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Action currently operates 2 depots (Belconnen and Tuggeranong) housing a bus fleet of almost 400 buses, original depots were located at Kingston next to the power station and a small sub depot at Ainslie. Canberra currently has four bus interchanges, Belconnen, Civic, Woden and tuggeranong, however Belconnen is undergoing major works and will be demolished with three temporary bus stops located around the belconnen shopping district.
Action logistics comprise of fulltime, part time and casual busdriver staff, employed on the basis of shift work the network of which comprises up to 80 different routes operates from 5am to 12am 6 days a week, and reduced hours \ on sunday. Shift allocation is awarded on experience factors, with spills normally commencing once a year, basically the longer you have been employed in action under the category of statis, hence fulltime, the better your shift will be.


Belconnen Depot opened on 3 September 1979. Designed to accommodate, under cover, 250 buses, it is easily the largest Depot in Canberra and among the largest in Australia. Associated with the depot is the Belconnen workshop facility opened in October 1978 although it did not perform its complete roll until the depot opened. Belconnen workshop has a duel role, providing day-to-day maintenance of buses operating out of Belconnen Depot functioning as the major overhaul facility for the entire fleet. With the opening of this workshop, ACTION extended its ‘repair by replacement’ program. When a major component requires repair or replacement it is removed from a bus at the ‘home’ depot workshop and immediately replaced at that workshop with a new or recondition component enabling the bus to return to service. The Belconnen workshop provides fully reconditioned engines, gearboxes and other parts. One of the features of the building is the largest underground workshop in Australia. Leighton Project/Construction Management Division was the construction managers for the Belconnen depot and Workshop.