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|image = Sunbury Bus Service 3105AO September 2024 2 (cropped).jpg
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|image_caption = [[Custom Denning|Custom Denning Element]] at [[Sunbury railway station, Melbourne|Sunbury station]] in September 2024
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|parent = [[Donric Group]]
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| parent = [[Donric Group]]
|commenced = March 1980
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| founded = 1980 by Richard Baird & Don McKenzie
| headquarters = [[Sunbury, Victoria]]
|headquarters = [[Sunbury, Victoria|Sunbury]]
| service_area = Western Melbourne
|service_area = Western [[Melbourne]]
| service_type = [[Bus]] & [[Coach (vehicle)|coach]]
|service_type = Bus & coach operator
| routes = 7
|routes = 8
|fleet = 108 (February 2023)<ref name="SUN fleet">{{cite web|url=https://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/vic.php?search=DON&depotreq=SUN|title=Donric Group - Sunbury Bus Service|website=Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Bus Australia)|access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref>
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|website = [http://www.sunburycoaches.com.au/ www.sunburycoaches.com.au]
| stations = Essendon, Moonee Ponds, Sunbury
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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''' is a [[bus]] and [[Coach (vehicle)|coach]] operator in [[Melbourne, Victoria, Australia|Melbourne]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. As a [[Buses in Melbourne|Melbourne bus company]], it operates a number of [[List of Melbourne bus routes|bus routes]] under contract from the Victorian State Government.
Sunbury Bus Service was formed by Richard Baird and Don McKenzie in March 1980 following the purchase of the business of WJ Treweek.<ref>{{cite book|title=Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings|year=1991|publisher=[[Bus & Coach Society of Victoria]]|location=Melbourne|page=63}}</ref> It is today part of the [[Donric Group]].


==Routes==
==Fleet==
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.
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File:Sunbury Bus Service.jpg|[[Volgren]] bodied [[Scania 4-series (bus)|Scania L94UB]] with the older operator livery
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File:Sunbury Bus Service 3352AO September 2024.jpg|Volgren bodied [[Scania K series|Scania K310UB]] with the newer operator livery
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File:Sunbury Bus Service 3105AO September 2024 1 (cropped).jpg|Two [[Custom Denning|Custom Denning Elements]] with the current [[Public Transport Victoria|PTV]] livery
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==References==
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==Livery==
The main livery is white with the logo on the back and the side

==Depot==
The depot is in Sunbury

==See also==
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*[[Donric Group]]
*[[List of bus companies#Victoria|List of Victorian Bus Companies]]
*[[List of Melbourne bus routes]]
*[[Buses in Melbourne]]


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.sunburybus.com.au/ Sunbury Bus Service]
* [http://www.ctoa.com.au/ Coach Tours of Australia]
*[http://www.sunburycoaches.com.au/ Company website]
* [http://www.bmcoaches.com.au/ Bacchus Marsh Coaches]
* [http://www.goldbus.com.au/ Gold Bus Ballarat]
* [http://www.organscoaches.com.au/ Organ's Coaches Kyneton]


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[[Category:Bus companies of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Bus transport in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Bus transport in Melbourne]]
[[Category:Bus companies of Victoria (Australia)]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1980]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Australia]]

[[Category:Transport in the City of Hume]]
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Latest revision as of 03:40, 24 November 2024

Sunbury Bus Service
Custom Denning Element at Sunbury station in September 2024
ParentDonric Group
Commenced operationMarch 1980
HeadquartersSunbury
Service areaWestern Melbourne
Service typeBus & coach operator
Routes8
Fleet108 (February 2023)[1]
Websitewww.sunburycoaches.com.au

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

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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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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