South West Coach Lines Explained

South West Coach Lines
Parent:Australian Transit Group
Founded:1977
Headquarters:Busselton, Western Australia
Service Area:South West Western Australia
Service Type:Bus & coach services
Fleet:64 (May 2014)
Website:www.southwestcoachlines.com.au

South West Coach Lines is a bus and coach operator in South West Western Australia. It is a subsidiary of the Australian Transit Group.

History

South West Coach Lines was founded in 1977 by David and Lenita Adams. In January 1986, it commenced operating the Bunbury City Transit service (since renamed TransBunbury). In November 2007 the business was purchased by Veolia Transport[1] and in July 2013 became part of Transdev Australasia.

It operates express coach services, school services and bus charters.

In December 2009, South West Coach Lines commenced operating three services in Busselton under the TransBusselton brand under contract with the Public Transport Authority.[2] Upon being re-tendered, the routes passed to Swan Transit from 1 January 2015.[3] [4] [5]

South West Coach Lines operate 14 school services and express coach services connecting Perth with various destinations in South West Western Australia.[4] [6]

Since late 2014, South West Coach lines has been owned by Australian Transit Group.[7] [8]

Fleet

As at September 2013, the TransBusselton fleet consists of 22 buses.[9] As at May 2014, the South West Coach Lines fleet consists of 42 buses and coaches.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.veoliaes.com.au/content/documents/hippo-news/Hippo_News_Apr08.pdf Veolia Transport experiences unprecedented patronage growth in Australasia in 2007
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110239/http://www.transdevsw.com.au/uploads/images/TransBusselton%20Timetables/TransBusselton-BIPBS.pdf TransBusselton Timetables
  3. https://www.tenders.wa.gov.au/watenders/tender/display/tender-details.do?id=29505&action=display-tender-details&returnUrl=%2Ftender%2Fsearch%2Ftender-search.do%3Faction%3Dadvanced-tender-search-open-tender Provision of the Busselton Regional Town Bus Service
  4. "PTA calls tenders for town services in south-west WA" Australian Bus issue 64 July 2014 page 8
  5. https://www.tenders.wa.gov.au/watenders/contract/view.do?CSRFNONCE=39858035A8F5B5E3ED85A71E31DB4776&tenderId=29505 Provision of Busselton Regional Town Bus Service
  6. http://www.southwestcoachlines.au/timetables/ Express Timetables
  7. https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/bySearchId.jspx?searchId=605599102&searchIdType=BUSN&_adf.ctrl-state=1anvryz357_35 South West Coach Lines ABN ASIC
  8. http://www.austransit.com.au/contact-us/ Australian Transit Group - Contact Us
  9. http://www.perthbus.info/prequery.php?qqid=801287735866083654&ccid=80 TransBusselton - Transdev
  10. http://www.perthbus.info/prequery.php?qqid=1002968840937802622&ccid=100 South West Coach Lines - Veolia