The Pulitano Group is an Australian operator of buses and coaches in
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
and
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
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* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
.
History
The Pulitano Group was formed in 2003 when the various bus interests of the Pulitano family bus enterprise (Established in 1972) were combined.
In Victoria the Pulitanos operated Australian Coach Travel,
Cranbourne Transit
Cranbourne Transit is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates 16 routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is a subsidiary of the Pulitano Group.
History
In August 1953, Phillips Bus Service purchased Woods Bus Service ...
, Mansfield-Mount Buller Bus Lines, Northern Bus Lines and
US Bus Lines, and in Queensland
Park Ridge Transit and
Westside Bus Company
Westside Bus Company is an Australian operator of bus services in the western suburbs of Brisbane. It operates 16 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner.
History
In 1998, the Pulitano Group purchas ...
. In July 2008 Northern Bus Lines was sold to
Dysons
Dyson Group of Companies, operating as Dysons, is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia. The oldest of its subsidiary companies is L.C. Dysons Bus Services, which was founded in June 1952 and is based in Bundoora, Victoria, Bundoora ...
and in December 2009 US Bus Lines was sold to
Ventura Bus Lines
Ventura Bus Lines is a large bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operating a fleet of more than 950 buses on 141 bus routes.
History Early history
Ventura was founded in December 1924 by Henry Cornwall. The name and co ...
.
In 2009 Kynoch Coaches and Sunbus
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...
were purchased and merged to form
Bus Queensland Toowoomba. It has since purchased Laidley Bus Service. All of Pulitano Group's Queensland operations operate under the Bus Queensland brand.
Fleet
As at May 2013 it operated 284 buses in Queensland and 122 in Victoria.
Pulitano Group - Mansfield Mt Buller Bus Lines
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
See also
* List of Victorian Bus Companies
*List of Melbourne bus routes
Melbourne's bus network is a major transportation system in Australia, comprising around 400 bus routes. The bus network is run by private companies under contract to Public Transport Victoria. Buses in Melbourne use the Myki ticketing system, w ...
*Buses in Melbourne
Buses in Melbourne, Australia, are a major form of Transport in Melbourne, public transport in Melbourne, with an extensive bus network. There are List of Melbourne bus routes, around 400 routes in operation with a varying range of service freq ...
References
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Bus companies of Australia
Bus transport in Melbourne
Public transport in Brisbane
Translink (Queensland)