Zero Emission Buses Program (New South Wales)
| Zero Emission Buses Program (ZEBP) | |
|---|---|
 Custom Denning bodied battery-electric bus operating on route 230 in Sydney | |
| Owner | Transport for NSW |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Launched | 2023 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Website | Zero Emission Buses |
The Zero Emissions Buses Program is a multi-billion dollar program initiated by the New South Wales Government of Australia that is planned to phase out more than 8,000 buses that rely on diesel or natural gas fuels and replace them with buses that have no emissions.[1][2][3]
The project aims to have all buses in Greater Sydney running on renewable energy by 2035, in outer metropolitan regions of Sydney by 2040 and in Regional New South Wales by 2047.[4]
Program
Background
Prior to 2023, buses and coaches accounted for 78% of Transport for NSW's greenhouse gas emissions.[5][6]
Stage 1
The program was to be delivered in stages, and commenced in 2023.[4][5] The first stage of the program is still underway as of June 2026, consisting of the conversion of 11 existing Sydney bus depots to electric charging technology to support the fleet of approximately 1,200 new electric buses.[4]
The first of the depots to be converted is the Macquarie Park Bus Depot, which is planned to house around 165 electric battery powered buses to serve the North Shore and north-west suburbs of Sydney.[7]
The depots to be or are converted are[8]:
- Brookvale
- Kingsgrove
- Leichhardt
- Penrith
- Mona Vale
- Menai
- North Sydney
- Port Botany
- Smeaton Grange
- South Granville
- Taren Point
- Tempe
- Waverley
- Willoughby
The primary aim of the first stage is to have over 1,200 new electric buses operating around Sydney by the end of 2028.[6]
In late 2024, the New South Wales Government released to the public their orders for 319 new electric buses as part of the program, which revealed that the buses will be supplied by VDI-Yutong, Foton Mobility Distribution, Custom Denning and Volvo.[9]
In 2025, the New South Wales Government purchased 151 more battery-powered buses as part of the program; an act that was welcomed by Transit Systems New South Wales. The buses for this order were supplied by Custom Denning and BYD-Volgren. It was later revealed by Volgren on 31 March 2026 that 95 BYD-Volgren buses would be delivered.[10][11][7][12]
References
- ↑ Transport for NSW, Customer Experience Division (21 November 2024). "Breathe easy: Zero emission buses are here and growing". transportnsw.info. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Bowden, Melissa (14 July 2023). "Regional NSW on board with transition to zero emission buses". BusNSW. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Clean, quiet and zero emissions – the future of buses in NSW". WSPglobal. Archived from the original on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 NSW, Transport for (30 September 2025). "Zero Emission Buses | NSW Government". www.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Transport for NSW Zero Emission Buses Program". WT Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Enabling infrastructure for NSW Zero Emissions Buses - Future Stages". Infrastructure Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- 1 2 Benson, Rebecca (1 September 2025). "NSW increases green bus fleet". Government News. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ NSW, Transport for (30 September 2025). "Zero Emission Buses - Sydney bus depot conversions | NSW Government". www.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
- ↑ Mortell, Sean (20 December 2024). "NSW releases orders for 319 new electric buses". Australasian Bus and Coach. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ jpaguio. "Driving Australia's Next Generation of Public Transport". Volgren. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Mortell, Sean (15 September 2025). "TfNSW confirms suppliers for Sydney's 151 battery electric bus order". Australasian Bus and Coach. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ Team, Fleet EV News (24 October 2025). "Transit Systems Expands Electric Bus Fleet to Power NSW's Zero-Emission Future - Fleet EV News". Retrieved 4 June 2026.