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 routes and businesses were purchased both within Melbourne and in regional Victoria: *

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to Melbourne from HE Taylor in August 1957The Dyson Story '' Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6 * Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959 * a 50% shareholding in Northcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982Victorian Buses in the Eighties ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 6/2 September 1990 page 11 * Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison,

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in 1968 * Barham and Moama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama * Dyson's entered a joint venture with

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to form East West Bus Company to operate route 560 Broadmeadows station to Greensborough in August 1980 * Bega to Melbourne was from Gil Toplis in December 1982 * Deniliquin - Moama - Melbourne from

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in 1987Victorian Buses in the Eighties ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 6/8 May 1991 page 12 * Bairnsdale -

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from Lextours, Lakes Entrance in 1987 * Reids Metropolitan Services in December 1991 * Albury - Mildura from Arms & Bell in July 1992 * Sale - Bairnsdale and Bairnsdale -

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from Florance, Orbost in January 1994Dysons ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 9/6 February 1994 page 48 * Eastern Roadlines, Bairnsdale in January 1994 * In partnership with

, formed Melbourne Bus Link in April 1998 after being awarded a contract to take over provision of services in the western and south-east regions of Melbourne from Met Bus * Entered a joint venture with Cobb & Co and

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to operate services on behalf of

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in 2001 * Bell Street Bus Company including the Cobb & Co coach business in August 2003 * In 2003 Dyson’s commenced operating services in

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, sold in May 2012 to

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* Kyneton Bus Lines in March 2006 * Mylon Motorways, Wodonga in July 2008 * Northern Bus Lines, Glenroy from the Pulitano Group in July 2008 *

and Midland Tours in November 2012 * Wangaratta Coachlines in July 2014 * O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service in April 2017 * Shepparton Transit/Fallons Bus Service on 1 June 2017 with nine regional bus routes, one V/Line route and 44 vehicles * The Corowa-Albury Rutherglen operation acquired by from R & L Webster in September 2017 * Bunnaloo Bus Lines in

Bunnaloo Bunnaloo is a village community in the central southern part of the Riverina and situated about west of Mathoura, New South Wales, Mathoura and south west of Deniliquin, New South Wales, Deniliquin. In 2006, Bunnaloo had a population of 126. ...

in January 2018 * McDonald’s Euroa in January 2018 * Wandong Bus & Coach in March 2018 * Purtills, Deniliquin in December 2019 with 55 vehicles * Little’s Gippsland Coaches, Sale in October 2021 with 28 vehicles

Services

As well as route services in Melbourne, since the late 1970s Dyson have operated services under contract to V/Line. In February 1989, all of Dyson's existing long coach services were integrated into the V/Line network. Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay,

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and Adelaide. From 2002 until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and

Condobolin Condobolin is a town in the west of the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on the Lachlan River. At the , Condobolin had a population of 3,486. History Prior to European settlement, the area was inhabited by the Wiradjuri pe ...

under contract to CountryLink. In January 2015, Dyson commenced operating five-year contracts to operate services for

NSW TrainLink NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary interc ...

from Wagga Wagga to

Cootamundra Cootamundra, nicknamed Coota, is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and within the Riverina. It is within the Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. At the 2016 Census, Cootamundra had a population of 6,782. ...

to Tumbarumba, Cootamundra to Bathurst/

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and Parkes to Condobolin.

Fleet

As of November 2022, the fleet consisted of 679 buses and coaches. Dyson's official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in the

Public Transport Victoria Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria. It was the trading name of the Go Public Transport Development Authority (PTDA), a now-defunct statutory authorit ...

livery. Some coaches are painted in V/Line livery and NSW TrainLink livery.

References

External links

* {{Regional NSW public transport Bus companies of Australia Bus transport in Melbourne Transport companies established in 1952 1952 establishments in Australia