Brisbane Bus Lines is an Australian bus operator in the northern suburbs of

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

. It operates one service under contract to the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...

under the Translink banner.

History

Brisbane Bus Lines was formed in the mid-1950s when Bill Mitchell commenced operating the Tamborine bus route between

and the Gold Coast. At this time he also began a charter service under the name Charter Coaches. In 1965 the business was renamed Brisbane Bus Lines and began to operate school and urban passenger services. School routes in the

Pine Rivers Shire The Shire of Pine Rivers was a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1888 until 2008, when it ...

were acquired and the charter activities sold. Brisbane Bus Lines previously operated services from Westfield Strathpine to Roma Street in central Brisbane. Services were also operated from Ferny Grove station to

Brookside Shopping Centre Brookside Shopping Centre is the largest shopping centre in Brisbane's north-west, situated in Mitchelton, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The centre is built upon Bell's Paddock, which was the site where several Queenslan ...

via Mitchelton and Ferny Hills."Brisbane Bus Lines Today" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 12/1 August 1996 page 12 Today it operates services between Ferny Grove station and Samford,

Dayboro Dayboro is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,119 people. Geography Dayboro Main Street 002

and

Strathpine Strathpine is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Strathpine had a population of 9,503 people. It is home to the Pine Rivers District offices of the Moreton Bay Region, as well as many businesses. The area is hom ...

. Most of its activities are based on transporting school students. A coach service was also operated between

and

Murgon Murgon is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Murgon had a population of 2,378 people. Geography Murgon is in the region of Queensland known as the South Burnett, the south ...

. It previously operated to

Biloela Biloela ( ) is a rural town and locality in Shire of Banana, Central Queensland, Australia. It is situated inland from the port city of Gladstone at the junction of the Burnett and Dawson highways. Biloela is the administrative centre of Banana ...

and Bundaberg. In August 2014, the four times weekly second service was withdrawn and the remaining daily service curtailed to Caboolture station with passengers required to transfer to a

Queensland Rail Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...

train service into Brisbane. This ceased on 29 November 2014.Brisbane Bus Lines Ceases South Burnett Service
Brisbane Bus Lines

Translink Routes

Fleet

As at December 2022, the fleet consisted of 76 buses and coaches.

Depots

Brisbane Bus Lines operate depots in

, Enoggera and Samford.

References

External links

Translink timetables
{{Navbox TransLink (SEQ) bus network Bus companies of Queensland Public transport in Brisbane Translink (Queensland)