Kinetic Melbourne is a bus operator in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia, operating a fleet of 531 buses on 43 bus routes, as well as seven SmartBus routes. It commenced operations on 31 January 2022, taking over all routes previously operated by

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. It is a subsidiary of the

Kinetic Group Kinetic Group (formerly known as AATS Group) is an Australian-based multinational bus company that wholly owns a number of bus operations in Australia and New Zealand, including the SkyBus business, which operates bus services to a number of ...

History

In October 2021, the Victorian Department of Transport awarded Kinetic Melbourne a contract to operate the Melbourne Bus Franchise until June 2031.New bus franchise to jump start zero-emission pledge

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'' 17 November 2021 It commenced operations on 31 January 2022.

Services

Kinetic Melbourne took over the operation of 50 routes spanning Melbourne's metropolitan area,About
Kinetic Melbourne which include 3 SmartBus Orbital routes and the Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART) routes.

Fleet

Kinetic Melbourne commenced operations with 531 buses transferred from

. As part of the contract, 36

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buses will be introduced to the fleet by mid-2025 and 341 of the 531 buses will be replaced with low to zero-emissions buses. As at December 2022, the fleet consists of 559 buses. Most buses are painted in the Public Transport Victoria livery, except for SmartBus liveried buses that have retained this livery for use on SmartBus routes.

References

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