ACTION
ACTION is a bus service operator in Canberra, Australia.
History
On 19 July 1926, the Federal Capital Commission commenced operating public bus services between Eastlake (now Kingston) in the south and Ainslie in the north.
The service was first known as "Canberra City Omnibus Service", but it has had a number of names over the years, including "Canberra City Bus Service", "Canberra Omnibus Service" and "Canberra Bus Service". On 14 February 1977, it was renamed as the "Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network", or ACTION for short.
As part of the move to ACT self-government, responsibility for ACTION passed from the Federal Government to the ACT Government in 1989.
Corporate Structure
As at November 2015, ACTION is a business unit of the Public Transport Division of the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate of the ACT Government. The Chief Operating Officer of ACTION is Bren Burkevics.
The minister for responsible for ACTION is Shane Rattenbury MLA.
On 27 October 2015, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr MLA announced the establishment of Transport Canberra, which will commence from 1 July 2016. This new agency will combine the Public Transport Division and Capital Metro Agency to manage all public transport operations within the ACT.