Melbourne Bus Link was an Australian bus and coach operator in
Melbourne. It was a
Melbourne bus company that operated nine
bus routes under contract to the
Public Transport Victoria
Public Transport Victoria (PTV) is the brand name for public transport in the Australian state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria. It was the trading name of the Go Public Transport Development Authority (PTDA), a now-defunct statutory authorit ...
. Melbourne Bus Link ceased operations on 3 August 2013.
History
In April 1998 a consortium owned by
Dysons and
Reservoir Bus Company
Reservoir Bus Company was a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Buses in Melbourne, Melbourne bus company, it operated 10 List of Melbourne bus routes, bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. The ...
commenced operating a contract to operate the remaining bus services of
Met Bus in the western and south-east regions of
Melbourne. Included were depots at
Footscray and
Sandringham and 86
MAN SL200 buses. In November 2012, Dysons bought out Reservoir Bus Company and fully owned Melbourne Bus Link.
In April 2013,
Transdev Melbourne were announced as the preferred tenderer to operate the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise, which included the services operated by Melbourne Bus Link. Melbourne Bus Link ceased operations on 3 August 2013.
Fleet
When operations ceased in August 2013, Melbourne Bus Link operated 86 buses, primarily
Volgren bodied
Scanias.
Melbourne Bus Link
Australian Bus Fleet Lists The fleet livery was white with purple and orange stripes.
See also
* Buses in Melbourne
* List of Victorian Bus Companies
* List of Melbourne bus routes
References
External links
{{Commons category, Melbourne Bus Link
Company websitePublic Transport Victoria timetables
Bus companies of Victoria (state)
Bus transport in Melbourne
1998 establishments in Australia
2013 disestablishments in Australia