Whitsunday Transit is an Australian bus and coach operator services in the
Whitsunday Region
The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local governmen ...
. It operates 1 service under contract to the
Queensland Government
The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...
under the
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History
Whitsunday Transit for formed by Sydney bus proprietor Colin Crossley in 1998, after he purchased Sampson's Buses from founder George Sampson and the Proserpine-based company Daly's Bus Service.
Services
Whitsunday Transit operates services from
Proserpine to
Shute Harbour via
Airlie Beach
Airlie Beach is a coastal locality in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. In the , Airlie Beach had a population of 1,208 people.
Geography
Airlie Beach is one of many departure points for the Great Barrier Reef. Cruise ships visi ...
.
It also operates a service from
Proserpine station to Shute Harbour that connects with
Traveltrain's ''
Spirit of Queensland
The Spirit of Queensland is a Queensland Rail long distance passenger rail service. It is operated by a diesel powered Tilt Train that runs five times a week on the North Coast line between Brisbane and Cairns, a distance of 1,681 kilometres ...
'' service which is not operated under the
Translink banner.
Fleet
As at December 2022, the fleet composed of 40 buses and coaches.
Under Sampson ownership, fleet livery was cream offset by blue and red. When Colin Crossley purchased the business, he introduced the two blue and yellow carried by his Sydney operation. In 1998, a blue waves livery was introduced. This later gave way to a predominantly white livery.
References
External links
Paton Creative gallery
Bus companies of Queensland
Whitsunday Region
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