South West Coach Lines is a bus and coach operator in South West Western Australia. It is a subsidiary of the

Australian Transit Group The Australian Transit Group (ATG) is a bus group with operations in the Northern Territory, Victoria and Western Australia. It was established in 2004 when Michael Baulch and Ben Doolan purchased Fortesque Bus Service, Karratha, Kojonup Bus ...

History

South West Coach Lines was founded in 1977 by David and Lenita Adams. In January 1986, it commenced operating the Bunbury City Transit service (since renamed TransBunbury). In November 2007 the business was purchased by

Veolia Transport Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the ...

and in July 2013 became part of

Transdev Australasia Transdev Australasia is an operator of bus, ferry, light rail and rail services in Australia and New Zealand. It is a subsidiary of French-based, international Transdev. It was formed in 2013 by grouping the operations of Veolia Transport Aust ...

. It operates express coach services, school services and bus charters. In December 2009, South West Coach Lines commenced operating three services in

Busselton Busselton is a city in the South West region of the state of Western Australia approximately south-west of Perth. Busselton has a long history as a popular holiday destination for Western Australians; however, the closure of the Busselton ...

under the TransBusselton brand under contract to the Public Transport Authority. Upon being re-tendered, the routes passed to

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 ...

from 1 January 2015."PTA calls tenders for town services in south-west WA" ''Australian Bus'' issue 64 July 2014 page 8 South West Coach Lines operate 14 school services and express coach services connecting

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

with various destinations in South West Western Australia. South West Coach lines is now owned and operated by

Fleet

As at September 2013, the TransBusselton fleet consists of 22 buses. As at May 2014, the South West Coach Lines fleet consists of 42 buses and coaches.South West Coach Lines - Veolia
Western Australia Fleet Lists

References

External links

South West Coach Lines
{{Transdev, state=collapsed Bus companies of Western Australia South West (Western Australia) Transport companies established in 1977 Transdev Australian companies established in 1977