Kinetic Sunshine Coast, formerly Sunbus Sunshine Coast, is a bus operator on the
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urbanisation, peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. In 1967, it was defined as "the area contained in the ormerShires of Shire of Landsborough, Landsborough, Shire of Maroochy, Maroochy and Shire ...
, Australia. Operating services under contract to
Translink, it is a subsidiary of
Kinetic.
History
In 1995, Harry Blundred, the proprietor of
Thames Transit in the United Kingdom, was awarded the operating rights to route services in the
Sunshine Coast region, taking over the services around
Caloundra
Caloundra ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
In the , the town of Caloundra had a population of 96,305 people.
Geography
Caloundra is north of the Brisbane central business district. Caloundra is acce ...
and
Maroochydore that had been provided by Sunshine Coast Coaches. In 1996, Tewantin Bus Service was purchased with the services between Maroochydore and
Noosa
The Shire of Noosa () is a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as a local government entity from 1910 until 2008, when it w ...
.
As part of the deal, Sunbus was also responsible for the operation of school bus services in the region, however these were sold in 1997 to fellow British bus operator
Stagecoach
A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...
.
In April 2008, Blundred sold Sunbus Sunshine Coast along with the other
Sunbus operations to
Transit Australia Group.
In April 2019, Transit Australia Group was purchased by AATS Group, parent company of
Skybus and majority owned by
OPTrust. In August 2019, AATS Group was rebranded
Kinetic.
In 2022, the Sunbus brand was retired in favour of Kinetic.
Services
Kinetic operates 30 services under contract to
Translink.
Fleet
Sunbus introduced a fleet of
Mercedes-Benz Vario midibuses and
Toyota Coaster
The is a single-decker minibus produced by Toyota Motor Corporation. It was introduced in 1969, with the second generation introduced in 1982, followed by the third generation in 1992 and the fourth generation in late 2016. In Japan, the Coa ...
minibuses. These have since been replaced by
Bustech bodied
Volvo B12BLE
The Volvo B12BLE is a low-entry city and suburban bus chassis launched in 2001 with a rear-mounted transverse engine. It superseded the Volvo B10BLE and is used as a base for single-decker buses largely in Continental Europe and the Asia-Paci ...
s and Bustech MDi and XDis.
As of January 2025, the fleet consisted of 127 buses.
Kinetic - Marcoola
Australian Bus Fleet Lists Sunbus introduced a light blue livery. This has been replaced by the Translink white and green livery.
Depots
Kinetic operate depots in Caloundra
Caloundra ( ) is a coastal town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
In the , the town of Caloundra had a population of 96,305 people.
Geography
Caloundra is north of the Brisbane central business district. Caloundra is acce ...
and Marcoola.
References
External links
{{Translink (Queensland) bus network
Bus companies of Queensland
Kinetic Group companies
Public transport in Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Translink (Queensland)
Transport companies established in 1995
1995 establishments in Australia