Operations
Metro Tasmania is a growing network catering to the changing needs of Tasmania's main population centres. Currently employing 413 people (76 per cent of whom work in Hobart), it has over 200 buses on 800 routes which do more than 630,000 trips per year covering over 10.5 million kilometres. Metro owns and operates six interchanges, 1,800 bus stops, and 200 permanent shelters. The service caters for an average of 10,099,000 passenger trips (boardings) per annum.
On 28 November 2012, Metro bus drivers above a weight maximum of 130kg began to be removed from duties and placed on an exercise program paid for by the company, due to occupational health and safety issues. If after six months drivers had not achieved in losing an optimal amount of weight, their employment would be terminated. This action in helping drivers with weight issues has been supported by the Australian Rail Tram and Bus Union, and made national news headlines.
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