Love's Bus Service was an Australian school bus service, operating in

Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

. In 2022 It was re-branded and dissolved into Sunbus Cairns, one of

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 ...

's (parent company) Bus companies.

History

Love's Bus Service was established in 1975 when the business of Cooper, Benger was acquired. Love's operated the Bunbury urban services until it was put out to tender, and passed to

South West Coach Lines South West Coach Lines is a bus and coach operator in South West Western Australia. It is a subsidiary of the Australian Transit Group. History South West Coach Lines was founded in 1977 by David and Lenita Adams. In January 1986, it commenc ...

. By 2002, Love's had an operation in

Kerang Kerang is a rural town on the Loddon River in northern Victoria in Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, lucerne and grain. It is located north-west of Melbourne on the Murray V ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

.Queensland ''Fleetline'' issue 280 October 2002 page 155 In 2002, Love's commenced operating in Queensland, purchasing the

based school services of

Stagecoach A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are draw ...

. In July 2013, Love's commenced operating the

TransAlbany Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midl ...

network under contract to the Public Transport Authority. Upon being re-tendered, the TransAlbany services were taken over by

Swan Transit Swan Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History On 21 January 1996, Swan Transit commenced operating services in the Midl ...

in July 2017 with 17 buses. The Cairns business was sold to the

in January 2020 and was dissolved into the Sunbus brand in early 2022.

References

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