Torrens Building Torrens Building The Torrens Building, named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens, is a State Heritage listed building on the corner of Victoria Square and Wakefield Street in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally known as the Government Offices, the Torrens Building has been home to a number of government departments for most of its existence. Since 2005, it been the site of the University City Adelaide precinct, housing campuses of Carnegie Mellon University, Cranfield University, University College London and Torrens University. The building created some controversy in 1880 when it was reported that the Government of South Australia was going to import
Torrens Transit if performance criteria is met. However the North-South and Outer North East area contracts passed to Light-City Buses in October 2011. In April 2013 Light-City Buses was stripped of eight routes for continued poor performance with these being returned to Torrens Transit. On 10 November 2014, Torrens Transit commenced operating a new service between the CBD and Adelaide Airport with a double deck Bustech CDi. In June 2018, the Light-City Buses business was integrated with Torrens Transit following Transit Systems purchasing it from Broadspectrum, doubling the fleet to 700 buses. This marked the return of Light-City routes to Torrens Transit