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Local Transit continues to expand its courier delivery services to local councils in metro Melbourne. In addition to weekday services between Darebin Council libraries, we have secured a recent a delivery contract with Booroondarra Council to delivery mail between...

In December 2025, Local Transit began the first stage in the electrification of its fleet with the purchase of a new JoyLong 14 seat bus.  This e-bus has been modified to be wheelchair accessible, and has the capacity to carry two wheelchairs. It is currently serving...

Local Transit was awarded four transport contracts with Department of Education to transport students with disabilities to and from two schools in the Melbourne metropolitan area throughout 2026 - Marra Specialist School in Kalkallo in Melbourne's north and Ngurraga...

In partnership with MTM and the City of Melbourne, Local Transit will provide transport for eligible participants to the annual Try Before You Ride event at Southern Cross Station on 16 October 2025. This is the first year that such transport will be provided and it...

Local Transit has recently been awarded a City of Melbourne small business grant under the social enterprise stream. Under this grant, we will partner with MTM and the City of Melbourne to opportunities to attend the public transport Try Before You Ride experiences,...

Local Transit accepts repurposed IT items from organizations that are upgrading their IT systems. We accept PCs, laptops, tablets and business software. Local Transit donates these items to disadvantaged migrant and refugee drivers within the Local Transit driver...

Congratulations! Local Transit has been awarded the 3-year contract to provide courier services to Darebin City Council, a local government authority in the northern metropolitan area of Melbourne. Local Transit will provide courier services between the four Darebin...

Local Transit has been engaged by Intercruise since October 2023 to provide 22-seat wheelchair-accessible shuttle buses to transport cruise passengers from the cruise terminal to nearby public transport and taxi services. In the 2023-24 summer cruise season Local...

Local Transit was recently awarded a 3-year contract to provide wheelchair-accessible shuttles to Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM) as replacement vehicles during track repairs and infrastructure works such as Metro Tunnel and level crossing replacement; as well as to...

Local Transit is now in Year 2 of a 5 year contract as a preferred Preferred supplier for the Victorian Government’s whole-of-government State Purchase Contract (contracted through the Department of Treasury) Under this contract, Local Transit picks up and delivers...