Tullamarine Bus Lines Explained

Tullamarine Bus Lines
Parent:Sikavitsas family
Founded:10 May 1970
Ceased:30 April 2018Prince
Headquarters:Airport West
Service Area:Northern Melbourne
Service Type:Bus operator
Routes:8
Hubs:Moonee Ponds Junction
Roxburgh Park Shopping Centre
Westfield Airport West
Stations:Essendon
Moonee Ponds
Sunbury
Fleet:36 (April 2018)
Website:www.tullamarinebus.com.au

Tullamarine Bus Lines was a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operated eight bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. In addition, it also had a taxi management business called Cabways.

Tullamarine Bus Lines was sold to ComfortDelGro Australia on 1 May 2018 and its bus operations were integrated into its CDC Melbourne subsidiary.

History

Tullamarine Bus Lines was formed in May 1970 after the Spyrou and Sikavitsas families, that owned Kastoria Bus Lines, decided to go their separate ways. The Spyrou family took control of Kastoria Bus Lines with routes 475 and 476, and the Sikavitsas family took routes 477 and 479 to form Tullamarine Bus Lines.[1] [2]

In addition to its bus routes, Tullamarine Bus Lines also operated contracted school services and a small taxi management business called Cabways.[3] [4]

In May 2018, ComfortDelGro Australia acquired Tullamarine Bus Lines, with its six routes (477-479, 484, 490 and 543) and 36 buses, as well as its taxi management business.[3] [4] The bus business was rebranded CDC Tullamarine and integrated into CDC Melbourne in August 2018, while the taxi business was renamed CDC Fleet in November 2018.[5] [6]

Fleet

At the time operations ceased in April 2018, the fleet consisted of 36 Mercedes-Benz buses.[7] The fleet livery was cream with burgundy stripes.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. 1991. Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 54.
  2. http://tutu4035.staging-cloud.partnerconsole.net/about/ About
  3. Web site: CDC Vic pays deposit for north-west Melbourne bus operator. 13 April 2018. 20 March 2019. Australasian Bus & Coach. https://web.archive.org/web/20180509123933/https://www.busnews.com.au/industry-news/1804/cdc-vic-pays-deposit-for-north-west-melbourne-bus-operator. 9 May 2018. live.
  4. Web site: CDC Victoria further strengthens bus footprint in Victoria. CDC Victoria. 13 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180609132415/http://www.cdcvictoria.com.au/images/news/CDCV_release_tullamarine.pdf. 9 June 2018. dead. 8 August 2018.
  5. Web site: CDC Victoria - Unite! Newsletter - September 2018. CDC Victoria. September 2018. 30 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190420024904/https://cdcvictoria.com.au/files/Unite_September_2018.pdf. 20 April 2019. live.
  6. Web site: Current details for ABN 65 004 836 551. ABN Lookup. 20 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190320040619/http://www.abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=65004836551. 20 March 2019. live.
  7. http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/vic.php?search=TUL Tullamarine Bus Lines