Transit Systems Victoria
Brimbank Central Shopping Centre Footscray | |
Stations | Ascot Vale Footscray Melton Newport Sunshine Williamstown Yarraville |
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Fleet | 166 (December 2022)[1] |
Website | Transit Systems Victoria |
Transit Systems Victoria, formerly Sita Buslines, is a bus and coach operator in
bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria
.
History
In 1966, Frank Bono and George Sita purchased route 406
Moonee Ponds Junction - Williamstown Beach. Subsequently purchased were Murrays Coaches in 1975, Nidis in 1979, West Newport Bus Service in November 1980, Sunshine Bus Lines in April 1982 and Starline Coaches in 1985.[3][4][5]
Sita commenced coach operations in 1982, initially with second hand
Denning vehicles, before building up a large Austral Tourmaster fleet after 1984.[4][6] In 1995, Sita purchased the Coachtrans coach operation on the Gold Coast and commenced operations in Sydney.[7]
The latter operation has since ceased.
On 1 July 2018, Sita commenced a new ten-year performance-based contract to operate its bus services.[8] In April 2019, Sita was purchased by Transit Systems,[9] and was re-branded Transit Systems Victoria in November 2020.[10]
Fleet
As at December 2022, the Transit Systems fleet consisted of 166 buses and coaches.Melbourne University via the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Coaches wore a red, yellow and white livery, but are now painted white.
References
- ^ a b "Transit Systems, West Footscray". Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Bus Australia). Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- FleetlineNovember 1990 page 171
- ISBN 0-949817-34-1.
- ^ Australian Bus Panoramaissue 6/2 September 1990 page 13
- ^ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 59.
- ^ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/4 November 1990 page 5
- ^ "Sita" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 39
- ^ "Metropolitan Bus Services Contract - Sita Bus Lines". Buying for Victoria. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Transit Systems Expands into Melbourne Bus Network". Transit Systems. 9 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- Australasian Bus & Coach9 November 2020
External links
Media related to Transit Systems Victoria at Wikimedia Commons