page_title: Perth Central Area Transit
section_title: Bus fleets
hierarchical_section_title: Perth Central Area Transit / Bus fleets
caption_attribution_description: English: Volgren CR228L on Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE CNG (#117, TP0117, built 2006) operating a blue CAT. Transperth livered buses are allowed to operate CAT routes when deemed necessary.
context_page_description: The Perth Central Area Transit System, or simply CAT, is four bus routes in the centre of Perth, two bus routes in Fremantle, and three bus routes in Joondalup. Also included is the Rockingham City Centre Transit System and the Midland Gate Shuttle. Unlike all other Transperth services, most CAT routes are zero-fare.
context_section_description: The CAT services commenced in 1996 with 16 diesel-hydraulic engine powered, Scania-Danish Automobile Building Silkeborg MidCity Series II 0860S low-floor, wheelchair accessible city buses. In 2001, due to high demand, five Volgren CR226L bodied Mercedes-Benz O 405 NHs were implemented in the CAT fleet along with the Scania-Danish Automobile Building Silkeborg MidCity Series II 0860S. However, the Silkeborg MidCity Series II 0860S and the Mercedes-Benz O405NHs were replaced in August 2005 and July 2006 respectively by 25 Volgren CR228L bodied Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs that are fuelled by compressed natural gas and 16 Volgren CR228L bodied Volvo B7RLEs. In addition to the designated fleet, other Transperth liveried buses can sometimes be used. On January 2013, the Perth CAT introduced the Volvo B5RLEH as a demonstrator model. In 2016, a new fleet of 32 Volgren bodied Volvo B8RLEs replaced the Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs.
  The Fremantle CAT fleet consists of three Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs introduced in September 2017, replacing the Mercedes-Benz O405NHs that had been used since 2000, the Joondalup CAT fleet consists of two Volvo B8RLEs (previously Mercedes-Benz O405NHs) and the Rockingham CAT fleet consists of three Mercedes-Benz OC500LEs.
  The Midland Shuttle is currently operated by a sole Volvo B7RLE.
caption: Transperth livered Mercedes-Benz OC 500 LE CNG operating on the Fremantle Blue CAT route
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