The Pulitano Group is an Australian operator of buses and coaches in
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
and
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 ...
.
History
The Pulitano Group was formed in 2003 when the various bus interests of the Pulitano family were combined.
In Victoria the Pulitanos operated Australian Coach Travel,
Cranbourne Transit
Cranbourne Transit is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates 16 routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is a subsidiary of the Pulitano Group.
History
In August 1953, Phillips Bus Service purchased Woods Bus Service ...
, Mansfield-Mount Buller Bus Lines, Northern Bus Lines and
US Bus Lines
US Bus Lines was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was a Melbourne bus company that operated six bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It was acquired by Ventura Bus Lines in December 2009.
His ...
, and in Queensland
Park Ridge Transit and
Westside Bus Company
Westside Bus Company is an Australian operator of bus services in the western suburbs of Brisbane. It operates 16 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner.
History
In 1998, the Pulitano Group purchased ...
. In July 2008 Northern Bus Lines was sold to
Dysons
Dysons is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia.
History
Dysons was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of route ...
and in December 2009 US Bus Lines was sold to
Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of 893 buses on 141 bus routes, including 2 SmartBus routes and 2 V/Line services. It commenced operations in December 1924.
History Earl ...
.
In 2009 Kynoch Coaches and Sunbus
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 C ...
were purchased and merged to form
Bus Queensland Toowoomba
Bus Queensland was formed in April 2009 when the Pulitano Group purchased both the Garden City Sunbus and Kynoch Coaches operations.
Kynoch Coaches was a family-owned business, previously owned by Jason Ward, operated urban, school and long-dis ...
. It has since purchased Laidley Bus Service. All of its Queensland operations operate under the Bus Queensland brand.
Fleet
As at May 2013 it operated 284 buses in Queensland and 122 in Victoria.
Pulitano Group - Mansfield Mt Buller Bus Lines
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
See also
* List of Victorian Bus Companies
*List of Melbourne bus routes
This is a list of bus routes that are part of the bus network, in Melbourne, Australia.
Kinetic Melbourne operate approximately 30% of the bus network, signing contracts in 2021 as part of the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise. The remainin ...
*Buses in Melbourne
Buses in Melbourne, Australia, are a major form of public transport in Melbourne, with an extensive bus network. There are 346 routes in operation with a varying range of service frequencies, (including Night Network, excluding Kew School Serv ...
References
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Bus companies of Australia
Bus transport in Melbourne
Public transport in Brisbane
Translink (Queensland)