Grenda's Bus Services was a bus and coach 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. As a
Melbourne bus company, it operated 23
bus routes
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under contract to the
Victoria State Government
The Victoria State Government, also referred to as just the Victorian Government, is the state-level authority for Victoria, Australia. Like all state governments, it is formed by three independent branches: the executive, the judicial, and t ...
. It was purchased by
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 Ea ...
in January 2012.
History
Grenda's Bus Services was founded in October 1945 when George Grenda purchased four routes from Shaves Bus Service in
Dandenong
Dandenong is a southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about from the Melbourne CBD. It is the council seat of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area, with a recorded population of 30,127 at the . Situated mainly ...
. After being based in Foster Street, Dandenong for 50 years, it moved to a new depot in Cheltenham Road in 2008. In January 2012, it was included in the sale of parent company
Grenda Corporation
Grenda Corporation was an Australian bus and coach company which operated services under its subsidiaries Cardinia Transit, Grenda's Bus Services, Moorabbin Transit, Peninsula Bus Lines and Portsea Passenger Service, all of which were sold to Ven ...
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 Ea ...
.
Fleet
As at May 2014 the fleet consisted of 181 buses and coaches.
Grenda Corporation Grenda Bus Service
Australian Bus Fleet Lists Grenda's Bus Services had a livery of cream with red stripes. It later adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.
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Bus companies of Victoria (Australia)
Bus transport in Melbourne
Transport companies established in 1945
Transport companies disestablished in 2012
Australian companies disestablished in 2012
Australian companies established in 1945