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
Robert Torrens (economist) Robert Torrens (economist) Colonel Robert Torrens (1780 in Hervey Hill, Derry – 27 May 1864 in London) was a Royal Marines officer, political economist, MP, owner of the influential "Globe" newspaper and prolific writer. Born in Derry, Ireland, he was the son of Robert Torrens of Hervey Hill. The Torrens family, thought to be descended from a Swedish officer in the service of William III of England, were a large and prominent Derry family. Among his numerous cousins were Sir Henry Torrens, the distinguished military adviser, and another Robert Torrens, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland). Torrens