Ivanhoe Bus Company was a bus operator in
Melbourne
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, Australia. As a
Melbourne bus company, it operated six
bus routes under contract to the
Government of Victoria
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. It was purchased by
Ventura Bus Lines in June 2010.
History
In May 1952 Claude Morarty and William Molan purchased Heidelberg Motor Omnibus Company from Gordon Brown renaming the operation Ivanhoe Bus Company.
[The Yellow Buses of Heidelberg ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 22/3 November 2006 pages 6-15] In June 2010 the business was sold to
Ventura Bus Lines.
[Ventura welcomes Ivanhoe on board]
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Fleet
As at June 2010 the fleet consisted of 29 buses.
[ Fleet livery was yellow with a green stripe.
]
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Bus companies of Victoria (state)
Bus transport in Melbourne
Transport companies established in 1956
Transport companies disestablished in 2010
Australian companies disestablished in 2010
Australian companies established in 1956