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Young's Bus Service is an Australian bus operator in
Rockhampton, Queensland Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of t ...
operating services under the Translink scheme in Regional Queensland. It is the largest operator in the Rockhampton region.


Service Area

Young's Bus Service operate from the
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in the North-East to Mount Morgan and
Gracemere Gracemere is a rural town and locality in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Gracemere had a population of 11,315 people. Geography Gracemere is approximately west of the city of Rockhampton. Because of ...
to the south and select areas in the
City of Rockhampton The City of Rockhampton was a local government area in the Central Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, encompassing most of the suburban area of the regional city of Rockhampton. The city covered an area of , and existed as a local gov ...
.


Fleet

The fleet began in 1949 with just one vehicle when founder Stan Young registered a single charter bus. As of July 2021, the fleet had grown to 42 buses with white and pink livery. The service also had a contract to carry about 1,800 local school students on daily school bus services. In July 2021, the Young family announced the company had been sold to
ComfortDelGro Australia ComfortDelGro Australia is a major Australian public transport company. Founded in October 2005 as ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, a joint venture between Singapore-based ComfortDelGro (51%) and Australian A2B Australia, Cabcharge (49%), today it is a ...
, ending a period of more than 70 years of Young's Bus Service being an independent local
family business A family business is a commercial organization in which decision-making is influenced by multiple generations of a family, related by blood or marriage or adoption, who has both the ability to influence the vision of the business and the willin ...
. ComfortDelGro said the acquisition of the Young's Bus Service fleet would enable it to expand its operations in Queensland where it already has a fleet of 155 buses and was a further step in their expansion into the
regional Australia Regional Australia is a socio-geographical definition used in Australia to describe populated regions outside of the major metropolitan areas (typically the capital city) in each state or territory, designed for censusing and promoting urbanize ...
market. Prior to commencing the transition, ComfortDelGro made assurances that employees with Young's Bus Service would retain their jobs.


easy-travel Fare Card

Young’s Bus Service issues the easy-travel Fare Card for use as payment on its services.


See also

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Sunbus Rockhampton Sunbus Rockhampton previously Capricorn Sunbus was the principal bus operator in Rockhampton, Queensland operating services under the QConnect scheme in Regional Queensland. It was one of Sunbus' operations. As of 2022 Sunbus has changed its na ...
* Translink


References

{{Public transport in Queensland Bus companies of Queensland ComfortDelGro companies Rockhampton