Moorabbin Transit Explained

Routes:11
Founded:July 1988
Ceased:January 2012
Headquarters:Cheltenham
Service Area:South Eastern Melbourne
Service Type:Bus operator
Hubs:Chadstone Shopping Centre
Southland Shopping Centre
Stations:Carrum
Cheltenham
Clayton
Dandenong
Mentone
Moorabbin
Mordialloc
Springvale
Fleet:83 (March 2014)
Ceo:Andrew Cornwall
Website:www.venturabus.com.au

Moorabbin Transit was a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 11 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. A subsidiary of Grenda Corporation, it was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.

History

Moorabbin Transit was formed in July 1988 when Grenda Corporation purchased Blue & Silver Bus Lines, Camden Bus Lines, Hampton Green, Hampton Red, and Southland Bus Service. Sandringham Bus Co was added in December 1988.[1] [2] [3]

Moorabbin Transit was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines in November 2011 and the brand was retired.[4] [5]

Fleet

As at March 2014 the fleet consists of 83 buses.[6] Moorabbin Transit original livery was the cream and three stripes of Grenda's Bus Services, but with the red stripes painted green. It has since adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. 1991. Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 24.
  2. "Industry Rationalisation" Australian Bus Panorama 4/5 March 1989 page 13
  3. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 7/1 August 1991 page 5
  4. http://www.grenda.com.au/news/latest-news/grenda-announcement-18112011 Grenda Announcement 18/11/2011
  5. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-man-with-the-golden-handshake/story-e6frg8h6-1226292128380 The man with the golden handshake
  6. http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/gre.php?search=GRE&depotreq=MO Ventura Group - Moorabbin Transit