Fleet History

ACT Bus Fleetwiki has compiled Historical Fleet Summaries dating back to 1970. This table sets out fleet counts per year from 1970 to present day.

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Bus totals by year

Date	Rigid buses #	Articulated buses #	Total		% /  %	Special Use buses #	Historical Fleet buses #	Total of all buses
30 June 1970	122	-	122		-	6	-	128
30 June 1971	168	-	168	↑ 46	-	6	-	174
30 June 1972	168	-	168	↔	-	6	-	174
30 June 1973	178	-	178	↑ 10	-	6	-	184
30 June 1974	197	-	197	↑ 19	-	18	-	215
30 June 1975	270	-	270	↑ 73	-	7	-	277
30 June 1976	358	1	359	↑ 89	-	3	1	363
30 June 1977	378	2	380	↑ 21	-	3	1	384
30 June 1978	352	2	354	↓ 26	-	3	3	360
30 June 1979	354	18	372	↑ 18	-	3	4	379
30 June 1980	325	22	347	↓ 25	-	5	5	357
30 June 1981	328	22	350	↑ 3	-	5	5	360
30 June 1982	329	22	351	↑ 1	-	1	5	357
30 September 1983	338	26	364	↑ 13	-	1	5	370
31 October 1984	348	27	375	↑ 11	-	1	5	381
30 June 1985	370	27	397	↑ 22	-	1	5	403
30 June 1986	360	30	390	↓ 7	-	1	5	396
30 June 1987	369	30	399	↑ 9	-	1	5	405
30 June 1988	382	49	431	↑ 32	-	6	No details available	437
30 June 1989	397	55	452	↑ 21	-	1	No details available	453
31 October 1990	419	51	470	↑ 18	-	-	No details available	470
27 September 1991	420	33	453	↓ 17	-	-	4	457
30 June 1992	409	35	444	↓ 9	-	2	No details available	446
30 June 1993	383	35	418	↓ 26	-	3	No details available	421
8 July 1994	387	35	422	↑ 4	-	3	No details available	425
31 December 1995	358	35	393	↓ 29	0.25 / -	3	No details available	396
31 December 1996	354	35	389	↓ 4	6 / -	3	No details available	392
31 December 1997	332	35	367	↓ 22	7 / -	3	No details available	370
31 December 1998	334	34	368	↑ 1	-	-	No details available	368
31 December 1999	326	34	360	↓ 8	-	-	No details available	360
31 December 2000	313	34	347	↓ 13	7 / -	-	No details available	347
31 December 2001	313	34	347	↔	7 / -	-	No details available	347
31 December 2002	313	34	347	↔	7 / -	-	No details available	347
31 December 2003	313	34	347	↔	7 / -	-	No details available	347
31 December 2004	340	34	374	↑ 27	18 / -	-	No details available	374
31 December 2010	399	33	432		39 / -	-	2	434
31 December 2024	412	44	456		100 / 8	2	2	460

Notes:

Bus makes by year

2001 - 2025

Year	Renault	Dennis	Irisbus	Scania	MAN	Yutong	Other	Total
2001	322 *	25						347
2002	322 *	25						347
2003	322 *	25						347
2004	306 *	25	20	23				374
2005	280 *	25	20	42				367
2006	279 *	25	20	53				377
2007	279 *	25	20	54				378
2008	278 *	25	20	54	16			393
2009	278 *	25	20	54	29			406
2010	265 *	25	20	64	58			432
2011	223 *	25	20	72	91			431
2012	179 *	14	20	89 *	105			407
2013	163 *	17	20	113 *	105			418
2014	153	9	20	134 *	105			421
2015	126	8	19	162 *	105			420
2016	105	0	19	195 *	105			424
2017	90	0	19	216 *	105		2	432
2018	69	0	19	256 *	105		1	450
2019	76		19	256 *	105			456
2020	41		19	296 *	105	1		462
2021	37		18	296 *	105			456
2022	37		18	296 *	105			456
2023	15		18	303 *	105	12		453
2024			17	296 *	105	34	4	456

Notes:
* - includes articulated buses