Hornibrook Bus Lines is an Australian operator of bus services in the

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. It operates 17 services under contract to the

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History

In August 1935 Hornibrook Highway Bus Service commenced operating a service from Redcliffe to Sandgate station."Hornibrook Highway Bus Service" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 6/7 March 1991 page 7 In 1975 Hornibrook Bus Lines was purchased by Geoff Mountjoy. By the late 1980s it had purchased Redcliffe-Brisbane Bus Service and Sandgate-Lutwyche Bus Service. In 1998 South Western Suburban Transit was purchased. In 2015

Keolis Downer Keolis Downer is a public transport operator that operates bus, train, tram and ferry services in Australia. It is a joint venture between Keolis, the largest private sector French transport group, and Downer Rail, an Australian railway enginee ...

purchased Hornibrook Bus Lines along with the other franchises operated by Australian Transit Enterprise and is the current parent company to Hornibrook Bus Lines.

Routes

Fleet

As of March 2025, Hornibrook Bus Lines operates 64 buses, with 14 additional extra buses being loaned to the operator by the

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. Buses operated by Hornibrook Bus Lines include: * 1x

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Volgren CR228L * 24x Scania K230UB Volgren CR228L * 10x Scania K280UB Volgren CR228L * 4x Mercedes-Benz O500LE Bustech VST Mk IV * 6x Mercedes-Benz O500LE Volgren Optimus * 3x Scania K320UB Volgren Optimus * 16x

Volvo BZL The Volvo BZL is a full-size zero tailpipe emissions battery electric bus chassis for both single-deck buses and double-deck buses, manufactured by Volvo AB since 2021. First launched in 2021 for the United Kingdom and Ireland markets, fea ...

Volgren Optimus * 14x

Volvo B8RLE The Volvo B8RLE is a 7.7-litre-engined low-entry bus chassis manufactured by Volvo since 2013 for left-hand drive markets. It was designed as a replacement for the B7RLE and the B9RLE. The right-hand drive version was launched in November 2 ...

Volgren Optimus

Depots

Clontarf

Information

Clontarf depot is the current main depot for buses servicing the urban routes Hornibrook Bus Lines operate within the Redcliffe Area. It is located on 19 Grice Street, Clontarf.

History

In April 1986 a then vacant block of land located along Grice Street, was purchased from the then Redcliffe City Council to establish a new bus depot and office. In June 1986 the depot was officially opened at the cost of $1,000,000 AUD with it being part financed by the sale of the Klinger Road Premises.

North Lakes

Information

North Lakes North Lakes is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Lakes had a population of 23,030 people. Geography The suburb is mostly made up of newly developed housing originally around the North Lakes Golf Cours ...

depot is the current main depot servicing the urban routes Hornibrook Bus Lines operated within the North Lakes Area. It is located on 6 Wills Street.

History

On the 28th of November, 2011 North Lakes depot officially opened to help service the areas Hornibrook Bus Lines operated within that local area. This depot became the last depot to be built under the management of Mountjoy and Cook ownership. In August 2021, the Queensland Government announced that

is to receive an overhaul to become Queensland's first fully electric bus depot. This initiative was apart of a $15,600,000 AUD deal between

& the then

to help modernize public transport as well as to help reduce emissions. Work began sometime in 2021 before finishing mid-late 2023. Not long after the conversion electric bus usage commenced with

Volgren Optimuses being used, these buses can be most commonly found doing the routes Hornibrook Bus Lines operate within the North Lakes Area.

References

External links

Translink timetables
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