Grenda Corporation was an Australian bus and coach company which operated services under its subsidiaries
Cardinia Transit,
Grenda's Bus Services
Grenda's Bus Services was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 23 bus routes under contract to the Victoria State Government. It was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.
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,
Moorabbin Transit,
Peninsula Bus Lines
Peninsula Bus Lines was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 18 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. A subsidiary of Grenda Corporation, it was purchased by Ventura Bus Li ...
and
Portsea Passenger Service, all of which were 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.
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in January 2012. It also formerly owned the
Volgren
Volgren is an Australian bus and coach body manufacturer.
History
Volvo Buses, VolGrenda Corporation, gren was formed in 1977 by Melbourne bus operator Grenda Corporation in Dandenong, Victoria. Because Grenda held the Volvo Buses dealership i ...
bus body building business.
History
Grenda's Bus Services
Grenda's Bus Services was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 23 bus routes under contract to the Victoria State Government. It was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.
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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 ...
.
Over the years a number of acquisitions were made:
*Dandenong Boomerang Bus Lines in July 1951
*
Peninsula Bus Lines
Peninsula Bus Lines was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 18 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. A subsidiary of Grenda Corporation, it was purchased by Ventura Bus Li ...
,
Seaford in August 1958
[
*O Bridges in the early 1960s][
*H Glenny in June 1965][
*Blue Line Tourist Coaches, ]Sydney
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was purchased in 1973, sold along with Grenda's Melbourne coach operation to AAT Kings
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History
AAT Kings history can be traced back to the 1920s when the Pyke family began a car hire business in Sydney. In the 1930s the ...
in 1975
* Portsea Passenger Service in February 1983
*Blue & Silver Bus Lines, Camden Bus Lines, Hampton Green, Hampton Red, Sandringham Bus Co & Southland Bus Service in 1988 to form Moorabbin Transit
*Berwick Bus Lines in June 1996, amalgamated with Grenda Bus Service's Pakenham depot to form Cardinia Transit
*Frankston Passenger Service in 2002, amalgamated with Peninsula Bus Lines
*Blue Ridge Coaches in January 2006, amalgamated with Peninsula Bus Lines[Grenda Corporation]
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*Hastings Coaches in April 2008, amalgamated with Peninsula Bus Lines[
*]Invicta Bus Services
Invicta Bus Services was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was a Melbourne bus company that operated 16 bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It was purchased by Grenda Corporation in March 2009. ...
, Lilydale in 2009
In 1977 bodybuilder Volgren
Volgren is an Australian bus and coach body manufacturer.
History
Volvo Buses, VolGrenda Corporation, gren was formed in 1977 by Melbourne bus operator Grenda Corporation in Dandenong, Victoria. Because Grenda held the Volvo Buses dealership i ...
was formed in Dandenong. Because Grenda held the Volvo Buses
Volvo Buses (Volvo Bus Corporation / formal name: ''Volvo Bussar AB'') (stylized as VOLVO) is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Gothenburg.
It is on ...
dealership in Victoria, only chassis from this manufacturer were bodied until 1989 when the dealership was relinquished.
In 1995 Grenda Corporation formed Australian Transit Enterprises
Australian Transit Enterprises was an Australian operator of bus services in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.
History
Australian Transit Enterprises (ATE) was founded in 1995 when Hornibrook Bus Lines proprietor Geoff Mountjoy ...
, a joint venture with Hornibrook Bus Lines
Hornibrook Bus Lines is an Australian operator of bus services in the Redcliffe Peninsula and surrounding Upper Bayside area of Brisbane. It operates 16 services under contract to the Queensland Government under the Translink banner.
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and Kefford Corporation
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that operates SouthLink
SouthLink is an Australian bus service operator in Adelaide. It operates services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Government of South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer.
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In April 2000, SouthLink ...
in Adelaide
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and Path Transit
Path Transit is an Australian bus company operating Transperth services under contract to the Public Transport Authority. It is a subsidiary of Keolis Downer.
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On 29 September 1996, Path Transit commenced operating services in the Marm ...
in Perth
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.
In November 2011 Grenda Transit (bus operations) 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.
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. In December 2011 Volgren was sold to Brazilian bus manufacturer Marcopolo
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.Volgren Press Release
Volgren 13 December 2011
See also
*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 ...
* List of Victorian Bus Companies
*List of Melbourne bus routes
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Bus companies of Victoria (Australia)
Bus transport in Melbourne
Australian companies established in 1945