Hornibrook Bus Lines is an Australian operator of bus services in the
Redcliffe Peninsula
The Redcliffe Peninsula is a peninsula located in the City of Moreton Bay in the northeast of the Brisbane metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. The area covers the suburbs of Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Moreton Island, Newport, R ...
and surrounding Upper Bayside area of
Brisbane
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. It operates 17 services under contract to the
Queensland Government
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under the
Translink banner.
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
Department of Transport and Main Roads
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), is a department of the Queensland Government. TMR was formed in April 2009 by merging Queensland Transport and the Department of Main Roads. TMR manages Queensland's 33,000 km state road ...
.
Buses operated by Hornibrook Bus Lines include:
* 1x
Scania L94UB
The Scania 4-series low floor city bus and coach range was introduced by Scania in 1997 as a successor to the 3-series bus range.
The 4-series bus range was first presented in September 1996, when the integral low-floor city bus OmniCity wa ...
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
Department of Transport and Main Roads
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), is a department of the Queensland Government. TMR was formed in April 2009 by merging Queensland Transport and the Department of Main Roads. TMR manages Queensland's 33,000 km state road ...
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
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 ...
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
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 ...
& the then
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the state government of Queensland, Australia, a Parliament, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Government is formed by the party or coalition that has gained a majority in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, ...
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
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 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
{{Navbox TransLink (SEQ) bus network
Bus companies of Queensland
Keolis
Public transport in Brisbane
Translink (Queensland)
1935 establishments in Australia