, "Torrens" was assigned to Brindisi as part of the anti-submarine patrol force. The heavy but monotonous workload forced the destroyer to visit Malta in December for another refit. On the night of 22–23 April 1919, "Torrens" was one of six Allied ships patrolling the Adriatic. A force of five Austrian destroyers attacked, seriously damaging the