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Sunbury Bus Service
	Custom Denning Element at Sunbury station in September 2024
Parent	Donric Group
Commenced operation	March 1980
Headquarters	Sunbury
Service area	Western Melbourne
Service type	Bus & coach operator
Routes	8
Fleet	108 (February 2023)
Website	www.sunburycoaches.com.au

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Sunbury Bus Service is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates seven routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is a subsidiary of the Donric Group.

History

Sunbury Bus Service was formed by Richard Baird and Don McKenzie in March 1980 following the purchase of the business of WJ Treweek.^[2] It is today part of the Donric Group.

Fleet

As at February 2023, the fleet consisted of 108 buses and coaches.^[1] Operator livery is white with red & black stripes while newer route buses have the PTV livery.

Volgren bodied Scania L94UB with the older operator livery
Volgren bodied Scania K310UB with the newer operator livery
Two Custom Denning Elements with the current PTV livery

References

^ ^a ^b "Donric Group - Sunbury Bus Service". Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Bus Australia). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
^ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 63.

External links

Media related to Sunbury Bus Service at Wikimedia Commons
Company website

[SUN_fleet-1] "Donric Group - Sunbury Bus Service". Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Bus Australia). Retrieved 1 February 2023.

[2] Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 63.

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 '''Sunbury Bus Service''' is a bus operator in [[Melbourne]], Australia. It operates seven routes under contract to [[Public Transport Victoria]]. It is a subsidiary of the [[Donric Group]].
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 ==Fleet==
-As at February 2023, the fleet consisted of 108 buses and coaches.<ref name="SUN fleet"/> Fleet livery is white with red & black stripes.
+As at February 2023, the fleet consisted of 108 buses and coaches.<ref name="SUN fleet"/> Operator livery is white with red & black stripes while newer route buses have the [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] livery.
+<gallery>
+File:Sunbury Bus Service.jpg|[[Volgren]] bodied [[Scania 4-series (bus)|Scania L94UB]] with the older operator livery
+File:Sunbury Bus Service 3352AO September 2024.jpg|Volgren bodied [[Scania K series|Scania K310UB]] with the newer operator livery
+File:Sunbury Bus Service 3105AO September 2024 1 (cropped).jpg|Two [[Custom Denning|Custom Denning Elements]] with the current [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] livery
+</gallery>
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}